$ms r^f mm ;..«K- X l«i?t^iia ^-d-^-TJ 2. .37,5.5 s@@@®@©s@s@s@s®@©ss@s@ TRAVELS THROUGH LOUISIANA. ©@s@ss©@@sm©sss©@.m@@®s t R a'^^qiSv t S * THROUGH THAT PART OF NORTH AMERICA FORMERLY CALLED LOUISIANA. By Mr, B O S S U, Captain in the French Marines. Translated from the FRENCH, By JOHN REINHOLD FORSTER, F.A.S. Illustrated with NOTES relative chiefly to NATURAL HISTORY. TO WHICH IS ADDED BY THE TRANSLATOR. A SYSTEMATIC CATALOGUE of all ths. KNOWN Plants of English North-America, o R, A FLORA AMERICA SEPTENTRIONALIS. TOGETHER WITH An ABSTRACT of the most useful akis necessary articles contained in PETER LOE FLING'S TRAVELS THROUGH Spain and Cuman'a in South America. Referred to the Pages of the original Swedifli Edition. Ornari res ipfa negat, contenta doceri. Ilorat. LONDON: Printed for T. BAVIES in RufTel-Street, Covent-Garden, MDCCLXXL ♦ir;" > rS'M^eC'^ * 7^,^ W I'S'sti;^"^ i^ 4|g ''^ # ^ * ^ * M M # ^ ^ * K JsC k«Mj^ * MW: * k^Mj^ TRAVELS THROUGH LOUISIANA. LETTER XXIl. To the Marquis de I'Estrade* The Author returns to France. Bangers he runs at the Cape of Florida. Origin of a pretended Fountain^ which has the Quality of making young again. The Ship on which he was on hoards efc apes from the EngliOi : Fight with ^m of their Privateers \ the Ship is in Danger of hei'fig burnt ; project of making a Defcent upon the Coajls ofNcv7 England ; taki?ig of an Eng- lilh Veffel, The Author arrives at Corunna. SIR, 'f''^^^'^^ H E N I arrived at Corunna the firft %^W^^ ^^ November 1702, 1 heard that M. §^\t :Sd% ^^ Kerlerec had fent a Spanifh vefiel K'^^"^^ to France, in order to prejudice the l^reifiier againft M. de Roche^nore, commifTary Vol. IL B g^neral 2 TRAVELS THROUGH general of the marine, and Ordomateur -|- of Louifiana, who was recalled to France by the king's lettre de Cachet^ and againft the officers who accompanied him, amongft whom I was, without knowing of it. Already in the pre- ceding month of June, that governor of Lout- ftana, notified to M. de Belk-IJle^ whofe hiftory I have related to you, and to M. le Chevalier d'Erneville^ commander of the troops of the marine in Louiftana^ the difagreeable news of their recall in thefe terms : *' I give you this notice, that I have received *' a letter from the Due de Ckoifeuil^ dated the *' firft cf January laft, which informs me, that *' the king, difpleafed with your fervices, has '' broke you, and deprived you of your places." You may guefs how great the aftoniflimcnt of thefe two officers was, who had ferved their king and country with fo much honour and dig- ' nity. This cataftrophe has affected M. de Belle- IJle more than his unhappy fituation when he was among the cannibals. This wordiy officer, who has done o-reat fervices to the colony of houifiana where he hoped to die in peace, has noc hefitated, notwithllanding his advanced age, to expofe himfeif to the dangers of the fea and t 0\ erfeer of the culloms and of the provifions in Lcmjlana. LOUISIANA. 3 and of war, and to embark with ns, in order to lay his complaints before the fovereign. He arrived here very ill, and his misfortunes af- flidl him to fuch a degree^ that I fear very much, he will not be able to come to the throne of the bed of kings, but fmk under this un- cxpedted reverfe of fortune, at the latter end of his life * ; you will perceive by the following ac- count, that without the experience of this old officer, we (hould have perilhed, being one hun^ dred and fifty of us in the Ihip Medea of twelve guns, commanded by Captain Cochon, The Englifh fleet which had taken Martiniqiie^ was attacking the Havannah in Cuba. It is known, that in order to fail from Louifiana to France^ the ihip muft get fight of that ifland* This brings on a very natural refledlion* Was it not jufl, that the governor of LGiiifiana fhould communicate to Captain Cochon thofe advices, which he had received, that he might not ven- ture imprudently, as he afterwards did^ to touch B 2 at * M. de Belk-IJldy being overwhelmed with grief and fatigue died at Paris, the fourth of May 1763, regretted by many good men. His kindnefs gained him the efleem and friendlhip of every officer. He never difcontinued the pious cxercifes in his family and gave the beft example to the whole colony. His wife and daughter foon followed him to the grave. 4 TRAVELS through at the Havannah? he ought to have paid a very ferious attention to give fuch advices. We failed from Bdife the tenth of Auguft 1762; and as we intended to avoid Cuba^ wc went towards the ifles of Tortugas or of Tur- tles*^ we had a fair wind which blew very hard ; but our pilot being little acquained with thefe fhores, mifled the entrance of the channel of Bahama^ in the duflc, and failed into the bay which the cape of Florida forms, having taken the heio;ht, and found the latitude the fame on this fide the cape as it ought to be on the other, he believed he had doubled it ; and we fhould have been loft, if M. de Belle-IJle^ who in forty-five years had acquired a perfed know- ledge of the coafts of North America^ and had fome doubts about the pilot's abilities, had not w^atched to avoid the danger. In reality, this experienced major feeing in the morning that the colour of the water was changed, went to wake the captain, w^ho thought he was in the open fea and (lept with fecurity. Having taken the foundings he found his miftake, and was much furprXed to find only about five fathoms of '■» They have got this name, becaufe the turtles hatch their eggs in the la'iids thereon ; they arc all very low, and not viilble till you come very near them. LOUISIANA. 5 of water, we veered about and happily got clear of thefe fliores by the help of frequent foundings. Before I proceed, I muft be allowed to make a digreflion upon Florida^ and on that fountain which had the power of making old people young again, which has made fo great a noife in Europe^ and has occafioned almoft as many voyages in order to obtain it, as the infatiable defire of riches. The Spaniards wiihed to get pofTefTion of it, as they had of the rich mines of Peru: I hope, that thefe details will not prove difagreeable to you, and that hope alone is fufEcient to authorife the abftrad I am going to prefent you with. The Spaniards call the cape of Florida Caho de los Cor r tent es^ becaufe the water has fo flrong a current there, as to refill the wind, and hinder the fhips from advancing, though they fhould croud all their fails •, which occafions their being fometimes thrown againft fome rocks, which we were very near experiencing againft fome little iiles which Chriftopher Columbus called Los Mar- tyres^ becaufe, having perceived the tops of the rocks at a diftance, he imagined he faw a like- nefs in them to men that v/ere tortured. Thefe ides are eleven in number. Los 'Tortugas^ or the Turtles, were fo called by the Spaniards, who caught fix thoufand tortoifes upon thefe ifles. B 3 The 6 TRAVELS through The Bahama iilands are fo low as to appear overflowed, by which means a great channel is formed with a current, which in the narroweft place is twenty leagues broad from Alhana to Los Martyr es^ and fourteen from Los Martyr es to Florida. All thefe ifles are fituated in twenty- five degrees fifteen minutes north latitude. We have cruized for twenty-feven days together in thefe parts, from whence we efcaped by a kind of miracle. It is known, that Don Juan Ponce de Leon dif- covered Florida^ as he was in fearch of Bmini : this is the ifle which has been fo much talked of, containing the river Jordan^ and the fountain fo renov/ned by the Indians of Cuba., who aflerted that its v/aters had the quality of making men young again. Don Juan Ponce de Leon believed this fable, and went in fearch of the fountain W'ithout finding it. He fenc Captain Perez de Ortuhia and the pilot Antonio de Alminos upon this difcovery : he touched at the bay of Puerto Rko, where he found Bimlni, but neither the river Jordan nor the fountain. Don Juan died fomc time after, unfuccefsfuUy fearching for this famous fountain. The inhabitants of Cuka^ who v;ere plagued by the 'Spaniards to difcover the gold mines, be- LOUISIANA. 7 ing dcfirous of getting rid of thefe importunate guefts, told them, that befides the gold which they would find in the ifle of Bimini^ there was likewife a river and a fountain which made old men young by bathing in it. This account was immediately tranfmitted to the court of Madrid^ where it engaged many Spaitim'ds to embark at Cadizy in order to go to the IVeJl: Indies to fee , this wonder, which, if it had really exifted, would have been worth more than all the gold in the world. When thefe Spaniards returned to Cadiz^ eve- ry one found that they had been deceived ; in- ftead of being young, they were grown older, and the people laughed at their long and trou- blefome voyage ; but in feeking for this imagU nary fountain, they difcovered Cape Corrientes. At that time all chofe who came to the ifle of Bimini^ tried all the rivers, fountains, lakes, and even the marfhes in it, bathed in them, and drank their waters, in order to try whether they would make them young again ; this wonder has but lately been fought for as the philofopher's Hone was in Europe, We agreed amongft ourfelves, that if we were taken by Engli/Ji privateers, and carried to this ifle, we would bathe in all the rivers and foun- B 4 tains 8 TRAVELS through tains of Bimini. This ifle now belongs to the Englijli^ and is called the IJle of Providence ; it formerly v/as a retreat for the pirates who have infefled tlie American feas for a confiderable time. The firfl thing that gave rife to this fable about the fountain is this : the air of Florida is fo temperate, that it is faid there have been men of two hundred and fifty years of age. It is like- wife afTerted, that the handfomeft: women in North Amer'xa lived at Bimbii-y and all the men of the continent, even the old ones, retired to that ifle to foften the miferies of their life \ but all thefe innocent pleafures ended at the arrival of the Europeans^ who difpofTelTed thefe poor people. All the ifles have been fettled by peo- ple who can^e from Cuba, The accounts inform us of the brave refiftance which the Indians of Florida made againft the Spaniards \ when the latter arrived in their cquntry, they tnet them in eleven canoes or piraguas armed with Lows and ar- rows ; they were bold enough to come and cut the cables of J^on Juan Ponce de heon\ yeflel, who was forced to make peace with them : thefe people are governed by Paraufiis or Caciques. I fhall add here, being upon the article of this pretended fountain, that the Indians of Darien endea- LOUISIANA. 9 endeavouring, as thofe o^ Cuba had, to get rid of the Spaniards^ on account of the inquiry they made after gold, perfuaded them, by way of joke, that fince they were fo fond of this metal, they fhould go to the fouthward, where it was fo common that they fifhed it with nets -, Vafco Nttnnez de Balboa inferted this account in a me- moir which he fent to court ; this piece of news pleafed the Spaniards-, about this time Nun- nez difcovered the South Sea and Peru ^ but the gold fifhery proved abortive. You know, that, in the time of the famous fyftem of John Law, who was near overturning the whole kingdom, there was a reprefentation at Paris of an Indian upon the river Miffiftppi^ giving a Frenchman an ingot of gold for a knife, and every one had then the madnefs of bringing his real money, in order to have a Ihare in the bonds of a pretended Dorado \ it is certain that if fome hidians of the neighbourhood of New Orleans had been at Paris at that time, they would have faid with good rcafon, that the French had loft their wits, or rather they would have taken them for jugglers--, it is faid thofe pretended mines were the ruin of M. de la Salle in 1684, w^^en he milTed the mouth of the Mif- Jifippi. He did not take notice, that the inte- rior parts of this vafl: continent had more pre- cious lO TRAVELS THROUGH cious treafures : they were to be found by cul- tivation, which is the mother and nurfe of all mankind, and the riches of countries. We were obliged to keep along the coaft of Florida^ and on the thirty-feventh day of our voyage we were near Louifiana. Unhappily for us, a violent ftorm expofed us to the danger of perifhing, and obliged us to go towards Cuha^ where, not finding the fquadron, we imagined the Englifh had raifed the fiege ; but we were going to deliver ourfelves up into their hands, as fhall appear from the fequel. We refolved to touch at the Havannah in or- der to take in provifions, which we were in want of, and likewife a coafting pilot. We came to the road on the eighth of September 1762, hoifted a flag, and fired feveral cannons to call afTiftance, but were furprifed to fee no- body come \ however, approaching more and more, and jufl as we were entering into the port, we faw Cafile Moro almoil demolifhed, which made us take a refolution to launch our boat with fome officers, to go upon difcovery *, our canoe luckily met with a Spanifh halandra^ or fmall vefTel, going out of the harbour, hav- ing fome families of that nation on board, with a paffport from the Englijh governor, Lord Alhe- mark ; LOUISIANA. II mark ; the mafter of this vefTel informed ns, that the town and fort furrendered to the Englijh on the 1 2th of Auguft 1762. We inftantly veered about- an Englilh fri- gate went to chace us ; but Providence, atten- tive to our prefervation, fent a very thick fog, by means of which we got off, and entered the channel of Bahama at night. Some days after, we faw a ihip preceded by- two boats. We foon faw that fhe was a priva- teer from the ifle of Providence^ and that the two boats were prizes taken from our country- men ; fhe came to attack us, and we received her well, though inferior by four guns '-^ ; then, not relying on our mercantile cannoneers and of- ficers, every one of us exerted himfelf to the ut- mofl, and employed all his knowledge of artil- lery J our cannon was ferved lb well, that, af- ter a brifk fire during about three hours, the rig- ging of the Englifh fhip being almoft entirely deflroyed, and the Ihip itfelf not able to with- fcand * I muft obferve here, that before we left Ne-vj Orleans M. i/e Kerlerec took away two of our cannon, and this xt^tX, which had brought the ftafF-officers of the regiment oi An- goumois to Louijianay had fourteen guns ; it is certain, that if we had had the fame number, the privateer and her prizes mufl have flruck to us. 12 TRAVELS THROUGH fland cur fire, fhe was obliged to retire, and we were lucky enough to have nobody killed or wounded on board ; our fhip was fhot through, and our fails and rigging fo much damaged, that we were obliged to put up new ones in their Head. During the fight, we were expofcd to a great danger, the wind fending back feme burning oakum into our fhip, it fet fire to a box of car- tridges on the quarter-deck ; but happily it did not communicate to the powder-room, which would have blown us up. The wind continued contrary to us, and we were in the open fea, without knowing when we fhould be able to touch any where. Every day the danger of Harvin.o; to death became more and more vifible, being already reduced to the fourth part of our allowance. We held a council, in which we rtfolved to attack the firft Ihip of the enemy which we ihould meet with, or to make a defcent upon the coaft of Nezv England, we being juft oppofite that province, in order to get provifions, or die fword in hand. The under- taking was bold, and 1 may fay defperate, but our proverb fays. Hunger drives the wolf out of the wood * i we were come to that extremity, when, ''~ La /aim chajjl le loup hors du hois. LOUISIANA. 13 when, by an effefl of Providence, we got fight of a great Ihip : we bore down upon her imme- diately, being determined to grapple, becaufe fhe appeared to be flronger in the number of her cannon ; we hoifted Englilh colours, but fhe crouded her fails to get oft-, however, as we had gained upon her, fhe prepared for the light fo boldly, that it would have kept off any but hungry people -, we hoifled our colours accord- ing to cuftom, by firing a gun -, and having brought our fhip to the proper diftance, we gave her a broadfide, upon which fhe flruck to us immediately. Her cargo was very rich ; we took away her cannon, and many chefls full of mufkets, piftois, and fabres, which ferved to arm us -, but we found few provilions in her, as fhe was near the place of her deflination. Af- ter having ranfomed her, we left her juflprovi- fions fufHcient to reach Carolina with, whither fhe was bound, and from whence flie was not above feventy leagues diflant. We now thought we might venture to fail for Europe with the provilions we had got, ho- ping that, as we were well armed, we might take another prize, or touch at the Azores * •, but we were difappointed in thefe expedlations, the * Ifles between Europe and North America in the Atlantic ocean. 14 TRAVELS through the contrary winds always prevented our land- ingj. ^nd having met no vefTel on our pafTage, wc were during hay days reduced to extreme mife- ry, liaving no more than three ounces of bifcuit, and half a bottle of water every day *. This poor fubfiftence would foon have been confuitiedj if a violent ftorm had not, after num- berlefs dangers, happily brought us to Spain on the ninety-fourth day of our padage, after hav- ing efcaped from perifliing by the waves, the fword, fire, hunger, third, &:c. Our firft care on arriving in the port was to thank the Supreme Being by a ^e Beum^ during a general difchargeof our artillery. We found the Chevalier de 'Tcrnay here, who commanded the French fquadron, coming from the glorious Newfoundland expedition. This brave officer was furprifed to fee fo many foldiers fent back in our fhip, in time of war, who could be ufeful in Louifmna, Part of them he took in- to his own fhips, to ferve there during the reft of * We had found in the EngUJh vefTel thirty quarts of bar- ley groats, which were of threat ufe to us ; we boiled them in water with mouldy bifcuit ; and this nnxture made a dinv uhich we found excellent ; fo true it is, that hunger is tl\t- beft fauce. LOUISIANA. 15 of the campaign ; the others, who had got theii^ leave, figned de Kerlerec and Fomaut^ difem- barked, and took fervice among the Spaniards, in the army which was dellined for Portugal. We went on ftiore the firfl of November 1 762, in a body, to pay a vifit to the Marquis de Croix^ captain-general in the kingdom Gallicia, This nobleman received us very gracioufly •, from thence we went to M. David, conful-general of the French nation in Gallicia, refident at Corunna, We begged he would advance us what we were moft in want of, as we were without money to live upon the road in Spain ; he anfwered, that he had no orders to do it, but that when he found an opportunity of obliging a itx. of wor- thy perfons, he took every thing upon himfelf : we thanked him for his goodnefs. After this, having refted a little, to recover from the fatigue of our voyage, we are prepa- ring to go to France by land, and hope to arrive at court in the beginning of January 1763. I hop? I have omitted nothing worthy of ob- fervation during our correlpondence, in which 1 have endeavoured to be as exact as poflible, and to imitate at the fame time the bee which works for others. I do not fpeak of my fuccefs to i6 . TRAVEL S, Sec. to you ; you mud have obferved from my let- ters, what difagreeable fituations I have been in, for difapproving of the immenfe abufe of authority, and for ilriving to go againfl: the cur- rent. I aflced leave to return to Europe in neu- tral veflels, which the governor always refufed to grant under various pretences, forcing me af- terwards to go in a merchant-fhip, in which I have been expofed to perifh as you have ^ttn above. As to rewards, is it not enough for a citizen to have been faithful to his king, and ufeful to his country ? It is merely from this confidera- tion, that I will hope that our equitable and wife prime-minifter, will have the kindnefs to ac- quaint the bed of kings with the zeal of an offi- cer, who has had the honour and fatisfadlion to ierve him well both in Europe and in America ♦, I fhall, with a refpe61:ful confidence, expedb the honourable rewards 'due to military merit : and thefe comipenfations from the hand of our mo- narch, will be a thoufand times more precious to me than all the riches of the Indies. I ex- ped: to have the honour of feeing you foon, and am, SIR, &c. At Corunna^ the loth of November 1762. End of the T R A V E L S. CATALOGUE O F T H E Known PLANTS, SHRUBS, and TREES in North America. Colleded from the various Writers on that Subjeft. C L A S S I S I. M O N A N D R I A. MONOGYNIA. Linnaan Names. EngUJJi Names. Places. Authors hOhferifations, GAnna glauca Indian fhot Carolina Dill. elth. t. 59. f. 69. CiNNA arun- Canada grafs Canada dinacea [w/ort Salico .^ NiA Virgin. Kelp, or Jointed glafs- Virginia Callitrich£ verna Star-grafs Ibid. Gron. FI. Virg. 143. C L A S S I S IL D I A N D R I A. M O N O G y N I* A. Ole A Americana American olive Car.FIor. Catefb. i. 6r. purple* berried bay Chionanthus Virg. Frings-tree N. Amer. Cat. i. 68. CiRCjE A Canadenfis Enchanters nightfliade N, Ajner, Voi,. II, C Veronica i8 CATALOGUE of PLANTS, &c. Veronica Virginica ferpyllifolia beccabunga arvenfis Marilandica DiANTHERA Amcric. G R A T 1 0 L A Virginian . Utricularia vulg. fubulata gibba Verbena orubica nodiflora haftata Carolina urticifolia fpuria Lycopus Virginicus CuNiLA mariana Speedwell Virginian Virginia thyme leav'dN. Amer. brooklime Ibid. field Ibid. Maryland Ballard hedge-hyfTop Hedge-hyffop Virgin, Water-milfoil, comm Ibid. Virg.Flor. , Virginia .Ibid. Tubulated N. Amer. gibbous Vervain, orubian N. Amer. Ifle of A- rabua or Oruba jointed hailated Virginia N. Amer. Carolina N. Amer. Pluk.amalth.t.423.f.5 pulegioides nettle- leav'dN. Amer. fpurious N. Amer. Water-horehound Vir. Virginia Penny-royal, Virgin. Virginia officinal N. Amer. Kalm's Travels, vol. i. p. 1 94. affords a good perioral and fudorific medicine when infii- fed like tea. MoNARDA fiHulofa didyma Canada N.york& Penfylv. clinopodla punftata ciliata Salvia lyrata urticifolia Sage, lyrated nettle-leav'd Virginia Virginia Virginia Virginia S. ofNo. Amer. verbenaca CoLLiNSONiA Cana- denfis finuated . Horfe-weed Virginia Penfyl. & Virginia Kalm's Travels, vol.i. p. ipy.isftrongfcent- ed, ufed as a cure for rheumatic diforders ; by an Indian againfl the bite of the rattle- fnake. c L A s- IN NORTH AMERICA. 19 C L A S S I S III. T R I A N D R I A. MONOGYNIA. Val BRIAN A locuilaef Valerian, corn-fallad Maryland Melothria pendula Small creeping cucum- N. Amer. ber Iris verficolor Flower de luce, mottled Penf.&Vir Virginica Virginian Virginia verna vernal Virginia CoiMMELiNACommu- Day-flower, common N. Amer. nis erefta upright Virginia Virginica Virginian Virginia Xyris indica N. Amer. Raj. hlft. pi. 2. p. 1318. Its juice cures tetters and other cutaneous diforders. ScHOENUS coloratus Cyperus rulh, fpotted Virginia glomeratus globofe Virginia Cyperus odoratus Cyperus, fweet-fcentedN. Amer. conpreflus compreiTed N.Amer. ftrigoius ' ftrigofe Virginia alternifolius tall Virginia Linn. Sp. plant, p. 63. n. 4. Schoenus fpa- thaceus. SciRPUS paluHris Rufli-grafs, marfh Canada Kalm'sTrav. iii.p, S3, capitatus globofe Virginia capi]Iaris dwarf Virginia mucronatus mucrenated Virginia cchinatus echinated N. Amer. retrofraftus Virginia fpadiceus brown Virginia Eriophorum Virgin. Cotton grafs, Virgin. Virginia cyperinum yellow N. Amer. D I G Y N I A. Phalaris oryzoides Canary grafs, Americ. Virginia Panjcum glaucum Panic grafs, rough- N. Amer. feeded Italicum Iiirfute Virginia crus galli Virginia C 2 Panicum 20 CATALOGUE of PLANTS, &c. Pan I CUM fanguinale Panic grafs, purple N- Amer. filiforme llender N. Amer.Kalm. dichotomunj dichotomous Virginia clandeftin. Iheathed Penfyiva. Kalm. capillare capillaceous Virginia latifolium broad leaved Viiginia Gron. fl. virg. ii.? Panicum panicula - turn, iloribus muticis. Pluk. aim. 176.1.92* virgatum virgated Virginia Agrostis Virginica Bent grafs, Virginian Virginia An eadem cum f/x;W^ Jpicaia, Linn. ? Melica altiffima _ Melic grafs, tall N. Amer. PoA anguilifolia Meadow grafs, narrow Canada Kalm'sTravels,vol.Iii. leaved p. 156. compreiTa compreiTed N. Amer. Gron- fl. virg. 13. Poa panicula difFufa an- gulis re(5lis, fpiculis obtufis culmo obli- quo compreffo. capillaris capillaceous Canada Kalm'sTrav. iii. p. 66. Briza eragrollis Quaking grafs Virginia Uniola paniculata Spike grafs, panicula- Carolina Sea-fide oats. Catefo. ted i. p. 32. t. 32. fpicata eared N. Amer. Confer. Agroflis Vir- {^ts ginica, Linn. Dactylis cynofuroi- Cock's foot grafs N. Amer. Cyngsurus ^gyp- Dog's tail grafs Virginia Gron. fl. virg. 14. tius Bromus purgans Brome grafs, purging Canada Kalm. ciliatus ciliated Ibid. Kalm. Stipa avenacea Feather-grafs Virginia AvENA Pcnfyivanica Oats, Penfylvanian Pcnfylv. Kalm. fp'cata eared Ibid. Arundo phragmitis Reed, common Virginia arenaria fand N. .-^.mer. Kalm'sTraveh, vol.iii. p. 210. Elymus arenarius Lyme grafs, fea Canada Kalm's Trav. vol. iii. p. 210. Philadelph. Penfylvanian Penfylv. X'anadenfis Canadian. Canada Kalm. \i.*-ginicus Virginian Virginia Gron. flor. virg. 15. Gramen fpicatum fe- calinum. ^ ^\vftrix bearded Virginia HoRUEUM jubatum Barley, Canada Canada Kalm. T R I- IN NORTH AMERICA. 21 T R I G Y N I A. N. Amer. Phil. Tranf. vol.lvii. t. Eriocaulon decan- gulare Proserpikaca palu- Virginia ftris HoLOSTEUM fuccu- American chick-wced, N. York lentum fucculent MoLLUGO verticillata Indian chick - weed, Virginia verticillated QuERiA Canadenfis N. Amer Lech E A minor Canada major Ibid. C L A S S I S IV, TETRANDRIA. MONOGYNIA. Cephalanthus oc- Button wood N. Amer. cidentalis DiPSACus fullonum Teazel, Fuller's Virginia Spermacoce tenuiorButton weed, annual Carolina DiODIA Virginiana Virginia Houston I A ccerulea Ibid. purpurea Ibid. Galium bermudenfe Lady's bedflraw Ber -Ibid. mudian Virg. Ber. trifidum trifid Canada tin6lorium dyers N. Amer. uliginofum marlhy North A- merica ? Catesb-sa fpinofa Lilly thorn Mitchella repens Callicarpa Ame- ricana Kalm Kalm'sTrav.m.p. 14, Gron. fl. virg 18 ? A- parine floribus albis, caule quadrato infir- mo, foliis ad fmgu- la genicula quatuor, frudlu rotundo gla- bro lucido ? Bahama Catefb. IT. t. 100. IHands N. Amer. Catefb. I. 20 S.Provin- Cateib. II. 47 ces of N. America POLYPRE- 22 CATALOGUE of P L A N T S, &c. PoLYPREMUM pro- Carolina flax Virg.Car. cumbens Plant AGO major Plaintain, greater Virginia Virginica lanceolata /3 Virginian Virginia Janceolated Virginia Sanguisorba media Wild burnet, eylindric ^^"^^^ Canadenfis Canadian $;^^^.^^ CoRNus Florida Dogwood, florid Virginia fanguinea Avamp Gron. fl. virg. p. 19. ^ Polyprcmufn \ Gron. fl. virg. p. 19, ^ Plantago foliis ovatis. , Gron. fl. virg. p. 19. j Plantago, anguftifo- ' lia glabra, cauliculis j longis infirmis, fpicis brevibus, Itaminibus \ plurimis extantjbus ? ^ alba Canadenfis Ptelea trifoliata vifcofa white Canada herbaceous Can^-da Shrub trefoil Virginia Bermudian broom Berm. iJle Catefb. I. t. 27. N. Amer. An Gron. fl. virg. 20 ? Cornus foemina flori- bus candidiflimis um- beilatim difpofltis, baccis coeruleo vi?. ridibus, ofliculo duro, compreflTo biloculari ? Lu D V I G I A alternifolia Ballard loofe ftrife, vir- Virginia Gron. fl. virg. 20. Pluk. alm.43.t. 141 .f. I repens ? N. S. ginian creeping Virginia QLDfNLANDIA Unjl- flora Am MANIA ramoHor jlsMARDiA paliiilris Virginia Virginia yir^inia Gron. fl. virg. 20. Ludwigia caule re- pente, foliis obver- fe ovatis petiolatis. Clayt. n. 775. Lud- vigia parva aquatica repens : caule fuccu- lentoglabrorubente : floribus ex alis foli- orum egreflis, dilute luteis, tetrapetalis, fugaciflimis, vix con- fpicuis ; foliis ruben- tibus, venofls, glabris iucidis, ad finem ro- tundis, exadverfo bi- nis : vafculo foliofo in quatuor locula- menta divifo. DOR; IN NORTH AMERICA. 23 Dor 8 TEN I A contray- Contrayerva erva Me N A N D R A Gronovii N. S. ternata N. S. Louifian.? N. Spain Virginia Gron. fl. virg. 20. Menandra, ramis al- ternis. Virginia Gron. fl. virg. 21. Menandra ramis ter- ms. D I G Y N I A. Aphanes arvenfis ParfleyPiert Hamamelis Virgi- Witch hazel nica CuscuTA Americana Dodder, American Virginia Virginia Virginia Cateib. app. t. 2. TETRAGNIA. Ilex Aquifolium Holly, common Virginia Caffine Dahoon Carolina PoTAMOGETON na- Pondwccd, floating Virginia tans, /3 lucens Ihining Virginia pedlinatum ? pedinated rotundifoli- um N. S. oblongifoli- um N. S, round leaved Virginia fcetid Virginia RuppiA maritima Virginia Sag I NA procumbens Spring chick - weed, Virginia creeping Virgi nica Virginian Virginia Cateflj. I. t. 31. an. Gron. fl. virg. p. 222. Ilex maritima ramofa, foliis non fi- nuatis. Gron. fl. virg. 25. Gron. fl. virg. 23. Po- tamogeton foliis lon- giflimis gramineis. Gron. fl. virg. 23. Po- tamogeton foliis fub- rotundis. Gron fl. virg. 2^ Po- tamogeton foliis ob« longis. Gron. fl. virg. 23. Gron. fl. virg. 23. c 4 C L a S, 24 CATALOGUE of P L A N T S, &c, C L A S S I S V. PENTANDRIA. MONOGYNIA. Myosotis Vlrginica Moufe ear, American Virginia L I T H o s p E R M u M Vir- Gromvvell, Virginian Ibid. ginicum Anchusa Virginica Buglofs, Puccoon Ibid. Cynoglosum ofiici-Navelwort, officinal Ibid, nale Virginicum Virginian Ibid. Gron. fl. virg. 24. Its roots heal wounds, and flop the dyfen- tery PuLMONARiA Virgi- Lungwort, American Virginia In America, mountain nica co>.ilip. Gron. Its root has the quality of healing wounds. Lycopsis arvenfis WildBuglofs, common Virginia Virginica Virginian Virginia EcHiuM vulgare {. 1 Vipers Bugiols, com- Virginia creticum r 3 mon DoDECATHEON Me- Mcadia Carolina Catefb. app. t. !