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Show ~ Hi}Jory if P L A N T S.· This genus comprehends the Sicyoides of Tournefort, and Bryonoides of bii.:. Ienius. Slcyos joliis anguiatis. The angulated-leaved Sicyos. · The root is compofed of a multitude of white fibres 1 the fialks are 11ender, angulated, and climbing; the leaves are large and angulated, of a deep green, and placed on moderately long pedicles • the flower is fmall ; the fruit is rough, or echinated on the furface, and contains only a fingle feed. It is a native of America. Dillenius aalls it; Bryonoides fl6re et fruCl:u minore. The other fpecies are, I. The laciniated-leaved Sicyos. · 2. Th~ -larger-fruited Sicyos. · B R Y 0 N I A. T HE calyx of the male flower is divided by five indentings at the rim : the corolla is formed of a fingle petal, and divided into five fegments,; the fiamina are three. The calyx of the female flower is alfo dentated : the corolla is formed of a fingle petal, divided into five fegments : the fiyle is trifid i the fruit is a roundilh berry. Bryonia foliis palmatis, utrinque callofi Jcabris. The Bryonia, with palmated leaves, jcabrous on both fides. i:Ubitt llDtPonp. The root is of an enormous fize, often two feet long, and fix or eight inches in di.J ameter, of a whitifh colour, and difagreeable fmell : the fialks are ilender, angulated, and, when fupported, grow to a great height : the leaves are broad and palmated, of a pale green colour, and very rough to the touch : the flowers are very fmall and green; the fruit is a round berry, red, when ripe. !t is common in our hedges. Th_e root is ufed in fome compofitions as an antihyftenc. Authors call the plant Bryoma alba, and Bryonia alba baccis rubris. The other fpecies are, I. The larger-fruited, deeply, divided-leaved Bryony of Cey.J Ion. 2. The fma~ler-fruited, laciniated-leaved Briony. 3· The fmooth-leaved, yellow- flowered, Afncan Bryony. 4· The fig-leaved Bryony. 5· The olive-fru ited Bryony. 6. The fx_nooth, angulated leaved, American Bryony. 7· The rough, angulated- leav.ed, Amencan Bryony. 8. The angulated-leaved Bryony, with very fmall, black fru1t. T R E V 1 L L :E: A. T HE calyx of the male .fl?wer is di~ided into five fegments: the corolla is formed of a fingle petal, d1v1ded alfo mto five fegments : the !lamina are three. The calyx of the fei?~le flower ~s divided into five fegments : the corolla is formed of a fingle petal, and divided alfo mto five fegments : the fiyle is trifid . the fi·uit is a berry, furrounded with a cortical fubfiance. ' This genus comprehends the Nhandirolea of Plumier. It's charaCters fDfli cien tly diftinguifh it, without a farther defcription. Clqfs the Twenty Second. Order the Tenth. M 0 N 1.E C I A G Y N A N D R I A. Plants W~th f!veral male and female flowers on the fame plant, and with tbe ftamzna zn the male flowers jituated upon the rudiments of a Jlyle. AND RA C H N E. THE calyx of the male .flower is compofed of five leaves: the corolla is formed of five petals: the fta~ma are five, and grow upon the rudiments of a fiyle. The calyx of the female flower 1s formed of five leaves;- there is no corolla: the !lyles are th rc~: 7he Hiflory if P L Al N T s~ three : the fruit is a capfule ~ontaining three cells; with two feeds in each. This genus comprehends the Telphoides of Tournefort and Dillenius. Of this genu.s there is but one fpecies, and that is too fully diftinguiihed by ies cha..: raCl:ers, to need any farther defcription. 1t is a procumbent, oriental plant. Clafs the Twenty Second. DIOECIA. Plants which have the male and female flowers on fepardte plants of the fame fpecies. 0 F thefe fome have only a fingle :ftamen, fome two, fome three, and fo on to ten; others have twenty, others vety numerous fiamina, and others are monadelphous, fyngenefious, and gyna~drious, accordin~ to the before efi:ablilhed difi~nc~ tions. They are therefore, accordmg to thefe obvwus characters, to be arranged mto feveral orders. Clafs the Twenty Second. Ord~r the Firjl. D I 0 E C I A M 0 N A N D R I A. Plants that have the male and female j/owers Oli Jeparate plants, and onlj one antbera. N A I A S. T HE calyx of the maie flower is cylin?ric, and divided into two ~arts 4 .the corolia is divided into four fegments; there IS no fiarnen ' the anthera IS fingle, oblong, and ereCt. The female flower has no calyx nor corolla,; the pifiil is :lingle, and the fruit is an oval capfule. . . . . . This genus comprehends the Fluvialts of Vaillant and M1cheh. Naias Joliis latioribus.Jerratis. The broader and firrated-leaved Naia.r. The root is fibrous and whiti!h ; the plant grows to a foot and a half long; it floats obliquely in the water, feldom franding quite ereCt: the fialk is round, jointed, ra .... mofe, and has fome iliort, robufi: fpines placed ~t difiances on it : the leaves ~and ufually three at a joint ; they are more than an mch long, about a :fixth of an mch b d of a {hining furface and deeply ferrated at the edges : the flowers are rnoder:~~ y' large, and fiand fingly on pedicles of half an inch long, ariiing from the alec of the leaves. . It is common in frefh waters in many parts of Europe. Ray calls It, Potamogeton {argazo fimile, lucens, foliis margine dentatis. . . There is but one other known fpecies, which IS the narrow-leaved Na1as. Clajs the Twenty Second. Order the Second. DIOECIA DIANDRIA. Plants which have the male and female flowers on feparate plants, and have two }lamina. V A L L I S N E R I A. T HE calyx of the male flower is a fpatha, divid~d into two parts ; the fpadix is d 'th florcu· Ies . the corollce are tripe talous. The calyx of the female covere WI 1 ' ' • • 1 ii 1 fl · 1 fl. · 1i tha divided into two parts, and contammg on y a mg e o~er : .t 1e ower 1s a pa ' 7 s penanthmm |