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Show The liiflory (jf P L ·A tf T S. SMILAX. T HE cal x of the hlale flower is compo(ed of fix.1 l~avcs : there is ~o corolla.' The fiy1es are three : the fruit is a berry, contamm~ thre~ cells, m each of which are two feeds. · Smilax caule Jpinofo, baccis rubenti~ttf. The red-berried, prickly-jlalked Smtlax. Th t · 1 a creep'Ing and white: the plant, if it meets with trees or bu01cs e roo 1s onb, ' . d · 'd ft · d d to cI .tm b upon, grow s to a grea~ height·• the ftalk IS D· en err. , ; ng• , 1 n1at e , afnt cdo n-- torted, and is armed all the way with !lr?ng and fharp Jpmes: t 1e eaves a_~ ou mo de rate 1y 1o ng pe d1·c les , whic·h are alfo pnc• kly ,· they areh larghe , fol blong, andr. ptt11c klyd~ not only at the edges, but often along the nbs underneat : t e owets are 1ma an white· the berries round and red. . . . It i; common in the hedges in Italy,. and fo~e parts of France. C. Bauhme calls It, Smilax afpera fruCl:u rubente; J. Bauhme,. Smilax afpera.. . . The other fpecies are, 1. The lefs pnckly, black-fruited S~Ilax. 2. The broad-leaved, prickly Smilax. 3. The oblong and nervous-leaved Smilax. TAM US. T HE calyx of the male flower is divided into fix parts: there is no c?rolla. The calyx of the female flower is alfo divi?e_d into fix parts, and there IS no corolla : the ftyle is trifid: the fruit is a berry, contammg three cells, fituated below the calyx, and in each cell containing two feeds. This genus comprehends the Tamus of Tournefort, and the Bryonia nigra of other authors. Tamus foliis cordatis. The cordated-leaved 'Tamus. The root is large and tuberous, often fix in~hes long, _an? :hree in diamete~, black, on the out fide, white within, and full of a v1fcous, acnd JUICe: the plant climbs up among bul11es to ten or fifteen feet high : it's ftalk is green, tough, firm, and contorted : the leaves il:and alternately; they are four inch<i:s long, and more t~an .three . broad near the bafe, whence they go off gradually to an obtufe p~int, refemblmg m the whole the ihape of a heart, as ufually figured; they are of a lhmmg ftrong green colour, and perfeCtly fmooth: the flowers are [mall and greeni_fh; the _fruit a bl~ck .berry. The plant is common in our hedges. C. Bauhme.calls tt, Bryonta ntgr~ racernofa. The other fpecies are, 1. The larger-flowered Tamus. ·2. The Amencan Tamus, with palmated leaves. RAIANA. T H E calyx of the male flower is divided into fix fegments : there is n~ corolla. the calyx of the female flower is divided alfo into fix fegments: there IS no corolla: the fiyles are three : the fruit is roundi!h, . and has an oblique ala below the calyx. · ·11.. d 1 This genus comprehends the Jan Raia of Plumier, and is fufficiently diflingmwe 1Y thefe characters, without a farther defcription. D I 0 S C 0 R E A. THE calyx of the male flower is divided into fix fegments: there is no co~olla: j~ The calyx of the female flower is alfo divided into fix feg~e.nts, .and there IS ~5° corolla: the ftyles are three: the fruit is a cornpreffed capfule, divided mto three eel ' in each of which there are two membranaceous feeds. 3 Diofcorta The Hijl6ry of P L A N T S. Diofcorea foliis crJrdatis alternis, caule lcevi. The }mooth-Jlalked Dirfcorea, with cordated, alternate led'ves. The root is tuberous, very large, divided into feveral parts, of a farinaceous fu_bfia~ce, and efcule~t: the. ftalk i; woody, flender, weak, and fupports itfelf by chmbmg upon any tlung that IS near It • the leaves fiand fingly at the joints . they are oblong, obtufe at the point, cordated at the bafe, of a duiky green, anl nervous: the fi_?wers ~re fmall an~ greenilh ; the fruit is a flatted capfule. It IS a native of Jamaica and other parts of America. Plumier calls it Diofcorea fcandens folio tamni, fruCl:u racemofo. ' Clafs the Twenty Second. Order the Seventh. D I OE C I A 0 C T A N D R I A. P !ants which have the male and female flowers on feparate plants, and eight jlamina in the male flower. P o P tJ L us.' T I-1 E nia1e flowers. are arrang:d into an ament~m ; the caly~ _is a lacerated lamina : the corolla IS of a turbthated :figure, oblique and undivided. The female flowers are arranged in an amentum, in the manner of the male ones, and the calyx and corolla are of the fame firueture : the fiigma is divided into four parts and the fruit is a capfule, containing four cells, in each of which are feveral pappofe' feeds. Populus foliis jubrotundis, dentatri-angulatis, fubtus tomentojis. The Populus, with roundijh, angulated leaves, · woolly underneath. . 1tbt lbbitt t0opta~. The root is fpreading; the tree grows to a great height : it's trunk is thick, tolerably erett, and covered with a fmooth, pale, whitilh bark : the branches are not very numerous; the leaves are three inches long, and near as much ih diameter; they are deeply dentated or angulated at the edges, and are of a dark green on the upper furface, and white and woolly underneath : the flowers are fmall; and ftand )n long, loofe catkins : the fruit is a fmall capful€. It is common about watery places in moft parts of Europe. C. Bauhine calls it, Populus alba. The other fpecies are, 1. The black Poplar. 2. The trembling-leaved Poplar, or Afpin. The fmaller-leaved white Poplar, and the American, great-leaved Poplar, are only varieties of the firft fpecies. Clafs the Twenty Second. Order the Eighth. D I OE C I A E N N E A N D R I A. Plants which have the male and female flowers on fiparate plants, and L: nine jlamina in the male flower. M E R C U R I A L I S. I ~ I-i E calyx of the male flowe'r is divided into three parts; there is n~ corolla.: ·' ..l the fiattiida are from nine to twelve: the anther<£ are globofe and dtdymou[:.. In th't! female flower, the ·calyx is alfo divided into three pa_rts, and there is n~ corol~ la: the fiyles are two; the fruit is a dicoccous capfule, havmg two cells, and m each one feed. 7U Me, c. ,ria/is |