• adia Hydrophyllum Waterleaf, Virginian Virginia Virginicum Canadenfe lobated Canada Lysimachia qua- Loof^ llrife, four-leav- Virginia drifolia ed punftata punctated Virginia ciliata ciliated N. Amer. Anagallis arvenfis Red Pimpernel, com. Virginia It is a good medicine for ftrengthening the lungs, and mitigates the delirious ilts in fevers. SpiGELtAmarilaiidicaWorm Honey-fuckle MsLryhnd Lonicera Marilandica, & S.Prov. Linn. Syil. Nat. Ed. XII. Vol. 11. p. 166. Sp. pi. p. 249. Cateib. II. t. 78. Indi- an pink, its decoftion good againil worms. O p H lOR R Hiz A mitreola Snake root, Virginian Virginia Azalea IN NORTH AMERICA. 25 Azalea nudiflora vifcofa pH^ox paniculata maculata pilofa Carolina elaberrima {potted divaricata ovata fubulata fetacea Convolvulus arven- Bindweed, field fis panduratus Carolinus purpureas Batatas rep ens fpithameus Jalapa Upright honey-fuckle Virginia Kalm'sTrav.II. p.169. vifcid Virginia Cateib. I. p. 57. t. 57, Baftard Lychnis, pani-N. Amer.P Collinfon. cuiated N. Amer. Kalm's Trav. II. 222. N. York hairy Virginia Pluk. aim. 133. Caroline Carolina fmooth Virg.New Kalm's Trav. II. 222. York divaricated Virginia oval leaved Ibid. Tubulated Ibid, fetaceous Ibid. Ibid. Gron. fl. virg. 27. Ipomoea Carolina lacunofa tamnifolia pandurated Ibid. Caroline Carolina purple N. Amer. pocatoe Carolina Catefb. II. t. 60. creeping N. Amer. dwarf N. Amer. True jalap Louiliana M, Bojfu Mill. dift. n. 32. Jafminebindweed,pur- Carolina Cateib. II. t. 91. pie Virg. Car. Carolina PoLEMONiuM rep tans Jacob's ladder, creep- Virginia i^g rubrum red Carolina Juffieu. dubium dubious Virginia ^Campanula Ameri-Beliflower, American Penlylv. cana perfoliata perfoliated Virginia Samolus valerandi Water Pimpernel, N. Amer. round leaved XoNiciiRA fempervi-Honeyfuckle ever- South of rens ' green N. Amer. Symphcri- St. Peter's Car. Virg. Its root pounded and carpos taken in a moderate dofe is an infallible remedy againft inter- mittent fevers. Clayt, Diervilla Dierville's N. York Nov. Sco. Trjcsteum perfoiia- Fever-root, Cinque N. Amer. In Penfylvania it is tumi called Gentian. Claytl Tri- 26 CATALOGUE of PLANTS, &c. Triosteum angafti- , narrow leav- Virginia folium ed CoNOCARPusere6la Button tree Berm. Ifl. Catefb. II. t.jj KuHNiAeupatorioides Penfylv El LI SI A Nyftelea EUifia Virginia Verb AseuMThapfus Mullein, great yellow Ibid. Blattaria annual Ibid. Polemoniam Nydelea Sp. 1. p. 231. Gron. fl. virg. 31. Veibafcum fol. inca- nis maximum odora- tum, iloribus luteis & albis a rde cauii adhasrentibus & foliis multis anguilis inter ilores emanantibus. Morif. hilt. 2. p. 485, Datura ftramonium Thorn apple, common N. Amer. varietas Acre cceruleo Virginia Gron. fl. virg. 32. NicoTiANA Taba- Tobacco, feffile N. Amer. cum ruftica petiolated Ibid. P^YSALis vifcofa Winter cherry vifcid Virginia Penfylvanica Penfylvania Virginia Peniyiv. Pruinofa Virginia Gron. fl. virg. 32. Phy- falis foliis ovatis am- plis mollibus acute ii- nuatis nonnihil vifco- fis odoratis Clayt. n. 787. Dill. elth. jp. 10. t, 9. f. 9. Solan UM nigrum Night fhade, black Virginia mammofum Ibid. Virginianum Virginian N. Amer. Indicum ? Indian New Sp. Carolinenfe Bahamenfe Pluk.alm.350. t. 225. f. 6. Gron. fl. virg. p. 32. Clayt. n. ^62. Chi RON I A campanu- lata angularis CoRDiA Sebeftena Caroline Carolina Bahama IfleofPro- vidcnce, one of the Bahamas, and in Virginia Canada Kalm Virginia Kalm Sv'befter Carolina Catelb. II. t, 91 Side- IN NORTH AMERICA. 47 SiDERoxYLON lycl- Ironwood lanceolated Canada odes decandrum elliptic N. Amer. tenax tough Carolina D. Garden Rhamnus volubilis, Buckthorn Sup, Jack. N. Amer. This fpecies has lately N. S, been defcribed and found to be a Rham- nus ; it is not yet in Linn£eus*s works. The pradlice of mak- ing flicks of this tree ; is fo well known, that it is fcarce worth mentioning, Ceanothus Ameri-New Jerfey Tea, com-N. Amer, canus mon. Celastrus bulhtus Staff tree, elegant Virginia fcandens twining Ca. Virg. myrtifolius myrtle leav- Virginia ed EvoNYMUs Ameri- spindle tree, Ameri- Virginia canus can Cyrilla racemiflor.a Carolina D. Garden. Itea Virginica Virginia Galax aphylla Virginia RiBEs Groflularia Goofeberry, common Virginia Gron. fl. virg. 34. nigrum /3 Currant, black Penfylv. oxyacantho- Goofeberry, hawthorn Canada ides like Cynofbati Canadian He D ERA quinquefoliaivy, American ViTis vinifera? Vine, Noah's labrufca woolly vulpina fox-grape arborea arborefcent Clayton I a virginica Achyranthes di - chotcma Celosia paniculata? Cock's-comb, panlcu-Ibid. ? lated Canada Kalm Can. Virg Virginia r Linn. ? N. Amer. Gron. fl. virg. 34. Ibid. Gron. fl. virg. 34. Virg. Car. Gron. fl. virg. 35. Virginia Ibid. Linn.Mantiflr.pl.p.51. Glaux marijtima Sea milkwort Th Es lu M umbellatum Vinca lutea Periwinkle, yellow Plumeria obtufa Tree-jafmine, obcufe rubra \ red EcHiTEs umbellata T A B E R N ;E M O N T A N A amfoniai Gron. fl. virg. -^^i."^. Ce- lof.a foliis lanceolato ovatis panicula diifu- fa iiliformi \ Canada Kalm's Trav. iii. 201. Penf Virg Kalm. Carolina Catefl?. ii. t. i'^, Baha.IilesCateflj. ii t. 93. Ibid..? Catefl). ii. t. 92. Baha.IflesCatefl). i. t, 58. • Virginia Cynan- zg CATALOGUE of PLANTS, &c D I G Y N I A. Cy N A N CH u M fubero- Baftard dog's-bane Virginia fum Apocynum androfae- Dog*s-bane, oval mifolium cannabinum Indian hemp Canada, N. York Penfylv.& Virginia Kalm's Trav. iii. p. 26. AscLEPiAs variegata fyriaca purpurafcens amcena nivea incarnata tuberofa decumbens verticillata rubra Chenopodium Bo- nusHenricus album rubrum ? fyrian purple Kalm, i. p. 13. &ii.p. ■ 131. Ufed inftead of i hemp. Swallow-wort, IpottedN. Amer. Gron. 11. virg. 38.? Afclepias caule ere- dlo iHrnplici maculato i fol. lanceolate — ob- '\ longis,giabris, fubtus \ pallidis Vir. Can. Kalm'sTrav. iii. p. 28. \ Carolina Gron fl. virg. 38.? Afclepias caule ere- ; 6I0 ramofo, fol. Ian- i ceolatis integerrimis ' oppofitis, umbella e- \ reda terminali. beautiful N. Amer. Gron. fl. virg. 37.? ; Afclepias erefta non ^ ramofa, fol. oblongis glabris acuminatis. white Virginia bloody Ibid. orange N. Amer. decumbent Virginia verticillated Ibid. ^ red Ibid. Goofe-foot, fagittated Ibid. white Ibid, red Ibid. ambrofioldes anthelminti - cum arifiatum fft'eet-fcentedS. of N. Amer. Gron. fl, virg. 38. Kalm's Trav. i. p. 1 1 8. Gron. fl.virg. 39. Che- nopodium caule ru- bente, flriato foliis amplis triangularibus ferratis. Linn. worm briilly Virginia Penfylva. Kalm's Trav. i. p. 163. &c Gron. fl. virg. 39, jBotrys prjualta frute- fcens foliis longis la- ciniatis. Its feeds kill the \-vorms. Kalm. Clay. Sal- IN NORTH AMERICA. 29 Salsola Tragus rofacea ? Glafs-wort Virginia rofaceous Ibid. Soda Soda E. Florida Ulmus Americana Elm, American N. Amer. procerior fo- liis angu- ftioribus HsucHERAamerican. Virginia SvvERTiA diitcrmis Nedla^gentian, virg. Ibid. comiculata horned Canada Gent I ANA faponaria Gentian, loapwort Virginia villofa hoary Ibid. centaurium leiT/centaurylbid. quinquefolia penfylvanian Penfylv. latsa yellow Virginia ciliata ciliated Canada Eryngivm fcstidum Sea-holly, fcetid Virginia aquaticum aquatic Ibid. Hy drocotyle vulg. Watcr-navei v\'ort,com' Ibid. umbellata umbelliferous Ibid. Gron. 11. vIrg. 38. Gron. fl. virg. 38. Kali fpinofum, foliis brevioribus caulibue rubris ? C'ayt. Stork's Florida. Kalm's Trav. i. 67. & ii. 298. Clayt. Gron. fl. virg. 39. varietas prance • dentis ? A fpecific againft the bite of a mad dog. Kalm. Cateib. i. t. 70. Gron. fl. virg. 40. Kalm. Kalm's Trav. i. p. 1 38, americana American S A N I c u L A , E uropcea ? Sanicle, common Can^-denfis Canada Marilandica Black fnake-root T 0 R D Y L I u M an thrif- Hedge-parfley cus D AUG us carota Carrot, common Ferula Canadenfis Beily-ach root ? LiGusTicuM Scoti-Lovage cum Angelica atropurp. Angelica, purple fylveftris common lucida Eelly-ach root Gron. fl. virg. 41. Linn. Sp. pi. p. 339, N. Amer. Ibid. ? Canada Virgin. & Maryland Virginia? Gron. fl. virg. 42. ? Ibid.^ Virginia, Canada Ibid. Canada Viiginia Canada Gron. fl. virg. 42. Gron. fl. virg. 43. An- gelica foliis jequali- bus ovatis incifo-fer- ratis. Gron. fl. virg. 43. Angelica foliis aequa- libus ovatis incifo - ferratis. This feems to be entirely the fame with the Ferula Qanu' dinJiSf Linn. Sit;* 30 CATALOGUE of PLANTS, Sec. SiUM rigidius SisON Canadenfe CicuTA bulbifera maculata fpotted ScANDix procumbens Wild chervil, Virgin CH^ROPHYLLUMar- Chervil, ihrubby borefcens Thapsia trifoliata Water-parfnep, Amer. Virginia Canada Kalm'sTrav. iii. 2=7. Water-hemlock, bulb. Canada, Gron. fl. virg. 42, Am-. ] Virginia mi. j Virginia j Ibid. ■ i Smyrnium aureum Alexanders, golden integerrimum Ibid. Ibid. Gron. fl. virg. 43, Slum folio infimo cor- dato, cauiinis terna- N. Amer. tis omnibus crenatis. columbine- Virginia leaved T R I G Y N I A poifon-oak ivy-leaved Virginian Viburnum, naked Rhus glabra vernix copallinum radicans toxicodendron typhina V13URNUM nudum prunifolium dentatum acerifolium lentago caffinoides lantana ? S A M B u c u s canadenfis Elder, american Staphylea tntolia Sarothra gentian- oides Sumach, fmooth N. Amer. Catelb. app. t. 4. poifon-wood Ibid. Kalm'sTrav. i. p. 77. copal tree Virg. Flo. N. Amer. Kalm's Trav. i. p. 1 77 . Ibid. Virginia Ibid, prune-leaved lb. & Can. denticulated Vir. Can. Kalm'sTrav. lii.p. 162. maple leaved Ibid. Gron. fl. \''irg. 47. fo- liis trilobisdentatis. marginated Canada Kalm. baftard caf- N. Amer. Gron. fl. virg. 46. Caf- fme fme. mealy Virginia Gron. fl. virg. 46.? Vi- burnum fol. cordato- orbiculatis, glabris ferrato plicatis ? N. Amer. Kalm's Trav. i. p. 66. 8c ii. p. 283. N. Amer. Gron. fl. virg. 47. Bladder- wort, amerlc. Virginia Baltard gentian Virgin. & Kalm's Trav. i. 126. Penl'ylv Ground-pine. Clayt. Ii a good traumatic. black PENTAGYNIA. Aralia fpinofa Baflard angelica, Virginia Prickly afli— in Ame- prickly rica. Clajt, racem'^fa racemofe Canada nudicaulls naked Virginia Statice IN NORTH AMERICA, 31 Statice armeria Sea-pink, capitated N. Amer. limonium fmooth leaved Virginia LiNUM virginianum Flax, virginian N. Amer. Dros ERA rotundifolia Sundew, common Ibid. C L A S S I S VI. HEXANDRIA. MONOGYNIA. TiLLANDSiA ufneoi- Virginia Of the inner fibres of ^es this plane the Balti- more-birds ( orioli ) make their neils. BuRMANNiA biflora Ibid. Tr ADESCANTi A vir- Spider- wort, Virginian Ibid. ginica PoNTEDERiA cordata Virginia Pancratium caro- Sea-dafFodil, american Carolina Catefb. app. t. c. linianimi AMARYLLiSutamafcoAttamufco lilly Virginia Catefb. app. t. 12. Allium canadenfe Garlic, Canadian Canada, Kalm's Trav.ii.p.M?. Penfylv. Gron. fl. virg. 50. .> Allium radice latera- li, cordata folida, ca- pite bulbifero ? urfmum wild lb. Virg. Gron. fl. virg. 50. LiLiUM fuperbum Lily, golden martagon N. Amer. Catefb. i. 50. Lilium. f. Martagon floribus aureis. canadenfe Canada Canada Catefb. app. t. ir. philadelphicum penfylvania Penf.Can. Catefb. ii. t. 58. camfchatenfe northern UvuLARiAperfohata Vir. Can. fefHIifolia Canada Kalra. Erythronium dens Dogs-tooth-violet Virginia canis y Hypoxis ereda Ballard flar-flower, up- Ibid. right feflilis feflile Caroling Anthericum caly - Spiderwort, trigynous Virginia culatum Leontice thaliclroi- Lion's leaf, virginian Ibid. Con V AL L A. R I a po - Convallary, Solomon's Ibid, lygonatum feal Con-. 32 CATALOGUE of Con V ALL ARIA race- Convallary, racemofe mofa ftellata flellated Aletris farinofa Yucca filainentofa Silkgrafs - plant, fila- mentofe Agave virginica Baflard aloe, virginian AcoRUs calamus Sweet flag, coinmcn Oro N Ti u M aquati - Tawkee arum, floating cum JuNCUS eiFufus Rulli, fmooth filiform is filiform nodofus jointed bulbofus bulbous Achras fapota Sapadillo tree Prinos verticillatus Winterberry, verticil glaber cafTine PLANTS, &c. Can. Vir. Canada N. Amer. Virginia Virginia Ibid. Can. Vir. Kalm'sTrav.ii. p.ioi, Virginia Ibid. N. Amer. Virginia Baha.Iiles Virginia Canada, Carolina Florida, Gron. fl.virg. C4.Jun- cus foliis articulofis, floribus umbellatis ca- pfulistriangulis.C/^^. Gron. fl. virg. p. 53. Catefb. ii. t. 87. Catelby, ii. 57. Kalm. A decoftion of it i^ .drank oy the Indians in Weft Florida, and called the liquor cf 'ir. Spocn-tree, Catefb.ii. Virgin.N. t. 98. Its leaves U- York. thai to cattle, bat eaten without incon- venience by the deer. D 2 Kal- 36 C A T A L O G U E of P L A N T S, &c. ] Kalmia anguRlfolVa D\Varf-la\irel, narrow- Pen fylv. I^alm's Trav. ii. 215. ; leaved N.York Catefo. app. t. 17. I f. I. Its leaves have ; the fame quality with thole of the preceding fpecies. 1 Rhododendron ma- Rofe-bay Virginia Catefb. app.t. 17. f. 2. ximum ^ j DiON^AM«/«>z^/^NSVenu5*s fly-trap Carolina Ellis's DilTertation. j Andromeda mariana Wild rofemary, Mary.l. Vir.Mary . paniculata paniculated Ibid. Catelb. ii. t. 43. racemofa racemofe Penfylv. arborea forrel-tree Virg.Car. Catefb. i. t. 71. calycalata - calyculated Can.Vir. Epig^a repens Creeping ground -lau-N.Amer. Kalm'sTrav. ii. p. 130, ; rel Gaultheria pro- ' Canada Kalm. j cumbens ] Arbutus uva urfi Bear-berry Canada, j N.York Clethra alnifolia Car.Virg. Catefb. i. n 66. ; &Penfyl. ] Pyrola jrptundifolia Winter-green, round- Virginia j leaved ,♦ I umbellata umbellated N. Amer. ' maculata fpotted Virginia j Dl G Y N I A. ' • jTYDRANGEAarboref- Virginia cens *j Chrysosplenium QoRen faxifrage Canada ; oppofitifolium - - . , SAXiFRAGApenfylva- Saxifrage, capitated Can.Vir. nica i nivalis ' fnow Ibid. : TiARELLA eordifolia Mitrc-wort, cordatcd N. Amer. ' MiTELlA diphylla Ballard American fa- Ibid. i nicle : Saponaria officinalis Soap-wort, officinal Virginia DiANTHus plumarius Pink, feather Canada T R I G Y N I A. \ CucuBALUs ftellatus Lychnis. campion V jr. Can. j SiLE.\£ noclurna Vifcou.campion, night Penfylv. "' flowering ' SiLENE : - - i IN NORTH AMERICA. 37 SiLENE vlrginica Vifcous campion, vir- Virginia ginian antirrhina trifid Vir. Car. Arenaria ferpylli - Sandwort, thyme-lea- Virginia Gron, fl. virg. 70, folia ved rubra /3 red Ibid. PENTAGYNIA. SEDUMrubens? Houfe-leek, red Virginia Gron. fl. virg. 71. Sc- dum. PENTHORUMfedoides Ibid. OxALis acetofella Wood forrel, common Canada Kalm'sTrav. iii. i6u longiflora long-flowered Virginia violacea violet Vir. Can. corniculata yellow Penfylva. Kalm*sTrav.i. p. 20 1. ftrifla branched Virginia Ce R A s T I u M femide- Moufe-ear chick-weed, Ibid, candrum emarginated arvenfe rough Ibid. Gron. fl. virg. 71. D E C A G Y N I A. Phytolacca decan-Poke, virginian N. Amer. Kalm's Trav, i. 196. dra C L A S S I S XI. D O D E C A N D R I A. MONOGYNIA. As ARUM canadenfe Afarabacca, Canadian Canada virginicum virginian Virg. Car. Rhizophora mangle Mangrove-tree Baha. Iflcs Catefb. ii. t. 6j. Hales I A tetraptera Carolina Catelb. i. t. 64. diptera Ibid. Ellis. Philof. Tranf. vol. li. WiNTERANiA cancl- White clnnamom Baha.Ifles Catefb. ii. t. 50. Win- la Florida, ter's bark. Hud SON I A ericoides Virginia PoRTULACA oleracea Pnrflain, common N.York Kalm'sTrav.ii. p.284. Lytkrum verticilla- Willow-herb, verticil- Virginia turn lated D 3 Ltthrum oZ CATALOGUE of PLAWTS, &c. Ly T H R u M petiolatum Willow-hcrb, petiola- Virginia ted ll^earc linear Ibid. PI G y N I A. ^ AcRiMOMAeupatoria Agrimony, common Virginia ' T R I G Y N I A. Eu PH ORB I A'maculata Spurge, fpotted N. Amer. \ poiygoriifolia procumbent Vrr. Can. i Ipecacuanhas vomitive Ibid. Is ufcd internally by j fome of the northern i planters as a vomit, portulacoides purflain-like Pcnfylv. - corollata corollated Vir. Can. hypericifolU divaricated Ibid, characias perfoliated Ibid. pron. fl. virg. 74. ( O C T O G y N I A. ' Ulicium anifatum Hadi?in or Star-anife Floridas William Clifton, Efq; ; {". fioridanum ^ chief-juftice of We^ i * Florida found it near j Penfacola. John Bar- , tram found it in Eaft i [ Florida. It grows in i Japan, and there is , called Skimfni or So' mo. Vide Kaempfer's amcen. ex. p. 880. | Jts feed is a good ' j fpice, known abroacl \ \iy the name of Star- 1 snife or Badian. El- lis. Phil. I'ranf. voL ^ C L A i5- I N N O R T H AMERICA. 39 . C L A S S I S XII. ICOSANDRIA, I M O N O G Y N I A. • i Cactus Opuntia Prickly pear Virginia ^ Philadelphus ino- Mock orange, Araeri- Carolina Catefb. ii. t. 84. i 4orus can PuNicA granatuRi Pomegranate-tree Florida Bartram*s Journ. j pRUNus virginica Prune, bird-cherry Virginia, Kalm's Trav. i. p. 67, " Carolina jCatelb. i. t. 28. canadenfis Canadian Canada i pumila dwarf Ibid. domellica common Penfylv, Kalm's Trav. i. p^ 67. ' fpinofa ipinofe Ibid. Ibid. p. 68. ] cerafus ? wild cherry Canada Kalm'sTrav.iii. p.i6o, D I G y N I A, J Crategus coccinea Ha\vthorn,virgiman a-Vir. Can, | zarole crus galii cockfpur Ibid. Kalm*sTrav. i. p. 1 15. ; tomentofa currant Ibid. Kalm'sTrav.ii. p. 1 5 1 . -^ viridis green Ibid. Gron. fl. virg. edit, j prior. 163. i SoRBUs aucuparia Mounuin-afli Canada Kalm's Trav. iii. 1 5 1 . PENTAGYNIA* *■ Mespilus arbutifolia Medlar, virginian Virginia j canadeniis Canadian Can. Virg Pyrus coronaria Crab-tree, virginian N, Amer,Kalm*s Trav. ii. 166, Sp 1 R /E A tomentora Meadow- fweet, woolly Penfylv. hypericifolia tutfan-leaved Canada opulifolia lobated Can. Virg aruntujs goat's beard Virginia trifoliata trifoliated Vir. Can. POLYGYNIA. I i Rosa Carolina Kofe, Carolina N. Amcr. canina wild Virginia Gron. fl. virg. p. 77. P 4 RUBU» 40 CATALOGUE of PLANTS, &c. RuBusklaeus? Rafp-berry, common Virginia Gron. fl. virg. p. 7S. occidentdis american Can.Penf.Kalm'sTrav. i. p. 66. hifpidus hifpid Ibid, fruticofus Black-berry, common Virginia canadenfis Canada Canada odcratu!, odonfcrous Ibid, arfticus northern Ibid. Dalibnrda Dalibard's Ibid. Frag ARIA vefca Strawberry, common Can. Vir. PoTENTij^LA frutj- Ci^c[uefoil, frutefcent N.York Kalm'sTrav.i. p.138. cofa - canadenfis Canadian Canada reptans creeping Virginia ncrvegica northern Canada GzuM virginianum Herb-bennet, virgi- Virginia nian Co^iARUM paluflre Marfh cinquefoil N. Jerfey Kalm'sTrav. i. p. 1^8. Calycai.'thus flo- jidus Carolina Catefb. i. t. 46. C L A S S I S XIII. P O L Y A N D R I A. M O N O G Y N I A. AcT^A fpicata, alba Ksrb Chriilopher, ber-N. Amzr. fy-bearing racemofa capfular Flor.Can. Sanguinaria cana- Blood-root, Puccoon N. Amer. Kalm'»Trav. il.p.130. denfis jCatefb. i. t. 24. The Podophyllum pella- May-apple, pellated Ibid. root is an emetic, turn diphyllum. cordated Virginia Gron. fi. virg. 81. Chelidokium glau-.Ceh;idine, fmooth Ibid. cum Sarracenia flava Sidc-faddlc flower, yd- Virginia, Trumpet- flower. Clay. lowN. Carol. Catefb. i. 69. purpurea purple Ibid. Cateib. ii. t. 70. NvxiPHi^A lutea Water-Iilly,' yellow Caji:ida alba white Virginia Gron. fi. virg. 81. lotus deutated Virginia Sloakea emarginata .Carolina Carefb-ii. t. St. ? TiLiA americana American Lime-trre A'ir. Can. Kalm's'Tray. i, p. 69. .Cist us canadenfis Rcck-roi'V, Canada Canada TX [^ IN NORTH AMERICA. 41 T R I G Y N I A. Delphinium ftaphi- Larkfpur, ftavefacre Virginia Gron. fl. virg. 82, fagria AcoNiTUM uncina- Wolf's-bane, uncina-Penfylv. turn * ted napellus monk's hood Virginia PENTAGYNIA. A c^ I LEG I A canaden- Columbine, canadianl Canada ns POLYGYNIA. > LiR lODEKD RON tull- Tulip-tree N. Amer. Catefb. i. 48. Kalm's pifcra Trav. i. 66. 202. Ma g nol 1 A grandiflo- Magnolia, great Flor. Car. Catefb. ii. t. 61, ) ra : glauca fvvamp Vir. Penf. Catefb. i. t. 39. ; acuminata acuminated Penfylv. Catefb. app. t. 15. ; tripetala umbrella Car. Virg. Caterb. ii. t. 80. j Annona muricata Cuflard apple, muri- Penf. Virg Kalm's Trav. i. 69. ■ cated i leticulata reticulated Baha. Iflcs ! glabra fmooth Carolina Catef. ii. 64. \ triloba trilobated Ibid. Ibid. t. 8c. | Anemone hepatica Anemone, liver-wort Virginia Kalm's Trav. ii. 104. j canadenfis Canada ^ Penfylv. Dr. Hope. virginica Virginian Ibid. j dichotoma dichotomous Canada quinquefolia five-leaved Can. Vir. thalidtroides columbine Canada i Clematis viorna Virgin's bower, violet Virg. Car. i crifpa criipated Carolina ^ I virginiana odoriferous N. Amer. ; vitalba bread-leaved V'irginia ' Thalictrum Cor- Meadow Rue, Canada Canada ^ nuti dioicum dwarf Ibid. Gron. il. virg. S5. ! purpurafcens purple Ibid. Ranunculus abor- Crowfoot, trifiorous \'ir. Can. I tivus fceleratus corrofive Ibid. ■ bulbofus bulbous Ibid. \ repens .creeping Ibid, I Ranun- ^^ CATALOGUE of PLANTS, &c. VkNUNcuLUs muri- Crow-foot, muricated Vir. Can. catus aquatilis aquatic Ibid. HELLEBORUsfoetidus Hellebore, foetid Virginia trifolius ternated Canada Kalm'sTrav. iii. 160- Caltha paluftris Marfh Marygold Virginia Hydrastis canaden- ' Canada Ellis, fis G L A S S I S XIV. DIDYNAMIA. GYMNOSPERMIA. Tevcrium chamae- Germander, grQund- Virginia pithys ' ^ pine canadenfe Canadian Canada virginicum virginian Virginia Satureja virginica Savory, virginian Ibid. Hyssopus nepetoides HyiTop, quadrangular lb. & Can. Nepeta Cataria Cat-mint, common Ibid, virginica virginian Ibid. Mentha viridis ? Mint, green Ibid. Gron. Jl. virg;. p,. 89. ? canadenfis Canada Canada L A M I u M ampiexicaule Dead nettle Virginia St ACHY s annua Bafe Horehound, an- Ibid. nual Marrubium vulgare Horehound, common Ibid. Leonurus cardiaca Lion's tail, motherwort Ibid. Gron. fl^ virg. p.90. Clinopodium vulg. Field-Bafil, common Canada incanum toraentofe N. Amer. rugofuni rugofe Carolina Origanum vulgare Wild marjoram, com- Can. Virg ' mon Melissa nepeta Baulm, cat ' Virginia Dracocephalum Dragon's-head Ibid. * virginianum Ibid. HoRMiNUM virgini- Virginian Clary cum •• - - TRiCHOiTEMA di- Vir. Pcnf- chotomum brachiatum Ibid. .Scute.llar'ia late- Skull-cap, .lateral Can. Vir. riflora intcgrifolia cntiri; Ibid. • • " "i .Scu- IN NORTH AMERICA. 41 Scutellaria hyflb- kyffopleavcd Canada pifolla Virginia fRt/KELtA vulgaris Self-heal, common Ibid. A good traumatic grandifioraf great? Ibid. Gron. fl. virg. p. pu Prunella fylveftrisau- tumnalis, floribus di- lute purpureis, capi-j- tulis denfe ftipatis ? PHuVMALeptoftachy^ Ibid. ANGIPSPERMIA. Bartsja coccinca Virg.Ne\vKalm*s Trav. 11. 222. York Rhinanthus Virgi- Elephant's head Virgi- nianus nian Ibid. ScHWALBEA Amcri- Ibid. cana Pedicularis Sceptri Ibid. Gron. fl. virg. p. 93 ? Carolini varietas " p. caule fimplici flor. capitatis, foliis pin- natifidis crenulatis ? Gerardia purpurea Virginia Canada flava Ibid. pedicularia Ibid. Chelone glabra Humming-bird tree, Ibid. fmooth hirfuta rough Ibid. Pentitemon dichotomousViigim£t x^NTiRRHiNuwelatine Snapdragon, Fluellin Ibid. triornitho- gigantic Ibid. phoruin canadenfe Canada Canada Virginia ScROPHULARiA Ma- Fig wort Maryland Maryland rylandica \^irginia Digitalis purpurea Foxglove common Canada Kalm's Trav. I. 201. BiGNONiA Catalpa Trumpet flower Ca-Carolina Cateib. I. t. 49. talpa femperyirens yellow Virginia Cateib. I. t. 53. Yel- low JefTamine. crucigera crofled Ibid, pentaphylla? five leaved Bahamas Catefb. I. t. 37. radicans radicant Virginia The juice of this plant is faid to be poifon- ous. caer^ulea blue Carolina Cateib. I. t. 42. Cafra 44 CATALOGUE of PLANTS, &c. Caprari A gratioIoi-Sweetweed Virginian Virginia dcs Erin us Africanus Virginia I place this plant Penfyl. here merely on Dr. ^ ' Gronovius's autho- rity, who pofitively correfts Africa in Linnaeus's Ipecies pi. and puts Virginia and Penfyl'vania as the na- tive country of this plant. Canadenfis Canada Linn. Mantifs. 8S. LiNN^EA borealis Ibid. Kalm'sTrav.I.p. 138. Obolaria Virginica Virginia Orobanche Virgini- Broom rape Virginian Ibid^ ca uniflora lingle Ibid. MiMULus ringens. Dog*5 fnout upright Canada Virginia RuBLLiA flrepens Virginia biflora ' Carolina ViTEx Agnus Callus Challe tree Ibid. C L A S S I S XV. TETRADYNAMIA. S I L I C U L O S A. Draba verna Virginia alpina Ibid. Gron. fl. virg. 98. Drabacaiilenudo, to- Jiis hifpidis. Lepidium Virgini- Dittandcr Virginian Vii^ginla cum Thlaspi Burfa pafto- Shepherd's purfe Ibid. Gron. fi. virg. p. 98. ris Cochlearia Coro- Scurvy grafspinnatifid Ibid. Gron, fl. virg. p. 98. nopus S I L I Q^U G S A. Card A MINE hirfuta Lady's fmock, rough Virginia Virginica Virginian Ibid. ' Sibv- IN NORTH AMERICA. 45 1 Sisymbrium Naftur- Water Cre fs, common Virginia - um Sophia Surgeons Ibid. Gron. fl. virg. p. aoo. Erysimum officinale Hedge muftard officinal Ibid. j Arabis alpina Ballard Tower muftard alpine Ibid. thaliana entire Ibid. < lyrata lyrated Canada \ Canadenfis fmooth Ibid. < Bun IAS Cakile Mountain Cale Virginia Kalm's Trav. III. p. ■ Canada 211. ■' • I C L A ^S S I S XVI. I M O N A D E L P H I A. DECANDRIA. I 1 Geranium macula- Crane's bill, fpotted Virg.Car. • ., 1 tum ] Carolinia- Carolina Car. Virg. num ^ POLYANDRIA. SiDA rhombifolia Indian Mallow rhom-Ibid. ; boid i Abutilon two horned Ibid. \ crifpa crifped Carolina, the Ba- hamas • Nap^a hermaphro- Virginia dita \ dioica Ibid. Malva Caroliniana Malow, Carolina Carolina j rotundifolia round leaved Virginia | Abutiloides abutiloid Bahamas Omitted in the laft e- i dition of the Syftema j Naturae Linn. Hibiscus Mofcheu- Hibifcus, petiolated Canada The root is a paregoric. 1 tos ^ Viiginia paluftris iriarfh Ibid. ! Virginicus Virginian Ibid. i GOROONIA '. 46 CATALOGUE of f^LANTS, &c. GoRDONiA Lafian- lioblolly b^y thus Stewartia Malaco- dendron Virg. Car. Ellis Phil. Tranf; vot' LX. Cateib. I. t. 44. i Hypericunt Lafianthui \ Linn. %y^. cd. XU. \ p. 509. Virginia Cateib. app. t. 13. C L A S S I S XVIL DIADELPHIA. H E X A N D R I A. F u M A R I A CucuUama Fumitory, naked Virginia Tempervirens evergreen Ibid. O C T A N D R I A. PoLYCALA incarnataMilkwort, flefh co- Virginia loured Canada Rattle fnake root Canada Ti^jg root is an excel- Senega iutea viridefcens fangninea rticillata yellow greeniih fanguinea Ibid. Cruciata verticillated Ibid, cruciated Ibid. Peniylv. lent fpecific again ft Virginia the bite of the rattle fnake, and ufed as fuch, by the Indian^ who call it Senegk. See Linn. Amoen. Acad. 2. p. 139. t. 2. and Kalm's Trav. 111. p. 5. Virginia Ibid. Gron. fl. virg. 104..P. fol. oblongis ? is per- haps a variety of diis. Gron. fl. virg. 104. P. foUis Linearibus, ca,- pitulis fubrotundis DECANDRIA. Erytiirjna herba- Cafal tree, herbaceous Carolina Cr.telb. II. 49. eta Louifian^ AvJORPHA IN NORTH AMERICA. 47 Amorpha fruticofa Baftard Indigo, frutef- Carolina cent , Crotalaria pcrfo- liata faglttalis alba Lupin us pcrennis Lupine, perennial Phaseolus helvolus Kidiiey-bean, Carolina Carolina DoLicHos regularis Virginia polyilachios Ibid. Glycine monoica Kidney-bean tree, ape- Ibid, talous ftid. Virginia Carolina Virginia Kalm'sTrav.ii. p. i j^. Diiliked by caule. comofa lateral Ibid. tomentofa tomentofe Ibid. apios tuberous Ibid. Its Indian nsxncUHo/* ftis ; they ufed to eat its roots. frutefcens frutelcent Carolina Cl I TOR I a virginiana ■ Virginia mariana Ibid. Pi SUM maritimum pea, fea-fide Canada Kalm'sTrav.iii.p.20i. ViciA fylvatica? Vetch, wood Virginia Gron. FLVirg. p. 105, Vicia pedunculis mul- tifloris, petiolis cir- rhiferis, flipulisqua- ternis acuminatis,cau* le fruticofo? is per- haps a variety. fativa common Ibid. KoBiNiA pfeudacacis hifpida iLocufl .-tree, uniflorousN. Amer hifpid Carolina 'Catcj(b. app. t. 2n Virginiai cum HiERACiuM venofum Hawkweed, veiny Virginia Gronovii obovated Virginia paniculatum paniculated Canada Kalmii Kalm's Penfyh'. Hyoseris virginica Swine fuccory, virgi- Virginia nian Arctium lappa Burdock, common Vir. Can. Kalm'sTrav. iil. 27, Serratula novebo- Saw-wOrt, pendulous All N. A- racenfis mer. praealta tall N Amer. glauca corymbofe N. Amer. fquarrofa fquarrcfe Virginia fcariofa fcarious Ibid. fpicata fpiked Ibid. Its root is a good dlf- cuiTive remedy, and has thence got its name cf 57rrj^r-Tycrr, Carduus acanthoi- Thiftle pedunculated Ibid. Gron. fl. virg. p. 117. des .? C. foliis fmuatis de- currenlibtts, altiffimus tall Carolina Vol. IL E C^. 5© C A T A L O G U E of PLANTS, &c. Ca R-DU US virgin ian US Thiftle, virginisn Virginia crifpus crifped Canada Carlina acaulis? Carllne thiille Ibid. BlDi5s tripartita frondofa bipinnata Spanifh needle, trifid Ibid. fmooth N. Amer. bipinnated Penfylv. Kalm*sTrav.iii.p.294. Gron. fl. virg. p. 117, Carlina. Perhaps the Bidens a- quatica humilior, &c. in Gron. fl. virg. p. 118. is a variety of this fpecics. Kalm'sTrav.i. p. 171. They call this fpecies Spani/h needles like- wire. nivca white Carolina Cacalia fuaveolens Alpine Colt's - foot, Vir. Can fweet-fcented atriplicifolia orach-leaved Ibid. EuPATORiUM hyllo- Hemp -agrimony, hyf- Virginia pifolium fop-leaved fcandens twining Ibid. feffilifolium feffile Ibid. rotundifolium round-leaved lb. & Can, altiffimuni gigantic Penfylv. trifoliatum ternated Virginia purpureum purple N. Amer. ma. ulatum fpotted N. Amer perfoliatum perforated Virginia ivaefolium fubferrated Ibid. ? ccelellinum aromaticum Ageratum altifii - mum Chrysocoma grami- Golden locks nifolia fky-blue Virp^inia aromatic Virginia Bafliard hemp-agrim.o- Can. Vir. ny, tall Canada TheEuparorium foliis ovato lanceolatis fim- pMcibus obtufe ferra- tis in Gron. fl. virg. p. 120. feems to an- fwer to Linnaeus's de- fcription of the Eupa- patorium i'vafolium. P O L Y G A ?v4 I A S U P E R F L U A. Artemisia campef- Mugwort, field Virginia tris Gn'apkalium obtu-CudwcedjObtufc-leav- Virginia fifolium cd Penfylv. Gna^ IN NORTH AMERICA. 51 G.VAPHALiUM mar- Cudweed everlalling N. Amer. garitanum plantagini- Plantain-leaved folium purpureum purple uliginofum marih Virginia Ibid. Ibid. Kalm's Trav. i. p. 13 c. A decoftion of this plant is em- ployed to bathe any briiifed limbs, or the plant itfelf is ufed, to rub the part fo af- fiided. It is called life e-verlajiing. White Plantain Gron. fl. virg. p. 121. Gnaphalium caule ramofo diffufo. Bacch A R I s halimifo- PI owmar .'s Spikenard, Virginia lia orach leaved iv^folia lanceolated Ibid. foetida ftinking Ibid. Cony z A Alleroides Fleabane , radiated N. Amer. virgata virgated Carolina bifrons Canada Erigeron Carolini- Carolina anum Canadenfe Canada Virginia Philadelphi- Canada cum Penfylv. canjphora- Virginia turn Si NEC 10 hieracifolius R agvvort N. Amer. vulgaris common Virginia Canadenfis Canada Canada Jacobasa Jacobaia Virginia aureus golden Virginia Gron. fl. virg. p. 122? Erigeron caule fim- pliciffimo faspius bi- fioro, folio caulino amplexi cauli. faracenicus Canada broad leaved Ibid. Aster divaricatus Starwort divaricated Virginia E 2 I imagine what Gro- novius in his fi. virg. p. 125. defc;ibc3 by the name of Senecio foiiis ovatis inscqua« liter dentatis, &c. mull be only a varie- ty o{ this plant. AsTJBa 52- CATALOGUE of PLANTS, &c. Aster hyfTopifolius dumoAis ericoides linarifolius Unifolius concolor rigidus undulatus Novae Ang- gliC cordifolius puniceus annuus vernus laevis mutabilis tradefcanti ISiovi Belgii tardiflorus grandiflorus macrophyl- lus So LID A GO icmpervi rens Canadenfis altiffima lanceolata lateriflora bicolor csfia Mexicana flcxicaulis latifolia rigida hyiTop leav-N. Amer. Linn. Mantifs.p. 114 ed daify flower- Virginia ed heath mucronated N. Amer. Ibid. Gron. fl. virg. p. 125. A. ramofis petiolis fo- flax leaved purple ftifF- leaved undulated New Eng- land cordated red llalked annual vernal fmooth variable Tradefcant*: New York late flower- N. Amer. Virginia Ibid. Ibid. NewEng. N. Amer. Ibid. Canada Virginia N. Amer. Ibid.