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Show The Hijlory of · P L A N T S. BROSSJEA. T I-t E calyx is a perianthiutn, formed .of a fingle leaf, divided into five fegments; which terminate in acute, erect pomts, of the length of the corolla : the corolla is formed of a fingle petal ~ it is of a conic figure, the top truncated and undi~ vided : the germen is pentacoccous ; th€ fiyle is fubulated, and ihorter than the corolla; the fl:igma is fimple: the fruit is a round capfule, divided by five furro~s; it contains five cells, and is covered with a large, fle!hy, fucculent, connivent cup, which afterwards fplits at the fides : the feeds are numerous and fmall. DURANT A. T H E calyx is a perianthium, formed of a fingle leaf, divided by five indentings at the extremity; it is erect, acute, permanent, and pregnant with the germen : the corolla is formed of a fingle petal, and is of the ringent kind : the tube is cylindric and long ; the limb is bilabiated: the upper lip is oval, erect, and hollow; the lower is divided into three parts : the lateral fegments are roundHh and patent ; the lower is again divided into two roundifl1 fegments: the fi·uit is a roundilh berry, covered with the cup; it's mouth is obliquely connivent, and it contains one cell : the feeds are four, and of an angular figure. · This genus comprehends the Cafiorea of Plumier. HYMEN lEA. T HE calyx is a perianthium, formed of a fingle leaf, unequally divided by five indentings at the edge : the corolla is papilionaceous ; the vexillum is large and reflex ; the alee are lanceolared and fmall; the carina is fubulated, longer than the alre,.· and afcendent: the germen is oblong; the fruit is ""a large legumen, of an ovato-oblong figure, obtufe, and unilocular : the feeds are numerous, oval, and furrounded with fibres, and a farinaceous matter. There is but one known fpecies of this genus, which is defcribed by Plumier, unde~ the name of Cour baril. X I MEN 1 A. T HE calyx is a perianthium, compofed of three leaves, (mall, cordated in figure·; and deciduous : the corolla is formed of a fingle petal, of a campanulated figure, divided at the edge into three eretl, oblong, obtufe fegments: the gennen is fmall, and of a fuboval figure : the fruit is an oval drupe, containing one cell : the feoo is oval, unilocular, and fmooth. FUCHSIA¥ T l-IE calyx is an undivided margin, coronating the germen : the corolla confifts of a flngle petal : the tube is clavated ;. the limb is divided into eight fegments., and plane ; the fegments are acuminated, and alternately lower : the fl:amina are four filaments, of the length of the tube : the antberce are didymous and roundiili : the germen is oval, and fiands under the receptacle ; the ftyle is fimple, and of the length of the £lamina : the fl:igma is obtufe : the fruit is a roundifl1 berry, marked with four furrows, and containing f~ur cells : the feeds are numerous, oval, and placed in a double feries. T HALlA; The Hi.ftory if P L A 'N T S. THALIA. T HE calyx is an ovato-fubulated, univalve fpatha : the corolla· confifts of five ovato-oblong petals, hollowed and undulated at the edge . the two wh' 1 nearefi the fpatba ~re fmall and involute, the others are nearly eq~al erect ~ 1 are cave : the g~rmen IS oval; the fruit is an oval, unilocular berry: the 'reed is' fi~ngle coonf= feous, and bilocular : the nucleus is flender ' This is the Cortufa of Plumier. It fee~s allied to the Monandria, the Canna, Maranta, and the refi. R H 1£ DE A. T H E R E is no calyx : the corolla ~onfifts of four vertically ova ted petals ; they . . a~e hollow and patent: the fiamma. are numerous ; the germen is globofe: the fi mt IS oval, fmall, fucculent, and · con tams only one cell : the feeds are three of an ovato-oblong figure, large, and odly furrowed. ' '· I • B U C E P H A L 0 N. T HERE is no calyx, nor any corolla: the fruit is an oval but fomewhat quadrangular, berry, containing one cell: the feed is brittle. ' RAND I A. T H .E c~rolla is monopetalous, and of the hypocrateriform kind : the limb is divide~ mto five fegments : the germen is oval; the fiyle is fimple : the fi·uit is an oval, uml?cular capfule : the feeds are numerous, cartilaginous, compreffed and furrounded WJth pulp. ' H~ufion calls this Randia; Plukenet has figured it, under the name of a fpecies of Jafmme. MYRISTIC A. T H E ~ale and female flowers are feparate. The calyx of the female is a perianthi~ m, of an ovato-cam.P~n~lated figure, and indented in four places at the edge ; there I~ ~1o corolla: the pifill .1s of a clavated form, and of the length of the ~alyx : the fru1t IS a drupe, of a ro~nd1lh figure: the feed is fingle, of a roundiili figure, hghtlJ: fuJcated, and furrounded with a compreffed, reticulated matter. .Th1s IS all we know of the characters of the Nutmeg-tree; it were much to be w1ilied that fome perfons of knowledge would examine them more carefully on the fpot4 M v R Is T I c A. 3tbe Jf!utnteg::::tret. . The root is brachiated and fpreading: the trunk thick, and covered with a greyIlh bark : the tree grows to the fize of one of our pear-trees : the leaves are fomewhat like thofe of the bay-tree, but larger, and terminated by a longer point . they have no pedicles, and are of a deep green on the ~pper fide, and of a pal~ or whitilh green below ; they are very fragrant, when brutfed : the flowers are yellowilh . the fruit is fomewhat like a peach. . 1 It is a native of the Molucca's. The nutmeg is the feed of this fruit and the mace furrounds it in a reticular manner. ' SA ISCHJEMUM. |