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Show 6G>o The Hi}Jory of P L A N T S. Coix Jeminibus ovat£s. The oval-Jeeded Coix. The root Is fibrous: the plant grows to three feet high : the fialk is round, fiender · and jointed; lhe leaves are graffy, a foot .and half long, and tw~ inches wide: th~ flowers fiand in the alre of the leaves; the fp1kes are !lender and fiammeous, and at their bottom there are fomstimes. two feeds, more ~requently only one; they are large, beautiful, hard, of a .fine pohlh, and of a purpltfh colour. ;>~;· It is a native of North America. C. Bauhine calls it, Lithofpermum arundinaceum . others, Lachryma Job. ' The other fpeci_es are, I. The broader-leaved Coix. 2. The tall, red-leaved Coix. CARE X. I N the male flow~rs, the amentum is itnbdcated; the calyx is compof~d of a. fingle leaf, and there IS no corolla. In the female flowers, the amentum IS alfo Imbricated; the calyx is compofed of a fingle leaf, and there is no corolla; but in thefe the neetarium is tridentated and inflated : the il:igmata are three i and the feed is of a triquetrous form, and is fituated within the netlarium. This genus comprehends the Cyperoides of Tournefort, and the Scirpoides of Mont. the carex of Dillenius. Carex fpicis fcemineis p11ndulis bteviori!Jus. ,S)J)O~t:::fp1fttl» The Carex, with the female ./pikes pendulous and jhort. ({pptttt!> <L5taf.S'.' The root is compofed of a great clufier of black, tough fibres: the leaves are two feet, or more, in length, carinated, edged, and pointed at the ends, and of a yellowilh- green colour : the fialk is two or tht ee feet high ; it is triangular and !harp: on it's top it produces a number of pendu~ous fpikes, an inch and a half in length, and confiderably thick, and of a yellowifh colour, with a il:eril, duiky fpike of male flowers and hermaphrodite ones at the top. · ' It is common about the fides of ponds. C. Bauhine calls it, Gramen cyperoides fpica pendula breviore, to diil:inguilh it from another fpecies, which has much longer pendulous fpikes. The other fpccies of Carex are, I. The broad-leaved, brown-fpiked Carex. 2. The great, broad-leaved, greeniih brown-fpiked Carex. 3· The ·little, narrow-leaved, greeni{h-fpiked Carex. 4· The Carex, with very long and llender pendulous {pikes. 5· The {hort-headed, aculeated Carex. 6. The .lhort-hea9ed, not aculeated Carex. 7· The many-fpiked, woolly Carex. 8. The rounded, oblong, eretl:-fpiked Carex. 9· The great, black, and yellow-headed, vernal Carex. I o. The leffer, black, and yellow-headed Carex. 11. The Carex, with numerous, yellow fpikes on the top of the il:alk. 12. The Carex, with lhort fpikes very di.llant from one another. 13. The flender-fpiked, wood Carex. 14. The little, white, many-fpiked Carex. 1 5· The narrow-leaved Carex, with feffile {pikes if1 the alre of the leaves. 16. The fmall, thick-fpiked Carex. J 7· The veficated-fpiked, larger Carex. 18. The veficatedfpiked, fmaller Carex .. I 9· The long-fpiked Carex, with long, nutant pedides. 20. The long, yellow fp1ked Carex. · S P A R G A N I U M. T HE male flowers have a roundilh amentum; the calyx is formed of two leaves, and there is no corolla. In the female flowers, tbe amentum is alfo roundilh; the calyx is compofed of three leaves, and there is no corolla : the il:igma is bifid ; and the fruit is a dry drupe, containing two feeds. Sparganium foli-is adforgentibus triangularibus. Tbe Sparganium, witb a./furgent, triangular leaves. Qtoutnton ll5urreen. The root is compofed of a number of long and thick fibres: the leaves are nume! ous, two f~et long, half an inch broad, triangular, and of a bright green: the fialk 1s round, thick, tender, and two feet or more in height . at it's top fund a number , ' ' · of The llifiory Of P L A N T s~ of round clufl:ers of flowers ; they are white and fmall : the fruit, when ripe, 1s rdundi of the bignefs of a large nutmeg, and echinated. , , . The plant is con1mori with us about waters. The il:alk is fometimes fimple, fame-· times ramofe; and authors have hence erroneoufly divided it into two fpecies, under the names of Sparganium ramofum, and Sparganium non ramofum. 