^ . ; Virginia N. York Penfylv. Virginia • N. Amer. liofls &c. ing great flower- Ibid. ed great leaved Ibid. Gron. fl. virg. p. 125 ? A foliis cordatis, a- cutis ferratis, petio- latis, fummis ovatii, &c. Linn. Mantifs. p. 114. Golden rod, ever green NewYork Canada Canada Virginia Canada gigantic N. Amer. lanceolata Ibid, lateral Ibid, two coloured Ibid. blue Ibid._ Linn. Mantifs.p. 114- Mexican Virginia twifted Canada Virginia broadleaved Canada ligid NewEng. Fenfylv. SOLIDACO IN NORTH AMERICA. 53 S o L I D A G o No vebo- Golden rod, New York New York racenfis Inula Helenium Elecampane, common Virginia Mariana Maryland N. Amer. Arnica maritima J bid. DoRONicuM planta-Leopard*s bane, plain- Virginia Gron. fl. virg. p. 126, gineum ? tain leaved D. foliis cordatis cre- natis, &c. Helenium autum- Baftard fun-flower N. Amer, nale Chr Ys A NTHEUM leu-Corn Marygold white Ibid, canthemum arfticum arftic Ibid. Matricaria afte - Fever few, afteroid Peniylv. Bartram Linn. Man- ] roides ^ ^ ^ ^ tifs. 116. j Anthemis, Cotula Chamomile, common Virginia Gron. fl. viro-. p. 127. Achillea Millefoli- Milfoil common Ibid. um ^ SiGESBECKiA OCci - Ibid. \ dentalis [ Verbes IN AVirginica White flick weed Ibid. ■ alba Ibid. BupTHALMUM frutef- Ox-eye, frutefcent Ibid. cens ' Helianthoi- ovated N. Amer. 1 des y POLYGAMIAFRUSTRANEA. I Helianthus multi- Sun-flower multiflo - Virginia ■' fiorus rous ; tuberofus tuberous Ibid, frondofus frondofe Ibid. decapetalus ten leaved Canada ■ fl:rumofus long rooted Ibid. J altiiTimus tall Fenfylv. giganteus gigantic Virginia ■ Canada ,] l^evis " fmooth Virginia 1 anguftifolius narrow leav- Ibid. _ ed divaricatus divaricated N. Amer. ! atrorubens purple Virginia H Carolina RuDBECKiA laciniata Rough leaved Sun flow- Virginia er laci- Canada '. niated ^ triltoba trilobated Ibid. \ £ 3 RuDBECKiA 54 CATALOGUE of P L A N T S, &c. RuDBECKiA hirta hairy Virginia Canada purpurea purple Virginia Carolina oppcfitifolia oppofite Viri^inia anouilifolia narrow leav-Ibid. ed Coreopsis verticilla-Tick fceded fun-flower Ibid. ta verticillated coronata crowned Ibid. Bidens bidentated Penfylva. auriculata auriculated Virginia tripteris ternated Ibid. lancedlata lanceolated Carolina Gron. fl. virg. 132. C. foliis lineanbus inte- gerrimis f alternifolia alternate Canada Virginia CbnTAurea bene- Centaury BlciTedThif- Virginia Gron. fl. virg;. p. t 17. di»fta tie Cnicus caule diituio, &c. Calcltrapa Star Thiftle Viginia P O L Y G A ivi I A N E C E S S A R I A. SiLPHiuM laciniatuniSteril Sun-flower laci-Louifiana niated perfoliatum perfoljated Ibid. Aileriicus aiierifk Virginia Carolina folidaginoi- lanceolated Ibid. des trifoliatum three leaved Ibid. PoLYMNiA Canaden- Canada fis IJvedalia Virginia Tetragono- Melon apple-flower Ibid. Gron. fl. virg, p. 128. ^theca Sp. pi. 1273. H'etra- gonoiheca helianthoidcs* Chrysogonum vir- Ibid. ginianum P O L Y G A M I A S E G R E G A T A. Elephantopus fca-Elf-phant's foot, rough Virginia bf;r tomcntolu*; woolly Ibid. MONOGA. IN NORTH AMERICA, 55 1 M O N O G A M I A. Lobelia plumierii kalijiii Cardinalis fiphilitica Bahamas Catefb. i. t. 79. Canada Virginia Kalm's Trav. ii. 222. Penfylv. Ibid. This is one of the fpeciiics againll the venereal dileafe. inflata Virginia Canada cHfFortiana Ibid. Viola palmata Violet palmated Ibid. Dedata pedated Ibid. anceolata lanceolated Canada Nov. Sco. primulifolia Gownip Virginia canina dog's Ibid. Canadenfis Canada Imp ATI ENS Nolitan- Canada gere Virginia A mere variety of this feems to be the Im- patiens foliis profun- de ferratis, caule iu- tefcente in Groiu ft. virg. 136. C L A S S I S XX. G Y N A N D R I A, D I A N D R I A. Orchis ciliaris Orch, ciliated Virginia Canada • flava yellow Virginia pfycodes Canada Virginia Canada fpeclabilis beautiful Virginia bifolia ? two leaved Ibid. Ophrys cernua Twyblade cernuous Vii-ginia Canada Ibid. linifolia flax leaved Corallorhiza Coral root Ibid. LiMODORUM tubero -Ballard Helieborine Ibid. Aim E 4 -Arethusa 56 CATALOGUE of PLANT S, 6cc. Arethusa bulbofa ophioglof - ibides divaricata CypRiPEDiuMCalce-Lady's Slipper olus Epidendrum Virginia Canada Ibid. Ibid. Ibid. Ibid. Catefb. i. p. 58. t. 58. Moccafine. Epidendrum caule e- retfio rimpliciffimo nu- do, racemo fimplici erefto Gron. fl. virg. 140. I know not to what Linna^an {pe- des of Epidendrum to refer this defcrip- tion. SisYRiNCHiUM Ber- mudiana T R I A N D R I A. Virginia Eermud. PENTANDRIA. Passiflo&a cuprea ? Paffion flower, coppery Bahama Catefb. ii. t. g^, Ifiands m aliform is ? apple IhapedTortugas orTurtle Llands upon the Coaft of Florida lutea yellow Virginia incarnata fiefh colour- Ibid. ed Aristolochia Ser- Birthwort, fnake root Ibid. Its root is not only a pentaria remedy for the bite of fnakes, but like- wife fafcinates and kills them ? Anguicida Louinana Boflu. Has the fame quality as the pre- ceding one. pisTiA Stratiotes Watc ricek ? Florida Bartram. Journ. EOLYANDRIA. IN NORTH AMEJIICA. 57 POLYANDRIA. Arum triphyllum Wake-robin, triphyl- Virginia lous virginicum Virginian Virginia Kalm's Trav. i. 125 l^a'^^J - //* JUNGERMANNIA dl- N. Amer, latata platyphylla N. Amer. fiircata N. Amer. Marchantia cru- N. Amer. ciata tenella Virginia Anthoceros laevis N. x-lmer. Lichen caninus Liverwort, canine Virginia probofcideus roftrated Penfylv. cocciferus cocciferous Virginia cornucopioides cornucopia Ibid. pyxidatus orenulated Ibid. rangiferinus rein-deer Ibid. pafchalis cruftaceous Penfylv. plicatus folded Virginia ^arbatus bearded Ibid. fioridus ilorid Ibid. Ibid. Gron. flor. virg. 173. Lichen purpurafcens lufitanicus, &c. Vol. II. F Ulva 66 CATALOGUE of PLANTS, &c. Ulva inteftinali: Conferva Virgin Ibid. Ibid. Ibid. Ibid. ^•id. Ibid. ia Gron. flor. virg. 173. Lichen olivaceus fcu- tellis lasvibus. Gron. flor. virg. 174, Lichenoides foliis glaucis crinitis, &c. Gron. flor. virg. 174. Ulva flliformis fub- ramofa aequalis. Gron. flor. virg. 174. Ulva fubrotunda, tu- bulofa, conglomerata. Gron. flor. virg. 174. Conferva refta ramo- fa, fetacea, laevis. Greedily eaten by the deer in fummer. Gron. flor. virg. 174. Conferva refta, ramo- fiifima, ramulis hinc inde coadunatis. FUNGI. Boletus igniarius Punk r H A L L u s efculentus Moril h'liz i z A lentifera Cup Mufhroom Cl AVAR I A militaris Club Mufliroom ophioglolfoides varietas ? Ly CO PER DON tuber TrufHes Virginia Is ufed in America, as \ in Europe, as tinder \ for lighting fire ; and i grows chiefly on the h Jriiccory-tree. Virginia \ Virginia Virginia Carolina Catefl). i. t. 36. Virginia Kalm. The Indians j in Virginia call it 1 Tuckahoo. Ciajt, ] N. B. There are many other fpccies of Fungi in North America, as ap- peir^ from Gronovius*s Flora Virginica, p. 175. 176.; hut they are all fo iuperiiclally dcfcribcd, that it is impoflible to clafs them according to the Lin- ijxan genera. A P P E N IN NORTH AMERICA; «? APPENDIX. P A L M ^. Cham^rops humilis Palmetto Florida Bartram. Journ.^ Areca oleracea Cabbage- tree Ibid. Bartram. Journ. Its pith fen'es for mak- ing Sagoe in Ameri- ca ; at the top of the tree are fome leaves which tafte as well or rather better thaa cab- bage. FINIS. cl A N ABSTRACT Of the moft ufeful and neceflary ARTICLES MENTIONED BY PETER LOEFLING, Botanift to his Catholic Majefty, I N H I s TRAVELS THROUGH SPAIN. And that Part of SOUTH AMERICA CALLED C U M A N A, CONSISTING In his LifC) and in Syftematical Defcriptions of the Plants of both Countries, referred to the Pages of the original Swedilh Edition. Ornari res ipfa negati contenta doceri* Ho rat. "^-^'^-^•'*S^«^«^^^-1S5 f54i.^5^-<^3*w^'5^ ^:^^- ^3^w^^ ^3^^5i* JJ^':^-^^ THE LIFE O F PETER LOEFLING. ?^MM^ETER LoEFLING WHS a fon of jEhV g P § Loefling^ Book-keeper, and of Barbara k-M^ii? Strandman^hom 1729, January 20-31. in the Province of Geftrikeland^ at 'Tolforjhrook, in the parilh of Walho, His parents took care to have him prepared for his univerfity education by private tutors. In 1743, he entered the univerfity of fTp/^/^j and after having regularly aflitled the ledtures of feveral profeflbrs and efpecially thofe of Dr. Unvueus^ he relblved to ftudy phyfic in 1745. He was very diligent and applicated in the pur- fuit of all the fciences neceffary in the branch of literature he had fixed upon, and for that purpofe never failed to be pre- ftrnt at Dr. Linn^ush botanical excurfions. The Doctor could not yet difcern him among the great number of pupils who attended his demonftrations. But having at the end of the term, given leave to his pupils, to confult him F 3 either 72 The L 1 F E of either by word of mouth, or by letter upon fuch points as were not fufficiently clear to them : Loefiing made a good ufe of this leave, and never failed to propofe to his tutor by every re- turn of pofl, fome queries on botanical fubje*5LS, which were delivered by his intimate friend John Otto Hagftroem^ who is now phyfician to the province of Ofigothland. The great Linn^us foon difcovered in the courfe of this correfpon- dence, his botanical genius, and in order to en- courage him, he was never deficient in anfwer- ing regularly his queries. Dr. Linn^us defired him to return foon to the univerfity, where he had the beft opportunity of improving himfelf in a fcience for which he had a peculiar turn. The pupil was ready to comply with this invitation ; but found himfelf under the moft critical dilemma, on account of the poverty of his parents, who could not af- ford to keep him any longer at the univerfity at their expence : he therefore begged the do6lor to procure him a place as private tutor. The profeffor thought it his duty to encourage fo fine a genius, and as there v/as no other opportunity to place him, he refolved to take him into his houfe, and to make him the companion of his own fon. He forefaw that the tutor would not only kindle a defire for improvement in botany, in. PETER LOEFLING. 73 in his tender pupii -, but that even his enthufiafm would be communicated to his young friend, and fo it really happened. In this ftation Loef- ling made the beft of his time, and of the op- portunity of improving by the Dodlor's ledures, at which he was afiifting very regularly ; the reft of the time left to him, he fpent in feeing the moft ingenious and diligent ftudents, whofe friend fhip he acquired, and in vifiting the botanical garden feveral times a day, and at dinner he propofed queries and dubia to his tutor, by whom he now was efteemed worthy of the greateft intimacy and friendlhip ; for the dodlor obferved in his pupil, according to his own expreffion, '' a " mind as pure as gold, and without the leaft " duplicity of manners or words, which were " exadly correfponding with his moft fecret " thoughts." Fie was not effeminate, and re- lilhed neither the pleafures of the table, nor vanity in drefTing 5 he flepr as comfortably on the hardeft bench, as in the fofteft bed •, and the finding of a fmall plant or mofs, repaid him amply the fatigue of a long excuifion. In the fummer term of 1748, the Doclor gave to each of his fcholars a branch of botany for its illuftration, as a tafl-c. Loefling got the buds of trees for his allotted ihare, as this fubjed: had never been well inquired into, and he was the onlv 74 tHE L I F E OF 'OUry one who executed his tafk. The benefit cf .viikmg the botanical garden at every hour of the day, gave him an opportunity to make the mod accurate obfervations on the buds of trees, from whence he drew the moil curious infe- rences, which he publillied in 1749, in a differ- tation de Gemmis arborum. In the year 1750, Dr. Linncsus began to draw up his Philofophia Botanica, but he was attacked by fo violent a fit of the gout, that he was almofl pafl all hopes of recovery ; the difeafe hov/ever relenting a little, he dilated the work to LoeJIing, who went on with it as fall as the prefs could go. This bufinefs, was not only amufing to Loefling, but proved very ufeful to him ', for he never failed to apply to his tutor for the elucidation of fuch articles as he did not underfland, which was readily granted, and thus the pupil became a perfect mailer of the Doctor's fyftem and its fpirit. Limiaus purfued his grand plan in botany with an undaunted courage and perfeverance in fpite of all the fatigues, obloquy, and ingrati- tude he met with. His difciples were gone to the moll diilant pafts of the globe, and returned loaden with the moil curious difcoveries. Kalra from Canada^ Ofieck from China^ HajTckinft from &v"/>/, 'Tor em from ^itratLi and Mcntin from. PETER LOEFLING. 75 Lapland. The fouthern parts of Europe, how- ever were lefs fearched, than thofe in the re- moteft parts of India. For this purpofe the great botanift endeavoured to get acquainted with the Marquis de Grimaldi^ the Spanifh am- baflador at the Swedijh court •, in order to obtain leave for one of his pupils to travel through Spain. The firfl: fteps for this purpofe were fcarcely taken by the Do6lor's friends, when the ambaflador fent him word by Lieutenant Rad- baud, that his Catholic Majefty had already de- fired to have a botaniil from Dr. Linn^us^ which occafioned him great aftonifhment : but it is worthy to be remarked, that fome Englifhmen had been the firft who occafioned the court of Spain to fend for a botanifl to Sweden^ at a time when Linn^us had been moll anxious about the method of introducing one of his pupils into Spain, Some Englifh gentlemen, and among them, Robert More^ Efq-, F. Pv. S. obferving with what indolence and carelefsnefs the greater part of travellers pafTed through thofe parts of our globe, which when diligently fearched, might afford a vaft field for difcoveries and new obfervations in Natural Hiftory, refolved to tra vel in company, through France^ Spain^ Italy^ Switzerland^ Germany^ Denmark and Sweden^ with a view to fulfill in part the plan to enquire more accurately ^G The L I F E of accurately into the various curiofities peculiar to each country. Thefe gentlemen being inSpain^ were invited to dine with Don Carvajal, who acci- dentally afked them their opinion about Spain ; they anfwercd, that its curiofities had by far iurpaffed their expe6lation, and that for all this, the remark of Linn^us in his Bihliotheca Bota- nica were ilill true, that the Flora Hifpanica would turn out as new as it was rich. Bon Car- "vajal wifned to fee the Doctor's performance, and having read the pafTage, he declared, that Spain ihould in a little time be free from fuch a reproach. Mr. More^ in his tour through Swe- den^ communicated to the Do£lor this anecdote, when he vifited the univerfity of Upfala^ and thus it became a key to the melTage of the Marquis de Grimaldi^ which had caufed Linn^us fo great an aftonifliment. Dr. Linn^us was very happy, as he heard he had leave to fcledl out of his pupils, one whom he thought moil deferving of occupying a place that would be both honourable and Droiitable : he fixed upon Loefling his favourite ; and though this young man had gone through the ufual ex- ercifes, and was to obtain the degree of Dodor of .Phylic in three months time, he refolved to neglect this honour, and to go on his tour to. Spain. In a month's time he was ready, having taken PETER LOEFLING 77 taken- leave of his relations, friends, and conn- try. The Royal Academy of Sciences made him a prefent of a fine Englifh microfcope, a thermometer, a moft exad geometrical fcale, and many other inftruments. Count Piper^ Mr. Peter Wargentin^ the one prefident, the other fecretary m the Royal Academy, and many of its members, vied with each other in contribut- ing to the equipment of the young botanift. The diredor of the SwedijJi Eaft India company, Clas Grilly generoufly offered him a free pafTagc and board, in one of his ihips bound for Poj-to in Portugal: and tht Marquis G rimaldi gmntcd him a handfome allowance towards the expences of the Tour to Madrid. Loefling was well made, tall, ftrong, and of a healthy conftitution, un- impaired by debauches and luxury, all which promifed him good fuccefs in his labourious un- dertaking in a foreign climate. The leave he took of his tutor at Upfaky was very affeding and moving. The nineteenth of March, 1751, he left for ever his native country, went round the Baltic, pafTed the Sounds crofTed the German ocean, the bay of Bifcay^ and at lafl arrived May the eighteenth, at Oporto. Some Fuci and marine prod unions of the Vermes Clafs, amufed our natural hiftorian during his palTage j but the Portugueze Flora was an ample field for his in- quiries, 78 The L I F E of quiries, he colleded every plant, dried fpeci- mens, colledled feeds, and fent them to Linn^us. For want of another fhip, and not venturing to go to Lijhon in a Portugueze Caravela j he ftaid at Oporto, till the beginning of Auguft, when he took his pafiage in a Swedijh fhip. They were becalmed, and therefore fpent eight days on a paiTage of a few hours. Here he found a very remarkable difference in the climate, which pro- duced the fineft American plants, as the Agave Americana^ Cabins opuntia^ Phcenix daBylifera^ and the JDrac^na Draco, Mr. Godin, z French z{\:ro nomer, who had been fifteen years in America^ and who was appointed Direftor of the Academy of Marines 2,t Cadiz, took Loefling in his com- pany, and left Lijbon with him the latter end of September. During the journey, the attention of the young botanifl was employed in examin- ing thofe wild growing plants, which in this country were the ornaments of the beft gardens, and required a careful cultivation. He found the NarcifTufes, the Leucoya, Ornithogala, Squills, and Afphodels in full flower : Laven- der, S?.ge, Rofemary, Fenil, Thyme and Stocchas Arahica^ fpread their odoriferous ef- fluvia-, and the groves confided of Olives, Myrtles, Coluteas, JefTamines, Rofebays, Phyl- lyreas, Maftidrces and Chio Turpentine Trees, All PETER LOEF LIN G. 79 ^11 thefe contributed to make his journey both ufefLil and agreeable. At Madrid where he ar- rived, after having been Seventeen days on the road Loefang began to fear he lliould find neither botaniils, nor friends, nor patrons: but the gloom which this thought had fpread over his counte- nance, was foon changed into joy and content- ment, by the. recommendation of Mr. Godin, who introduced iiim into the beft companies, ^nd prefented him to Don Carvajal^ who fa- voured him with a kind and gracious recep- tion. The mofl unexpedled thing to him was the great number of lovers of botany, which . he found at Madrid, Four of them deferve chiefly to be mentioned : viz. Don Jofeph, Ortega^ chief apothecary to the army, and fecretary of the phyfical academy at Madrid ; Don Miniiart chief apothecary to x}a^ hofpitals ; Don ^^r, firfl furgeon to the king, who had a fplendid bota- pical garden, and a mofl elegant collection of plants •, and Don Chriftoval Velez^ apothecary and examinator of the College of Phyficians, who was poflefled of a choice colledion of botanical books, of 2. gX2.xi^ Hortm Siccus, and had drawn up a Flora Madritenfts. Thefe gen- tlemen found our young botanift much to their Jijcing ; he was carelTed by every one, and their houfes. So The LIFE OF houfes, gardens and libraries were at his fcrvicc. He got from the king a pcnfion of eight thou- fand Reals per annum, without becoming the objeft of their envy. Loefling gained more and more the favour of thefe phyfical gentlemen, and paid to each of them a handfome compliment, by calling four new plants found in Spain after their names, which will be a lafting monument of the gratitude of the Swedifk botanift, as Linn^us has taken thefe names into all the fubfe- quent editions of his Genera and Species planta* rum and into the laft editions of his Syftema Na- tura. Loefling Itaid about two years at Madrid^ and" made during that time fome little botanical expeditions in its neighbourhood : and col- Icdted above 1300 diftincl fpecies of SpaniJJi plants. The niiniftry then began to think of fending Loefling to Spanifh South America. The plan for this expedition was great, and worthy of Don Carvajal's genius and love for the fciences. According to this plan the whole ex- pedition fhould be under the dire(flion of Don Jofeph de Bturiaga^ Capitan de Altohordo in the fleet, and director of the Caracas^ and the trad- ing company there : under him was the next in command, Don Eugenio Alharadi Colonel in the land fervice, a native of Lima in ?eru. Four profefTors PETER LOEFLlNG, 8i pi*6fefrors were at the headj each of one fcience^ viz. I. a geographer •, 2. a natural philofopher t 3. a botanift -, and 4. one acquainted with commercial aflPairs. Each profeiTor had four af- fiftantSy and befides them were four furgeons, and many other people intended for this expe- dition. Den Juan Ignatio Madariaga and Don Jofeph Solano both Gapitans de Fregatta^ with Don Jofeph Santos Cabrera were for the geogra* phical department. Loefling was the head bo- tanift, and had Doji Benito Paltor^ from the Py- renees, and Don Antonio Condal^ from Barcellona^ two young phyfieians, for his affiilants : and two other youths^ born at Madrid^ of wealthy parents, called Don Bruno Salvador^ and Don San Juan de Bios Caftel^ were intended for draughtfmen and pupils in natural hiftory. The other departments were filled up in propor- tion> fo that this might have turned out one of the grandeft and moft ufeful undertakings if pro- perly conduced and executed. LGefling got twenty thoufand reaUs de Vellon towards his equipment in linen^ cloaths and other neceffa- ries. His falary was increafed to ten thoufand reales per annum, and that of each of the phy* ficians under him, was fixed at ^-^^e thoufand reales. The regulation of the limits between the Spaniards and the Portugueze in North A- VoL. II. G mericaj 82 The L I F E of merlca, was the chief objedl of this expedition ; Don Carvajal reprefented to the king that this would be the bell opportunity to get acquainted with the produfts of ,the interior parts of this extenfive continent : that France and England were great only by the knowledge and ufe of the fine produds of their fettlements in Ameri- ca; that South America, no doubt, was richer in them than any other part of the world, and that nothing was wanting to reap the fame benefit from the Spanifh colonies, than a nearer infpec- tion into, and examination of, the American plants, animals, and natural produ(?:ions, which could now be procured by the addition of a good natural hillorian. This being at laft agreed 'to by the king, the expedition was put into ex- ecution, and Loefling ordered to go with his af- fiflants to Cadiz, From when.ce they fet fail February the fifteenth, 1754. The paiTage was happy and Ihort ; they pafTed February the twenty -fourth, the Canary IJlands ; April the third, the ille of "Tabago^ the fourth, the illes of Cranada and Margaritay and arrived April the eleventh at Cumana^ the capital of the province of Nezv Andalufia or Cumana, This town is under the tenth degree north la- titude. Their fummer begins at Chriflmas, and ends at Midfummer-day, from which time to ChriftmaSv P E T E R L O E F L ! N G. gj Chriftmas, they reckon their v/inter. During this winter, the Swedifh therniioineter of Pro- felTor Celfius^ was within doors conftantly^ be- tween twenty-nx and thii ty degrees, and in fum- mer between thirty .and thirty-three. Out cf doors the heat is, between nine and five o'clock, ex- cefiive, fo that it would be intolerable for the whole animal and vegetable creationy did not at -the fame time a conftant eaft wind and rain, contribute towards abating the heat w^hile the fun is in the zenith. Here Loefling found a new worlds e\^ery plant he bekeld was new, and their great number gave him employment from morning to night. This expedition was intended to go up the great Orenoco river, then by Rio Negro^ into the Ah- ramion, or river of Amazons^ and afterwards along the limits of Brazilsy till to thoie pre- = tended lakes which are fituated at the fource of Rio de la Plata^ which river they intended to follow to Buenos Ayres^ and from thence the tour fliould go back through Chili^ Reru^ Lima^ ■ and ^i/i?, all countries which never had been Vifited by any botanift of note, if we except that Mr. Juffteu had feen part of Reru, G I During' The here-mentioned degrees of Cilfius^s thermome- ter, correfpond thus v/ith the degrees in Farraheif'^ jcale, 26^:7925 30=86 J and 33=91. 84 The L I F E of During the whole paflage he gave ledlures on botany, to his pupils, and made them acquaint- ed with the ufe of the Linnasan fyflem ; the Philofoj)hia hotanka was his Syllabus^ and the young phyficians feemed to apply very clofely to the ftudy of botany. At his landing the colledion of plants and feeds, the examination and defcription of every new objed:, and the drawings of Tuch things, as were either new or not well drawn before, gave fufEcient occupa- tion to Loefling and his affiftants. During fix months refidence 2.t Cumana^ he made an excurfion through New Barcelona^ and the miflions of Piritu^ towards the river Guayana^ where he continued his obfervations during two or three months •, from thence he travelled to the mifTion of Ctircni^ and then returned to Cu- jmna y but he and the whole company fell fick at their return, of a fever or ague, of which he had every day an accefs. Tiiis being re- moved, he fell ill again with a tertian, having got wet feet in a marfh. Some time after this was cured, he got again a quotidian fever, which he could not get rid of for a long while. His chief fhewed great care and tendernefs for his health, and defired him abfolutely not to write, till afternoon or in the evening, the only proper time for this bufmels in thofe hot climates : for Loefling PETER LOEFLING. 85 Loefting had already colleded about ^v^l hundred fpecies, and among them were about thirty new Genera^ and about two hundred and fifty fpecies not mentioned before by Dr. Linnceus in his - works, the defcriptions of which he drew up. The fever had emaciated poor hoefling^ he got a double tertian with fainting fits, but conquered this. In the beginning of 1755, he went to the mifTion of Merercuri^ here he got new paroxyfms of intermittent fevers, and foon after the Leu- cophlegmatia (perlefia) and at laft that kind of dropfy called anafarca^ of which he died Febru- ary the twenty-fecond, 1756. His tutor Lin- naus publifhed Loefting' s letters containing abfo- lutely nothing but defcriptions, queries and Du- hia about plants, with fome repeated acknow- ledgments to his tutor, fome defcriptions of rare Spanifh plants, which are given here at full length, and reckoned by Dr. Linnaus to be mo- dels in their kind j laftly, fome defcriptions and remarks on American plants which are likev/ife here added. Thus died together with 'Peter Loefting^ the hopes of the great advantages to natural hiflory, which were expe<5led from his tour through Spa- ni/Ii South America •, which country no doubt is j:he richefl field for difcoveries of every kind in natural hiflory and whofe treafurea arc now, as G 3 it ^6 IThe L I F E of •it were, buried, through the indolence and jea- loufy of the Spaniards and their miniftry. The here annexed catalogue of North Ame- rican plants, the advantages which accrue by their knowledge to trade and commerce, the daily new acceiTions to the Flora of this exten- five continent, procured by the adivity of this great, learned and commercial nation are an in- conteilible proof of the advantages which might he reaped, if South America were in the hands of a nation pofTelTed of the fame fpirit of induf- try, and free inquiry, which are tht two great fi^pports of national wealth and liberty : they prove at the fam.etime the providential care over this wealthy and free nation, in that fpirit of in- dolence and jealoufy, with v;hich the Spaniards are ftill infatuated, and probably will be fo for fome time, in fpite of the great and expenfive efforts made from time to time by their govern- ment, in order to promote induftry and learning, and to put their comm.erce on a better bafis. The premature death of Loefing, though very hurtful to fcience in general, may however be confidered as a further proof of this affertion : he died in the prime of his youth, with a flrong conftitution, fupported liberally in a fcience in which he was an enthufiall, before he could go on the intended great expedition, before he CQUld PETER LOEFLING. 87 could inflrudl the pupils trufted to his care, and before Spain could reap the lead benefit from the fcience of this promiling and able botanifl, and which no doubt it would have enjoyed, had he gone through the intended great tour in South America, I conclude with a moll ardent wifh, that Eng- land may never be without difmterefled and pa- triotic men, who for the increafe of ufeful learn- ing and the knowledge of nature, will exert their influence, genius, and wealth, to promote, encourage, and protedl, the inveftigation of na- tural hiftory in the Weft-Indies and America, on the Senegal and Gambia rivers in Africa, and the great and extenfive poflelTions which the Englifli enjoy in the Eaft-lndies, and where- ever their navigation extends. PLANTiE P L A N T iE ,12, HISPANIC^, R A R I O R E S DESCRIPTIONES EPISTOLARES AUTHORIS. T R I A N D R I A. I. M O N O G Y N I A. O R T E G I A. J' F^M'^RTEGIA hifpanica. O O Q Jnncaria falmanticenfis. Cluf, Hifp, k.M^j«? 