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Show The Hiflory of P L · A N T S. · Mercurialis caule brachiato, foliis glabri~. The Mercurialis, with a brachiated Jlalk, and fnootb leaves. The root is fibrous and white~ the plant ·rifes to ten inches high : the fialk is thiclt round, green, and jointed i the branches are numerous; the leaves are oblong, of~ bright green, ferrated, and terminate in a point : the. male fiow~rs are arranged in lax fpikes : the female ones are fucceeded fingly by a tefhculated fi·mt. It is common in many parts of England in dry places. C. Bauhine and others call it, Mercurialis mas et fremina. The other fpecies are, 1. The common dog's Mercury, called Cynoerambe. 2• The hoary-leaved, ihrubby Mercurialis. 3· The almond-leaved, lhrubby MercuriaJis. 4• The roundilh-leaved Mercurialis. HYDROCH .ARIS. T HE male flower has a fpatha compofed of two leaves: t~e calyx is divided into three parts: the co~olla confifis of three petals, and the three interior flamina are fry liferous. The calyx of the female flower is divided into tllree parts, and the corolla confifis of three petals : the fiyles are fix : the capfule contains fix cells, and iri each ot them a number of feeds ; it's fituation is under the receptacle of the corolla. This genus comprehends the Stratiotes of Dillenius, the Morfus ranee of Tournefort, and the Microleuco-nymphcea of Boerhaave. There is but one fpecies of it. H y D R 0 c H A R I s. The root is compofed of a number of brown, · thick, and long filaments : the leaves float on the furface of the water, and are of a round figure, thick, flelhy, and of a dufky browniih-green colour; they are about an inch and a half broad : the flowers fiand fingly on their pedicles, and are moderately large and white. lt is common in ditches. C. Bauhine calls it, Nymph~a alba minima. · ' Clefs the Twenty Second. Order the Ninth. ,.. D I OE C I A D E C A N D R I A. PlaJJ.ts which have the male and female flowers on Jeparate plants, and ten }lamina in the male flower. . . . . . o ( l I£ • I ·. C 0 RIA RIA. .r THE calyx of the male flower is compofed of five leaves: the corolla confifts of fi ve petals, ~nd is very like the cup~ the antherre ate bipartite. In the female flower, the calyx 1s compofed of five leaves: the corolla is like that of the male flower; the fiyles are five : the fruit confifis . of five feeds· incloted in the petals which become fucculento-baccated. · , , Coriaria Joliis ovato-o!Jlongis~ · The ovato- oblong-leaved Coriaria. . The root is divided, fpreading, and fib rated : the thru'b .grows to four or five feet h~gh: the trun~ is hal_f an inch in diameter, hollow, brittle, and filled with a light pnh :. the bark 1s greytlh and fpotted} the young lhoots are fquare: the leaves frand in. pairs ; they ar~ oblong, a~d. of a bright green :. the flowers are [mall and green ; the a~therre ~lack1lh: the fruit IS of the bignefs of a pear. . It IS a nat1ve of France ... c .. Bau~ine calls it, Rhus .rnyrtifolia Monfpelia_na; It isfaid to be a very great med1cme m epdepGc:s. It's bark contains it'~ greateft virtue. 1 • • f L N YSSA '#Je lli}lory if P L A N T s. T H ~. caly.x of tlhe· made. £ower.: is divi~'ed into five fegtnents; the corolla is alfo .d~vtde~ mto five fegments. The calyx and corolla in the female flower are alfo each d1v1ded mto fi~e fegments : the fiyle is fingJe; the fruit is a dru e, containin · bn)y ?ne eel~, and 1s pl~c.ed under the receptacle. p g It' .Is -~ nauve of Vlrgm1a. ·Thefe charaCters fufliciently diil:ihguilh it without a far the defcnptJOn.1 • • ' r :t l .ro ( ttl"" t • r CAR I C .A . T HE .ma1e fl~wer ~as ~~arce any calyx ; the corolla is formed of a fingle peta1, and IS of an mf~nd1buhtorf!l !ha~e, and divided into five fegments at the edge : ~he filaments or fiamma are fituated Within the tube of the corolla, and are alternately lhorter. ·The cal~x of the femtlle flo}Ver has five indentings: the corolla confifis of ~ve petals: the fi1grnata are five; the fruit is a berry, containing only one. cell in whtch are feveral feeds. ' This genus comprehends the Papaya of Tournefort. There is but one fpecies of it. C A R 'I C A. The root is fpreading : the tree, if it may he fo called grows to thirty feet or tnore, in heigh~; it's trunk is g.reen! thick, naked, tender, ~nd fucculent, and, tho1ugh often of the thicknefs of a ~an s thigh, tnay be cut down with a knife at one firoke : the leaves fiand on l~ng pedicles at the top, formin·g· a ve~y beautiful head; they are two feet, or more, m breadth, and are deeply divided tnto five or feven fegments fo as to appear digitated 1 they are qf a deep green on the upper furface, apd of ~ paler green underneath; the flowers are yeilow, moderately large and hang in clufters: the fruit is large, and, when ripe, yellow. , ~tis a native of America. C. Bauhine calls it, Papaya. The male an? f~male flowers in this rometimes gro~ on the fame plant, not on dif.:. fer~nt . ones, as. IS the ufual cufiom; :;tn mfiance of tlus we had in Lord Petre's fiove. . ' KIGELLARIA. T HE calyx of the in ale flower is 'divided into five fegments ~ the corotla cotififis of five petals ; there are five trilobous glandules : the anthem~ are perforated. The calyx and corolla in the !female flower are the fame with thofe of the male : the fiyles are five: the fruit is a capfule formed of five valves, containing only one cell, and in it feveral feeds. ' Thefe charaCters fufficiently diftinguifh the Kigellaria, without any fa rther de-fcription. 1 ' ' D A 1T, Is cA. • c t I T HE calyx of the male flower is compofed of five leaves; there is no corotla : the antherce are long and feffile. The calyx of the female flower is compofed of fi.ve leaves; there is~·~ . ~orqlla: the fi,yles. art< tht;e : the fr~it is a triangular, tricufpidated capfule, conta~nmg only one cell, bu.t• m that a number of feeds, and it is pervious. . :t'\' '. \ t ,, Thefe charael:ers fpt.fici~nt~~41ilingui~~}tl}e Datifca; without ·a fartlier defcription. t ,__ , .~ \ <>. \. .., . \ ,. r [. 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