'T Y P H A; T HE male flowers are arranged into a cylindric amentum: the calyx is com.:. pofed of three leaves, and there is no corolla.. The fe~ale flo~ers form alfd a cylindric amentum, below the male ones: the calyx has a hatry capillament; there is no corolla: the feed is fingle ; the feta il:ands on capillary pappus~ Of this genus there is but one known fpecies~ T y pH A. ) . ~ The root is oblong, creeping, and flbrated : the plant grows to fix or eight fe~t high: the il:alk is round, thick, fmooth, glo.ffy, firm, and fo~id, and is jointed at con:.. fiderable diaarices: the leaves are graffy, two feet, or more, m length, and not more than an inch broad, triangular, and edged in fuch a manner, that they will cut ~he hands on drawing through them; they are thick and fpungy, and furrdund the fiaik a great Way at their bafe : the top of the il:alk is ornamented with an oblong, red_diili, compaCt, cy.li~dric fpike, con-taining the feeds, wit.h a lar~e .quantity of down: the fpike, contammg the ma!e flowers, fiand~ above .this, and JS hght ~nd ~ender., . . It is common in our d1tches. C. Bauhme calls 1t, Typha palufins maJor. It vanes in it's fize, and in the thicknefs of the fpike; and authot·s have hence made two other imaginary fpecies. P H Y L L A N T H U S. I N the male flowers, the calyx is divided into three parts, and is of a _campan?l~ted figure, and there is no corolla. In the female flowers, the ca~yx 1s alfo d1.v1~e~ into three parts, and there is no corolla ; the il:yles are three and b,1fid : the frutt IS a capfule containing three cells; the feeds are fingle. . P hyllantbus joliis ovatis, caudice arbor eo. The oval-leaved, jhrubby Phyllanthus. The root is brachiated : the lhrub grows to five or fix feet high, arid it's trunk t~ the thicknefs of a man's thumb: the branches are ritimerous, and ve.ry !lender; .the leaves are oval, and placed alternately; they are t~ree qua;cers of an me? long, nea~ h If an inch broad obtufe even at the edges, and of a pale green : the flo~ers are [~aU and white; ;hey il:a~d feparately on llender, redd!lh pedicles, half an inch, or more, in length : the fruit is a little rotiridilh capfule, with fix feeds. • . • It is common in the Ea!l: Indies in watery places. Van .Rheed calls It, N1run. The other fpecies are, 1. The herbaceous-il:alked, pmnated-leaved Phyllanthus. 2. The larger-flowered Phyllanthus. TRAGIA. I N the· male flowers the calyx is divided into three parts, and there is rio co~·oiia. · Jn the female flo~ers alfo, the calyx is divided into. t~ree parts, and the;e IS no corolla : the fiy)e is divided into !hree parts ; and the frutt IS a capfule of a tncoccous form containing three cells; and m each a fingle feed. • . . It 'is an American, defcribed by Plumier, 12. Thefe characters fuffic1ently dtamguilh it, without a farther defcription. A X Y R 1 S. I N the male flowers, the calyx is compofed of four leaves, and there is no coroll~~ In the female flowers, the calyx is compofed of four leaves~ and obtufe 1 there IS no corolla: the fiyles are two, and the feed is fin&le. an? round1lh. . . Thefe characters fufficiently di!l:ingui~ ~e Axyns, Wlthout a farther defcnpttonC/qfl |