502. /. 50^^ hift. ;>. 114. Rnbia linifolia afpera. CBauh, pin, 333. Raj, hijl. 1033. Habitat in vineis Salmanticae, Clujius. In Ca- ftilia vcteri, Minuart, In Baetica ad Pe- droches de Cordova, Vekz. Radix annua Clulio (fed videtur perennis fe- cundum fpecimina Domini Velez), flexu- pfa, glabra, tenuis. Caulis $g PLANTAE HISPANICAE. Caulis eredlus, fpithamalis ufque pedalis, ar- ticulatus, quadrangularis, ftriatus, fcabri- ufculus. Rami oppofiti, a bafi caulis ufque ad fummuna, eredi, cauji confimiles, ra- mulofi vel fimplices. Folia oppofita, linearia vel lanceolata-Iinearia, acuta, femiuncialia, ereda, felTilia, fcabri- ufcula. Flora in cprymbis confertis, dichotomis, bre- vi ramulo fuftentatis, oppofitis ; fefTiles. Bra^eae minimae, acutae, oppofitae ad fingulam divifionem dichotomiae. Cal. 1? erianthium pentaphylluiTij eredum : fo- liolis oblongis, acutis, fubcarinatis, margi- nibus intus coloratis. Cor. nulla. Stam. Filamenta tria, fubulata, calyce dimi- dio breviora. Antherae oblongae, lineares, comprefTae, filamentis paulo breviores. PisT. Germen ovatum, medietate fuperiori trigono-pyramidatum : angulis fubacutis. Stylus filiformis, redus, fimplex, calyce paulo minor. Stigma capitato-obtufum, fimplex, apice leviffime emarginato. . Pe r . Capfula ovata, medietate fuperiori trigo- gona, calyce te6la, vnilocularis, ad me- dium trifariam dehifcens." Sem. fLANTAE HISPANICAE. 89 Sem. plurima, oblonga, utrinque acuta, mi- nutifilma. Color Calycum incanus, marginibus fubal- bis ; Germinh luteo-viridis, fiigmatis & Ant her arum luteus. Ab lUecebro fpurio (Loeflingia) cui proxi- me accedk, difFert corolla nulla -, calyce obt'ufiore ovali, foliolis integris oblon- gis i ob ftylum unicum alias proxima. LOEFLINGIA, ,. LOEFLINGIA hifpanica (Illecebrum fpu- rium Loefl.)- Habitat Madriti in colli bus nudis cis Cafam del Campo, fupra faltum^ vulgo foto de Migas calientis, copiofe. Radix tortuofa, defcendens, ramofa, glabra, annua. Cades folitarii vel plures, profufi, procum- bentes, furfum paullo adfcendentes articu- lati, teretes, pilis vifcidls tenuiffime pubef- centes, longitudine femiunciali vel digital!. Folia oppofita, ad genie ula infer iora, lineari- acut^, minima, ad bafin denticulo utrinque acuto, brevifnmo eredlo notata -, fuperiora lubulato-tridentata: denticulis lateralibus .eredis in medio latere foiii. Flores 52 PLANTAE HISPANICAE. Fhres fefliles, axillares in fpicis lateralibus al- ternis imbricati, conferti. Bra^eae fubulatae, tridentatae, parvae, imbricatae. Cal. Perianthium pentaphyllum, ere^lum : foliolis diftindlis, lanceolatis, leviter intus infcrius concavis, apice tereti fubulato acu- tiflimo, pilo quafi terminato, lateribus fi- militer ac folio denticnlo utrinque fubulato, breviffimo notatis, »interioribus tribus intus quafi coloratis, foras omnibus fubvifcolis. Cor. Petala quinque (non raro folum qua- tuor, quantum eft pofTibile videre), minu- tiffima, oblongo-ovato, globofa, conniven- tia, integerrima. Stam. Filamenta femper tria, corollae circiter longitudinis vel leviflime breviora, hinc minutifTima. Antherae fubrotundae, di- dymae, PisT. Germen ovato-trigonum, parvum. Sty- lus fimplex, filiformis, brevis, furfum pau- lo craffior. Stigma fimplex, obtufiufculum, omnino indivifum. Per. Capfula ovata, apice obfolete trigona, trifariam dehifcens, vnilocularis. Sem. plura, ovato-oblonga, minima, pundlis (lente vifa) minutiffimis pun6lata. Color Corollae pallidus. Genus PLANTAE HISPANICAE. 93 Genus mihi difficile defignatur -, videtur ta- men proxime accedere ad Illecebrum, fed ftamina tantum tria et femina plurima, diverfa funt. Facies Plantae et ramifica- tiones Herniariam et Paronichiam refe- runt, fed differt ab illis praefenti corolla et numero ftaminum, uti a MoUugine fly- lo fimplici. Videtur tamen, ni fallor, fi- militudinem habere quandam cum frudif. illecebro cymofo, quam, non nifi exfuc- cam, vidi in Eflrcmadura. II. D I G Y N I A. S C H O E N U S. , SCHOENUS acukatus, Phalaris repens, floribus feflllibus fafcicula- tis faftigiatis, foliaceo bivalvi comprefTo obtedlis. Loefl, Habitat in deprefTis fubhumidis nudis, fluxu Maris quotidie inundatis, ad St. Ybes Por- tugalliae. Gram'en minimum et repens eft. Rddix parva, fibrofa, culmos plurimos pro- ducens. Culmi minimi, vix femidigitales, repentes f. ar- (^e terrae incumbentes, profufi, tribus quatuorve geniculis ex fmgulo ramulo. Ram 54 PLANTAE HISPANICAE, Rami prodeuntes, confimilcs. Folia breviffima, graminea, ovcita f. lanceola- ta, diilicha, complicata. Vagina in foliis culmaceis geniculorum fere longltudine, glabra, llriata, infe- rius gibbo-ventricofa. Membranula nulla, fed ejus loco pili te- nuiiTimi, parvi. 115. FloTBS terminales, culrtii ramulis fefnles, ag-* gregati in Capitulum piano- comprefTum, failigiatum, truncatum. Involucriim bicornc ex foliis binis, brc-* viffimis, conduplicatis, vagina ampla comprefla, fiorum faltigio paullo Ion- giore. Cal. biglumis, compreffus-; glumis fubae- qualibus, (altera paullo breviore anguftiore; dorfo acuto, compreflb), muticis, glabris, unifloris. CoR. biglumis: glumis calyce latioribuSi dorfo acutis, comprefTis, calyce paullo ma-- joribus, muticis. Stam. - - - - PiST. ~ - - - Per. Goroilae glumae femen continent, dc- mittunt. Sem. unicum, oblongum comprefTum^ .ulc6 PLANTAE HISPANICAE. 95 in akero latere, nudum nee corolla adnata obtedum. D A C T Y L I S, DACTYL IS cynofurcides quae Phalaroldes fpicis linearibus terminalibus fecundis ad- prefiis. Habitat in locis paluflribus, marinis, argillo- iis, graniinofis trans Fluvium Tagum Ulyf- fiponi Lufitaniae, autumno florens. Radix fibrofa, repens. Culmi eredti, folitarii, pedales circiter, fupernc foliofi, inferne nudi, foliis orbati et quafi fpongioli ab vaginis perfifVentibus, imbrica- tis ; frequenter et minute geniculati, glabri. Folia graminea, ere6la, involuta, glabra, fu- pra fubtiliter flriata, quafi iubtomentofa. Vaginae longae ; totum Culmum ubique veitientes, geniculis 5 ^/ obtufa, dorfo convexo, (Iriato, apice tenuiter membranaceo, mutico ; inte* riore paulo minore, obtufa, membra- nacea. St AM. Filamenta tria, brevia. Antherae. * - .• Pi ST. Germen ovale, glabrum. Styli - - - Per. nullum, corollae adnafcitur, decidit, non dehifcens. Sem, ovato-oblongum. Gramen parvum, uncialis biuncialis vel palmaris altitudinis. Apud Scheuchze- rum non invenio. Feftuca haec affinis valde eft Feftucae de- cumbent!. Fl. Suec. 92. differt tamen ab ilia, quod tenerrima et omnibus fuis partibus minor. Spiculae defcriptae funt lineares et congeries Flofculorum, omni* no teretiufculo-linearis, quae in Suecica ovato, acuta, congerie flofculorum bail latiore, glumis calycinis magis tumidis,' etc. A I R A. FLANTAE HISPANICAE. 99 A I R A. 6. AIRA minuta panicula laxa ramofinima, flof- culis muticis. Gramen phalaroides, fparfa panicula, mini- mum anguftifolium. Barr. ohf. iii.p.iii^, ic. 1 44. n, I . (jion fynonym. quod gramen an- fiat urn), Gramen minimum. Dalech. hift. i. ^. 432. defc. hrevijf.p. 433. fig. j.fig. mala. Forte Tournef. infi. ^24. et VailL farif. ^']. n. 41. per Giamen mont. panicula fpadicea intelligunt banc. C. Bauh, & Scheuchzeri eil Agroilis capillaris. Fl. fitec. 62. Radix fibrofa, annua, multiplex, fibrillis fim* plicibus. Culmi tribus geniculis ad bafm fere, ultimo ng, longifTimo. Folia radicalia vix alia quam ad bafin culmi. Culmorum : ad bafin tri^ circ. abfque vagina, acuta, plana, cito marcelcen- tia. Genicula ultima folia femiuncialia et breviora, laxe conduplicata. Vagina inferius contradlior, furfum la- xior, paulo ventricofa^ ibique aogu- lofa. 100 PLANTAE HISPANICAK. Memhranula alba, ovata, longiufcula (ra- tione graminis). Flores in panicula diifara, ramofifTima, laxa, ubique patentilTima : ramulis binis fingulo loco oriundis : fiibdivifis in ramulos binos: omnibus capillaribus, paulo ilexuofis flori- bus omnibus peuiceliatis, folitariis. Cal. Glumah\y2\w\s: valvulis ovatis, com- prelTis, dorfo convexo, obtufis, mutieis. Cor. compofita biflora, hermaphrodita : flof- culo altero levilTime pedicellato, non ta- men calyce altiore : fingula gluma bivalvi: valvulis aequalibus, calycis circ. iongitu- dine ; exteriore convexa, obtufa ; interiore plana. " Stam. FiJamenta tria, capillaria, corolla Bfc- viora. Antherae breves, fubrotundae, bi- ioculares. PiST. Germen oblongum, minimum. Styli duo, fetacei, breves. Stigmata plumofa vel ramofa, pennata, minuta, corolla di- midio bie viora. Per. nullum. Corolla oblonga, obtufa, ftria- ta adhaeret, triturando dimittit. Sem. oblongum, glabrum hinc convexum, inde linea longitudinali fulcatum. Altitudo biuncialis vel digitalis. Color PLANTAR HISPANICAE. lot Color paniculae fpadiceus, frudlu maturo pallididior. Semina matura funt ad initium menfis A- prilis. S T I P A. . STIPA tenadjfima panicula fpicata, ariftls bafi pilofis, foliis filiformibus tenacifTimis. Gramen fpartum i. panicula comofa. C, Bauh, pn, 5. n. I. gramen fpicatum, quod Spartum Plinio. i ip. Tournef, hifi. 518. fpartum herba Plinii. Cluf. hift, 2. f, 220. Habitat in montibus et collibus fabulofis juxta Aranjuez el Cjenpozuelos, copioiiflime ad Bugonam quoque et Chinchon. ^adix' perennis, aggregata radiculis filiformi- bus, craffis, magnos acervos foliorum et cuimorum promens. Culmi plures, bi vel tripedales -, erecli, rigidi, crafTitie culmo frumentaceo paulo tcnuiores, fed tenaces, fardi. Folia radicalia aggregata, copiofa, iiliformiter arde convoluta vel conduplicata, glabra, tenaciiTima. Caulina breviora, fimillima reliquls. 113 Vaginae. 102 PLANTAE HISPANICAE, Vaginae long^c^ glaberrimae, apparenter tamen ftriatae, firmae ; tcrminatae membranula tomentofa, lacera, craf- fiufcula, utrinque bafi laepius feta ili- pulae inflar au6la. Fl(^res in panlcula contrada, erecla, fpicata, fpiihama longiori -, flofculis ubique et ra- in is ereclis, adpreUis. Cal. Gluma hivaWis: valvulis fubaequalibus: exteriore paulo longiore, membranaccis, te- nuiflimiSj concayis, apice acutis, muticis, unifioris. Cor. fimplex, iiniflora, biglumis r gluma ex-* terior calyce ferme dimidio brevior, fubula- £o-convoiata, lericeo-pubefcens, apice ter- rninata arifia quintupla, bafi angulata, con- rorta, latere exteriore pills fericeis longiuf- culis vefrita : reliqua parte letacea,. nudo, medio geniculo refiexa : Gluma interior li- nearis, anguilifllma, mutica. St AM. FilamsTita tria, capiilaria. Antherae li- neares, PiST. G^rm^^i oblongum. Styli duo, hirfuti, acuri, bafi uniti. Stigmata finiplicia, pu- befcentia, Per, nullum. Corolla arfte adnafciier femini, decidit. PLANTAE HISPANICAE. i^j Sem. oblongo-cylindricum, glabrum, utrin* que acutum. Hiipanis nominatur Efparto. Ufus huju^ frequentiflimus per univerfam Hifpa- niam ad ftoreas ob pavimenta lateriria, per hyemen : ad funes crafTiores (^cables) pro navibus atque corbes et alia iitenfilia pro tranfpor tandis fru- ^ibus. IIL T R I G Y N I A. HOLOSTEUM. 8. HOLOSTEUM imhllatmu Aliine verna glabra, floribus umbellatis albis. 120. Tournef, inji. 242. VailL Paris, 7. n. 4. defa', bona (refert ad fig. 2. tab. 3.) quae proprie eft Alfines vernae glabrae Magn. attamen praefentem plantam, primes flores explir cantem, fat bene repraefentat. Habitat Madriti, vulgatiflima primo vere. Radix tenyiffimaj annua, fibrofa. Caulis fuberedlus (vel fubpracumbens), femi- digitalis ufqiie fpithan^ialis, glaber vel te- nuiflime pubefcens ; prope radicem ramu- ioftis : ramulis eredtis cauliformibus. H 4 Folia^ 104 PLANTAE HISPANICAE: Folia radicalia copiofiora, lanceolata. Caulina oppofita, lanceolata, bafi coaduna- ta, glabra ; at lateribus faepe pilis raris tanuiffimis, praefertim inferius ciiiata, Fhres terminales 4-8 ex eodem loco orti, fuc- cefTive excrefceAites, Pedunculi ab initia breviffimi, demum elongantiir, filiformes ; pofb florefcentiam femiunciales vel unciales, deflexi. Bra^eae umhdhQ fubje6i:ae5 ovatae, acu- tae, breviilimae. Cal. Periipnthmm pentaphylium : foliolis li- neari^anceolatis, longiufculis, acutis, con- cavis, glabris. Cor. Petala quinque, lanceolata, Integra, a- cuta, ad apicem tamen incifura lublateralr, obtufa, obliqua notata vel inaequaliter fae- pe tridentata, calyce pauJo longiora, Stam. FihjKCnta tria, fiibulata, petalis dimi- dio breviorr, ba(i glandula tumida depref- iiore impofit. 1. Anther ae bipartitae, didy- niae. PiST. GermenohX ongum, obtufum. Slylitxts^ t'redi, approiaa '^^i- Stigmata crafiiufcula, divergentia. Per. Capfula ovavK^ -cylindrica, teretiufcula, redla, calyce, lon>4 o^-^ fummo apice dehi- fcens PLANTAE HISPANICAE. 105 fcens denticulis fex, paulo inaequalibus, acutis, revolutis, Sem. - - - Color Corollae albus, M I N U'^A R T I A. 5. MINUARTIA dichotoma foliis fetaceis, 121. caule fimplici eredo, floribus feffilibus con- fertim dirhotomis. Habitat Madriti in collibus extra pontem To- letanum fat copiofe. Vlanta miairaa, vix iinquam ultra altitudinem uncialem. Radix annua, tenuiffima, rimplex vel ramofa, fibrillis paucis. Caulis faepe ungue non major, fimplicifrimiis, (rarius adefi- ramulus ex radice ferior) erec- tus, fuperius ad fiores dichotome fubdivi- fus : dichotomiis brevibus confertis. Folia oppoiita, lubiilata-fetacea, bafi latiufcu- lo flriata, erecla, adprefTa^ totum caulem tegunt. Flore's, fcfnles in dichotomiis, folitarii, ab di- chotomiis confertis, aequalibus, conflituunt capitulum tiirbinatum, caulis ipfius longi- ^udine, fupra aequale, quadratum^, rigi- dum, poll totam fiorefcentiam contrahitur, rigcfcic ig5 FLANTAE HISPANICAE. rigefcit magis (Anaftaticae inftar) ; hinc fru(5lus ob ramulos dichotomiae adprefTos. lateraliter comprefTi. Bra^eae funt falia longa, ietaceo-fubu- lata, florihus duplo triplove longiora, rigida. t Cal. Perianthium pentapbyllum, eredum, fub ftorefcentia ipfa vix patuium, fed cy-^ lindncum, alias fcmper cl a u fu m : / ^ lanceolatis> acutiffimis, lateribus fubmem^ branaceis, rigidis. Cor. nulla, fed Ne5fam gland ufae aliquot, obfcure (5) intra calycem elevatae, inter-^ dum bilidae. Stam. Filamenta tria, brevldima. Antkerae didymae, filamentorum duplae magnitu-* dinis. PisT. Germen ovatum, parvum. Styli tres,, bafi conjundi, itaminum altitudine. Stig- mcJa fimplicia, craiTiufcula. Per. Capfula longo-ovata, lateraliter (b. e. e regione ramulorum dichotomiae) com- prefTa, calyce tertia parte minor, unilocu- laris. Sem. nonnulla, comprefTo-fubrotunda, latere uno levifFime eniarginata. Cokr Flo-ris herbaceus, 10. M I N U. PLANTAE HISPANICAE. 107 I0» MINUARTIA montana fioribus con- fertis lateralibus alternis bradlea breviori' bus. Mcihitat in collibus altis Madriti imminentibus faltum vulgo Soto Luzon ad horum latera in arena humofa. Radix parva, tenerrima, annua, fibrofa, fim- plex, terrae ardius adhaerens. Caulis folitarius, fimplex, uncialis vel minor, artlculatus, glaber. Folia oppofita, eredta, fetacea, bafi latiora, ftriata, acuta, rigida. tleres fejliles ex alternis alis per caulis longitu- dinem, plures conferti faepius terni, rarius folitarii. Bra^eae funt folia oppofita, fioribus feflilibu8 fubjecla, calyce longiora, fubulata. Cal. Perianthium pentaphyllum, eredum; foliolis iubulatis, duobus vel tribus cxteri- oribus leviter longioribus, apice fetaceis, rigidis, perfiltentibus. Cor, nulla. Stam. Filamenta tria, plano-fubulata. An- ther ae, ■ - - PisT. Germen trigonum, reftum, obtufum* Stjli tres, parvi. - - - - Per: 122, icS PLANTAE HISPANICAE. Fe r. Capfula triquetro - columnaris, caly- ce minor, unilocularis, ad bafin trival- vis. ' Sem. nonnulla 3-7, fubrotunda, compreflaj^ parva. Qiuim primum mec'io menfis' Cdobr. illam vidiflem, fioris defcriptio qua- datenns manea eft. ir. M^NUARTIA campejlris floribus con- fertis terminalibus altcrnis bradlea brevio- ribus. Habitat In planltie collium praedidorum. Radix tenuiflima, firnplicifTima, fibrillam re- ferens, fubtorta. Caiilis fimplicifTmuis, breyifTimiis, medit un- guis, (curn floribus vix unquam. uncialis mihi vifus) teres, foliis teftus. Folia oppofita, plano-l\ibulata, angufliiTima, 7 ftri^ta, ftridta, cauil adpreiTa, oppofitio- nibus crebris, copLofa : fuperiora bafi magis patefcunt. Flores terminales, in . capitulum compadum, faftigiatum fed inaequale, fefliles ex alis fo- liorum fuinmorum alternis : ex ala infima (floritera) flores bini una axillari, akera la- teral! : ex fuperioribus quail femper terni uno. PLANTAE HISPANICAE. 169 uno axillari, reliquis lateralibus : hinc di- chotomiae particulares funt, fed capltulqin totum dichotomum non eft. Braoleae fubulatae, binae unicuique Flori op- pofitae, fioribus breviores. Cal. Perianthium pentaphyllum, ere6lum : foliolis lanceolatis, acutis, planiufculis, trl- ftriatis, rigidis fubaequalibus. Cor. nulla, quantum videtur. Glandulas 5 apprefTas habet. Stam. Filamenta tria, (quum duo magis ap- proximata vidi, nefcio an plures fioiri per- feflo Tint) fetacea, tenera, germinis altitu* dine. Anther ae fubrotundae. PisT. Germen trigonum parvum. Styli tres, filiformcs. Stigmata obfolet€ crafTiufcula, fubrepanda. Per. Capfula fubtriangularls, oblonga, acu- minata, calycis dimidio paulo brevior, uni- locuiaris, ad bafin trivalvis, Sem. pauca c^-6y fubrotunda, cGinpreflb-rem-^ formia. Color totius plantae paleaceus vel glu- maceus. Haec fpecies propius quam prior accedit ad Minuartiam floribus felTilibus dichotomis : florum glomere tamen diftinaifTima. A praecedente differ: ; ?* (a) Quod ^fio PLANTAE HISPANICAEi (a) Qiiod minor. (b) Florum glomere terminall, latiore. (c) Floribus multo longioribus ufque lineam longis. (d) Bra6teis flore brevioribiis. (€) Foliis anguftioribus. (f) Eft minus terrae adhaerens (g) Seminibus majoribus, &c. C L A Si PLANTAE HISPANICAE. in C L A S S I S IV. T E T R A N D R I A. M O N O G Y N I A. P L A N T A G O. !i2. T)LANTAGO LoeJIingli folus Mn^drihus^ X fpica ovata oblongaque, bradeis ca- rinato-concavis, membranaceis. Habitat Madriti vulgaris in colli bus et margi- nibus agrorum, verc. Radix fimplex, defcendens, fibrillofa, annua* Folia radicalia omnia, linearia, angufta, in plantis majoribus lanceolata acute, vel inte- gerrima vel denticulis minimis denticulataj vel glabra vel pubefcentia, ■Scapi folitarii vel plures pro ratione loci, un- ciales circ. majoribus pkntis^ digitales fa- foiiorum longitudine, fiiiformes, Flores in Ipica valde variabili, quo ad figurani coliedi, fefTiles. Principio fpica ovata, comprefTa, brevis, demum longicr, inter- dum oblonga, teres, faepe uno vel altero ilore referta. Bra5feas 124, I'^a I'LANtAE lilSPANICAE. Bra5feae obtufe carinatae, concavae, glaber- riiriae; audae'marginibus amplexicculibus, membranaceis latis : apice obtufae, fqd ma- gis ibi compreffi» Cal. Perianthium tetraphyllum : foliolis ovatis^ acutis, membranaceis, bradlea mi- noribus. Cor. monopetala: tubo ovato, fnperius ma- gis contra6LO. Limhus reflexo-patentifli- mus, laciniia acutis fufcis. Staivi. Filamenta quatuor, teniiiffima, lim- bum vix excedentia. Anther ae iutefcentes, minv?tae. PiST. Germen oblongo-ovatum. Stylus erec- tus, flarninibus paulo longior. Stigma fimpl^cifiimum. 1 2 J. Per. Capfula ovata, glabra, elongata, brac- teis longior, fupra bafin difcedens, unilo- cularis. Sem. duoj oblonga, hinc convexa glabra, in- de plana, pundlo oblongo notata. Spica nuper erupta in compendio refert €x ade gemmas floriferas Ulmi. Variat foliis glabris et pubefcentibus, in- tegerrimis et denticulatis, fpica copi- ofiore longiorc ct breviore, floribus paucioribus. A a- PLANTAE HISPANICAE. 113 A Coronopo differt. a) quod minor fit et prae- cocior> b) Spica ovata 5 ejus vero longiffima fill-; formis. c) Floribus, rarius imbricatis. d) Bradteis glabris, navicularibus 5 lis vero pubefcentibus, fubulatis, anguftis. e) Color Corollae fufcior, ftaminibus brevi- oribus et calycinis foliolis acutioribus, f) Folia nunquam pinnatim incifa, Vot, IL I CLAS^ ii4PLANrAE HISPANICAE. 126. C L A S S I S V. PENTANDRIA. I. M O N O G Y N I A. C A M P A N y L A. 15. /CAMPANULA caule angulato panicula V-^ to, foliis ovatis feflilibus fubferratis. Habitat in Lufitania ad Porto in coUibus et muris. Radix fibrofa, tenuis raro ramofa. Caulis fuberedus, fuperne ramofus, quinque- angulatus : angulis inaequalibus, compref- fiufculis •, leviter hifpidus pilis pallidis, bre- vifTimis, Rami alterni, longi, paniciilati, plerum-^ que glabri, alias confimiles. Folia radicalia jam exficcata evanuere. . . . Caulifia et fubramorum ovato-oblonga fubglabra, feflilia, fubferrata, alterna : ramorum fuperiora ovato-lanceolata, vix ferrata. Flores terminales ramis, pedunculis tenuibus. Cal. fupra Germen, laciniis quinque, piano- fetaceis. Corolla paulo minoribus, laxis. Cor. PLANTAE HISPANICAE. 115 Cor. redlo-campanulata ; ad dimidium quin- quefida : laciniis oblongis, acuminaus , cae- ruleis tubulo infimo breviffimo albo. Stam. quinque fubulata, tubo breviflimo du- plo longiora, bafi latiora, valvularia. An- therae filamentorum longitudinc, lineares, albae. PiST. Germen trigonum, turbinatum : fingulo latere triplice fulco, medio profundiore, fub receptaculo. Ztylus fiiperne craflTior, ftaminum dupla longltudine. Stigma tri- plex, lineare, eredlum. Capfula trigono-turbinata : difeo piano, trun- cate, calyce patente cincla. Foramina feminalia tria, verfus difcum propiora* 14. CAMPANULA /z^i^r^r^^ foliis fubrotun- '' disquinquangularibus bafi emarginatis, gla- bris, floribus folitariis. Campanula Cymbaiariae foliis vcl folio hede- raceo. C. Bauh. pin. 93. n. 44. Campanula minima annua. Grift, virid, 25. Campanula Cymbaiariae folio. Pluken. phyt, t, 23./. I. Radix annua, minima, fibrofa. CW/j- plerumque eredtus, teres, glaber, vix ultra digitalis. Rami alterni, confimiles, pauci. I 2 Fd ii6 PLANTAE HISPANICAE. Folia alterna, fubrotunda, qOinquangulata ; angulis acuminatis, finiibus obtufis *, bafi emarginata. Petklus foliis brevior. Fkres folitarii, terminales et axillares, erecfti. PedtincuU letacei, longi. Cal. laciniis quinque fetaceis*, corollae dimi- dium vix attingentibus. 127. Cor. monopetala, campanulata, ere6la. 15. CAMPANULA (Erinus) caule quadran^ gulo patulo fcrabro, calycibus feffilibus ax- illaribus corollae tubulofae aequalibus. Habitat in collibus petrofis, et muris, ut et ad vias in Portugallia, locis fteriliflimis. Ad Porto legi copiofum ; ad S. Ybes rarius. Radix annua, fibrofa, fubfimplex. Caulis ramofifTimus, flaccidus, quadrangulus, hifpido-pubefcens. Rami confimiles, patentes, alterni. Folia oblonga, acuta, ferrata, ferraturis pau- cis, magnis ; ad ramificationes faepius bina oppofita. Florss folitarii ex alis ; flore eredo parvo,nutan- tefrndlu; fubfeffiles. PedunculusbrevifTimus. Cal. rupraGermen,foliolis quinque redte ovato-* lanceolatis, fcabris, corollae ferme longitudine. Cor. tubulofa, monopetala, tubo ubique ae- quali : Limbo quinquedentato : dentibus a- cutis eredis. Stam» PLANTAE HISPANICAE. 117 Stam. Filamenta quinque, receptaculo infiden- tia bafi levifTime (vix fere) valvulola. An- therae longae, acutae, Corollae dimidia al- titudine. Fist. Germen turbinatum, fub receptaculo hlf- pidiim, trigonum, angulis obtufis. Sty- lus filiformis corolla paulo brevior. Stigma fenfim crafTius, obtufum, fimpiex. ^2^' Per. Capfula turbinata, bafi contradior^ hifpida, rugofa : difco piano, cindta calyce j trilocularis (Dehifcentiam nefcio, licet plu- rirna^ viderim maturas) foramina femina- iia obfervare potui nulla. Sem. numerofo, minutifTima oblonga, nitentia. Facies fere cujufdam Sherardiae. An Trachelium potius ob Corollam iligma et Capfulam. 11. D I G Y N I A. H E R N I A R I A. 16. HERNIARIA. frutkofa caulibus lignofis, fioribus quadrifidis. Plerniaria fruticofa viticulis lignofis. (C, Bauh.fin. 3 8 2. J Tournef, inft, 40 S. Polygonum Herniariae foliis et facie, peram- pla radice. Baiih, hifi, ^. p, 378. I 3 Polygonum llij ii8 PLANTAE HISPANICAE. Polygonum fruticofum ereftum hlfpanlcum. Bar, ic, yi^- hona, Hahltat in montibus vulgo del Efpartal et de las falinas juxta Cienpozuelos copgofe. Kadix crafTa, digiti minoris craffitie, tonuofa, plemmque fupcrficialis, longa, procumbens hinc inde cauks promens, fubniolliter lig- nofa. CauUs tortuofi, ramofiiTimi, ere£li vcl procurn- bentes, ufque fpithamam longi, cortice tranfverfim rugolb, inaequali : ramis fre- quentifTimis, patentibus, foliis accrvatim onuiVn. Tolia oppoflta, breviilima, minuriiriina, ob- longa, obtufa, plana, glabra : fafciculo ex alls Temper prodeunte foliis minimis, con- fertipime glomeratis, linearibus, craffis, ob- tvifis referto, adeo iit appareant glomeruli acerof}, oppofiti, totos ramos ec caules oc~ cupantes. Stifulae fimplices, interfoliaceae, opporuae, minutiirirnae, acutae, lacerae, membrana- ceae, lubalbae. yjores glomerati, confertiiTimi, copiofi in fum- mitate ramorum \ £-fiile5;. Folia fioraiia et Bradeas didinguerc ne~' queo* ?>LANTAE HISPANICAE. 119 Cal. Perianthium tetraphyllum, erediim vel leviter patulum: foliolis ovatis, craflis, concavis : exterioribus oppofitis, apice gibbofioribus i interioribns oppofitis, pla- nioribus. Cor. nulla. Stam. Filamenta quatuor fertilia, calycis foli- olis oppofita, calycis altitudine, fubulata. Practer haec Filamenta quatuor alia fleri- lia, calycis foliolis intcrpofita, abfque An- theris. Antherae quatuor, fubrotundo-didymae. PisT. Germen minutifTimum, elliptico-fubro- tundum, comprefTum. Stylus nullus. 6"/;^- mata duo, crafliufcula. Per. . . . Sem. ... Color Starninum luteus, calycis viridls vel albo'pallidus. DifFert a reliquis i. floribus quadrifidis. 2. calycinis foliolis quatuor ad bafin dil- tinflis. 3. Staminibus quatuor. Atta- men fummam alHnitatem arguunt Brae- teae. Stamina alterna flerilia, nee non facies j forte tainen ob affile Genus Ille- cebri, neceffarium erit diflinguere hanc plantam ab Herniariis. F 4 SAL^ izo PLANTAE HISPANICAE, S A L S O L A. 17. SALSOLA vermiculata fruticofa, iioribus ■ fpicatis alternis folitariis. Kali fruticofum hifpanicum, tamarifci folio« ^ournef, inft. 247. Kali geniculatumaphyllanthesjgilvis paleacels flofculis, hifpanicum. Barrel, ohf, 501. ic. 255./. 6 . fub ftatu fru^ifero. Habitat per coUes omnes copiofe circa Madrir turn atque Setubal Lufitaniae. Radix lignofa, crafia, crafTitie faepe duorum pollicum, profundiflime ultra pedem unum vel alterum defcendens, valde inaequalis, perennis, fupra terram adfcendens, tortuo- filTima, varie divifa. Cauks lignofi, varie bafi divifi, tortuofi, co- piofi, depreffi, breves, perennes. Rami fterilcs confimiles, ab initio pubefcentes, perennes. Fru^ificantes adfcendentes, interdum e- redi, digitales ufque pedales, re6li, fimplices ; interdum ramnlis alternis patentibus obfiti, annui. Folia inferioribus caulibiis et ramis fterilibus linearia, fubacuta, inermia, fupra linea fulcata, brevia fparfa, cum fafciculo folio- rum PLANTAE HISPANICAK 121 rum ex alls, interdum glabra faepius levif- iime pubefcentia. Fbres fpicati, alterni, fparfi, folitarii, totos raiiiOii occupantes, lefliles. Bra^teae fingulo flori tres, dorfall reliquas in- cludente, ovatae, acumlnatae, concavae, flore paulo breviores : lateralibus magis carinatis, aequalibus. Cal. Ferianthhtm pentaphyllum : foliolis ova- tis, ball membranaceis, concavis, ereclis, apice tempore florefcentiae acutis abfque membrana. Cor. nulla, Stam. Filamenta quinque, calyce paulo alti- ora, fetacea, pianiulcula. Antherae oblon- gae ad medium ex bafi bifurcatae. PisT. Germen ovatum, paulo compreiTum, de« fmens in ftylum craiTiufculum fuperius le- viter bifid urn. Stigmata acuta. Per. Capjula ovaca, acuminata, unilocularis, teda caJyce h. t. audio foliolis quinque, mernbranaceis, fubrotundis, latiiTimis, in- tegerrimis, tenuiflimis, cornei coloris, fu- pra medium Calycis affixis. Sem. unicum, fubrotundum, deprefTum, con- vexum fpirale. Color^ Plantae et florum herbaceo-cinere- us, demum albo incanus. Floret ad medium 122 PLANTAE HISPANICAE. medium menfis Augufli, fru6tificat in Oa-obri. 18. SALSOLA /'r^r^/^ lignofa, ramis filifor- mibus adfcendentibus, fioribus conglomera- to-fpicatis. An Kali fruticofum hifpanicum, capillaceo fo- lio villofo ? Tournef, injl. 247, Habitat Madriti ad iatera colli um, citra fon- tcm regium vulgo la fuente del Verro. Radix perennis, lignofa, digiti et interdnm pollicis crafTitie, profunde defcendens. Cauks plures ex radice, bafi tortuofl, fed te- retes, lignofi, plerumque glabri. Rami procumbentes,adfcendentes, vimlnei, filiformes, teretes, glaberrimi, pedaies ufque bi et tripedales, fimplicilTimi. Folia lanceolaro-linearia, plana, fericeo-inca- na, inermia, acuminata, alterna, inferius confertiora, fupra remotiora cum fafciculis parvis, foliofis, ex alis inferioribus. Flores fummos ramos totos occupantes, fpica- ti : glomerulis alternis inferius remotis, al- ternis fuperius verfus fummitates confertim fpicatis. Glomerulus fingulus fubrotundus ex ala folii f Bradteae 3. 4. 6 fioribus fefTili- bus, compofitus, abfque bra6leis aliis inter- PLANTAE HISPANICAE. 123 interftinguentibus : receptaculo com- muni pilofo. BraElea f. folium glomerulis dorfale, ob- longo-lanceolatuiTij fioribus paulo ma- jus. Cal. Perianthmn pentaphyllum, deprelTum, obtufe pentagonum, fupra planiufculum cum acumine : foliolis ovato-acutis, con- cavis, medio dorfo horizontal iter angulato, h. t. abfque alis membranaceis. CoR. nulla. Stam. Filamenta quinque, calyce paulo mi- nora. Anther ae oblongae. PiST. Germen orbiculato-fubrotundum, f. paulo deprelTum. Stxli duo, ere6Li, calyce longiorcs. Stigmata fimplicia. Per. Capfula depreiTo-globofa, unilocularis, teda h. t. Calyce pentagono, ex angulis ca- lycis horizontalibus, alis membranaceis, pa- tentibus, quadrato-linearibus, integerrimls vel fuberofis, nunquam fibi mutuo incum- bentibus, led finu interflitiali, lineari re- motis, Sem. unicum, depreflum, fpirale. Color Foliorum incano-fericeus •, Pcamo- rum lucefcens, faepius eleganter Sali- cum more rubens ; Calycis herbaceo- pallidus. Floret autumno. Sub- 124 PLANTAE HISPANICAE. Sub florefcentia non tantum qua calycem et florem, fed et qua to tarn faciem Chenopodio valde ell fimilis. Calyx deprefTus, alae fru6tus non incumben- tes et flores glomerati abfque bradteis interilindivis huic fpeciei fingularia funt; hinc a priori vulgari fpecie nota- biliter differt. 