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Show 6o6 Poterium inerme ji~am~ntis lo,ngif!imJs. The .fmooth Poterium, with vet;)' long filaments. 115tttntt. . ' The root ·is oblong, llendet, and brown. th~ ftalks are angular, ~rown> 'and a foot, or more, in hdght: the leaves are pinnate~; tlie plhnre are numerous, lhort, and fer ... rated round the. edges: the flowers are ... purplilh ~ ~ the antherre yellow =. the flowers are collected into little, roundifh, or oval, heads, and the filaments fomeutnes hang down to an inch in length from them. , . . • . , . . , . . It js frequent in dry pall:ur-~s. C~ B.au11Jne-1 taU~ 1t~ P1rnpurellaj five ~angU1forba mmor. The othet fpecies are, 1. The grenter Bl~rq~t. 2. The tall, ~9ncillated-leaved Poterium. 3· The long-fpiked, Ameri~an Pofen~m. 4· The agm~ony-leaved, fcented Poterium. 5· The larger, lhort-fp1ked, white-flowered Potenum. 6. The ever .. green, prickly Pote~ium. w ·~ • ~ . SAGifTTARIA. · • . ! T. HE calyx ot the male flower is £drmed of three leaves : the coroUa is formed. of three petals · and the ftamina are about four-and-twenty: the calyx of the female flower is formed ~f three leaves, and the corolla of three petals: there are no pifiils;. the feeds are numerous and naked. ' .. ~ ... " I' Sagitt(Jria:' foliis fagittatfs. The arrow-headed-leaved Sagittaria. mrtater ~r:;l . tolb:;:l)eab. The root is oblong, divaricated, oblique, white, fungous, and fibrated ; from this rife fiolones, of the thicknefs of a ru!h, and of two or three feet lohg, taking root in feveral places : the leaves are three or four inches long, fagitta.ted a~t the bafe, point.ed at the extremity; they float on the furface of the water, and are affixed _to long ~ed1cles: the fialks are little taller than the leaves; they are nearly cound, .finated, thick, and fungaus: the flowers are beautiful and white; they fiand ufua1ly three to'gether, and are ornamented in the center with a number of purple antherre. It is common in !hallow waters. C. Bauhine calls it, Sagitta aquatica latifolia. It varies greatly in fize, and in the Jbape of the leaves; and. authors have hence dill:inguilhed it into feveral fpecies, under the names of Sagi~ta latifolia, and angufiifo~ia; Sagitta ma- J. or, Sagitta minorJ and the like. · · (', M Y R I 0 P H Y L L U M. T H E· male flower has the calyx formed of four leaves : there is no corolla : the fiamina are eight: the Galyx of the female flower is compofed of four leaves: there is no torolla : the pi.fills are four; there are no fiyles : the fruit is compofed of four naked feeds. Myriophyllum jlori6us o?fi?zibus v:ertit:illatis. 'Ihe Myriophyllum, with all Jbe flowers verticillqte. ~ntan, lba~· .ur ~tlfotl. The root is fibrous : the branches fpread upon the furface of the mud, and take root in different places : the -ftalk's that are e'tetl: rife to two or three inches above the furface of the water: the leaves are pinnatt:!d; .iind the pint:rre very fine and flender; five leave! ufually il:and at a joint; they are largefi at the bottom, and fmaller all the way up, fo that they give the whole plant' a pyramida.1 form: the flowers il:and principally on th~t part of the fialk th.at is out pf he w~ter,; th~y are frnall and whitifu, and fiand m round clu!lers; at d1ll:ance~, a o e on·e ~dt'her. · . • . . It is common in lliallow waters. C. Bauhine' -<:alls h, Millefolium aquadcum' fiof-culis ad nodos. ' The other fpecies are, 1. T 1e larger, water Milfoil. 2, T.he broad-leaved~ water Milfoil. · · Ol • u . CERA TO· 6oj CERATOPHYLLUM. T HE calyx of the male flower is divided into feveral fegments: there is no corolla: the il:amina are from fix teen to twenty in number. The calyx of the female flower is divided alfo into feveral fegments: there is nd fiyle: the feed is tingle and naked. This .genus comprehends the Hydrocetatophyllon and Dichotophyllum of authors. Of this genus there is but one known fpecies. C E It A T 0 P H Y L L U M. The root is fibrous~ the plant grows to a foot, or more, in length, and is ufually wholly immerfed in the water: the leaves are numerous, and are each divided into four, or into eight, fegments; they are harfh to the touch, and of a dufky green colour: the tops of the plant look larger than any other part, and the flowers, which are fmall and greenifi1, fiand there in the alre of the leaves. It is common in lhallow waters, Tournefort calls it, Hydroceratophyllon folio afperd quatuor cornibus armata; and a variety of it, H ydroceratophyllum folio Irevi octo cornu bus. Q_U E R c· US. T HE calyx of the male flower is divided into five fegments at the the. top: there is no corolla : the fiamina are from five to ten in number. The calyx of the female flower is formed of a fingle leaf, undivided at the edge, and rough : there is no corolla : the fiyles are from two to five • the feed is fingle, large, and oval. ~ercus Joliis anguflis acutis. Tbe narrow-leaved Oak. . · 3tbt lbiUolb~ Itabtn llDalt. The root is large atld brachiated : the tree grows to a vall: height and fize : the bark is brown and rough; the wood extremely firm and folid: the leaves fiand very thick on the branches; they are four or five inches long, not more than half an inch broad, undivided, and pointed at the ends, and very much refenible thofe of the common, long-leaved willow: th~ flowers are fmall a~d brownifi1: ~h~ fru~t is a large acorn. I-t is a native of Amenca, Plukenet calls It, ~ercus fahc1s folio. The other fpecies are, r. The common Oak. 2. The broad-leaved, ever-green Oak. 3· The chefnut-leaved Oak. 4· The broad and fl1ortpleaved, Oak, called the black Oak. 5· The deeply-finuated, or Spanilh, Oak. 6. The prickly-leaved, American Oak. 7· The more flightly-finuated, prickly, American Oak. 8. The dwarf Oak, the Fagus and Efculus of the antients. . 9· The echinated-cupped Oak. 10. The African Oak, with long acorns. I I. The latle, !hort-leaved Oak. Thefe are all called ~reus and Oaks by authors, but the Ilex and Suber are alfo of this genus. Of the Ilex kind there are, I. The oblong and ferFated-leaved Ilex. 2. The narrow~ undivided-leaved llex. 3· The roundiili foft-leaved llex. 4· The holly-leaved Ilex. 5· The woolly-leaved llex. 6. The n~rrower-leaved, ferrated Ilex. 7· The broad-leaved, fpungy, barked Ilex, or Cork-tree. 8. The narrow-leaved Cork-tree. J U G L AN S. T HE calyx of the male .flower is formed of a fingle leaf, and is of the lhape of of '3. fquamma or fcale : the corolla is divided into fJ,.X parts, and the fquamm.s are eighteen in numb~r. :In the fe,male fl~we.r,. the ~alyx is divided into fou~ fegments~ and fituated upon the germen: the corolla IS d1v1ded mto four parts; the ftyles are two. the 6-.uit is a drupeJ with a fulcated .kernel. |
