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Show • 6xo The Hi}l~ry of P t A N T S. Clafs the Twenty Fitfl. Otder the Seventh. MONO.lECIA MONADELPHIA. P /ants, with the male and female flowers Jeparate on the fame individual, with the }lamina in the male ~nes, conneCled into one body at their bafl. P I N U S. T H E calyx of the male flower is compofea of fom leaves; there is no corolla : the fiamina are numerous, and the antherre are naked. In the female flower, the calyx is a fquamma of a firobilus, and contains two flowers ; there is no corolla : the piftil is tingle, and the feed is received into a membranaceous ala. . Pinus foliis geminis primordialibus folitariis ciliatis. The Pinus, with two leaves together; the pri?nordial ones jingle and ciliated. 3tbt ntanurtb ~tnt. The tree grows to a very confiderable height :- the trunk is !lta:it ; the bark rough' and reddi!h ; the wood yellowilh, and firongly fcented of turpentine: the leaves grow from little tubercles orr the bark of the branches, two together; they are united d ofe at the bafe, but feparate afterwards, hollowed inwards, pointed at the ends, very narrow, like rulhes, and eight inches long :· the cones or fruit are large, of a turbi-. nated figure, and compofed' of a very beautiful arrangement of fquammre. . It is a native of Italy. C. Bauhine calls i't, Pinus fativa ~ The kernels of this fruit are efculent and fweet as an almond; they ufed to be kept in the {hops as refioratives, but they are neglected at this time. . The other fpecies are, I. The great,. long-leaved, fwamp Pine of America. 2. The common, wild Pine. 3· The £lender-fruited, wlld Pine. 4· The fea Pine. 5· The leffer fea Pine. 6. The low Pine, with green in-li. 7· The very 1lender-leaved Pine, with purple iuU. 8. The Pine, with ereCt cones. ABIES. T HE calyx of the male flowers is a gemma 1 there is no corolfa : the fiamina are numerous, and the anthera.:! are furniilied with a fquammula in the upper part. In the female flowers, the fqnammu]ce of the firobilus each contain two flowers; there' is no corolla: the piftil is fingle, and the feed is lodged in a membranaceous ala. Abies foliis folitariis apice acuminatis. The Abies, with folitary leaves acutninated at the point. 1tbt ~oan :: nton jftr. The tree is tall ; the bark reddilh or brownilh, and the wood yellowilh and refi ... · nous: the branches grow regularly;- the leaves are of a pale green, narrow, and pungent at the ends : the fruit is a cylindric cone of fix inches, or more, in length ; thefe grow on the extremities of the branches, and hang downwards. It is common in France and Italy. C. Bauhine calls it1 Abies conis deotfum fpec .. tantibus; others, Picea, T~e other fpecies of Abies are are, 1. The yew-leaved Abies, with the . c~n~s fiand1~g upwards. 2. The long-leaved Abies. 3· The fmaller, pectinated, Vtrgm•an f\bies. 4· The Ieifer coned Abies. 5. The yew-leaved Abies, with the leaves white underneath, 6. The lhort-leaved Abies. . C U P R E S S US. \ n e HiJiory oj P t A N T s. 6tt C U P R E s S U s. T ·HE caly-X of the 'male flowers is a fquamma of an amen tum ; there is no corol.:. l2 : the ahther.re .are four, an~ feffile, and have no filaments. In the female flowers, the calyx co~taiFl.s two, and 1s a fquamma of a fitobilus ; there is no corolla % there are hollowed pomts m the place of fiyles; the feed is angular. Cupref!us folils imbricatis ereEiit, The Cupre/fus, with imbricated, ere'a leaves. 'lrbe ~pprtfS'::: tree. The ~oot is fpreading; the tree grows to a confiderable height; the trunk is thick ~n? firatt, the bark brown, the wood firm and fcented; from the middle to the top Jt IS full of branches : the leaves are of a dufky green and of an imbricated firuCl:ure. the fruit ~s ,of the fi~e of a fmall walnut, of an ovai figure, and full of cracks on th~ furface : Its colour ts a dufky browh ; it's tafie refinous. It is a native of the Hlands of the Archipelago. C. Bauhine calls it, fimply, Cupreffus. The other fpecies are, I. The thicker-leaved CuprefTus. 2. The finaller-fruited Cupreifus. 3· The acacia-leaved Cyprefs. T H U Y A. T HE calyx of t~e male flower is a fquamma of an amen tum ; there is no co• . rolla : the fla.rnma are four. In the female flower, the calyx is fquamma of a firob1lus, and contams two flowers ; there is no corolla 1 the pifiil is fingle and the feed is furrounded with a membranaceous ala. . ' 7buya flrobi!Js lcevibus, .fquammis obtujis. 'Ihe Thuya, with Jmooth flrobili, and obtufe fquam?1iti. The root is fpreading; the tree grows to a moderate height : the trunk is eretl: and knotty; the bark is of a reddifh grey; the woad reddilh, firm, and refinous : the branches fpread horizontally : the leaves are divided into many parts, oblong, comprefTed, and fquammofe ; they are of a bright green, and of a ftrong and difagreeable fmell : the flowers are fmall and yellowilh ; the fruit is a fmall, oblong cone. It is a native of North America, C. Bauhine calls it, Thuya Theophrafti; others, Arbor vitre. There is but one other known fpecies of this genus, that is, the Chinefe Arbor vit:!l, T H E L I G 0 N I U M: . T HE calyx of the male flower is bifid; there is no corolia: the flam ina are twelve. There is no corolla to the fethale flower ! the calyx is bifid, and the pifiil fingle : the fruit is a coriaceous capfule, containing only a fingle cell, and in it only o~e feed. . This genus tomprehends the Cynocrambe of 'tournefort. There is but one known fpecies of it. T H E L I G 0 N I u M. The root Is eompofed of a dufier of white fibres: the fialks are numerous, and a fo6t and a half Jong; they are round jointed and procumbent, fmooth on the fur face, hollow and brittle : the leaves grow twa or three at a joint, but not oppolite, but all on Ohe fide; they are !oblong, of a deep green, flattilh, ftinking, when bwifed, and one of them at each joint ufually 1l:ands on a longer pedicle than the others : the flowers are numerous, very fmall; t~ey lland in duffers at the joints of the fialk. It is a native of France, C. Bauhine calls it; Cynocrambe Diofcoridis ; others, Alfine parietarire foliis. 3 ACALYPHA. |