19. SALSOLA toi^ difFufa herbacea, foliis teretibus, floribus conglomeratis. Salfola fativa. Caefalp. Kali hifpanicum lupinum annuum, fedi foliis brevioi ibus. Jujfieu, a£l, i^ji^j. p.y^^. d. k Kali minus alterum C. Bauk. pin. 283. 3. ? Habitat per Regna Valentiae, Murciae, Grana- tae circa Alnieriam Tt Alicante copiofe, ul i pro Souda feritur in agris marinis. Radix annua fibrofa. Caules ramofixTimi, undique diffufi, fjbangula- ti, glabri fubiignofo-herbacei, ramis et ra- mulis alternis, limplicibus, fucculentis. Folia alterna, fucculenta-, obtufa vel acu- mine fetaceo obfcuro minimo terminata, undique teretia, aequalia, fuperius linea longitudinali fufca pida (non tamen fulca- ta), patentia, vix ungue longiora : infima bafi latefcunt, interius bafi plano-concava. Flores PLANTAE HISPANICAE. 125 Flores fefTiles, axillares, conglomerati : glo- meribus craflis, brevibus, faftigiato-trun- catis, multifloris, compofitis ex glomerulis binis, oppofitis, lateralibus cum flore in- termedio in media ala folii; glomerulus fingulus lateralis fubtriqueter : primis ad primam brafteam, etc. ficque faepe 9. 11. 13. flores fingulo glomerulo adfunt. Bra^eae floribus longiores, crafTae, fuccu- lentae, apice obtufiflimo, interdum acumine fetaceo brevifiimo terminatae, bafi-lato-concavae ob flores et bradeas interiores. Cal. Perianthium pentaphyllum, comprefTum ^o'^* (ob bracteas craflas comprimentes), foliolis ovato-acutis, eredlis, aplce h. t. fub floref- centia membranula mimitiflima, redta, ia- xiufcula, terminal!. CoR. nulla. Stam. Filamenta quinque, calycis altitudine, fetacea. Antherae oblongiufculae. PiST. Germen a latere bradearum vel glome- rulorum, comprefliim, fubrotundum, ver- fus apicem latere anteriore gibbere notatum, Stylus fetaceus, bifidus. Siigmata acuta. Per. Semt. . - « Color 126 PLANTAE HISPANICAE. Color , plantae cinerafcens, fucculentus. Flores albefcenti-fiavidi. Cum haec fativa fit, crederem cffefafivajn Caefalpini : licet forte CI. Sauvages meth. 7. 90 intdligat Kali maius femi- ne cochleato C. Bauh. quod Guettard obf. 2. p. 426. ^3. vocat Salfolam fo- liis inermibus. Hifpanis Barilla au- dit. G E N T I A N A, 20. GENTIANA perfoUcita. Habitat in Portugallia ad Porto, ubi paucifli- mas legi plantas in latere collis cujufdam arenofi, ruderati. Radi:>c parva, fibrofa, fimplex, annua. Caulis eredus (femipedalis), herbaceus, teres,. glaberrimus ramis paucis, oppofitis, ere- ais. Folia oppofita, connato-perfoliata, utrinque ovata, integerrima, acuta, glabra, glauca ut et caulis. Flores pauci, dicliotomi, terminales. CoroL^ la lutea. Cal. Peria7ithium 8 vel 9-phyllum ; foliolis li- nearibus, acutis, concavis, longis, levitei' Tub florefcentia patentibus, perfiftentibus. Cop .' FLANTAE HISPANICAE. 127 Cor. monopetala, infundibuliformis : tiiho cyllndrico-ovato, Germini ardle adnato, id- que totum, excepto fummo apice, obre- gente : Limho tubo longiore, fere ad bafm odo vel novem-fido, concavo, patulo : la- ciniis oblongis, inferius et fuperius angu- flatis *, marcefcens. Stam. Filamenta odo vel novem, limbo ad bafin laciniarum corollae inferta, fubulata, limbo dimidio breviora. Anthcrae iineares, eredae. PisT. Germen in fundo calycis, oblongum, craflfum, Corollae tubo adnato fere totum obtedum, apice haemifphaerico folum con- fpicuum. Stylus eredus, framinum longi- tudine, filiformis, apice bifidus. Stigmata duo, crafla, lunulata, conniventia : cornu- bus obtufis. Per. Capfula oblonga, crafTa, calycis jam conniventis longitudine, fulco duplice pro- fundiori oppofito fulcata: receptaculo fe- minali ad valvulas prope fulcos (ni falior, nam Capfula adhuc fubfucculenta, non ma- tura erat). Sem. plurima, oblonga, minutifTima. Ad ordinem naturalem 52. Rotaceorum, certe pertinet. I^ 134 128 PLANTAE HISPANICAE. In partibus floris, nefcio an numerus nonarius vel odtonarius fit magis naturalis, plures floras vidi numero nonario in eadem planta, fed in tanta paucitate plantarnm definire non audeo. Tranfmitto in epiHoIa, binas, quas habeo, plantas. Laciniae limbi dum claudatur, externe latere dextro imbricantur, hinc in- torfio dextrorfum h. e. contra folem, ut Gentiana ante explicationem floris Philof^ ioL p. 104, BUFLEURUM. 21. BU'PLEURUM fruttcefcens caule fruticofo; foliis linearibus, involucro duplici penta- phyllo. Bupleurum arborefccns hifpanicum, gramineo folio. Tournef, infl. 310. Bupleurum fruticans anguflifolium hifpani- cum. Barr. ic\ Hahitat in montibus et collibus altis ad Aran- juez copiofe, inter Quercum humilem lli- cem et Lycium anguillfolium. Radix fruticofa. Caulis fruticofus, 1-2 -vel 3 pedalis, varie et copiofe ramofus, lignofus, teres, glabriufcu- lus. Rami eredti, alterni, fuperius annui, fpi- PLANTAE HISPANICAE. 129 fpithamali-pedales, teretes, glabri, lev iter flexuDfi,'' juncei. Folia alterna, linearia, apice valde acuta (Lini), ^35' bafi amplexicaulia, feflilia, uncialia vel bi- uncialia, glaberrima. Flores in umbellas terminales et laterales, ex . alis foliorum, pedunculatas. Pedunculus fe- miuncialis. Umbella univerfalis^ radiis in ambitu 5, in centro vero uno alterove vel nullo, adeoque quinque-f. odtofida. Partiaks umbellulae (h. t. confertae, cum flores ' nondum explicaverint), fimiliter in ambitu radiis quinque, in centro plu- ribus, ut videtur. Cal. Involucrum univerfale pentaphyllum : fo- liolis brevibus, acutis, iingulis fiiigulo ra- dio fubjedis. Involucrum p^r//^/^ pentaphyllum, con- fimile. Cor. lutea, etc. Fine menfis Junii nondum flores expli- cavit. DifFert ab alia fpecie Bupleuro fruticofb, : quam circa Sintram in Lufltania legi, foliis, fed praefertim involucris dupli- cibus, quae omnino defuerunt in ilia. Vol. IL K C L A S - 130 PLANTAE HISPANICAE. 136. C L A S S I S VI. |I E X A N D R I A. M D N O G y N I A. L E U C O I U M. £2. T EUCOIUM autumnak fpatha multiflo- JLy ra, coroliis, tubulofis, ftylo filifor- mi. Leucoium minus bulbofum autumnale. Cluf^ Leucoium bulbofum tenuifoiium minus au- tumnale* Grift, "virid. 89. Habitat in mpntanis, ad Porto leg! urticum exemplar in latere montano, loco eievato llerili ad littus auftrale iluvii Durii, nuper infloratum. B.adix bulbofa, fub terra longius fita (adhuc pon yidi). Folia (nulla vidi). Scapus palmaris, cfedlus, teretiufculo-fuban- gulatus, glaber. Pal. Spatha monpphylla, lineari-lanceolata, dehifcens, terminalis, biflora (in fubjed:o), fioribus pedunculatis, nutantlbus. CcR. hexaperala, tubulata (non campanula- ta).- PLANTAE HISPANICAE. 131 ta) : petalis lanceolata-oblongis, teneris, vix fucculentis, tribus exterioribus apice fub- tridentatis, medio produdliore, crafTiore; tribus interioribus apice acuminato, fim« plice. Stam. Filamenta fex fubulata, brevilTima. Antherae lineares, comprefTae, acutae, la- tere utrinque longitudinaliter dehifcentes 5 dehifccntia verfus apicem patula. PiST. Germen fub receptaculo, turbinato-tri* gonum, breve. Stylus fillformis, ftamini- bus longior. Sligma fimplex, fubcapita- turn, vix ilylo craffius, PiST. - - - Sem. - - • K 2 C L A S- 132 PL ANT AE mSPANICAE, 137. C L A S S I S VIII. O C T A N D R I A, M O N O G Y N I A. E R I C A. 2 3 TT^ RIGA ' cmerea' foliis .actrofis gkbrh ter- ~. JC-/ nis, corollis oblongo-ovatis ftamrnibus longioribus verticillato-racemofis. Habitat in collibus nudis copiofifTimp per Por- tugalliam. Radix - - - , - - . Caides ramofi, vagi, teretes, lignofi, nudi, frudcofi. Rami confimiles, foliofi. Fclia acerofa f. linearia, anguftiflima, glabra, comprefib-cylindracea, fufco-viridia, fub- tus linea pallida longitudinali notata, terna, rarius fparfa : (verticillis confertis PedicelBs breviiTimis, leyifiime decurrentibus, palli- difculis) patentia. Ex alis foliorum faepe fafciculus foliofus, novi ramuli iuitium or- diens. Flores in racemo verticillato terminali ramo- rum difpofiti, nutantes. w' Pedun- PLANTAE HISPANICAE. 133 Pedunculi corollae longitudine, terni in verticillis confertis, recurvi. Bra5leae foliis exacle fimiles. Cal. tetraphyllus, dimidio corolla brevior : foliolis linearibus, anguflis, acutis. Cor. monopetala, oblongo-ovata, apice con- tradla: Limho qiiadridentato dentibus refls* xis, acutis. Stam. Filamenta 06I0, fubulata, corollae di- midio paulo breviora. Antherae eredae, a- cutae, nigrae, furfum parum bicornes : cor- niculis acutis : inter cornua longitudinaliter dehifcentes ; utroque apice cohaerentes. PiST. Germen oblongum, truncato-obtufum. Stylus filiformis, corolla paulo iongior» Stigma obtufum. Per. - ^ - SeM. 24. ERICA umhellata^ foliis acerofis glabris tox- 138, nis \ corollis ovatis, flaminibus brevioribus, terminalibus. Hahitat in Portugallia in collibus Ericae pri- oris fp. et Ulice obfitis. Leg! etiam Porti ad colles fylvaticos extra urbem auflrum verfus fat copiofe. Radix. - - ~ K 2 Caulis 4 234 PLANT AE HISPANICAE. Caulis fruticofus, varie ramofus, plerumquc inclinatus, glaber. Rami confimiles, tenues : ramulis ternis patulis. Folia acerofa, brevia, terna, glabra viridia, fubtus linca albida notata. Flores in umbella fimplici, terminali ex apice ramorum et ratnulorum. Pedunculi tenuifiimi, ex uno loco oriundi, 4, 5, 7 numero. Brc>Meas omnino nullae, nee alia folia umbellae fabjeda adfunt. Cal. tetraphyllus, cum aliquot aliis foliis arde incumbentibus : foliolis linearibus ; Corollae tertiam partem attingentibus. CoR. monopetala, ovato-fubrotunda, verfus apicem contra6la, angulata : ore quadri- dentato, aequali : pallide caerulea, marce- fcens. Stam. Filamenta fubulata, corollae aequalia. Antherae oblongae, apice bicornes, nigrae, extra corollam prominentes. PisT. Germen fubrotundo-oblongum. Stylus iiliformis, ftaminibus longior. Stigma ob- tufum fmiplex. Per. Cdpfida obionga, parva, obfolete-angu- latata, intra corollam marcidam, aridam. Sem. minuta, plurima. Priori JPLANTAE HtSPANIGAE. 135 Priori muko minor, coroUis magis palli- dis, foliis longe brevioribus. 25. ERICA ciliarh foliis ovatis ciriads ternfs, eoroUis ovatis apice tubulofis irregiilaribus verticillato-racemofis. Habitat in Portugallia in Ulicetis, vepretis^ fub rofis, rarius ad Porto. Radix lignofa. Caulis fuffrutefcans, ere6lus, debilis, bi-vel 139, tripedalis, fuperne pubefcens^ ramulos fae- pius ternos emittens. Folia oblongo-ovata, feffilia, acuta, parva, terna, patentia *, fnpra plana, viridia, gla- bra ; verfus marginem pilis raris ciliata ; fubtus margine reBexa, albida. Fhres in racemo longo terminali difpofiti, ter- ni, verticillati, inteidum ad unum latus flexi, nutantes, purpureo-eaerulci. PeduncuU breves, teretes, pubefcentes, fub calyce uno akerove foliolo notati. Bra^eae fub lingulo pedunculo ex aflb foliis fi miles. Cal. tetraphyllus : foliolis ovato-lanceoktis^ acutis, corollae quartam partem attin- gentibus, verfus apicem fupra ciliatis, fub-* Uis margine inflexo, uti in foliis. K 4 CoR. 1^6 PLANTAE HISPANICAE. Cor. monopetala, magna bafi ovato-infiata, verfus apicem contracla, tubulofa, ore qua- dridentato, oblique; denticulis brevilii* mis: inferiori minimo ; marccfcens. STAU^THamenta o6lo, fubulata, corolla paulo minora. Antherae oblongae. PiST. Germen oblongum, obtufum, fubangu- latum. Stylus filiformis, corolla paulo Ion- gior. Stigma obtufum, fimplex. Per. Capfida oblonga, angulato-rugofa, o£lo- fulcata, quadrivalvis, quadrilocularis, Sem. minima plurima. Folia faepius in verticillos obliquos dif- tributa, h. e. ad unum et alterum la- tus magis flexa, Margo eorum craf- fus et angulatus eft, fuperiori angulo ciliato. C L A S PLANTAE HISPANICAE. 137 C L A S S I S X. 140; DECANDRIA. MONOGYNIA. R U T A. 26. TJ UTA montana foliis bipinnatis, linearl- Av bus : floribus fpicatis fecundis, fpicis divaricato-corymbofis. Habitat prope UlyfTiponem, iegi in fepulcreto Proteftantium ibidem j jam dum exaridam. Radix » - - - Caulis eredlus, teres, glaber, pimdlatus, fu- perne ramulofis ex alls. Folia aiterna, bipinnata, felTilia : laciniis line- aribus, acutis, pinnatim remotis. Tlores fefliles, fecundi, approximati, eredti, in Spicis adfcendentibus, divaricatis, dicho- tomis, corymbofis, linearibus. Axis fpicae linearis, fiexuofus, alterne denticulatus ob flores. BraEleae lineares, acutae, uno alterove lo- bo acuto audlae, poftice axin tegentes . Cal. Perianthium pentaphyllum : laciniis lan- ceolato-acutis, capfulae longitudine. Cor. 138 PLANTAE HISPANICAE. Cor. tetra live pentapetala : pet alls lanceola- tis, acutis, (ni fallor, ex unico enim exari- do flore judico). Stam. Fllamenta dtc&m f^odo,, fubukta, ba- fi plana. Antherae parvae. PiST. Germen quinque 1. quadrilobum. Stylus filiformis. Stigma iimplex, acutum. Per. Capfula quinqiie 1. quadriloba, femi- quinque vel quadrifida, fulcata : angulis fubcarinatis, pundis plurimis notata : lobis apice rotundatis : quinque 1. quadrilocu- iaris. Sem. quinque f. quatuor, folitaria fingulo lo- culo, reniformia, curva, nigra, rugofa. Flores plerique quadrifidi, primus cen* trails quinquefidus. /ti, Facies frudiiicationis Sedi vel apprime Penthori. Differt a Ruta vulgari latifolia, quae etiam in montibus Ulyffip. crefcit. a Ruta noflra habet flores feffileS, fpica- tos, approximatos. vulgaris - - pedunculatos, raros vrx corymbofos, ^ - * noflra -^ - - capfulam magis quadri> lobam lobis apice obtufe rotun- datis i Ruta PLANTAE HISPANICAE. 139 Ruta vxilgaris - - - capfulam apice fo lum quadrifido, acuto. - - noftra, pundta capfulae magis con- fpicua. y T R I G Y N I A. A R E N A R I A. 27. ARENARIA foliis fetaceis, floribus pen- tandris, calycnm foliolis fubulatis. An f Alfme tenuifolia J. Bauh, Tournef, inji, 243. FailL 7. 3. vel? Alfinc annua f. minor anguflifolia, flore albo Juff. Barr, n, 483. (Barrel, ic. 5 80. J licet illic valde ramofa et noftra qtiaji femper Jimpkx, Habitat in collibus extra portam Toletanam. Radi:< annua, fimpliciflima, defcendens, reda, fibrillis paucis lateralibus. Caulis folitarius, fimplex vel ramis 1.2. ex radice prodeuntibus, teres, ereclus, uncia- lis, tenuiflinfius. Folia fetaceo-fubulata, ereda, adprefTa, oppo- fita, caulem totum obtegentia > folia fum- ma bafi latiufcula, fubulata. Flores dichotomi, terminales, pauci. Pedunculus Tub et pod florefcentiam. ere- clus, capillaris. Cab.. 140 PLANTAE HISPANICAE. Cal. Perianthium pentaphyllum : foliolis fub- ulatis, ftriatis, paucis pilis obfitis (non ta- men hirfutis) acutiflimis, membranula nul- la au6lis. Cor. Petala quinque, oblonga, calyce paulo minora vel aequalia, Integra, acuta. Stam. Filamenta quinque inter petala, fefa- cea, bafi glandulae infidentia, ereda. An- iherae fubrotundae. ;t42# PiST. Germen fubtriangulari ovatum parvum* Styli tres, fiexi, fubpubefcentes. Stigmata fimplicia. Per. Capfula, - - - Sem. Color floris abus. P E N T A G Y N I A, CERASTIUM. 28. CERASTIUM pentandrum floribus pentan- dris, petalis minimis acutis. Ceraftium floribus pentandris, petalis emargi- natis. Hort, Cliff. FL Sv, s^i. Ceraftium hirfutum minus, parvo flora DHL gff. Raj, fyn. '2^, p. 348. /. 15. /. i. bona (plantam aduUiorem fru^iiferam^ fed petala vix mquam vidi emarginata), Ualitai .PLANTAE HISPANICAE. 14; Habitat Madriti primo vere vulgatifTima. Radix tenuifllma, librofa, annua. Caulis fub florefcentia vix quartam unciae partem acquat, demum frudliger pollicaris altitudinis : ex bafi interdum ramofus : ra- mis fubprocumbentibus. ( Folia ovalia, oppofita, plana, feffilia, paten- tia, obtuforacuta, linea in media fulcata, pubelcentia. Flores quatuor circ. vel plures, in principio fubfefllles florentes, poflea, planta ipfa fru- <5lifera elongata, etiam elongantur pedicelli. iSr^^^"^;^ duae ad bafm pedunculi. Cal. Perianthium pentaphyllum : folioiis ere- r dis, ovatis, acutis : tribus exterioribus la- teribus AibGiliatis, apice membranaceo au- <5i:is ; duobus interioribus undique mem- brana tenuiflima au6lis, integris. Cor. Petala quinqne, lanceolato-acuta, tertiam partem longitudinis circ. calycis,erediufcula. St AM. Filamenta quinque, fubulata, petalis leviter longiora, infer ta glandulae vel bafi cindla glandula parva, tumente. Anther ae breviffimae, didymae. PisT. Germen ovatum, glabrum, petalis bre- vius. Styli quinque, ftaminum altitudine, cum fole paulo fpiraliter flexi. Stigmata crafliufcula. Per; 142 PLANTAE HISPANICAE. 143. Per. Capfula Ccra&iu Sem. - - - Color fioris intus quafi luteus ob flamina ct Piftilla occupantia totum florem 5 petalorum vero fubalbidus. Planta pulcre viridis, nee ad incanam faciem ita vergit, ut aliae Ceraftii fpecies •, in initio nunquam vidi vifcofam, fed le- viter tantum in antiquis. 29. CEB.ASTIUM vuJgatum floribus dccandris, petalis fubtridentatis, calyce majoribus. Myofotis hirfuta altera vifcofa. Tournef. injl^ 245? Habitat in campis elevatis nudis circa Madri- tium, imprimis fupra monafterium St. Bern- hardi, vere. Radix fimplex, defcendens, annua, demum fiibrofa, arde adhaercns. Caulis fotitarius, eredus, villofns villis gluten fecernentibus : ex alis rarius ramofus. Folia radicalia elliptico-oblonga, pilofa, faepe fufca : caulina fubovata, fimpliciter vifcido- pilofa. Tlores terminales cauli ramifque, in panicula dichotoma, fenfim florente foliofa: foliis five bradleis reliquis conlimilibus. Cal* PLANTAE HISPANICAE. 143 Cal. FeriantJdum pentaphyllum : foliolis Ian- ceolatisj acutis, latere, pro fitu, membra- naceis. Cor. Petala quinque, lanceolata, acutiufcnla, apice oblique cmarginata, calyce faepius duplo majora, patentia. St AM. Filament a decern, calycis medio brevi- ora, fubulata, alterna ban infidentia glan- dulae elongatae, difco tumido ; alterna in- tra petala bali nuda. Antherae didymae fubrotundae. PisT. Germen ovato - oblongum, flaminum altitndine. Styli quinque, breves, ftella- tim patentes. Stigraata iimplicia, crafTiuf- cula. Per. Capfula cylindrica, furfum pauUo atte- Huata ; obtufa, leviter curva. Sem. fubrotunda, pedicel lis minimis recepta- culo affixa. Color Coroiiae aibus, Plantae Vero faepius fufcus. S P E Pv G U L A. 30. SPERGULA penfandra, foliis verticillatis, feminibus marginatis. Alfine Spergulae facie minima, feminibus marginatis. ^cumef. inft. 244. Vaill parif, 8, «;, 80 Habitat 144. 144 PLANTAE HISPANICAE. Habitat ad margines agrorum adque latera viarum colliumque Madrid, primo vere. Radix tenuiflima, annua, fibrofa, ar6te terrae adhaerens. Caules vel folitarii vel plures, procumbentes, adfcendentes, vel ere-dtiulculi, giaberrimi, primo vere vix unciales, demiim interdum ufque digitales et rarius fpithamales, fub- fufci, fimplices. Folia radii alia plurima, in orbem fparfa, ag- gregata, fetacea, glaberrima, fulca. Caulina fafciculato-difperfa, verticillato- oppofita, fetacea, glabra, fufca faepe (in plantis minoribus) terminalia, in- terdum in majoribus verticillo uno vel altero in medio. 8lipulae oppofito-connatae ; brevifiimae ; obtufae, fafciculo foliorum verticillato fubje6tae. Flores in panicula peduncalata, terminali, di- chotoma. Pedunculus primarius filiformis, re(5lus ; fecundarii dichotomi, pod florefcen- tiam deflexi. BraUeae oppofito connatae, acutae, ni- gro-fufcae. Cal. Perianthium pentaphyilum : foliolis ova- t.is, patentibus, glabris, foras fufcis, inte- rioribus ?LANTAE HISPANICAE. 145 rioribus majori membranula marginali au- cUs. Cor. Petala quinque, oblonga, lanceolata, calyce paulo longiora, fubobtufa, integer- rima, patentia. Stam. Filamenta quinque (femel 7 vidi) caly- cis dimidii longitudinis, fubulata. Anthe- rae breves. PisT. Germen globofum, flaminum altitudi- ne. Styli quinque, obfoletifiimi vixqiie evi- denter obfervabiles. Stigmata fimplicia. Per. Capfula fubrotunda-ovata, calycis alti- tudine, unilocularis, quinquefida, paulo ultra medium dehifcens : poft dehifcenciam campanulato-patens. SzM. nonnuUa, fubrotunda, planiufcula, ni- gra, cin6ta membrana tenuilTima, alba. Color coroUae albus. Vol. 11. L C L A S- U5 J46 PLANTAE HISPANICAE, C L A S S I S XL D O D E C A N D R I x\, P E N T A G Y N I A. G L I N U S. 31./^ LINUS lotoides. VJF Alfine Ibtoides ficula. Boccrar. 11^ /. 1 1, /. 2. Juf, Barr, 47. n. 478. (ic» 336.) Tournef, inft. 242. Habitat in Eftremadura Hifpaniae. Legi ad aggeres fepiales locis argillofo-glareofis pro- pe Talavera del Badajoz et in rivulo exfic- eato, Sabulofo, verfus Miajada inter Meri- dam et Truxillo. 'Radix magna, fimplex, longe defcendens, fi- brillis lateralibus ; annua tamen videtur. Cauks plures, iongi, pedales circiter, undiquc diffufi, procumbentes, fubglabri, ramofi et quafi articulati : articulis ad ramificationes parte inferiori cralTioribus, pubefcentibus. Rami alterni, laterales, irerum fimiliter ramofi, cauli confimiles, magis pubef- centes. FLANTAE MISPANIGAE. 147 Folia obovaca^ petidlata, bina vcl fkepius ter- na, caulem vero i^Kin cingentia, f^mper e- nim ad alterlim latus (fuperius) ^ailfe in* ferta fiiht. Petiolus folib dimidiG paulo longior, fupra planiufculu5. Fbres fubfefTiles^ ad genicula ^t folk aeerva- tim conferti, ex eaulis fupina parte ferripef oriundi. Pedunculi brevifTimii calycis circiter Ion- gitudine, pubefcentes. Cal. Perianthium pentaphyllum : fbliolis ova- tis, acutis concavis, ereftis, perlifbentibusa pubeicentibus. Cor. nulla. Filamenta plana faepe cdalefcunC mentiunturque petala parva, inaequaliter bifida, luteo-viridia, calyce breviora. St AM. Filamenta numero incerta e£ variantia 146. a 9 ufque ad 14 f. 15. fulcukta, plana^ calycis dimidio paulo longiora, receptaculo aequaliter inferta. Antherae oblongae, comprelTae, didymae^ eredae. PisT. Germen ovatum, obfolete quihquangu- lare, magnum. Stylus nuUus. Stigmata quinque, longiufcula, crafTiufcula. Per. Capfula ovata, calycis longitudine quin- quangularis, quinquelocularis, quinqueval- vis ; valvulis membranaeeis, tenuilTirais, in L t medio 148 PLANTAE HISPANICAE* , dio finguli loculamenti perpendicularlter ufque ad bafin dehifcentibus. Sem. plurima -fimplicis feriei, fub valvulls, parva, fubrotunda, tuberculata, bafi affixa membranulae tumidae, (arilli confimilis ?) ca tamen non obteguntur, fed per ipfam receptaculo adhaerent. Receptaculum conico-fubulatnm, quin- quangulare, angulis compreflis, a dif- fepimentis dehifcens, liberum. CLAS- PLANTAE HISPANICAE. 149 C L A S S I S XIV. 147. PIDYNAMIA. I. GYMNOSPERMIA. T E U C R I U M, 2. ripEUCRIUM fpinojum calycis labio fu- JL periore ovato, corolla contorta re- fupinata. Chamaedrys pultifida fpinofa odorata, Grijl, virid. 25. Tournef. inji, 205. Habitat in agris incultis et collibus cis foto Luzon Madriti. Radix delccndeps, annua, fubtortuola, finir plex. Caulis ramofiirimus, brachiatus, decumbens, ramis et ramulis patentifTimis, rigidis, qqa- drangularibus, hirfutis, fubvifcidis. Spinae oppofitae, rigidae, fubulatae : pri- mores tempore ramulefcunt: apice fpi- nofo -, feriores permanent fimplices. Folia inferiora caulina oblonga, petiolata, in- cila, interdum pinnatifida, pubefcentia, mollia : fuperiora oppofita, fub fpinls ova- ;a, acuta vel fub-oblonga, obtufa, inte- L 3 gerrinja. 150 PLANTAE HISPANICAE. gerrima, rarins incifura una vel altera parva inferkis notata. Flores verticillati ad fpinas, pedicellati, hori- zontales, Pedicelli eredi, cauli adpreffi, calycc dimidio breviorcs ^ fingulns ntrinque afHxus lateraliter fpinae •, hinc in fin- gulo verticilio pkrumcjue quatuor flores. Bracfeola Tub fingulo fiore parya, ob- longa. Cal. Perianihium monophyllum, bafi inferins gibbum ventricofum, fuperiori bafi planiuf- culum cum gibbereparvo ubi pedicellus affi- gitur, bilabiatum : Lahum fuperius fubrotun- do-ovatum, acuminatum, extus concavum ob margines elevates ; intus convesum. Lahium inferins quadrifidum, fuperiore di- midio brevius : laciniis fetaceis j perfiilens, piloib-vifcidum. 148. Cor. monopetala, ringens, refiipinata. Tu- bus calycis tubi longitudine, cylindricus, bafi contortus. Labium fuperius i^uWxxvn in- ferius vergit. Lahium inferius fuperius ver- gens, calyce toto iongius tripartium , la- ciniis iateralibus ad bafin labii, oblongi terminali lacinia pbovata, intcrgra, bafi (Jenpcvilis diiobi^s rainoribus acuris notata. Stam. PLANTAE HISPANICAE. 151 Stam. Filamenta quatuor, curva, ad labium nullum inclinata, curva ad labium inferius. Antherae parvae. Fist. Germen quadrifidum. Stylus fetaceus, llaminum fitu et longitudine. Stigma. . . Per. nullum. Caljx immutatus femina fovet. Sem. quatuor, fubglobofa, nigra glabra. Color Corollae albefcens. Odor obfolete gravis, fed odorata nominari non me- retur. Calyx perfede fimilis eft Oci- mo, fed corolla Teucrii : eft hinc Ge- nus quafi intermedium, diftinchim ab aliis Teucris calycc manifefts bi- libiato. - ploret menfe Julio et Augufto. prunella; 33. PRUNELLA lufitanka bradteis pinnatitn deatatis ciliatis. Prunella odorata lufitanica, flora violaceo. Barr, ic, 561. Clinopodium lufitanicum fpicatum etverticilla- tum. 7'ournef, inft, 195. Jujf. Barr. 28. ». 269. Bugula odorata lufitanica. Cornut, canaL L 4 Habitat 152 PLANTAE HISPANICAE; Habitat Madriti rariffime ad margines agro^ rum ad Aranjuez copiofius. Radix fimplex, defcendens, attenuata fibris lateralibus. Caults brachiatus, pedalis circiter et minor, ercdlus, quadrangulus, pubefcens : • lateri- bus planis : Ramis oppofitis, eredis fim- plicibus, per totum caulem, anguilio- Hbus. Folia lanceolata, fubacuta, fefiiUa profundc et diftincliflime ferrata : ferraturis angullis, obtufis aeqaalibus ; glabra. Flores in fpicis terminalibus oblongis, ercdi, folitarii ex alis bradearum, oppofiti, fub« fefTiles, pedkello eredlo, brevifTimo. 149. Bra^hae^ femi- imbricatae, eredae, oppofi- tae, lanceolatae •, acutae, n:iedietate inferiore pinnatim cjentatae : dentibus lanceolatis, apice fetaceo longo termi- natis, ubiqiie (exCepta feta terminali) ciiiatis : ciliis diflindis, tenuiffimis. Cal. Terianthitm rnonophyllum, tubulato-pa- tens, breve, deprefllim, ad mediam partem decern ilriatum, Jateraliter angulis acutis angulatum bilabiatunri. Labitim fupcrius redum, totum glabrum, calycis parte in- tegra longius, latum^ planiufculum, ui- dentatum : dentibus acutis, aequalibus, brevibus. FLANTAE HISPANICAE. 153 brevibus, apice fetaceis. Labium inferius pubefcens, ^ anguftius, bidentatum, den- tibus fetaceis. Faux valde aperta, fed clau- fa villis undique. CpR. monopetala, ringens, tubulata, longa, erefta. Tubus calyce triplo longior, bafi ad longitudinem fefqui calycis anguftififimus, filiformis, mox quintuplo incrafiatur, laxus fubaequalis, tumens, va- rie longitadinaliter laxe plicatus. Lab. fu- perius redum, breve, planum, bifidum. Lab. inferius triparcitum : laciniis lateralibus patulis, fubrotundis, labii fuperioris longi- tudine-, • intermedia tranfverfim oblonga, latifTima, apice medio leviter emarginato, deflexa ^ bafi fauce (palato prominuloj la- teraliter pauUo comprefia, pubefcenti. Stam. Filamenta quatuor, quorum duo dorfo propiora breviflima, in medio tubo haeren- tia, fubuiata, apice bifurcata denticulis fe- taceis: terminali incurvo fterili ; laterali antherifero : duo anteriora lohgitudine to- tius tubi, fubuiata, apice fimiliter bifido : antico denticulo breviore antherifero. ' An- therae medio dorfo alHxae quafi inferius et fuperius anthera diftinda, in m.edio enim contradla, geniculata, reflexa, proximatis geniculis in formam crucis, margine antico farinifero 154 PLANTAE HISPANICAE. farinifero, excepto in medio geriiculo ubi nullum pollen. PisT. Germen quadripartitum, in fundo caly- cis. Stylus fetaceus, flaminibus longioribus paulo brevier. Stigma acutum, quadripar- titum, laciniis inaequalibus. Glandula fub latere germinis inferiore. Per. C^lyx immutatus. Sem. quaterna, teretiufcula, glabra, credla. Color coroliae purpureo-caeruleus, labio inferiore macula majori pallide alba. In variis differt a Brunella vulgaris prae- fertim in corolla. Stigma quadriparti- turn etjam fmgulare quid. 11. A N G I 0 S P E R M I A. SIBTHORPIA. 34. SIBTHORPIA europaea. Habitat in Portugallia ubi ad Porto legi copi- ofam ad bafm murorum et monticulorum, aqua ilillitante perpetuo madentium -, et ad arcem Reginae Lufitaniae Centra, in monte altiflimo proxime adjacenjej in antrofis aridis. Fades PLANTAE HISPANICAE. 155 Fades Hydrocotyles vel Chx-yiofplenii re- pentis. ^a4ix fibrofa, annua. Radiculae tenuiffimae, fibrofae, ex radi- culis caulis repentis defcendunt. Caulis repens, teres, pubefcens, palmaris cir- citer, fimplex vel ramcius. Rami ^\ adfunt, panel, confimiles. Folia alterna, fubrotundo-reniformia, petiolata, margine quinque 1. fcptemlobata : lobis om- nibus obtufe rotundatis -, pilofa : pilis hya- linis, diftindis, fparfis. Peiioli teretes, pilofi, folio longiores, ad- fcendentes ex fingula ala i, 2, 3, 4. Flores foHtarii ex alis geniculorum, ante floref- centiam eredi, poftea deflexi. Pedunculus communiter breviflimus, vix calycis Jongitudine, teres, pilofus, poft fiorefcentiam deflexns fub caule. Cal. Perianthium mono^hyWum^ turbinatum, hifpidum, quinquefidum perfiftens : laci- nils erechis, hifpidis pilis quali laceratis. Cor* Petalum unicum, regulare (quantum adhuc vidi) ad bafm ferme aequaliter quin- quefidum : laciniis fubrotundis, concavis, calyce lev iter brevioribus. Stam. Filamenta quatuor, tenuilTima, brevia, quorum duo invicem propius approximata. Antherae '51 156 PLANTAE HISPANICAE. Antherae magnae cordato-oblongae, eredtae, corolla paulo breviorcs. PisT. Germen parvum, fubrotiindum, com- prefTum, aplce furfum fericco-pilofum, pi- lls iongiuiculis. Stylus ftaminum longitu- dinc, cylindricus, brevis, pilis Genninis totus obtedtus. Stigma capitatum, depref- fum fimplex. Per. Capftda fubrotunda compreffa, biventri- col^, lateribus acutis, utrinque medio liilco imprelTo (Veronicae omnino) bilocularis : Receptaculo feminum implente fere locu- los iinde feminum unum fimplex ftra- Uim. Sem. nonnulla, fubrotundo-oblonga, hinc convexa, inde plana, nigra. Flos omnium minimus, vix nudo oculo examinandus, hinc numerus Scaminum difEcuker eruitur. Mihi tamen conftat ex pluribus examini fubjedlis hanc quaternarium t^^^ ideo? que ad CI. Didynamiae pertinere, li- cet Stamina duo vix notabiliter lon- glora, quod etiam videre eft in Limo- fella. Petali laciniae fibi externe incumbunt, margine dextro fupra fmiilrum f con- tra motum folis. PLANTAE HISPANICAE. 157 OROBANCHE. 35. OROBANCHE major caulc fimplici, bra- deis lanceolatis flore majoribus. Orobanche flore minore. 