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Show The Hiflory of P LAN T S~ Clafs the Twenty Second. Order the Tenth. D I OE C I A I C 0 S A ·N D R I A. ARUNCUS. T H E calyx of the male flower is divided i~to five . . fegments at the extremity : the corolla is compofed of five petals, and mferted mt~ the calyx. The calyx of the female flower is divided into five fegments ; the corolla ts compofed of five pe· tals : the germina are three, and the feeds ~hree. . This genus comprehends the Barba caprre of Tournefort. There IS but ope known fpecies of it. A R u N c us. The root is oblong, thick, brown, and woody: the plant grows to four o: five · feet high: the ftalks are firiated, hollow, and finooth: the leaves are oblong, ferrated at the edges, pointed at the end, and fomewhat refemble thofe ?f the chefnut, . and are placed feveral on the fame rib : the flowers are fmall and whtte, and hang m long, ilender fpikes. . . . It is a native of many parts of Europe, but we •have 1t not wtld m England. C. Bauhine calls it, Barba caprre. Clafi the Twenty Second. Order the Eleventh. D I OE C I A P 0 L Y A N D R .I A. ' C L I F F 0 R T I A: 1 •• J • T H E calyx of the male flower is compofed 'of three leaves ; ther.e is no corolla : the ftamina are, about thirty. The calyx ot the male flower IS compofed of three leaves, and is fituated upon the germen ; ~here is no corolla : the fiyles are two; the fruit is a capfule, containing two cells, and m each ta fingle feed. · . . Thefe charaC1ers fufficiently dilling.u ilh the Cliffortia, without a farther defcnpt10n. - ... I 1 I t Clafs the Twenty Second · Or;der the Twelfth. D I OE C I A M 0 ~ A p E 'L P H I A. • I ~ j JUNIPER U ~- T HE male flowers are arranged into an amentu~, ' a~d It's fquammre make the calyces; there is nq corolla; the fiamina are three. The calyx of the female flower is divided into three parts ; the corolla is c.ompofed of three petals; the fiyles are three : the fruit is a berry, containing three' ieeds. . This genus comprehends the Juniperus s•1~ <?7flrus .o~/foprn~~o2~fL and~ th_e Sapwa of Boerh'\ave. 1 · :'I'• .. ;·n:.ith. 1•,·•; .A: or• Juniperus foliis baji adnatis, juniorii~;,:i"{bf~cii{~~?jeAi- t ' ~ '7~ . ·. 1 ' oribus patulis. 4 li$trntUb¢l!j The Juniperus, with the' you'nf · l~ilvisi 'tni~~~f:tt~edj'.Jit!J~ ·! r _• <lena~; elder patulous. The root is fpreading; the tree grows to a confiderable fize in fome places, though in others it is only a lhrub ; the leaves are fmall, lhorr, of a lively green, and very numerous: thofe on the young /hoots lie clofe and imbricated, thofe on the older fiand open; this gives the appearance of two perfeetly different kinds of leaves on the fame plant: the fruit is a fmall, bluiili-black berry, like that of our Juniper. . It is a native of moll: parts of America, Ray calls it, Juniperus major Amencanah. T e 'I'/;e Hifory of P L A N T s. 62g .T hJe .other fpecies are, 1. The common Juniper. 2. The broader-leaved .....~ _ I . . • h bl b . ' UJOUn ta1n umper, 'Y1t o ong ernes. . 3· The great, blue-berried Juniper. 4 . The great, red~berned, fhort .. ]eaved Jumper. 5· The great, yellow-berried, cyprefs ... leav~d Jumper. 6. The great~berried, cyprefs-leaved Juniper. 7· The tall, Spani(h Jumper, With large, black fru1t. .8. The common Savin. . .. TAXUS . T H E caly~ of the male flowers is compofed of three leaves ; there is no corolla ± tqe ftamma are numerous 1 the antherre are peltated, and divided into eight fegme~ ts. The ca_lyx ~f the female flower is compofed of three leaves, and there is no corolla ; there ts no fiyle z the feed is fingle, and is furrounded 'by an undivided baccated calyx. , Of this genus there is but one known fpecies~ ; .... T A X us, The root is brachiated and fpreading ; the tree grows to thirty feet, or more in height: the trunk is ufually tortuous and irregular; the branches are numerous 'and fpreading: the bark is of a pale reddilh-brown; the wood firm, and of a beautiful reddilh colour : the leaves are long, narrow, ahd arrahged clofely in form of pinnre; the ..flowers ~re inconfiderable and yellowilh; the fruit is a large, green feed, furrounded by a fine bnght red calyx, {ucculent, and of the nature of a berry. T~e yew is a native, of mofi parts of Europe. C. Bauhine calls it, Taxus vulgatis. EPHEDRA. T HE calyx of the amentum is divided into two parts; there is no corolla: the fiamina are feven: four of the antherre are inferior. The calyx of the female flower · is quintuple, and divided into two parts,; there is no corolla: the pill:ils are two; the feeds are two, and are covered by a baccated calyx. Ephedra ca(de nudo Jr~ticofo, j/;ribus confertis. The naked, jhrubby Ephedra, with clujlered .flower!. 1tbt great ~ea <15~ape. The root is divaricated and fpreading: the Q:lrub ~rows to four, five, or fix feet high ; the ftem is an inch or two in diameter ; the branches are numerous, and the bark of a dufky blackilh colour : the ilioots that produce the flowers are a foot long, ilender, and fcarce fupport themfelves ereet: they are naked, or wholly without leaves, as 'is al(d the ~hole plant; but they are frequently jointed, and at the joints ftand the flowers in dufiers; they are fmall and moffy : the fruit is red, fucculent, and of an acid and auftere tafte. It is a native of the coafts of Italy and Sicily. C. Bauhine calls It, Polygonum bac-ciferum maritimum majus. 1 • The other fpecies are, r. The Ieifer Sea-grape, or lhrub Horfe-tail; and, 2. The climbing, bacciferous Ephedra, or climbing Sea Horfe-tail. . .. Clefs the Twenty Second. Order tha Thirteenth, D I OE C I A S Y N G ~ N E ,s I A. • i R u ·s c us. ·· T H E calyx of the rllale flower is compdfed of fix leaves ; thete is ho cdrolia ~ the nectarium is fituated in the center, and is of an oval figure, and perforated at the top: The calyx, corolla, and nettatium are ig th~ !emale flowers exacrly as in the male~ the ftyle ~s fingle; the fruit is a berry, contammg thre~ cells; the feeds are two. |