'Tournef. inft. 170? Habitat {v\^vz radices Ulmorum in horto re- gie ad Aranjuez. Radix brevis, iibrofa, ex bafi caulium tubero- fa, interdum plures jungens caules. Caulis fimplex, redtiis, fpithamali-pedalisj te- res, leviter pubefcens. Folia nulla, nifi fquamae lanceolatae, acutae, alternae, fparfae. Flores in fpica rara, terminali, caulis medium fuperius occupante. Bra^eae lanceolato-acutae, corollae lon- gitudine. Cal. Perianthium diphyllum, laterale : folio- lis lanceolatis, acutis, anguftis, apicc in floribus fuperioribus bifidis, corolla paulo minoribus. CoR. tubulata, ringen?, curva, tuho inferius tereti, fuperius dorfo carinato. Li?nbus bi- labiatus, fubaequalis. Labium fuperius bifidum : laciniis inflexis, crcnulatis, obtufis, breviflimi^. Lab, inferius trilobum, redo - dependens : laciniis 158 PLANTAE HISPANICAE. laciniis lateralibus tridentato-acumina- tis, intermedia fubrOtunda paulo ma- jor- crenulata. Netfarii fquama minima ad balin anteri- orcm germinis. St AM. Fllamenta quatuor, tiibo antice. afHxa, curva, corollae longitudine, in fauc^ emi- nentia. Antherae fnbcordatae, diflindae. PisT. Germen oblongum, acutum. Stylus fi- liform is. Stigma capitatum, fubquadra- tum, cum fulco in medio, nutans. Per. - - - Sem. minutifTima. Color Corollae fiavo-pallidus,. dorfo ob- fcnre purpurafcente, limbo fJavo-palli' do. Color Plantae fufcus. Nullum odorem peculiarem offendi. %6. OROBANCHE cernua caule fimplici, co- rolla incurva bratSeis deitoidibus longiore. An Orobanche lufitanica, *f.dre atro-purpureo. "Tournef, inft, 176? An Ordbanc'he fubcaeruleO ftor^e tiyc't'i.Clujl Touriief, he, cit. /" Habitat ad Aranjuez fupra radices Arteitjifiae campeftris ere6tae, odore Carlinae , iri campis fteriliffimis. Radiii e tubere oblongo bafeos caulis* Caulh PLANTAE HISPANICAE. 159 Caulis fimplicilTiinus, eredlus, teres, fpitha- malis, glaber. Folia nulla, fed Squamae obloiigae, vagae. Flores in fpica, ultra medium Caulis occu- pant,. fefllles^ rariufculi. Bra£feae dekoidae, acumrnatae, paulo convexae, corolla breviores. Gal. Ferianthium diphyllum, laterale, bra- 153, dbea paulo brevius : foliolisl ovatis, acumi- natis : inferiorum florum Timplicibus, fu- periorum plerumque bifidis. Cor. monopetala, ringcns, tubulofa, calycc . duplo longior, arcuatim curva, finu fub- tus fubredo quafi infradla* 'Tubus bad ventricofus, teres, furfurti cor^preflb- trian- gularis, dorfo carinato. Limbus brevifli- mus, quinquefidus, bilabiatus, aequalis quafi longitudinis. Lab, fuperius bifid urn, compreflum : laciniis re6tis, obtufis (non inilexis)^ Lab, inferius trilobum, planum : laciniis tranfverfim oblongis •, lateralibus breviiTime acuminatis j intermedia fubcre- nulata ♦, marcefcens. Ne5farium Squama fubglandulofa, ab an- teriore parte bafi Germinis, adprefTa, tranfverfim oblonga, convexa. Stam. Filamenta quatuor, fubulata, tubo an- terius affixa, adfcendentia, furfum incurva, extra i6o PLANTAE HISPANICAE. extra coroUam non prominentia. Anther ae oblongae. PisTi Germen oblongo-acutum. Stylus filifor- mis, furfum incurvus. Stigma capitatum, tranfverfale, bilobum, obtufum, nutans* Per. - - - Sem. minutifTima. Color corollae albo-pallidus, dorfo tubi ad rofco-pallidum inclinans : Limbi faturate purpureus f. violaceus, . Differt a priori : Bradteis deltoidibus corolla minoribus. CoroUae tubo bafi ventricofiore 5 fupe- rius infigniter incurvo. . ^ • - laciniis limbi integerrimis. labii fuperioris eredlis : inferio- ris aequalibus. Staminibus et Piftillo non extra florem prominentibus. Nedtarii fquama op time confpicua. Plantae colore pallido, fuperficie gla- bra, nee non colore Floris* CLAS. PLANTAE HISPANICAE. i6t C L A S S I S XlV. TETRAD YNAMI A. SI L I C U L O S A, L E P I D I U M. 37. T EPIDIUM cardamines foliis radicalibus JL J pinnatis, caulinis ovatis bafi incifo- pinnatifidis. Habitat ad Cienpozuelos ad margines vlarum copiofe, ad Aranjuez rarius locis argiilofis, aridis. Radix crafTa, perennis, profunde defcendens. Caules plerumque diffufi, interdum ere<5li, co- mofi, a biunciali ufque ad pedalem longi- tudinem alti, plures ex una radice vel foli- tarii fecundum locum, teretes, ramofi, praefertim fuperius, ramis inferioribus brc- vioribus. Folia radicalia in orbem fparfa, procumbentf^ primo vere vigent, mox exorto cauk exfic- cantur, pinnata cum imparl : pinnis oppo- fitis, diftinftis, feffilibus, fubrotundo-reni- formibus : lobo antico juxta infertidnem in petiolo communi incifo-fulcato iinea curvu Vol, II. M, fuperius 154^ J55' i62 PLANTAE HISPANICAE. fuperius impreffa •, foliolo terminali duplo majori, fubrotundo-ovato, bafi leviflime e- marginato. Caulina wfcriora pleriimque pinnata, fimilia radicalibus, fed minora paucioribus (3. circ.) pinnis, petiolata. Caulina- fuper tor a feffilia, bafi divila in lobos acutos, parvos : terminali majori fubrotun- do, in fummis vero ovato-acuto, bafi utrin- que incifo vel faepe auriculato. Flores more familiae in corymbis longe race- mofis, copiofi, diutius perfiftentes, pedi- cellis patiilis, Cal. Pericnthium tetraphyllum, patens, bre- ve, foliolis lateris plani lato-lincaribus, bre- vibus qiiafi fubrotundis, apice convexo gib- . bis •, lateris comprefTi linearibus, longitu- dinaiiter convexis. , . Cor. tetrapetala, comprefla. JL/>;^^ Rec. inaequale, paleaceum; pakis ubique bafi inter fe connatis, varie laciniaiis, lacinulis faepe fetaceis. Color flofculorum purpureo-caevuleus, {t^ flos pappo femper praegnans frudifer vidctun Floret Julii initio. Licet radio careat fpecies haec, fummo tamen jure genus Atraclylidis videtur intrarc 176 PLANTAE HISPANICAE. intrare pofTe ob (a) faciein f^J, in* volucrum (c), Semina (d)^ pappum et (e) maxime receptaculum, qiiibus notis antecedenti fpeciei bene conve- nit, folam differentiann agit radius ex- clufus et pappus flore longior, calyx- que inermis. P O L Y G A M I A S U P E R F L 0 A. C O T U L A. 43, COTULA aurea foiiis pinnatim fetaceis, caulibus procumbentibus. Chamaemelum aureum peregrmtim, capitulo fine foiiis. Bati/i, hift. ^. p. ii9.J%. iona, Chamaemelum iuteum, capitulo aphyllo. C. Bauh. pin, 135. Tournef, inft. 494. Radix alba, fimplex, dein fibrillofa, fat pro- funde defcendens, annua. Caulcs plures ex radice, procumbentes, tereti- ufculi, glaberrimi, digitales et fpithamalcs ramulis brevibus. Folia radicalia in orbem profdfa, pinnata : pin- nis fetaceis, bl trive ramofis, brevibus, gla- bris. Caulina alterna feflilia, fmiillima. H^rw fubglobofi, folitarii, terminaks cauli et ramulis. Cal. >LANTAE HISPANICAE. 177 Cal. communis hemifphaericus, fubangulatus fpliolis fubaequalibus, duplicis feriei : exte- riohbus paulo longioribus dorfo craiTo con- vexo^ audtis lateribus membranula fufca, tenui, obtufa •, interioribns brevioribus, la- tioribus, obtufis, membranula minori. Cor. compofita, uniformis, tubulofa, elevate hemifphaerica. Corollulae difci copiofae, hermaphroditae : tuba brevi, dorfo comprefTo, quadrifa- riam ventricofo ; Limbo eredlo, fubtu* bulato, longicudine tubi : ore obtufo, quadridentato. Corollulae radii femineae, aequalis cum ceteris altitudinis : tubo fimiiiimo ; limbo ere£lo, interius bifido. Stam. quatuor fyngenefiae ; in radio nulla. PiST. Germen oblongum, corollulae magnitu- dine. Stylus eredus, coroUula brevior Stig- ma fimplex, obtufum, truncatum. Flofculis femineis Germen fumillimum. Stylus eredlus, filiformis, corollulae longitudine, fuperne bifidus. Stigmata obtufa, paulo divaricata. Per. nullum. Calyx immutatus. Sem. oblongo-linearia, teretia •, dorfo conve:^Oj ftriato, apice gibbulo ; antice quafi tetra- gona 5 anguliiS olpfoletis. Corona nulla. Vol. IL N Jl^c. 175 PLANTAE HISPANICAE. Rec. conicum nudum. Vailkntm in a^. par if, 1720. ^. 317. ». I. facit plantam banc vari-etatem Cha- maemeli nobilis f. Leucanthemi odora- tioris C. Bauh. fed noftra planta ell revera diftin<5l:a et quod radio ca- reat et quod flofculis quadrifidis dona- ta fit. 165. POL Y GAM I A NECESSARIA. F I L A G .0. 44. ¥lL.kGO pygmea. Gnaphalium rofeum fylveftre C. Bauh. pin. 263. jFilago maritima, capite foliofo. *Tournef. infl. 454- Santolina caule fimplicifrimo, foliis fuperiori* bus majoribus. Rcy. Lugdb, 147. 7. Hahitat vulgaris per colles ad St. Ybes, Lifa- bon, Eftremadura, Madrit. liadix defceadcRS, fimplex, tortuofa, latcrali- ter fibrofa, ferruginea, planta ipfa faepe longior. Caidis interdum fere nullus, quafi acaulis, alias communiter brevifTimus, fimpliciflimus^ fo- liis omnibus imbiicatis obt^dus, fuperius triple PLANTAE HISt'ANICAE. 179 triplo crafTior ob flores plures eodem loco fefTiles. Caules locis fcitilioribus nati fem- pef funt fuperius ramofi, ramis.patulis in rofam ; foliis imbricatis, lummis majoribus, extrorfum femper majoribus interioribus reliquis. Folia copiofa, ardtifTime imbricata, patuia in rofam inferiora, fuperiora fenfim majora, omnia linearia, obtufe acuta, tomentofo-in- cana, inferius tomento laxo fibi invicem ad- hacrentia. ■Flores terminaleSj fefTiles in centra f rofae fo- liorum medioi Variant alii minores, alii majores fparfi. Cal. communis proprie nullus, fed paleae ag- gregatae calycem quafi conflituunt. CoR. compofita multiplex, ex floribus femi- neis p^r totum receptaculum, in centro pau- cis flofculis hermaphrodito-mafculis. Hermaphroditae coTGllulae numero feptem . ad decern circicer, confertae abfque paleis interftindlivis : tubo fiiiformi palearum circumambientium circiter longitudme : Limbus eredus, tubo le- vilTime amplior, apice quadridentato ; dentibus linearibus, eredis. Femmeae copiofifiimaej fmgulae intra fm- gulas paleas : coroUulae filiformes, N 2 angufli' i8o PLAKTAE HISPANICAE. anguftiflimae apicc bifidae, vix obfer- vabile3. 1 66. Stam. Hermaphr. Filamenta quatuor, parva^ capillar la, tubo adnata fupra medium. Anthera cylindrica, corollula paulo minor, apice quadridentata, dentibus linearibus lon- giufculis, bafi intus ad fingulum filamentum denticulis fubulatis, utrinque folitariis parvis notata. Femln. nulla omnino. PiST. Hermaphr, Germen vix ullum, certe an- guftiflimum, minimum. Stylus Antherae altitudine, fmiplcx. Stigma acutum, bifi- dum. Femin, Germen ovzxwm^ majufculum, an- tice dorfoque comprelTum. Stylus filiformis, paleis paulo brevior. Stigma acutum, bifidum. Per. nullum. Congeries flofculorum immu- tata. Sem. Hermaphr cdltismAh^dhoniunt, Feminis comprelTa, obovata, glabra, parva. Pappus omnino nullus. Reg. filiforme, cylindricum, furfum attenua- tum.i totum paleis obte6tum copiofis, im- bricatis ^ iummo apice intus nudum abfque paleis, ferens fiores hcrmaphrodito-mafcu- los, PLANTAE HiSPANICAE. i8i los, qui comprchenduntur calyculo ex paleis Tummis conllituto, polyphyllo. Paleae fenfim longiores et anguftiores, a- pice acnto, fetaceo, revoluto \ medio dorfo linea fufca notantur, alias mem- branaceae albentes. Color coroUylarum hermaphrod. vire- fcens. Pertinet itaque fecundum fuos flores ad fyngenefiam Polygamiam neceflariam et videtur proprium et fingiilare genus conftituere. NuUo modo ad Gnapha- lia 1. Elichryfa T. V. accedct, nee perfpicio ^ffinitatem cum Santo] ina. M I C R O P U S. 45, MICROPUS ereBus feminibus comprefTis lanatis inermibus. Leontopodium verius Diofcoridis. Barr, ic. 296, pilago fupina, capitulis rotundis tomento ob- fitis. JuJlf, Barr, n. 999. Habitat Madriti, ad margin es coliium paflim, ad Cienpozuelos ad margines agrorum et cum Filagine vulgari. Radix annua defcendens, fibrofa, fimplex. Cauks plures vel folitarii j erecti, adfcen- ^^7* N 3 dentes iS2 PLANTAE HISPANICAE. dentes vel diffufi ratione foil, tenui to- niento laxo veiliti • rami -patuW^ faepe dU chotomi. Fclia lanceolata, obtufiufcula, inferius attenu- ata, feflilia (fpathulata), alt lanatis. Rec. filiforme, elevatum, in tubercula colum- naria divifum pro flofculis femineis, apice praebens flofculos mafculos abfque pakis. M O N O G A M I A. LOBELIA. 4^. LOBELIA urens caule eredto, foliis lance- olatis fubdentatis, fpica laxa longa termi- nali. Habitat in Portugallia ad latera montium et in fubhumidis graminofis. Radix crafTiufcula. Caulis eredus, ramoRis, teres, glaber. Rami eredi, confimiles, fimplices. Folia lanceolata, obfolete et obtufe denticulata, vixque fcrrata : ad radicenn plura majors ; caulina fcflilia ; omnia glabra. Fiores in fpica laxa, terminali, caulem dimi- dium occupante ; caerulei. Tedmculi breves, eredti, alterni, remoti. N 4 Bra^eai 16S. 184 FLANTAE HlSfANICAE. Bra5lea linearis -, pedunculo paulo lon- gior. Cal. pentaplv/llus, coronans Germen : folio- lis linearibus, patulis, corollae tertiam par- tem vix attingeiuibus. Cor. nionopetala, ringens. ^uhus getmine duplo longior, cylindricus, verfus apicem fenfim ampliatus, ad dimidium longitudi- nalitcr fupcrne dehilcens. JJmhus bilabia- tus : Lahio fuperiors omnino bifido ad dimif dium tubi pro genitalibus : Jaciniis anguftis, linearibus. Lah, inferius dependens, trifi- dum : laciniis lanceolatis, acutis, St AM. Filament a quinque, inferius foluta, fu^ perius connata in cylindruni. Anthera cyr lindrica, crafiipr, leviter cun^ata, extra co- rpliafn prominens ex fifTura dorfali. PisT. Germen oblongum, lineare, fub reccpta- culo. Styltis filiformis, flaminvim longitur diae. Stigma crafiiufculum, ex Anthera prominens, bafi circulo pubefcente margir nato cindum. Per. Capfula oblongo-linearis, calyce corona- ta, triiocuiaris. Sem. plurima, minutilTima, glabra, fubro? tunda, hinc convexa, inde glabra. C L A S^ PLANTAE HISPANICAE. 185 C L A S S I S XXir. 1%' D I O E C I A. T R I A N D R I A. O S Y R I S. 47. /^SYRIS alha folils linearibus acutls. V-/ Cafia poetica monfpelienrium, ^n Theophrafti. Lok helg. 519./. 2. Ic, 433. ^Tournef. inft. 664. Cafia quorundam. C/^/ ^//^. 181./. 182. //^^/V^/Ulyfllpone in coUibus arenofis ; Ma- driti ad viam Pardenfem cis Cafa del Cam- po alibique. i^^^/;v lignofa, perennis. Cauhs frutefcentes, perennes, lignofij teretes, cortice glabro nigricante te6ti, valde ramofi, ramis eredis. Ramuli novelli alterni, undi- que pro fingulo folio acuto angulati. Folia linearia, acuta (Lini), foliationc fimpli- cilTima, imbricata, fparfa, eredla, felTilia, integerrima, glabra. Flores folitarii, fubfefiiles, terminales, ramulis brevibus Uteralibiis ; pedunculis vix uUis. Flares i£6. PLANTAE HISPANICAE. Flores hermaphroditi in diflindis plantis, femper rariores et iblunimodo termi- nales ramulis. Cal. Perianthium mcaophyllum, turbinatum, triftdum : laciniis lato-ovatis, acutis, plano- patentibus, rigidis." Cor. nulla, nifi margo nedariformis triplex, intus ad divifuras calycis, eique adnatus, ©btufiCTimus, cralTiufculus. Stam. Filamenta tria, brevifilma, mediae caly- cfs fingulae laciniae inter margines corolli- nos. Antherae fubrotundae, parvae. PisT. Germen . . . intra fubllantiam calycis turbinati ; 1. Germen turbinatum, termica- tum calyce. Stylus ereftus, flaminum alti- tudine. Stigma tripartltum, patens. Per. (lecundum fruflum UlyfTipone ledum) Nux globofa, glabra, apice cicatricula ro- tunda notata (non exquifite triangulari ut Tournefortius pingit.) Sem. Nucleus unicus, globofus, totum Perkar- pium replens, albus. Flores mafculi in diverfa planta copiofe florifcra. Cal. ut in altero fexu. Cor. ut in priore, et Stam. ut in Hermaphrodite. PiST. omnino nullum. Color PLANTAE HISPANICAE. 1^7 Color floris viridis ad luteum leviflimc in-r flinans. Odor fuaviflimus, replens faepe vicinia - fragrantia fua, praefertim frutices maf- culi copiofiflime florentes. Ergo videtur jure fuo poftulare Claflem Polygamiae Dioeciae. Expedabo ad- hue finem florum hermaphroditorum. CLAS^ i8S PLANTAE HISPANICAE. ^71. C L A S S I S XXIII. POLYGAMIA, MONOECIA. ANDROPOGON. 48. A NDROPCGON hirtum fpicis conjuga- xJL gatis, cal)xibus hirfutis. Roy. lugdb. Habitat in Portugallia, legi ad Urbem Porto in montibus arenofis praeruptis. Radix fibrofa, iibris crafTis, filiformibus : faf- ciculum magnum foliorum et nonnuUos culmos emittens. Culmi geniculati : geniculis omnibus paulo infradis, verfus radicem niagnis approxi^ matis, magno fafciculo foliorum antique- rum obredis, fuperne fubaequali fpatio re- motis, glaberrimis, ex geniculis f. alis ra? mulofi, praefertim ex iuperioribus. Ramuli unico geniculo paulo infra6to in medio inflrudi, ex geniculis inferiori- bus Iblitarii : ex fuprema vero vagina plures egrediuntur. Folia PLANTAE HISPANICAE. 189 Falia graminea, glauca, angufta, culmorum tertiam partem aequantia ^ fuperiora bre- viora. Vagina longa, glabra ftriata, geniculi? ramiferis ampliufcula, vix ampledlens culmum, fumma vagina plures inclu- dens ramulos, ceteris magis ventricofa et Jaxa. .Memha?mla ovata, acuta, ad bafin pilofa : pilis raris, longis. Spicae binae terminales lingulo ramulo ; qua- rum altera fefTilis, altera brevis pedunculata ; pilofae, compofitae floribus hermaphroditis ■et mafculis in alterno denticulo, quorum hie pedunculatus et muticus, ilk feflilis et longe ariftatus efl-. Floris fefTilis hermaphroditi : Gal. Gluma bivalvis^ uniflora : vahulis ob- iongo-lanceolatis, membranaceis, convoluto concavis: extus pilis fericeis undique ob- tedis. Cor. G/«w^ bivalvis : valvis anguftis lineari- 172, bus, planis membranaceis, tenaciflimis, obtu- fis, calyce brevioribus, quarum altera apice cxferit Arijlam longitudine fpicae f- ultra fe- muncialem, nudam, tortam (ob anguftifH • mam glufmam vidctur arilU'oriri ex ipfo reccpta- t^o PLANtAE HISPANICAE. ccptaculo, inferius tantummodo tenuis mcmbranacea.) St AM. Filament a tria, brevia* Antherae ob- longae, lineares. PiST. rudimentum non vidi. Floris mafculi pedunculati. Cal. ccmfimilis. Cor. confimilisjfed glumis aequalibus, mutlcis, Stam. confimilia. Scheuchz. 95 : n. 2. fat bene defcribit plantam^ at frudificatlonem non item \ nam calyx eft bivahds, cujus unam valvulam facit corollinam, quod vix opus eft, cum adfmt binae valvulae co- rollinae, edam in fioribus muticis. In floribus ariftatis ariftam defc ribit prac^ ter valvulam corollae anguftam, quae revera eft gluma bafi apicc exferens a- riftam. C E N C H R U S. 49. CENCHRUS captatus fpica ovata fimplice Roy. lugdh. 71:1. Gramen montanum echinatum tribuloides ca- pitatum. Column, ecphr. i.p. 340, Habitat in coUibus Madritenfibus. Radix fibrofa, multiplex, fibris longis^ annua, Culmi PLANTAE HISPANICAE. 191 Culmi digitales, glabri, ftridi, geniculis duo- bus ad radicem ubi leviter inflexi ; arciculo , ultimo eredlo, longiflimo, nudo. Folia graminea, uncialia, fubpubefcentia, pla- na, acuminata. Vagina angulata, ftriata, intcgra, dorfo facpe carlnata. Memhranula albido, membranacea, laciniata, acuta. Flores in fpica ovato-fubrotunda, fpinofo-echi- nata, termmali, ad bafin fquamis acutis, membranaceis, minutiffimis involuta, flari- bus omnibus fefiilibus. Cal. -Gluma bivai^is : vaivulis oblongis, acu- 17^- minatis, membranaceis, planiufculis, fub- aequalibus, dorfo carinato, cralliore. Cor. compofita, biflora, hermaphrodita (non polygamaj, akerave leviflime pedicell^ta, bigkmis, non fub florefcentia hians : val- ■vula exteriore majore, involvente interiorem, ftriata, dorfo convexa, truncata quafi, ter- minata margine in aculeos quinque, pa- ten tes, validos, medio longiore : ^t?o,-, vimen virga ; vel >'vy^^^ fledto ob u- ium plantae. Speciem unlearn folum novi, cujus mentionem yarii au(5torcs feccrunt» SYNONYM A. Spartum herba alterum. Cluf.hifp. $06'./. 507. hijt 2./>, 220, Spartum alterum Clufii. Lob. helg. 122, olfs 45- " Spartum Plinii et Clufii alterum. Loh, ic. S8. Spartum aiterum Plinii. Dalech, hift I'ab, ic. Sparti herbae alia fpecies. Dod, pempt. Gramcn PLANTAR HISPANICAE. 199 Gramen fparteum 2. pauicula brevi folliculo in- clufa. Baiih.pin. 5. no, 2, theatr, , . . Morif, hiji. 2,'P.2i6,fZ.t, S'f 3^ Gramen fparteum 2. Clufii. Bauh. hift. 2. f. 511. Raj, hift, 1259. Gramen fpicatum Tparteum fpica fericea ex utrl- culo prodeunte. Tournef. inji, 518. Hiipanis Albardin, Alvardin, nomine ab Arabibus, ut videtur, relidlo. DESCRIPTIO SPECIE I. Radix repcns, fafciculata, filiformis, culmos et folia fafciculata in caefpitem emittens. Culmi teretes, filiformes, glabri, fubnudi, uni- CO articulo nudo fupra medium vel verfus apicem inftrudi, qui poflflorefcentiam longe excrefcit, verfus bafm vero duobus tribuf- que articulis confertis, vagina tedis -, fpitha- males ufque bipedales Folia radicalia copiofa, praeter culmos frudifi- 268. cantes caefpitofa, tereti-^liformia, nempe acutifllme convoluta f conduplicata, glabra, apparenter ftriata, culmorum altitudine, tenaciflime bafi pro fitu altiori longius va^ ginata: Vagina ard:e convoluta, fimiliter glabre flriata, terminata mmhramla utrin- que acuta, bifida, tenuiffima. Culmorum O 4 radi- zoo PLAKTAE HISPANtCAfi. radicalibus fimillima •, fummum breviqs, 2-4 unciale. Flos unicus, cXalmo tcrminalis, magis minufvc ihdinatus, plerumque florens ere6lior, fruc- tiger magis horizontaliter porrerANCHT;M acutum 1 3 Herniaria glabra 7 fruticofa 72. 12S lenticulata, (quae Polygonum minus ientifoiium C.B. pin. 282. prodr.) 57 Chenopodium album 12 hirfutum 76 botrys 289 maritimum i^ Beta fylveriris f. maritime, 58 vulgaris 295 Salsola Kali 7^ Soda 152 proftrata 1 3 1 vermiculata 129- 49. 52. 76. 79 viminea 79 Velezia 1-igida 24 Gentiana verna 62 perfoliata 133 Eryngium alpinum 62 BwPLliURUM fruticefcens J34-76 tcnuiflimum 59 Bu- R A^R I O R E S. 209 BUPLEURUM minimum ? (an idem cum te- nuifTimo) p. 289 Laserpitium (Hall. Helv. tab. XL) 62 TORDVLIUM latifolium 295 Caucalis 290 Cachrys Libanotis 78 iemine fungofo Isevi, foliis fe- rulaceis. Tourn. 325, 76 Selinum fylveflre " 67.82? Seseli ^3 Anethum Fceniculum ^ il PiMPENELLA faxifraga, hircina 62 T R I G Y N I A, Sambucus Ebulus Tamarix gallica CORRIGIOLA littoralis PHARMACEUM Cerviana Alsine media fegetalis 12 18 7 27. 44. 30 pentagynia. St AT ICE armaria 17 limonium ^7' 77 LiNUM iifitatiffimum. . 6 flriilum 41 fufFruticofum 7S foliis omnibus altemis lanceo- latis floribus confertis termi- nalibus ad Linum fylveftre minus luteum annuum folio anguiiiore & latiore. Mori/l Loefl. 290 Drosera lufitanica 29 VoL.IL F C L A S- £|o PLANTAE HISPANICAE C L A S S I S VL H E - X A N D R I A. MONOGYNIA. Leucojum autumnale p. 13- 18 Narcissus ferotinus 19. 50 Amaryllis lutea 96 Allium mofchatum 290 Ornithogalum p /rami dale 27 umbellatum 59 SCILLA autumnalis ^9 Asparagus aphyllus 16 albus, (quae Corruda tenia Clu- fio), 16 pRAC^NA Draco, (qu£e Jfparagus DracorJs, Loefl.) 15. 23.25.83.97 ASPHODELUS fillulofus 18 Hyacinthus comofus 38 botryoides 290 racemofus 30. 38 AgavU americana H Junius articulatus 12 effufus 1? Frankenia lavis 77 puiverulenta 40.50.76.77 T R I G y N I A. RyMEJ? bucephalophorus 7. 10 aculeatus 51- fcutatus. f. fgoparla 59.89 tingitanus 29^ lyratus S9 COLCHICIIM montanum i- ■ ■ ^9 C L A S- R A R I O R E S. ill C L A S S I S VIIL OCTANDRIA. MONOGYNIA. Erica vulgaris p. lo. ii umbelUta 8. lo. 13S cinerea 10. 137 ciliaris 10, 138 Paphns Gnidium 7.22.78 Cneorum 62 C L A S S I S IX. ENNEANDRIA. M MONOGYNIA, Laurvs nobilis C L A S S I S X. DECANDRIA. MONOGYNIA. R u T A graveolens 1 7 Jylvejlris minor 1 7 7nontana 1 40 Rhododendron ferrugineum 62 p 2 c L A s- 212 PLANTAE HISPANICAE D I G Y N I A. Saxifraga Cotyledon p* 62 bryoides 62 cunei folia 295 foliis radicalibus fpathulatis ro- tunda crenatis caule ramofo nudo 13 Gypsophila Struthium 73*79 Saponaria ocymoides 62 DiAWTHus floiibus folitarils, fquajnis caly- cinis imbricatis 15 T R I G Y N I A. SiLENB conoidea 2go nofturna 290 petalis bifidis coronatis involu- tis, frudlibus alternis ereftis, foliis mollibus 29O Are N ARIA rubra, campeftris 72. 80 tenuifolia 14.1 PENTAGYNIA. CoTYLEDOi^ hifpanica 77 Sedum ' llellatum 290 reflexum ' 79 foliis bafi folutis, ftolonum im- bricatis fetaceis, caulinis al- ternis oblongis 290 OxALis comic wlata 7 Cerastium vulgatum 66. 143 pentandrum 30. ^y. 142 dichotomum 290 Spergula pentandra 39. 143 arvenfis ,12 GL AS^ ll A R I O R E S, 213 C L A S S I S XL DODECANDRIA, MONOGYNIA. PORTULAEA oleracea T R I G Y N I A. p. 15 Reseda hiteola 6 glauca 291 purpurafcens 291 fuffruticulofa 79 phyteuma 7 Euphorbia exigua 41 Paralias 290 ferrata 290 foliis extrorfum latlonbus, um- bellis tripar.ito-dichotomis. bradeis imbricatis 290 - PENTAGYNIA, Glinus lotoides 20 -. 14s C L A S S I S XII. ICOSANDRIA. MONOGYNIA* Cactus Opuntia 14. Myrtus communis i8 P 3 DI- 214 PLANTAR HISPANICAE D I G Y N I A. Crat^gus Oxyacantha p. 2i POLYGYNIA. RuBus maximus (fruticofus? ) 7 TORMENTILLA Crccla \1 C L A S S I S XIIL POLYANDRIA. MONOGYNIA. CiSTUs monfpelienfis 7$^ lib. notis (angufto, libanotldis / folio, flore fingulari, Barr. ic. 194.) 79 falvifolius 79 albidus 79 ladaniferus 14. 22. 28 halimifolius 14. i% iquamatus 67,81 ledifolius 28 guttatus 28.83 rufticus 2^ falicifolius 83 marifolius 81 Tuberaria 12* 28.67 crilpus 28 Fumana 291 annuus 291 fufFruticofus folils lanceolaiisj venofis ftipulaceis, pediincu- lis bradea fimplici, laterali- Ibus ex Horto Queriano, Loefl. 29 1 . P E N^ R A R I O R E S. 21$ PENTAGYNiA. Nig ELL A arvenfis POLYGYNIA. C L A S S I S XIV. D I D Y N A M I A, G Y M N O S P E R M I A. Teucrium P-29S Thalictrum flavum fpeciofam 57 Ranunculus gramineus 60 parnaffifolius 60. 96 bullatus 25. 96 . arvenfis 57 muricatus 57 parvifiorus faleatus 2Qi SaTUREjA Lavan DULA SlDERITlS Glecoma L A M I U M. Phlomis Glinopodium Origanum Pfeudopithys 78 Iva 78 Scorodonia 10. II I'olium 291 capitatum 2^1 pumilum H fpinofum 49. 147 capitata H fpica 78 ftoechas 14.78 calycibus tomentofis acutisj fo iiis linearibus ex ] Horto Que- riano, Loefl. 39* arvenfis (hederacea) 291 amplexicaule 3'^ Lychnitis 291 vulgare li Major aria 14 1'4 Ori- ti6 PLANTAE HTSPANICAE Origanum heraclecticum p. 54 Thymus vulgaris 14 Zygis 392 Melissa Nepeta 54 Prunella vulgaris il Cleonia lufitanica (prunella brafleis pin- nato-deiitatis,ciIiatis,Loefl.)39. 148 ANGIOSPERMIA. Pedicui.aris tuberofa 62 Antirrhinum triornithophorum 53 molle. 60 maju's ? 60 hirtum 292 bipunftatunx 292 fparteum 2^2 SCROPHULARIA nodofa • 12 auriculata 292 . canina 292 Digitalis purpurea (rubra) lit SlBTHORPIA europaea IJ- 34. 150 Okobanche major 74- 15 P. cernua * 74- 152 C L A S S I S XV. T E T R A D Y N A M I A, S I L I C U L O S A. Mtagru'm ; faflvum 292 Draba verna 3 a pyrenaica 6 1 Lepidium nudicaule 3^' ^SS cardamines 77. 154 fubulatum 29^ Thlaspi alliaceum ? 1 ^ hirtum j ' Thlasps R A R I O R E S- '-17 Thlaspi Burfa paftoris Iberis linifolia Alyssum campeflre, majus ct minus jnontanum incanum BiSCUTELLA didyma Sisymbrium pyrenaicum Irio fupinum fylveftre ? arenofum foliis pinnatis follolls pinnati- fidis lanceolatis Cheiranthus maritimus fruticulofus trilobus Raphanus filiquis torofis ilriatis P-30 78 3° 78 79 6t 30 . 57 6y. 82 zgz ^93 292 292 292 C L A S S I S XVI. MONADELPHIA, D E C A N D R I A. Geranium pentrandrum POLYANDRIA, 3® Malva parviflora rotundifolia 75 77 hifpanica 49- 77' ^57 C L A S S I S XVII. D I A D E L P H I A. H E X A N D R I A. F UMA.RiA enneapliylla ' 61 officinalis 30 D E C A N. aiS PLANTAfi HISPANICAE DECANDRIA. St»ARTIUM junceum P-7 monofpermum 22 fpinofum, vulgo Aulaga 78 Genista tinfloria ii tr den ata 53 Ulex europaeus 6. 10 Ononis puiii a 293 pedanculis unifloris feta termi- natis 15 Anthyllis lotoides 1* inontana 62 cornicina 294. erinacea 45 LUPINUS anguuifolius . 293 Lathyrus fativus " \ 58 angulatus 293 hijp aniens 293 ViCIA lutea 293 pedunculis unifloris, foliolis li- iiearibus tridehtatis, ftipulis alternis pedicellatis lanceo- lato-cjiiatis, Loeil. 293 Cytisus nigricans 7 COI UTEA arborefcens 78 CORONILLA valentina 7^ Ornithopus compreflus 7 perpufiUu s 293 icorpioides 293 HiPPOCREPIS multiiiliqua 293 Hedysakum humile ^n Ctalega ofRcinalis 20 Astragalus alopecuroides 40 Epiglottis, r. humilis« 77 Glaux 58 Tragacantha 96 Trifolium M. officinalis 295 repens n pratenfe II glomeratum 8i$ refupinatum SZ-'^^ tomentofum 58 Tri- R A R I O R E S. 219 TSM FOLIUM ftriatum p.41 procumbens 12 arvenfe ^93 filiforme 293 agrarium 293 montanum 293 ornithopodioides* Loefl. 293 Lotus hirfutus 294. corniculatus 12 Dorycnium 294. Medicaco leguminibus ternis fubfeflilibus, fubfalcatis eredtis, foliolis in- cilis 293 C L A S S I S XVIIL POLYADELPHIA* POLYANDRIA. Hypericum quadrangulum ii iloribus trigynis caulibus fini- plicibus foiiis obiongis inte- gerrimis margine fubtus pun- dato 7 C L A S S I S XIX. SYNGENESIA. POLYGAMIA JE QJj A L I S. ScoRZONERA anguftifolla 59 refedifolia 68 SoNCHUS maritimus 295 Leontodon taraxacum 30 Hyoseris rhagadioloides 294. Laps AN A ilellata 294 Cak^ 22Q PLANTAE HISPANICAE Cardvus inermis, foliis lanceola.is u- trinque giabris denticula- tis. Loefl. p. 2g^ Atractylis cancellata 47. 162 gummifera 54 humilis 47. i6r radiataj Loefl* 5^* 59 Carthamus lanatus . ^(^^ Santolina ChamascyparifTus 24 POLYGAMIA SUPERFLUA. Artemisia qu?e Abfinthium incanum, cri- llato crifpo tenuioreque fo- lio, medium, Barr. ic. 434. obf. 100. 67 Gnaphalium Stoechas -s 14.78 XeRANT H EMUM annuum 294 TUSSILAGO alpina 61 Senecio Jacobsea ir vulgaris 3» abrotanifolius 61 foliis lanceolatis giabris cernu- latis caule unifloro. Loefl* 61 incanus 62 Inula villola 78 crithmoides 20 Bellis perennis 30 Chrysanthemum pallidum minus imifque foliis inciiis fuperioribus integris & capillaribus. Barr. ic. 421. Loefl. 294 COTULA aurea 163 Anthemis altiirima 62 Centaurea alba 295 falmantica benedifta. (Cnicus benedidus ^9S Loefl.) 294 centauroides 295 capillata 295 POLY- R A R I O R E S. 22S POLYGAMIA NECESSARIA. Calendula FiLAGO officinalis pyramidata p. 30 83 py^msea montana eredtus . 45- 39- 40- 165 294 73. 83. 166 frocumbens (fupinus) POLYGAMIA SEGREGATA. EcHXNOPS Urigofus 47*52»i59 MONOGAMIA. Lobelia urens Viola tricolor calcarata 17. 167 294 6z C L A S S I S XX. G y N A N D R I a; HEXANDRIA. Aristolochia fempervirens 79 piftoiochi^ 294 D O D E C A N D R I A. Cytinus Hypociilis (Afarum Hypociftis) 35 C L A S.' 220 PLANTAE HISPANICAE C L A S S I S XXI. M O N O E C I A. T R I A N D R I A. Carex vulpina arenaria leporina TETRANDRIA^ p. 294 294 294 Urtica piluHfera PENTANDRIA. n Xanthium fpinofurn POLYANDRIA, 750 POTERIUM QUERCUS fanguiforba Suber Robur Ilex folio rotimdiore modice- que linuato C. B. 294 II J2 294 C L A S S I S XXII. D I O E C 1 A. D I A N D R I A. Saux purpurea Z9i Empetrum ereaum (album) 16.25 OSVBIS alba 25. i6o ---- (cafia). 35- 39- 45 PEN- R A R I O R E S. 121 PENTANDRIA. Pi ST AC I A Terebinthus ?• 7^ Lentifcus 1 6 HEXANDRIA. Smilax afpera * 13 OCTANDRIA. PopuLUS nigra iz ENNEANDRIA. Mercurialis annua 7 D E C A N D R I A. Cor I ARIA myrtifolia 99 MONADELPHIA. Ephedra diflachya 77* 7^ C L A S S I S XXIII. POLYGAMIA. M O N O £ C I A. Andropogon hirtum HoLcus lanatus Cekchrus capitatus Aegilops ovata Atriplex halimus portulacoides 8. i/r 12 172 294 76 »5 CL A S- 224 PLANTAE HI SPANIC AE,&c. C L A S S I S XXIV. C R Y P T O G OSMUNDA Pteris polypodium Adiantum Trichomanes Lycopodium F I L I C reo;alis aquilina leptophyllum vulgare canarienfe M U S C L denticulatum A M I A. p. II II. 23 53 II *3- 53 13 *9 TAaniONiA Fucus Conferva A L G iE, hypophylla eiongatus fafcicularis 19 APPENDIX. Cham^rops Phoenix? ? A L M JE. humilis dadylifera 97 F I N I 5, PLANTAE AMERICANAE. ^7^' 53. Commelina. 54. Pontederia. 55. Ixia. 56. Wedelia. 57. AUionia. 58. Rhamnus. • 59. Ccdrela. 60. Calceolaria. 61. Achras. 62. Loranthus, 63. Trichilia. 64. Lecythis. 65. Guidonia. 66. Seguieria. 67. Portulaca? 68. Bonda. 69. Verbena. 70. Ellifia. 71. Krameria. 72. Mohieria. 73. Ayenia. 74. Sperm acoce. 75. Houftonia. 76. Cruzeta. 77. Chryfophyllum. 78. Sideroxylon. 79. Convolvulus. 80. Breynia? 8i. Rivinia. 82. Tribulus. 83. Spondias. 84. Tamarindua, 85. Cifliis. 26, Spigelia. 87. ConvolvuIuSa 88. Cordia. Bg, Capficum. 90. Solanum. 91. Ceftrum. 92. Conocarpus^ 93. Contoftae^ 94. Cufcuta. 95. Gomphrena. 96. Bromelia. 97. Rhexia. 98. Paullinla. 99. Cardiofpefmum* loo. Bauhiniai loi. Parkinfonia. 102. Poinciana. 193. Guajacum. 104. Melaftoma. 105. Malpighia. 106. Crataeva. 107. Portulaca. 108. Muntingiafc 109. Cluiia* ' 110. Mentzelia. 111. Mimofa. 112. Corchorus* 113. Annona. 114. Craniolarla. 115. Bignonia. 116. Crefcentiab 117. Barleria. 118. Sida. 119. Theobroma, 120. Milleria. ■ 121. Epidendron. 222. Helidleres* 123. Croton. 124. Jatropha. 125. Hura. 226. Morus. 127. Vifcum. Vol. IL PLAN- J77- PLANTS AMERICANA E. Se3fio Prima. GENERA NOVA. T R I A N D R I A» MONOGYNIA, 53. FJ^M'^OMMEL I NA? Wachendorfia S C ^ Authoris. k-MMjrf Planta debilis, annua, digitali- fpithamalis, glabra, fimplex, interdume bafi ramofa. Folia ovata f. oyato-lanceolata, bafi cordata, feflilia fnp riora in ramis fterilibus conferta et imbricata in rofam patentem ; in fruftifi- cantibus vero omnia alterna remota ; ball vaginantia \ vaginula Integra ftriata. Flom JPLANTAE AMERICANAfi 227 Flores pauci 2-6, fefllles, ex axillis foliorum conferti, bradeolis fpathulatis lineari-acutis diflindli (hinc habitUs fere Commelinae, cui alHne genus eft.) Nedlario omnino caret. Corollae color aquCus. Cal. Terianthium triphyllum, eredum : foliolis lineari-fubulatis, dorfo carinatis, perrillen- tibus, marcefcentibus. Cor. Petala cria, linearia, acuta, membr^na- cea, ealycis longitudine, eredta, aplce pa- tula. St AM. Filamenta trla, caplllaria, cofolla du- plo longiora, ereda. Ant her ae fubrotundae PiST. Germen oblongum^ comprefTum. Stylus capiliaris, ftaminibus brevior. Stigma triti- dum patens. (*) , Pei^. Capfula oblonga compreffa, acuminata, utrinque fulco imprefib, bilocularis, bival- vis : valvulis diflepimento oppofitis. Sem. nonnulla, fnbrotunda. j^3^ Habitat in vadis, depreilis, fub fritticibuS ubl- que circa BARCELLOivfAM Noz^ant in provin- cia Cumanenfi. (*) Licet Stigma fit trifidum, nunquam tamen viai Cavfulam triloculare m* 54. PONTEDERIA cordata Phrynium Au- thms. Q^ 2 Planta ziS PLANTAE AMERICANAE Planta fpithamalis, perennis, limplex. Radix fibrofa, aggregata. Folia cordata, acuta, nervofa, glabra, pubeC- centia ad radicem, Petioli bad vaginante. Florum fpica e rima vaginae caulinae termina- lis, ball involuta fpatha f. bradea lineari, tandem digitalis : floribus alternis abfque bradteolis. Corolla purpurco-caerulea, pallida, marcefcens, nuUo modo ringens. Cal. nuUus. Spathae nullae. Cor. hypocrateriformis, Tubus cylindricus, fi- liformis, longus. Limhus patens, fexparti- tus, fubaequalis, laciniis lanceolatis : tribus fuperioribus magis approximatis, fubpa- rallelis, minoribus, infimo patentiore, lineari, bafi anguila, convexo, lateribus lato. Stam. Filar/ienta tria, ad bafin laciniae adnata, capillaria, limbo breviora. Aniherae fubro- tundae, PiST. Germen lineare. Stylus filiformis, longi- tiidine flaminum. Stigma capitatum. Per. Capfula teres, linearis, acuta. Sem. plurima, fubrotunda, fubflriata. Habitat Barcellonae in paludibus. Hifpanis Languncra. E:; PLANTAE AMERICANAE 229 Ex didis patet hoc Genus Gladiolo et Antholyzae efle affine (Stamina 3 tan- ium, ohfervata fuijfe non intellexi, cum plant a videatur ejfe Pontederia.) Phrynium nomen eft Plinii deriv. a n^^'yoj rana ; eafdem enim cum illis inhabitat paludes. . IXI A. Xiphidium Authons, 1 79, Radix oblique tranfverfa, inferius fibrofa. Caulis fimpleXj pedalis, veflitus. Folia alterna, copiofa, dilTita, caule altiora, plana, enfiformia (ad inftar Iridis) fe invi- cem imbricatim involventia, integerrima 1. ferrulata. Flores in racemo terminally ramulofi, oblongi, nutantes, fubconferti, albidi. Cal. nullus. CoR. oblonga, hexapetala : petalis linearibus, lanceolatis, connexis apice acuto incurvo, eredis. Stam. Filamenta tria, linearia, plana, co- rollae media altitudine petalis interioribus oppofita. Antherae ovatae, acutae. bafi bifidae. PisT. Germen triangulare. Stylus filiformis, corollae longitudine. Stigma iimplex, PsR. Bacca globofa, obtufa, tribus lineis ex- 0^3 cavata, i^o PLANTAE AMERICANAE cavata, mollis, , trilocularis : loculisf exteris yacuis. Sem. plurima, fubrotunda, acuminata, recep- taculo globofo inferta, devata. Frudtus forte capfula mollis baccata. Habitat citra Mac a rap a pop. Indian. Xiphidium eft nomen Plinii a figura foli- orum defumtum. TETAN. PLANTAE AMERICANAE* 231 TETRANDRIA. 189. MONOGYNIA. 56.TTrEDELIA. (ALLIONIA incarnata) V V Radix fibrofa. Cauks plures, difFufi, procumbentes, articu- lati, pubcfcentes. Folia oblique ovata, oppofita, bina 1. terna ad radicem geniculata, alterna majora, reliqua fcnfim minora, fubfeffilia, integra. Flores alterni, folitarii, ex alis foliorum mino- res vel ramulofi. Pedunculo floris longi- tudine. Corolla pallide purpurea. Cal. Perianthium commune triphyllum, triflo- rum, foliolis ovatis, concavis. Cor, univerfalis a.ggreg2ita^ aequalis, triflora; fmgula intra angulum folii calycis : propria tubulofa, Germini infidens. Tubus anguilus fenfum ampliatus. Limbus eredlus, inae- qualis, e latere interiore tantum continuatus f. exfertus, obtufe trifidus ; laciniis bifidis, e latere interiore deliquefcens. St AM. fmgulis Filamenta quatuor, fetacea, co- rolla paulo longiora. Antherae fubrotundae. PisT. fingulis Germen fub coroUula ; oblongum. Stilus fetaceus. Stigma capitatum, oblongum. Per. *32 PLANTAE AMERICANA^ Per. nullum. Calyx laxus femina fovet. Sem. folitaria, nuda, oblongo-linearia, in- terius convexa, exterius alls inflexis notata. Habitat juxta Cumana urbem, in filvis arC" nofis ubique tempore pluviarum. Ab omnibus aggregatis difFert calycc triphyllo, trifloro. I'Si. 57. ALLIONIA. violacea. Radix, ... Caulis herbaceus, eredus, debilis, ramofus. Folia oppofita, cordata, acuta, integerrima, glabra, inferiora longe petiolata. Flpres in panicala ramofa, terminales, bra6te- olis brevibus. Corolla majufcula purpureo-caerulea. (Hinc facie recedit a fuperiori planta, ut et corol- lae magnitudine). Cal. Involucrum commune monophyllum, la- Xum, quinquefidum ; laciniis ovato-acutis, paulo inaequalibus, divifura una ufque ad t>afin fedum, perfiftens. Perianthium proprium nullum. Cor. aggregata triiiora, aequalis, propria in- fundibuliformis f. obconica •. ore ere6lo, quinquefido : laciniis exterioribus paulo lon- gioribus. Stam. Filamenta qliatuor, fctacea, corolla longiora. PLANTAE AMERICANAE. 233 longiora, ad unum latus flexa. Anthcrae fub- rotundae. PisT. fing. Germen fub corollula, oblongum, obfolete odangulum. Stylus fetaceus, fta- minibus longior. Stigma multifidum, li« nearc. Per. nullum. Sem. folitaria, oblonga, quinquangula, tuber- culis undique inaequalia, nuda. A praecedente inprimis differt calyce et partim corolla. Cumamnfthus Jafminullo. PEN 2J4 PLANTAE AMERICANAE. 1S2. PENTANDRIA, M O N O G Y N I A. SS.T^HAMNUS ciimanenfis (EHRETIA Av exfucca.) Arbor mediocris, furfum ramofa 5 ramis fpar- fis \ cortice nigro-cinerafcente. Folia alterna, in ramulis tantum novellis, ob- longa, furfum latiora, inferius attenuata, venofa, intcgerrima, margine reflexa. Fkres in Racemis ramofis, terminalibus, faf- tigiatis, 10-13. I'amulis alternis, peduncu* lis congeflioribus. Bra^eae nullae. Corolla alba, magna. Cal» Perianthium monophyllum, tubulatum, femibifidum: /ja;//Vjovato-acuminatis : per- fiftens. Cor. hypocrateriformls. ^uhus cylindraceus, furfum leviter ampliatus, calyce longior. Limbus planus, quinquepartitus : laciniis ovato-fubrotundis, obtufis, St AM. Filament a quinque, fubulata, tubo co- rollae verfus bafm adnata, bafi pubefcente, longitudine tubi Antherae lineares, acutae, verfatiles. PiST. PLANTAE AMERICANAE. 235 P I s T. Germen ovatum. Stylus filiformis, fuperne bifidus : laciniis ereflis, longi- tudine flaminum. Stigma obtiifum, craffi- ufculum, emarginatum. Per. Frudlus nudus, quadrangularis, paulo deprefTus, roftro longiufculo, obtufo ; an- gulis comprefTis; quadripartibilis, quadri- ftriam dehifcens ad angulos. Sem quatuor, quartam partem fruftus con- ilituunc, ceterum fpongiofa, nucleo vero pblongo, lignofo praedita. Cumanenfibus Guatacare. Habitat in Cumana et verfus milTiones Fran- cifcanorum in Piritu ad monteni Unare. Frudus non demittit femina nuda, nee mollis eft. Calyx uti bifariam rup- tus naturalls eft, ita interdum trifa- riam rumpitur, S9^ CEDRELA. Brownii. Cedro. AuthorU. 183 Arlor magna, excelfa, odorata trunco inter- dum quatuor 1. quinque pedum diametro, glabriufculo, fubaequali, fuperne pulcro, aequaliter ramofa : ramis in coma oblonga fpariis. Folia alterna, pinnata, bi-vel tri-pedalia ; /?- liolis oblongo-acutis, glabris, integerrimis ; mucrone angufto. Pedmculus is6 PLANTAE AMERICANAE. Pedunculus teres, fuperne leviter comprefTus, bafi clavatus ; pedicellis teretibus oppofitis. Flores in Racemo ramofifTimo, paniculatb, ra- mis patentifTimis j ramulis aiternis, remo- tiufculis, bi-vel trifloris. Corolla albefcens, carnea, liliacea, facie fere Hyacinthi. Cal. PeriantHium monophyllum, breve, con- vexum glabrum, trifidum : laciniis ovatis j marcefcens. CoR. pentapetala, tiibulata, bafi ventricofa, furfum contradlior ; ore patulo ; calyce multo longior. Fetalis lineari-oblongis, ob- tufis, ereftis, ad tertiarn partem bafeos in- terius receptaculd pentagono adnatis. Stam. Filanieritd quinque, fubulata, corolla dimidio brevioraj receptaculo adnata. An- therae oblongae apice extrorfum flexo. PisT» Germen receptaculo quinquangulari ad altitud. corollae mediam elevatum ; globo- fum. Stylus filiformis, crafTiufculus, corol- lae longitudine. Stigma capitatum, depref- funi. Per. Fru^lus quinqueioGularis. Sem. - - - Hifpanis Cedro. Babitat Cumanae hinc inde fere culta. In Infula PLANTAE AMERICANAE. 237 Infula Trinitatis ad olli^ fluvii Ori.nocenfis coplofe. Arbor haec natural! affinitate jungitur cum Chryfobalano, Spondia, de qui- bus infra, 60. CALCEOLARIA. (Yioh forte.) I. Calceolaria (Viola oppofttifolia) caule brachiato glabro, floribus racemofis. Radix ?ihvo^2L^ crafliufcula, perennis. 184.^ Caules eredli, fpijthamales ufque fefquipedales, inferne lignofi, fuperne herbacei, teretes, glabri, ex fuperioribus alls foliorum bra- chiati, ramis oppofitis. Folia oppofita, lanceolata, fubfeflilia, acute icfrata, ferraturis longis, vix profundis, a- pice integerrimo ; petiolis breyillimis. Flores in racemis, folitarii, patentes ; pedun- culis in media inferiore parte perfiftentibus. Calyx inferius gibbus, foliolis^ imis patentiori- bus. Lamina ima petdorim fe^re ungue anguflior, apice furfum flexa et revoluta. Capfula trigono-pyramidata, angulis obtufiuf- culis, lateribus planis. Smina fubangulata. Corolla 138 PLANTAE; AMERICANAE. Corolla alba, adeoque facies fere Veronicac Anag Uidis aquaticae vel fcutellatae. 2. Calceolaria (Viola Calceolaria) caule fimplici hirfato, floribus axillaribus folita- riis, jR^i/AT perennis, fibrofa, crafTiufcula. Caules plures, herbacei, fimplices, pedales, teretes. Folia alterna, lanceolata vel oblongo-Ianccola- ta, feflllia, pilofa, ferrata, ereda. Stipiila fubulata, erecba, pilofa, cauli adjun- da. Flores folitarii, alterni, axillares, fubfefTiles vel pedunculo fuflentati cum Bradeolis du- abus fctaceis in medio pedunculo. Calyx ovatus, foliclis omnibus eredis, intus glabris, extus hirfutis, verfus marginem tuberculis filiformibus, truncatis, pilofis obfitis. Petala lateralia lanceolata, foras pubefcentia, ungue lineari : petala infima valde magna, ungue inferius carinata. Capfula calyce tumido laxo teda, teretiufcula. Semina glabra, nitida, nigra, altera extre- mitate pallida. Corolla alba. Haec PLANTAE AMERICANAE. 239 Haec qnod ad omnes partem, magnku- dine bis vel ter fuperat praecedenteoi, hinc fat diverfa eft facie externa, fuu folioriim, etc. 3. Calceolaria (Viola Hyhanthus) frute- fcens. Cal. Perianthtum pentaphyllum, folhlls H-' nearibus, acutis, eredis, fere conniventi- bus ; perfiftens. Cor. Petala quinque, inaequalia, quorum fuperwra duo reliquis breviora, linearia, an- gufta \ latemlia duo paulo longiora, latio- ra, lanceolata : ungues iineares calyds iongitudine ; infmum maximum, unguc calyce longiore •, lamina fubrotunda, plane ungue longiori ; ante florefcentiam utrin- que involuta, Stam. Filamenta quinque, linearia, brevifli- ma. Ne^arium glandula in Filamentis, in- ferius bipartita, fubrotunda, exterius af- fixa. Antherae oblongae, apice, acutae^ membranulis oblongis, lateribus faepius imbricatis. PisT. Germen ovatum. Stylus filiformis, fur- fum incurvus, apice comprelTo. Stigma fimplex. PigR. Capfula ovata, trigona, unilocularis, tri- S40 PLANTAE AMERICANAE, trivalvis, feminibus medio valvularum af- fixis. Sem. plura, fubovata. Affinitate naturali proxima eft Violae, uti ex toto charadere apparet ; fed proprii Generis, licet facies externa Plantae aliquantum recedat. Calceolariam dixi ob fio;uram Floris. IN- PLANTAE AMERICANAE. 241 HEXANDRIA. 186, M O N O G Y N I A. 6i.2jLC^^AS. Sapota hr own. jam, 200, Arbor alta, frondofifTima, perpetuo vireiis, pulcra. Folia conferta. Spatha ad apices ramorum, oblonga (lacinia- ta), integerrima. Flores axillares ex alls follorum verfus fum- mitatem ramorum, folitarii •, pedimculis teretibus, tomcntofis, longitudine florum. Poraum fapore omnes fere Americes frudlus antecellit. Semina Amygdaiorum forma et magnitndine^ kilo albo longltudinali. Cal. Perianthlunz fubrotundum, hexaphyl- lum : foliolis ovatis, concavis; exterioribus minorlbus,' latioribus, deciduis. Cor. monopetala, ovata, calycis altltudine, diiodecimfida ; laciniis eredlis, alternis : ex* terioribus fex fubovatis, planisj interiori- bus anguftioribus, introrfum convexis, ex- trorfum fubcarinatis. Vol. IL E' Stamj 242 PLANTAE AMERICANAE. Stam. Filamenta 6, brevifnma, fubulata, e re- gione laciniarum exteriorum, ad harum bafin corollae inferta. Antherae fubulato- acutae. PiST. Germ'en fubrotundum, paulo deprcfTum. Stylus filiformis, corolla longior. Stigma fim- plex, obtufum. FsR. Pomum globoflim, decem-l. duodecimo loculare, carne mollifTima. Sem. fingulo locnlo folitaria, magna, com- prefTa, ovata, nicida, margine longitudlna- 11 interiore hilo notata, fuperius denticulo notata. 1. Semina multa in pomo abortiunt. Quum locuii vix manifefta membrana includantur forte quis Baccam diceret, fed quum locuii fteriics in fruclu di- ftin^ti obferventur, Pomum nuncu- pavi. 2. Adeoque charadler hie non multum differt a Chryfophyllo Gen. PI. 185. addita ilia fexta parte nunieri in parti- bus Floris ; quum autem aliam, in proxima fedione monftraverim, Chry- fophyllo magis affinem et infupcr Chryfophyllum verum Spec. Plant, f. jfg*, Camto Plum, et Americanum omnino differant fru(5lificatione a Chryfophyl- PLANTAE AMERICANAE. 243 lo defcrlpto, neceflarium duxi ut hoc traderctur Genere diftindlo. 3. Cum dubio vix careat, quin Pluml- erus, plantam hane in omni Americes regione communem e. gr. in Porto Rico, ubi quoque Nifpero apellatur. In Cuba S. Havana, S. Domingo, in Vera Cruce novae Hifpaniae ubi Sapo- te audit ; nullum proprium genus ex ejus vidi, nifi Achras f. Sapote, eui noftrum adaptandum erir. Character Gen. PI. 1 00 1, qua fructum omnino convenit, foli loculi quinque Baccae (Pomi), ut minus diftinguibiles non. apponuntur. Calyx addita quinta parte nee difrert magis. Sola corolla polypetala abeft, fed forte minus ac- curate delineata fuit. Numerus fenarius in flore conftans eil. Americanis Hifpanis Nifpero dicitur h. e. Mefpilus. .62. LORANTHUS. Stalls Lcefang. Scur* rula Brown, I., LoRANTHus (Slelis) racemis trlchotomis, figribus aequalibus^ Planta parafitica. K % epulis 244 PLx^NTAE AMERICAN AE. Canlis frutefcens, llgnofus, br?chiatus, ramis patentibus, bafi tubere magno* Folia laepius oppofita, (interdum alterna), o- vata vel longa, integerrima, glabra, cori- acea, fubfeffilia. Pedunculi plures, axilla- res, patuli, furfum communiter bifidi, fin- guli apice crafTiores, trigoni, floret tres fef- files gerentes, minimis fuffultos bradteis. Flores luteo-virides. 2. LoRANTHus (occidentalis) racemis oppo- fitis, floribus irregularibus. Cal. Perianthium nullum ; nil! margo mini- mus bafm floris cingens. Cor. Petala fex, linearia, anguflifTima, ad medium in tubum eredta, fuperne patent!- revoluta, longitudinaliter concava. Stam. Filament a fex, linearia, acuta, plana, petalis breviora eorumque bafi inferta. Jk" therae lineares, acutae. PisT. Germen brevifiimum, fub receptaculo floris. Stylus filiformis. Stigma globofum, capitatum* Per. Bacca cylindrica, oblonga, unilocularis, monofperma, Sem. unicum, cylindrico-oblongum. Habitat Cumanae vulgaris in arboribus. Stelis antiqu, Vifcum. DE' PLANTAE AMERICANAE. 245 D E C A N D R I A. M O N O G Y N I A. 63. rpRlCHILIA. (trifoliata) (Halefia Z^^^ A flingiL) Frutex ramis patulis, redtis •, cortice fcabriiif-- culo, punftato. Folia alterna, ternata : foliolis obovatis, cu- neiformibus : intermedio duplo - triplove longiore, anguftiore : lateralibus magis fubrotundis; omnibus integerrimis, obtu- lis, ,planis, vervofis Pedunculus commu- nis filiformis, fupra planus. Flores ex fummitatibus ramulorum, in racemis raris, inaequalibus ; fubconferti fefTiles. Corolla alba. Capfula grifea ex fufco et punclis albis, fca- hriufcula, feminibus baccatis eleganter coc- cineis. Cal. Perianthium monophyllum, breve, tu- bulatum, eredlum ; ore obfolete quinque- dentato. Cor. Petala quinque, exferta, calyce duplo longiora, lineari-lanceolata, ereda. Stam", Fihmcnta decern, linearia, bafi conna» R 3 ta. 1 8 5. 246 PLANTAE AMERlCANAE. ta. Antherae oblongae, latere interiori Fi- lamentorum infertae. PisT. Germen obovatum. Stylus brevis. Stig- ma crafTum, tridentatum (Brown). Per. Capfula globofa, furfum tribus fulcis notata, unilocularis, trivalvis : V(ilvulis in medio linea elevatiore notatis. Sem. tria, cohaerentia in globum, triplicc Sulco diftin6la ; fucculenta, baccata. Variat interdum flore quadrifido odan^ dro. Genus affine Meliae, ut videtur, Filamenta defcripta forte potius dicenda Ne6laria, cujus fummitatibus infident Antherae. Cumanenfibus Ccrafo macho h. e. Cerafus ma- jor. flaiitat Cumanae in fylvis copiofe. PO* PLANTAE AMERICANAE 247 P O L Y A N D R I A. ,89 M O N O G y N I A. 64. Leg YT HIS. Ollaria. Arhor vafta, Ramis undique magnis inaequa- iibus, hinc inde flexis ; cortice ramuiofo afpero. Folia ad apices ramorum, alterna, cordato- ovata, firma, glabra, fubintegerrima, fub- undulata, fufco-viridia, feflilig. glares fpicati, terminaies, alterni, fubnutan- tes \ pediceliis horizontalibus, fubangula- tis. Bra^eae ovatae, concavae, mox de- ciduae. Corolla alba, fetalis inferius pallidis. Ne^arium luteum. Cal. Perianthium hexaphyllum : foliolis op- pofitis, imbricatis : inferioribus fubrotiin- dis, minoribus ; interioribus oblongis, coR' cavis, periiftentibus. Cor. Petala fex, patula, inaequalia, calyce multo majora, horum quatuor (uperiora iiibrotundo, concava, margine oblique re* Bexo •, inferiora duo majora, oblonga, con- cava, patentia. R ij Nc^^- ^^3 PLANTAE AMERICANAE. Netlarimn monophyllum,, lingulatum, Bafi plana perforata pro Germine, marginata ; lingula a latere inferiore floris furfum inflexa, linear!, apice crafla, ovata, foras convexa, interius lilamentis aggregatis nun^erofiflimis, referta, obtegente genitalia. Stam. Filamenta copiofiflima, brtviflima, fu- perius crafTiora, difco bafeos nedlarii undi- que inferta. Antherae fubrotundae, parvae. Pisf. Germen depreflum, acuminatum, cin* *■-' <5tum receptaculo floris. Stylus nullus. Stigma obtufiufculum, conicum. Per. Fru(5tus bafi fubrotundus, lignofus, ma- gnus fuperius cindus calycis rudimentis ob- tufis •, ore integro : continens frudlum mol- liorem, q^iiem non vidi. Sem. plura. Barcinonenfibus Olleto, ic^o. Licet fru(5tum non accurate teneamus, tamcn ob florem vere fmgularem pro* prium 1. novum genus efle abundepa- tet. Vix crediderim Marcgraviam Gen. PL 507. a Plumiero adeo bar-- bare efle defcriptam, ut haec noflra idem cum ilia conftituat genus (nega- tur.) Ncularium naturaliter inflexum in flore, R 4 Bgura FLANTAE AMERICANAE. 249 figura et colore exafle imitatur vitel- lum ovi, frudlufque ficcus lignofus ollam apprime refert concavam : hinc Lecythum vocavi a grace. >.Uv%ci quod et vitellum ct ollam fignificat. 65. GUIDONIA. Brown, jam 249. Laetia Authoris. (LAETIA apetala.) Arlor humilis vel Frutex magnus ; ramis in* aequalibus, patulis. Folia in ramis novellis, terminata faepe fupra ilorem, aiterna, fparfa, oblonga, fcrrula- ta, venofa, fubrugofa, decidua, erumpen- tia pod vel fub ipfa fiorefcentia, tumque utrinque involuta ; petlolis brevibus. Fhres ex axilla dichotomiae laterales, vel ex a- lis foliola, vel infra folia ex axillis robuftis. Pedtincuks communis petiolis paulo longior, trifidus : ramulis breviflimis ; pedicellis propriis, filiformibus, ad articulationem deciduus, coloratus. Bra^eae oppofitae, brevifTimae, acutae, fubaxillares. Calyx albus. Baccae luteo-pubefcentes. Cal. Pm^;/M/«;?; pentaphyllum ; foliolis ob- longis. tso PLANTAE AMERICANAE, longis, concavis, refiexis, coloratis, mar- cefcentibns. Cor. nulla, nifi calycem dicas ob colorem. SxAM. Filamenta plura, centum circ, capilla- ria, eredla, patentia, calyce paulo minora. Antherae fubrotundae. Fist. Germen oblongum, defmens in Stylum filiformem, flaminibus longiorem. Stigma capitatum, deprefllim. Per. J5^rr^ fubglobofa, obfolete tetragona, to- tidemque lineis exarata, obtufa^ unilocu- laris. Sem. plura, nidulantia. Habitat in filvis deprefTis juxta Cum an am. 66, S E G U I E R I A. americana. Frutex orgyae et fefquiorgyae altitudine, valde ramofus, teres, glaber : petiolis teretibus, fnpra planiufcqlis, breviflimis. Flore 5 in racemis digitalibus, fimplices vel bafi ramofi, alterni, pedicellati, albi, bra- ^teoHs nullis. Cal. Periarithium pentaphyilam patens : / PLANTAE AMERICANAE. 255 laciniis oblongis •, lab. fuperiore duplo lon- gius. Stam. Fllamenta quatuor, fetacea; quorum anteriora longiora, dorfo corollae adprefia, parallela, apice lateraliter patentia. An- ther ae fubrotundae. PiST. Germen oblongo-fubulatum, deHnens in Stylum fubulatum , longicudine ftaminum. Stigmata duo, acuta, eredta. Per. nullum. Sem. unicum, nudum, magnum, ovatum, compreiTum, apice paulo obiiquo, acuto: cotyledonibus jundum conduplicatis. t Hifpanis Mangle negro. Habitat ad mare. ^94' 69. VERBENA, lappulacea. (Burferia Lcefl.) Radix fibrofa, annua. Caulis eredus, herbaceus, acute quadrangulus, glaber, intus cavus, 1-3 pedalis: ramis op- pofitis, eredis. Folia oppofita, ovata, ferrato-crenata, venofa, fcabriufcula, petiolis glabris, brevibus. Florcs alterni^ fpicati, fubfefnles, terminales, cauli et ramis ; fpicis longis, fpishamec- pedalibus. FruBus ad unum iatus flexi, fubnutantes ; pe- dicellis brevibus. Braftea linearis pedicelli iongitudine. Corolk ZS6 PLANTAE AMERICANAE^ Corolla pallida purpurea. Calyces fru6tus vifcofi adhaerentes. Cal. Perianthium monophyllum, tubulatum^ laxum, ore quinquangulato, obtufo : dentin bus acutis, perfifhentibus. , Cor. tubulata, inaequalis t ^uhns cylindri- cus, calycis akitudine. Limhus planiufcu-* lus, quinquepartitus : laciniis ovatis, unica latiore. St AM. Filament a quatuor capillaria^ quo duo fuperiora longiora. Antherae fubrotun- dae-, harutn fuperiores oblongae^ dupb majores. Fist. Germen oblongum. Slylu! iillformisj brevis : Stigma. . . . Per. nullum. Fruofus quadrangulus, denta-^ tus, obtufus obtegitur calyce inflato, vefi* cario. Sem. duo, nuda, hinc utrinque angulata: an- gulis compreflis, retrorfum fubdentato-fer- ratis, inde plana obtufa. Haec itaque etiam femina liiida gignit. Calyces inflati burfarii minorem quodam- modo referunt. ^o DURANTA. EWfm. ANGIOSPERMIA. (Hoffmannia Loefl.) l^yTif/w longitudine circ, di'ar, orgyiaruiii, i'a*- ir;oiu > PLANTAE AMERICAFAE. 257 mofus, eredus : ram is fuperne fuboppofitis^ quadrangulis, alternis, lateralibus magis compreffis vel inermibus vel fpinofis. Folia oppofita, oblongo-ovata, in petiolum attenuata, ferrata, in ramis fru6tificantibus faepius integerrima. Spinae oppofitae ex alls, patentiflimae, fubiila- 19^ tae, foliorum mediae longitudinis vel quartae partis •, in ramis fterilibus magnae j in frudti- ficantibus vero minimae aut omnino nullae. Flores in racemis lateralibus, oppofitis vel terminalibus, pendulis, plurimis, pedicellis brevibus poft florefcentiam elongatis, fruc- tus longitudine. Bracleae lineares, fubulatae, anguftifTimae. Corolla purpurafcens. Baccae luteo-rubrae. Cal. Perianthmn monophyllurrt, tubulatum^ cylindricum ; fuperne quinquangulare ; ore integro quinquedentato : denticulis acutis. Cor. tubulata j Tubus cylindricus : fuperne paulo latior, parum incurvus, planiufculus, quinquepartitus : laciniis oblongis ; fubae- qualibus. Stam. PiST. German globofum. Stylus filiformis, re- ctus, ftaminibus brevion Stigma fimplex, obtufum, crafiiufculum. Vol. IL S Per. 258 PLANTAE AMERlCAfAE. Per. Bacca globofa, calyce fuperne conniven- te arfte teda unilocularis. Sem. qiiatuor, fubrotunda, ovata, hinc con- vexa, inde'angulata. Hifpanis Fruta de Polamita. Habitat in filvis dcprefiis circa Cumanam. 71. KRAMERIA. (Ixine Loefl,) Tetrandr, Monog. Radiy; fibrofa. Caules fruticantes, inferne procumbentes, un- dique fparfi; mox adfcendentes, virgati; inferius fubdivifi; fuperius ramulis vagis eredtis. Folia alterna, lanceolata> fuperiora linearia, acuta, fubfeffilia. Flores alterni in racemo terminali ; peduncu- lis axillaribus in medio inftrudlis bradcolis duabus acutis linearibus. Corolla rofco-purpnrea. jQ^ Nedlarium fuperius apice pallidum, inferius nigro-purpureum. Plahta ipfa fufco-cana eft. Cal. nuUus, nifi coroliam vclis. Cor. tetrapetala, patens, inaequalis : petalis oblongis acutis : fuperiore patentiore, late- ralibus ovatis. Ne5farium duplex : fuperius ere6lum, 11- neare, tripartitum: kciniis linearibus, crafliufc viV\s, PLANTAE AMERICANAE 259 crafTiufculis, apice ovatis, membrana^ ceis fupra ftamina : inferius fub Ger- mine, diphyllum, foUolis convexis, li- neolis elevatis, rugofis. Stam. Filamenta quatuor, intra nedlarium fu- perius, inclinata, adfcendentia, fubulata; quorum duo exteriora paulo longiora. An- therae parvae, apice duobus foraminibus apertae. PiST. Germen ovatum. Stylus fiibulatus, ad- fcendens, ftaminum fitu et longitudine. Stigma acutum. Per. Fru5lus globofus, undique pilis rigidis, retrorlum afperis echinatus, unilocularis, non dehifcens, ficcus. Sem. unicum, ovatum, glabrum, durum. Cumanenfihus Cardillo breve, a fruftu pungente. S 2 DIADEL- ii€o PLANTAE AMERICANA^. '^7 D I A D E L P H I A. PENTANDRIA. ' 72. JVloNIERiA trifolia. Radix annua, fibrofa. Caulis pedalis, a medio fnrfum dichotome di- vifus, glaber, in fummo pubefcens. Folia inferiora oppofita ; fuperiora faepe ai- terna, ternata : foliolis oblongis, integerri- mis, pubefcentibus, intermedio paulo ma- jore in pedicillum attenuatum. Petiolus communis teres, foliolis paulo brevior. Flores alterni, in fpica divaricata, pedunculo c dichotomia ramorum fummorum vel axillis foliorum fupremorum exeunte, filiformi, eredo, fullentato fpica bipartita ; ramis dl- varicatis, fimplicibus, redlis, fere horizon- talibus vel paulo adfcendentibus : rachi le- viter flexuofa, floribus alternis, fefTilibus cum folitario ex divifione fpicae, fecundis. ., Bra5feae nullae, fed Calycis lacinia fuperior et lateralis exterior, bradeas mentiuntur. Corolla omnino alba eft. Gal. Perianthium quinquepartitum : laciniii inae* FLANTAE AMERICANAE. 261 inaeqliallbus •, fuperiore lineari, longa, in- curva, florem obtcgente -, lateral! exteriorc dimidio breviore, lanceolata -, reliquis bre- vibus, obtufis, perfiftcntibus. Cor. tubulata, ringens, brevior calycis lacinia fuperiore, T'ul^us eylindricus, in medio con- tradior, curvus. Limhus bilabiatus, quin- quefidus : labio fup. indivifo, ovato, obtulb; lab, inf. quadrifido, redo, laciniia oblongis, obtufis. Ne^arium fquama, ovata ad bafin germinis, infra filamentum inferius. Stam. Filamenta duo, plana, membranacea, iq3 quorum fup^erius concavum, apice bifidum ^ inferius planum apice trifidum. Antherae in Filamento fup, duae coanatae ; intus hir- futae, includentes lligma ; in Filamento inf. tres minutiflimae, teretes (an fleriles?) PiST. [Germen fubrotundum, quinquelobum, quinquangulatum. Stylus folitarius, filifor-^ mis. Stigma capitatum, oblongum, intus planum, orbiculatum, margine acuto. Per. Capfulae quinque ovatae, breves, com- preffae, uniloculares, futuradimidio bivalves. Sem. folitaria, ovata, margine interiore red:io-s re obtufiore, inclufa Arillo,, Singular! (Tim a eft Frudlificatio. Frudus S 3 faepe 262 PLANTAE AMERIGANAE faepe tantummodo a Gapfiila maturef cunt. Spicae fere referunt Penthorum, quae Planto eft diverfiflima, frudtificatio adhuc magis recedit. Dubium eft utrum Antherae trcs infc- riorcs fmt fteriies, nee ne ? POLYA- PLANTAE AMERICANAE. 263 POLYADELPHIA. ^^9 MONOGTNIA. Nota» Ad hanc claflem haefitabundus rcfero Genus quoddam valde fingulare, nefcius, an potiori jure ad Monadelphiam Pentan- driam, an etiam ad Gynandriam perti- neat. 73. \ YENIA. (Jungia Author is.) Gynandr. JLjL Pentandr. I. Ayenia magna foliis cordatis acuminatis crenatis, germine feffili, neflario concavo. Fades et magnitudo omnino Sidae Abutilonis Spec. PL 685. 7. Radix fibrofa, perennis* Caules eredli, bi-vel tripcdales, inferne fuffru- ticofi, teretes, moliiter pubefcentes : ramuiis brevibus, alternis. Folia alterna, cordata, ferrate crenata, moliiter pubefcentia. Petiolus filiformis, foliol. circ. longitudine SHpulis fubulatis, minimis. Flores axillarum pedunculati in panicula ra- morum inaequali, Fedunculus communis fo- litarius vel bini ex ala ab utroque latere S 4 prodeuntes. 264 PLANTAE AMERICANAE. prodeuntes, medium axillae occupante ru- dimento ramuli, furfum bi-fel trifidi, termi- liati duobus vel tribus pedicellis : Bradteoiae acutae ad fingulum pedicellum. Calyx pentaphyllus, patens, leviter reflexus, lanceolatus, acutus, perfiftens. Ne5farmn calyce minus, felTile, campanulato- patens : ore quinquefido : laclniis emargi- natis, bifidis, finubus inter lacinias inflexis; glandula acuta. Filament a fuperius inflexa, dilatata in membra- nam, tranfverfe oblongam vel rcniformem ; extus convexa, intra concava. Anther ae tres faciles vifu (vel 3-loculares,) fefTiles, fuboblongae. Cermen pilofum, feflile, globofum, Stylus fill- foimis, nedario paulo altior. Stigma con- vexum^ capitatum quinque lineis. Capfula convexa, cxterne pilis copiolis fubula- tis hifpida. Color floris herbafceus. Hahitat juxta. Cumana ad viam verfus Ipune, 2. Ayenia pijilla foliis ovatis acutis ferratis, germine pedicellato, nedlario piano ftellato. Radix fibrofa,. annua vel perennis. Caules adfcendentes, fpithamales f. peddles, fubiimplices. Folia oblongo-ovata, acuta^ ferrata^j glabra ; petiolo PLANTAE AMEICANAE. 265 petiolo foliis paulo minore, incana rubef- centia. Shpulae fetaceae, eredae. Fiores y6^ axillares, pedunculis capillaribus I vel 2 linearum longisudine, horizonta- libus. Calyx pentaphyllus, patentiffimus, plano-refle- xus : fcliolis planiufculis, intus albis colo- ratis. Ne5ianum germen pedunculatum cingens, quinquangulare, fubplanum. Filamenta quinque, capillaria, calyce triplo longiora> eredla, modice arcuata, apice in- flexa, conniventia, amida Membrana plana, rhomboidali, ovata, marginibus lateptibus anterior ibus et apice interiore cum Nedarii angulis connatis Antherae parvae, connatac unam mentiuntur, membranulae verfus apicem adnatae, fefliks. Germen pedicello (columella filiformi, eredla, ftaminum altitudine) elevatum. Stylus brevifTimus^ Fru^um non vidi. Color Calycis interni et filamentorum albus, centre Neclarii lutefcens. Adeoque in partibus haud paucis a fuperiore difFert. Hahitat in depreflis filvis juxta paludem, citra Eluvium Unare. 3. Ayenia 266 PLANTAE AMERICANAE. 3. Ayenia tomentofa foliis ovato-fubrotundis tomentofis, germine pedicellato, nedario piano. Cal. Perianthium qulnquepartitum : foliolis lan- ceolatis, acutis, peififlentibus. Cor. Petala nuWdi. 201 Ne^arium monophyllum, margine quln- quefido, campanulatum. Stam. Filamenta quinque, extra nedlarium, e regione fipuum Calycis orta eoque longiora, arcuata, inflexa, apice lato membranaceo nedarii margine adfixa. Antherae tres, fub- rotundae, fubtus in membrana latiore fila- mentis conferta connatae^ vel triloculares. PisT. Germen fubrotundum, feflile vel colu- mella iiliformi elevatum. Stylus cylindricus, brevis. Stigma capitatum, quinquangulare. Per, Capfula fubrotunda, quinqueloba, quin- quelocularis: lo culis mt^gns^ deciduis, latere interiore folum dehifcentibus. Sem. folicaria, oblonga, ovata, hinc convexa, inde plana. Capfulae forte potius quinque coalitac dicendae. Genus fi ngulare et ordo Nat. XXXIV. malvacea. Se5fio PLANTAE AMERICANAE. 267 Sediio Seciinda. GENERA DUBIA: 74. OPERMACOCE. Diodioides Loefl,) 1. ^"^-ERMAQOc-E fpinofa fuffruticofa, foliis ob- longis oblique ftriatis. Radix perennis. Caules fuffruticofi, tetragoni, bi-ad quinque- pedales, infirmi. Folia oppofita, ba(i utrinque membrana ftrigo- fo-ciliata conjun6t:a-, nervis utrinque ob- lique decurrentibus, alternis, fimplicibus, fubtus prominentibus notata, integerrima. Flores 3-4, axillares, oppofiti, fefTiles, albi. 2. Sperm AcocE annua, foliis linearibuSj^ caule flrigofo, Radix filiform is, fibrofa, annua. Caulis fpithamalis-femipedalis, tetragonus, ri- gide pubefcens. Folia oppofita, iinearia, ftrigofiora. Flores axillares, feffiks, folitarii, pallide pur- *purei. 3. Sperm ApocE lenuior annua, foliis lanceo- latis glabris, floribus verticillatis. Radix 202 268 PLANTAE AMERICANAE, Radix fibrofa, annua. CatiUs tetragonus, glaber, bi-vel tripedalisj ramis alternis, fuperne interdum dichoto- mis. Fclia lanccolata, utrinque acuta, glabra •, ve- nis longitudinalibus, bafi jundla membrana. Flores fefliles, verticillati, purpurafcentes-albi, minutifTimi. Has tres fpecies congeneres legi, quarun% charader hie eft : Cal. Perianthium tetraphyllum, laxum, ger- men coronans : folioiis linearibus, acutis, brevibus ; perfiftens. Cor. tubulato-campanulata, calyce longior. Tuho furfum latere intus pilofo : ore quadri- dentato : dentibus ovatis, patulis. Stam. Filamenta quatuor, corollae mox intra diviluras impoiita, capillaria, corolla bre- viora. Antherae lineares. Pi ST. Germen fub receptaculo calyce corona- turn, fubrotundum. Stylus filiformis. Stig- rr.a globoio-capitatum, linea bifidum. Per. Cortex feminum coronatus calyce, vel. nullum. Sem. duo, ovata, hinc convexa, inde plana. 75. KOUSTONIA floribus vertlcillatis fefTilibus. Radix jPLANTAE AMERlCANAE. 269 Radix annua, fibrofa. €aulis eredius, fimplex, pedalis, obfolete qua- drangulus, glaber : ramis oppofitis. Folia oppofita, ad flores verticillata, ovato- oblonga in petiolos bafi latiufculos conna- tos ciliatos atteniiata, glabra, t-emota. Flores fefliles, aggregati, verticillati, albi : verticillis aequalibus. Cal. Perianthium monophyllum, tubulatum, aequale, apice quadridentatum : dentihus acutis, poft florefcentiam majoribus, pa- tentibus ; perfiftens. Cor. mondpetala, infundibuliformis •, ^ubus 203 filiformis, anguftifTimus, calycc dupio lon- gior s limbus campaniilatiis, obfolete te- tragonus, quadripartitus : laciniis ovato - lanceolatis, acutis, bafi eredis, apice pa- tulis. St AM. Filament a quatuor, limbo corollae ad bafin incifurarum inferta eaque breviora. Antherae Hibrotundae. Pi ST. Germen oblongum, in fundo calycis. Stylus capitatus, fimplex. Per. nullum. Calyx tubulatus includit femi- na. Sem. bina, oblongo-linearia, hinc convexa, inde plana, glabra, calyce, pauld brevi- ora. Adeo- 270 PLANTAE AMERICANAfi. Adeoque facies priorum, fed calyce mo- nophyllo, corolla extra germeii non lupra, et tubo longo, filiformi difFert. 76. CRUZETA (CRUCITA) hifpanica. Radix fibrola. Caulh eredus, firmus, quadri-vel quinque- pedalis, fnperne brachiatus ^ ramis eredis,- oppofitis. Folia oppofita lanceolata, utrinque acuta, in- tegerrima, fufca. Flcres fpicati, in paniculam colledi ; ramtilis alternis lummitate fpicatis, fioribus imbri- catis minimis, Cal. Perianthium triphyllum ^ / 158. Saltern indigitare volui hie haberi plures fpa- cies Capfula quadriloculari, quadrivalvi : Seminibus folitariis, ovatis, hinc convexis inde angulatis. Quoad rcliqua difficile limites horum Generum indagantur, quum Corolla, Calyx et Stig- mata gradu akerutrius cenfum intrant. 88. CORDIA. Gen. PI. 1002. Tres Species frudificatlone afHnes, Corolla licet et Calyce diverfas legi, quas, ob (lylum dichotomum, quadrifidum, et Drupam par- vam ex genere Cordiae efTe non dubito, nul- 1am tamen ex plantis Plumieri in Spec. PI. p. 60 et i6 relatis efTe autumo. Diftin- (^am 21 286 PLANTAE AMERICANAE. 61am ergo Frudlificationis harum trad am defcriptionem. Forte enim fpecies Plumieri in aliqua frudiiicationis parte diftindla fit* a) Caj^faro nom. vulg, {G eraf cant hus Brow. 170.) -> Cal. Va'ianthium oblongum, tubulatum vel obverfe ovatum, decern ftriatum; ore tri- dentato (interdum 4 dentato) dmiihus obfo- ietis obtufiuiculis^ fubinaequalibus \ perfi- flens ere. fecund. Mfc. defcnpt. Drupac uvas imitantur figura externa; maturae fere candidae funt & pelluci- dae, margaritarum inftar. Proxima videtur Caraderi Cordiae, Gen, PJ. 1002. B) Carir.q^uilla madro nom. vulg. i Lantana. Cal. etc. conf. Mfc. defer. ^) Carlquillo prietG, Cal. etc. conf. Mfc. defer. 5) . . • . 89. CAPSICUM. Gen, PL 195. Stam Antherae .... longitudinalitcr deliifcentes. Hinc vix connivent Antherae. 90. SOLANUM. Gen, PL 196. Stam Antherae , . . . . apice pundtis duobus dehrfccntes. 'Nota. PLANTAE AMERICANAE 287 Not a. In omnibus, quas vidi hujus Generis fpeciebus in America, Anthe- rae apice fuere perforatae, non vero ibidem omnes conniventes nee contin- gentes. 91. CESTRUM. Gen, PL 188. In fpecie Ceftri floribus feflllibus Spec. PI. 191. 2. quae hie Hediondo h. e. foetida audit, (nefcio cur), ftamina vidi omnino fine denticulis introrfum emifTis. Praeter baccam, a Lyclo diftingi videtur (la- minibus coroUae tubo toti longitudinaliter aflixis. 92. CONOCARPUS. Gen. PL 193. Florcs omnes in capitulo globofo colkdli, hermaphroditi funt. 93. CONTORTORUM ordo naturalis XXIX. 214 Philof. Botanicap, 3 1. Alit hie Americae tragus plurimas hujus ordinis plantas, determinatu difficillimas ; quales funt plantae pentandrae, quae fc- cundam conftituunt fubdivifionem. Ultra duodecina 88 PLANTAE AMERICAN AE. duodecim Icgi' fpecics, In hac Arnericac parte, fed nullam, qua fru6lificationem, al- teri exa6te fimilem. Has quidem ad praefi xa retuli Gtnera, licet in praefenti, de his quid dicere nequeam, quum dimidia fo- lum pars a me haclenub defcripta fit. At vero, haud abs re efft ex:iftimaverim, heic loci de natura genitalium paulo praeferari, cum hie in Pentandris digynis tarn mire fint coalita, ut participate videantur cum Monodelphis non minus, quam Gynandris. Ne^ariu'm interius communiter cylindricum vel pentagonum, verlus apicem externe Antheras gerens, apice ipfo plerumque ob- tufo, glabro gaudet. Tubus hujus Nedtariinonnifiexconjundis fila- mentis conilat, licet nOn diffitear bafin horum a Neclario exteriore ortam t?^Cy ut clarius in Afclepiade Spec. PI. 205. 9. gaudente ne- dario exteriore quoque per Golumellam elevate, patet. Apicem vero hujus interioris Neclarii fligma piftilli effe multiplice argumento ad creden- dum inducer, nam germinum geminorum flyli diilindli furfum Temper fubftantiae api- cis Neftarii inferuntur et praeterea in plu- rimis hujus ordinis, rimas uUas, ne o'culo quidem armato vidi. liinc necefTariO ic- queretuf fLANTAE- AMERICANAR 2S9 queretur foecundatioriem ex antberis fieri pollinis infperrione fupra apiccni Nev5tahi, qui fligma eft. In certa tamen Specie, Nedarii hnjiis apex fur^ r fum erigitur et bicornis evadit, in fignum piftilli duplicis. Hocce pofito, facilis lit combinatio et magis confona convenientia inter Monogynas et Digynas hujus ordinis plantas, nempe quod piftilli bafis duplex furfumconjungitur in unitatem, vel inferius per ftylos ut in Monogynis, vel fuperius per flignna ut in Digynis, Ceterum combinatio Stigmatis cum ftaminibus, clare, ut opinor, patet ex Ceropegia, cujus Stigma, fimile quid habet cum Stigmate Digynarum, licet Stylus Monogynus. Haec ex folis plantis Americanis pofle conclu- di, mihimet vifum eft. An eandem fervent concordiam Species europae, inquirendum linquo autoptis. CEROPEGIA Gen. PL 222. Species binas novas, ad hoc Genus proxi me accedentes legi, quae in frudificatione fat difFerentes et inter fe et ad fpecies funt. Defcriptionem fiftam utriufque. ^^») Ceropegia floribus eredis fafciculatis fub- feflilibus, calycibus funplicibus. Spec, nova. V.0L. II. U Cal. 215 zso PLANTAE AMERICANAE. Cal, etc. conf. Mfcr. defer. ) Ceropegia calycibus involuero proprio au6lis. Spec, nov. Cal. etc. conf. Mfcr. defer. Nota, Hae ergo plantae conjungunt fpccies inonogynas et digynas in ordine hoc natu- raliflimo. Harum Stigma fat bene explicat Stigmata reliquar. digynarum. PERIPLOCA Gen. Pl. 12 j, Hujus generis quatuor, ut opinor. Species no-* vas diftiniftafque, a plantis Spec, PL in flore fat diverfas, legi, quoad frudificationem diftindte defcribam. ) Periploca foliis oblongis acuminatis i flo- ribus axillaribns fpicatis umbellatis; caqli- bus glabris implicatis. Spec, nov, Cal. etc. vide Mfcr. defer. ^). Periploca foliis cordatis, caule pubefcen-^ te, inferius cortiee fungofo ramofoj floribus feflilibus. Spec, nov. Cal. etc. conf. Mfcr. defer. Nedlaria ideo hujus ad Periplocam acce- dunt, fed /J Periploca foliis elHpticisobtufis glabris, floribus fpicatis umbellatis. Spec. nova. Ca^., etc. conf. Mfcr, defer, Ncftario PLANTAE' AMERICANAE. 291 Ncdbario magis difcedit. ^) Peiuplocoides. Defc. inter gemra duhia. Hujus Corolla tubulato-campanulata: ncdta- rium cxterius connivcns includit Corollam genitalium, qua a reliquw-difFert. 92. CUSCUTA. Gen, PL Praeter Epithymum flore quinquefido obfer- ^^^ vatum in Hifpania, duas infuper legi Spe- cies Americanas itidem flore quinquefido fcmper inftrudbas, cum Stylo duplicc. Ha- rum altera Species floribus gaudet pedun- culatis, fafciculatis. Corolla dentes habec longos, patentes valdeque acutos, qui in aliisj fpeciebus breves funt &: obtufiufcuH. Corollae figura in una fpccic ovata eft, in in altera fpccie ec Epithymo curopaeo, cani- panulata. 95. GOMPHRENA. Gen, PL 233. Diffcrentias veras charaderiftlcas inter Qoni-^ phrcnam, Achyranthem et Cclofiam vix rc- perio, adeo ut fere dubius haeream, quo referri debeant tres Species Americanae» commune quid in frudificatione habcntes, fed in aliquot partibus et a Charafteribus ct inter fc invicem differentes, Harum - 2 ^ ^qujcicm .9^ ^9^ PLANTAE ^ipPANIGAE. quidem duae ad Gomphren^m relatac in Spec. PL 224. 6 et 325. 8. at differunt rar tione, in fubfcquentibus demonftranda def- qriptionibus. Secunda n^mpe frudificatioT ne Gonjungit primam et tertiam* Aliam in Generib. dub. propofui. at) GoMPHRENA foliis camofis obtufis, capitut lis oblongis terminalibus. Spjc. PL ^24. 6. Cal. etc. conf. Mfcr. dQfci%->-. 5 • , :^j Qp^riiREi^A caulc;):<'pente,; foliij? lan^eola- _ , • tis, Qvatlfque, capitulis ovatis axillaribus * * VeJiiibus. Spec. P/. 225. §. Gal. etc. conf. MfGr. defcr> ^XCelqsia etc. , . CAL.-confr. Mfcr. defer. ■ Jp . Hifpania legi harvim fpecierum alteram, paule diffiifo, folih ovatis planis, capitulis lateralibus, feflilibus (^SLn Achy r ant hes cmk 'f'^- pente Spec. PL 205. 4 ? ) Hujus ftamiria eo- dem mpdo fita funt ac in fpccic.(^) ■ BROMELIA. Gen. PL '^,^^;., In duabus a me examinatis fpeciebus, nullum vidi nec5l^rium, nee Corolla propric tripe- tala dici potefV, qpwni ad bafin cohae^eat, pt in altera fpccie. Corolla npnnifi a4 mc« dium divifa. pharader, fecundum mea obfervata, hie eft. PLANTAfi AMERICAKAE. 293 Cal. Perlanthium triphyllum, trigonum;Ger- mini incidens : foliolis oblongis, eredis. GoR. tubulata, tripartita, obfolete trigona : la- tij ciniis linearibus, ^^dis, apice patulis^ calyce longioribus. • " " -' St AM, Filamenta fex, fubulata, corollae verfus inferiora adnata eaque breviora, quorum alterna conjungunt lacinias corollae. An- ther ae lineares, acutae. PisT. Germen etc. ut in Gen. PL OBS. Stamina alterna ipfas lacinias co- rollae -combinant, adeo ut perfede mo- nopetala fit. Calyx in certa fpecie dcciduus vel cum fiore evanefck.^ 97.RHEXIA. Gen. PL ST 5. Ex fpecie Americana, Rhexia calycibus foliis- que hifpidis, herbacea, quae Csbeckiam (cujus fpecimen ad me mifit Osbeckius in Hilpania) facie et fere fruclificatione quo- dammodo refert, concludere licet, maximam haec duo genera intercedere affinitatem. Meae fpeciei flamina non fuere declinata, fed ereda, filamentis ante florefcentiam in- trorfum conduplicatis. 98. PAULLINIA. Gen. PI. 393. Cal. Periartthiitm pentaphyllum^ inaequale: U 3 folioi 2:94 PLANTAE AMERICANAE. foliolis eoncavis, oblongis, coloratis ; cxte* rioribus oppofitis lateralibus fubrotundis, parvis; dorfali oblongo, majoribus anterio- ribus fimilibus dorfali ; perfiftcns Cor. Petala quatuor, obverfe ovata, oblonga, calyce longiora, e finubus calycis dorfalium. Ne^iarium tetraphy Hum : foliolis apice craf- fiufculis, bifidis, pctalorum ungui infer- tis, latere verfus foliolum dorfale caly- cis omnibus connatis, calycis longitu- dine. jStam. Filament a o6to, fubulata, approximata, quorum tria fuperiora breviora a nedtario obtcguntur; inferiora quinque ad finum co- rollae inferiorem nuda, longiora. Jnthrat parvae, oblongae. PisT. Germen oblongum, obtufum. Styli etc. ut in Gen. PL 1. c. adeoque folo fere calyce pentaphyllo et neftario foliolis omnibus con- natis (quae nota an omnibus communis fpe- ciebus, ncfcio) rcaliter differt a Cardiof- permo. -2jr Capfula magis carnofa, in aliis fere mem* branacea, vacua ut in Cardiofpermo ' eft, fed fcmper anguftior. 99. CARDIQSPERMUM. Gen. PL 394. Circa hanc planum pauca obfervavi, quae charadl. PLANTAE AMERICANAE 295 charad. Gen. 1. c» non attingit, necefiaria tt- men ad exadlius diftinguendum hoc genus a proxima Paulinia. Cor. Petala inferiora remotiufcula. Ne^arium - - - foliolia bafi petalorum innatis, fuperioribus duobus fubova- tis, apice conniventibus connatis, ejc apice introrfum ct deorfum demitten- tibus iacinias lineares obtufas, latere connatas, obtegentcs glandulas dvias fubrotundas, innatas bafi interiori flo- ris, majufculas ; inferioribus duobus obverfe ovatis, fimplicibus, remotiuf* culis, folutis. Stam. tria, fuperiora, quinque inferiora, etc* 100. B A U H I N I A. Gen. PL 406. Vcreor ut omnes fpccies exadte in frudllfica- tione conveniant. Calycem nullum infc- rius dehifcentcm vidi, nee adeo llerilia. In- terim in fpecie una (Spec. PI. 374.) Co* Tolla pentapetala fuit, tubulata et ere6la j in altera ( aculeaca) Corolla pentapetala, patenti-plana ; ambae vero petalis planix nee undulatis. Bauhinia fcandens caule cirrhifero SpecPL 374. I* U 4 Cal. 296 PLANTAE AMERICANA! Cal. Perianthium monophyllum, ovatum, la- xiim, ilriatum, apice fummo contradiore^ quinquedentato -, fubbilabiatum : dentibus fetaceis, lihubus obtufis : duobuS' fuperio- ribus a tribus infcriorlbus fmu utrinquc profundiore, acuto, diflintSrs. A Cor. Petda> quinque, eredba, apicibus lineari, teretibus, pubefcentibus : Lajmnibus ob- ovatis cum aciimine, calyce duplo triplovc iongioribus : horum quatuor inferiora fcrc in eodem piano pofita, aequalia; quintum fupcrius paulo brevius, lamina anguftiorc, ungue vero latiore gaudet. St AM. Filamenta decern, foluta, fubulata, calyce breviore 5 horum quinque exceriora in eadem ferie cum petalis inferta ; inte- riora quinque alterna. Antherae fujjro.twij- dae. ^^9 PisT. Germen oblongum, pubefcens. S^ks fub\ilatus, crafliufculus. Stigma obtufum, fubcapitatum* ^ Bauhinia aculeata. Sped, P. 374. 2. Cal. Per. Legumen oblongum, compreiTumj pla- num. Sem. fubrotunda, comprefiTa. loi, PARKINSONIA. Gen. SL J^t^ Pra«t€f PLANTAE AMERiGA^fA'fe 19? Praeter vulgarem fpeciem in Hortis Europae non infrcqucfritemj akeram, ni fallor, hit obfervavi floribus ejufdem gaudentem, fed facie, foliis etc. valde dHtiinilem, cujus ta- rn en e^aftam, non poflid^O dtfcrjpitio'nem ; primis "namquc acceffiis mei diebus in banc teiram, fioruk, ccfjiaque plantararfi vifen- d^rum oteitas, t>rtiiiia pdrfedbe riotait baud valui. **''a) Parki:«onia foliis fjnn^'th p'atlidis pla- his. '-'■^) PARKiM-saNiA folHs conjugatis incahis. •Per. LegUmen lineare, laneeoiatum, planum, *' membranaceum, medio oblongum,- protu- berans. Sem. unicuffl) oblongum, utrinquc obtu- ^^ fiim. 102. POINGIANA. Gen, Fl. 4c>g.- Cal. deciduus, coloratus. . Cor. Pefala quatuor, fubrotunda, fere ae- ^ ^ qtialia, patentia, divaricata ; Unguihus li- nearibus, fuperne latioribus j quintum fu- perius (non infimumj quia .foliolo infimo ^^ Calycis oppofitum) ered:iu5 (non patens), longitudinaliter convolutum ; Lamina mu- cronata, PiST. - - - Stigma obtufiim fimplex. -*^'^"- 103. GUA^ 9,^Z PLANTAE AMERICANAE. 103, GUAJACUM. Gen. PL 410. Species duas legi frudu inter fc diverfas et Drupa diverfifllma. Chara£ker fecundum plantas a me vifas, eft fequens. Cal. Perianthium pentaphyllum, patens ; /?- liolis ovatis, duobus exterioribus paulo mi- noribus, deciduis. Cor. Petala quinque, ovata vd fubrotunda, obtufa, patentia ; Unguibus iinearibus. Stam. Filantenta decern, fubulata, receptacu- lo inferta, parallela. Anther ae oblongae. PisT. Germen fuperne latius, (feflile), angu* latum, obtufum, acuminatum. Stylus brc- vis. Stigma fimplex, acutum. Per. Frudtus angulatus, angulo fingulo uni- loculari, compreflb. 5em. folitaria, oblonga, dura. Differunt inter fe hac duae fpecies in Ca- lyce : foliis tribus interioribus fubro- tundis et ovatis -, in Corolla : Unguis bus longioribus et brevioribus. Lamtna fubrotunda, magna vel obverfc ovata: Staminibus inaequalibus et acqualibus pubefcentibus et glabris : Germine pentagon© et trigono •, Fru^u penta- gon© et quinquelabiato alis mcmbra- naceis PLANTAE AMERICANAE. 299 naceis et trigono triloculari. Plura in fpcc. nov. § I. 104. ME LAS TOM A. Gen. ?l. Stam. fquamulae decern, minimae, fub fila- mcntis calyci adnatac. PisT. Germen fubrotundum, calyce obvolu- turn (non fub receptaculo floris). Stylus fi- liformis, redus. Stigma obtufum. Per. Baica - • - coronata margine cylindra- ceo, (in fpecie quadam Americana) qui*- quedentato. 105. MALPIGHIA- Gen.Fl. In Malpighia glabra Spec. PI 425. i. in ca- lyce fub quinto foliolo f. inferiore glandu- lae faepius defunt, ut in Bannifteria. 106. CRATAEVA. Gen, ?l. Cal. Perianthium monophyllum, femiquadri- fidum, perfiftens, bafi planum, crafiiim : Laciniis linearibus, obtufis, craflis, quarum infima paulo longior ; fuperior minor, ia- teralcs adhuc minores, finubus obtufis. Cor, Petala quatuor, calycis divifuris infcrta^ oblonga, ad idem latus furfum flcxa, pa- tentiflima ; horum duo inferiora dimtdio brcvigraj Unguihs filiformlbus, * Stam. -00 PLANTAE AMERICANAE, ^2.1 Sr AM. Frlamenla -pluvz q\^am viglnti Reli- quis afHnibus in Polyandria adjungenda vi- detur. . 107. PORTULACA. G^;/. P/. et ANA- CAMPS EROS. Gen, PL Ex Speckb, PL p, 445. videre licet, nnpcrton- jundlra t^Q haec duo Genera affinia. Antea in Rovis Gen. demonftravi ut opinor, Por- tulacaftrum Spec, PL 44.6: 4. (ni fallor) ^Kq proprium Genus et a Portulaca et ab Ana- campferote fat diftindum. Hujus loci eft, in medium proferre obfervata circa Genera haec antiqua, quum hac in ter^a tres novas fpecies Portulacae et itidem tres vel qua- tuor Anacanipferotidis viderim. Dn. Sau- VACES ex Portulacae alia fpecie, novum condidit Genus, Trianthema didum, quod, ex fynbnymi^ in Spec. P/. allatis, fufpicor tertiam eile fpeciem novam mearum Por- tulacarum, quae hie copiofe crefcit. Ve- rum nefcius charadteris Sauvagefii, memct ipfum explicare nequeo. Nee flores axil* lares, nee (lamina quinque, nee ftylus du- plex meae funt fpeciei, fed fynonyma ex afle ei con venire videntur. Perfecfba de- fcriptio adefl in Spec, nov. §. -- Hie dif- ferences fructificatrones tradam. a; Por- PLANTAE AMERICAIsrAE 301 A'} PftRTULApAE. propriae. ^) PoRTULACA foiiis fubrotundis petiolatis, floribus axillaribus folitariis. Jn Portulaca curaflavka procumbens ; flore niufcofo ; capfula bifurca. Toumef. inji. 236. Herm. ;par. 203. ^/ 213. V9l Trian- thema. Cal. confr. Mfci;". ^efcr. . ^J PoRTpi,4CA.folijs lanceol^tis plapis, aptillis pilofis; floribus iul?remiibus terminalibus folitariis. '• Cal. Mfcr. defer. ^ . , .; , ,_ . y) Portulaca foiiis laaeeol^tis oblongi^ ter- minalibn? terms.; floribus feiTilibus. , Cal. ec cp^ifrj J^^^i df fcr. ... B) Anacampseros. .^J Anacampfa:p* fqliis^ qblo^.gi^ planis, racc- mo bifidp. — . ..♦ i) Ana9amfsjjhps; coiafr, Mfcr. defcr. a Hae car^nt iatn^r f^jc axillis, a Portulacis in Jlorelcentia pedunculata differ unt^ ip?. MUNTINGIA. Gm. FL .^^. Cal, P^//7;z//^^i:^w pexitaphylium, patens?/^- /Mj lancipolatis, aeuminatis, perfiftentibus. ^Cpft. Pf/^/^ quinque, obpvata, longitudine Calycis. etc. Stam, 302 PLANTAE AMERICANAE. Stam. Filamenta (brcvifTima), corolla brevi- ora etc. 109.GLUSIA. Gen.Pl.soz. In itinere ad mifTiones Pirituenfes copiam Ar- ':-'■' borum harum altiffimarum fcaiidentium, vidi, cum copia florum deciduorum ubi- que in via ad montem umbrofifllmuin juxta Popul. vulgo Tucugo-, at ex altero harum individuo caefo, ut ex ram is cacuminis flo- res recentes dccerperem, difFerentiam non roinimam in partibus deprehcndi Frudifica- tionis inter Florcs an tea cafu Icdas in via ct hos recentes, prefcrtim in gcnitalibus, utcrque tamen in Calycc ct Corolla amicif- fime conveniebat. Cal. utrique Terianthium hcxaphyllum, pa- tens : foliolis oppofitis, imbricatis, intcriori- bus per pari a oppofita longioribus, conca- vis, paten tibus, perfiftentibus. Cor. utrique P^/^/^ quinque, patentiflima, calyce majora, bafi crafliora, oblonga, in medio leviter contrada, apice fubrotunda, Integra. •^Individuum floribus recentibus, nullum ha- buit PLANTAE AMEICANAE. 30J Hi^arium nifi congeries Staminum ita vocari dcb^t. Stam. Filamenta nulla. Antherae viginti ofto ad triginta, feffilcs;, contiguac, angulatae, in acervum quinquangularem fupra planum congeftae, vix a fc invi^cm diftinguibilcs, in fingulo margine elcvato, obtufo Succo glutinofiflimo pracgnantesi in medio im- prelTio abfque glutine, non/ariniferae, quan- tum vidi. Hinc forte nedarium potius exit, fed turn flamina deRciunt. Get men ut in Gen, Fl. ab hoc accrvo in- cludcbatur. 5 fkres in via inventi, habuerunt Stam. Filamenta plurima, fubulata, patula, ball connata in mcmbranam. . ^ (Mermen et acervum Nedarii non vidi/ Frudus tamen copiofi, qualcs in,G^». P/. ^^3 defcribentur. An erit floribus mafculi- nis et femininis diftindlis fortaffis alia oc- cafione ccrtiora dicere valeo. Calyx fimilis Lecythi nov. gen, no. MENZELIA. Gen. PI, Cal. Perianthium pentaphyllum etc. Stam. plurima, capillaria, exteriora furfum planaj l(P4 PL'ANTAE AMERICANAEl plana, membran^cea, obtufa. Anthkae parvae, fubrotundas. :vJ>b ♦■^HftjiiaPvigm^ f^le:^ ffortrlS driti'iS. 1i\inc diem fS'^-^iiumerat, fnagis autem diverfum Genjus in frii£bificatioric fatcbr mz vfdiilfe * niittum ; nempe practer coroJKfti, itamina, Icgumi- na et femina,- difi^ruht in ntf rnerb, (tbhae- fione, fitu, figura, proportione. ' <^inque difFerentes vidi: FrirffificatioiTCs mo- des, nempe. ^nir/iDHt^b i^r.irnsii ' is) Periantliium moriopH^lum, quinquedenta- tUm. .1.: . . V V _^ Cor. monopetala, quin^dMaf,^ taljrc'^'altior, lateiibus internis^' caJycis infenus adhacrehs. Stam. Filamenta numerof^, quadriginfa ad quinquagintav IbngrfTima, capiliaria, infe- riusTaepe ad medium ^connata!n'*tvibum, ut in Monadclphia.^ •/*; '"; '' Legttmen teretiiifculum. ■ »*^^"'^ ■ Hujus familiae funt Mimofa 7«^^ S^pec. PI. 516. 2. hgcmina 5. Unguis Cati 6. ct Catal. Mfcr. 221.225, 229^ jTi-ifv;.; ^^;7?/;z^ in his duobus ultimis'Jurit calyptra f. arillo proprio a cortice vel carne leguminis m-^i diftinfta, pilgfa, fpongiofa involuta, qui- ^.fttlrj bus. PLANTAE AMERICANAE. 305 bus hae fpecies foliis bigeminis ab altera Inga differunt. ^) Ferianthium monophyllum, quinquedenta- tum. Cor. pcntapetala •, petajis vix bafi cohaeren- tibus, calyce longioribus. Stam. decern vel quinque, corolla fefquilon- giora, fetacea. Legumina plana, linearia, bivalvia. Hujus familiae funt Mimofa ctnerea et affines. ^) Ferianthium monophyllum, bi-vel quinque- dentatum. Cor. monopetala, quinquedentata. Filamenta plurima (quadraginta), libera^ co- rolla dupio longiora, refta. Legumina planiufcula, linearia. Hujus familiae funt Mimofa Farnefiana ct af- fines. ^) Ferianthium trl-vel quadndentatum. Cor. nulla. Stam. odlo vel quatuor, filifornnia, reifta; quatuor longiora. Legumina articulatim difcedentia, margine - - ^) Ferianthium monophyilum, quinquefidum. Cor. pentapetala, fubpapilionacea, petalis in- ferioribus longioribus j faepe refiexa, dorfo coinprefla. Stam. decern, decumbentia, corolla longiora. Vol. IL X Legu- 3o6 PLANTAE AMERICANAE. Legumen comprefTum, i5trinque ad akerutrum latus incurvum, contradum. 224 112. GORCHORUS. Gau TL Duas legi Species capfula triloculari, quibus Cor. fub vigore florefcentiae patens. TisT. . . Stigma fimplex, obtufum. Per. Capfula linearis, trivalvis, trilocnlaris. Duae fpecies diftinguuntur capfula tereti, fubtriangulari, ct capfula triangular!, angulis bimembranaceis (Triumfetta Brov, 232. /. 25./. I.) 113. ANN ON A. Gen. PL u In fpecie Annonae glabrae. Spec, PL 534, quam folam hucusque ex hoc Genere flo- rentem inveni, obfervati. Cal. Perianthiim triphyllum, minimum -, folio- Us triangulatis, acuminatis. Cor. Petala fex •, tria exteriora magna, ereda, linearia, dorfo carinata, intus plana. Per. Baccae .... cortice glabro, obfoletiili- me reticulato. 114, CRANIOLARIA. Gen. PL In fpecie prima Spec. PL 618. i. videtur fpa- tha calycis potius efTe Perianthium etfetae fub- PLANTAE AMERICANAE. 307 fubjedlae (ex mea autopfia folum duae) bra- deolae calycinae, quales in aliis plantis faepe deprehenduntur. Cal. conf. Mfcr. defer. 115. BIGNONIA. Gen. IP. Ex quinque vel fex fpeciebus a me in America vifis, unicam tantummodo delcribam, cum ilia a reliqiiis fiore fru^luque confimiiibus valde difFerat. Ell haec Bignania pankulata Spec. PL 623. s- Cal. etc, conf. Mfcr. defer. 116. CRESCENT! A. Gen. PL Cor. Tid'us laxus, gibbus, curvus, infra plica, tranfverfaii obtufa ♦, procumbens : laciniis acutis : fuperiotibus iongioribus, revolutis, incifo-laciniatis . Stam. Filamenta quatuor, fiUformia, tubicorol- lae longitudine, parallela ("non patentia^, fub dorfo corollae. Antherae incumbentes, bipartitae, utrinqne acutae. PiST. Germen fefiile (^non petiolatnm fed cin- dum margine glandulofo, obtufo, cui co- rolla infidet, quae frudlu excrefcente bac- cam levinime pedicellatam efficit, quum non excrefcit cum Germine j fed hoc \X)i manifeftum eftj, oblongum. Stylus filifor- X 2 mis^ 22 :> 3o8 PLANTAE AMERICANAE. mis, flaminibus fitu et longitudine aequalis. Stigma foliaceum, eredum, ovatum, bipar- titum : laciniis planis, paralielis. Bacca . . , maximaj cortice duro, pulpa fucco- fa fpongiofa. Sem. fubovataetc. 604 117. BARLERIA. Gen, PI Hujus generis fpecies nova mihi vifa fuit Planta annua lubprocumbens, brachiata ; fpicis ovatis, tetragonis : bradteis integris. Frudificatio hujus ita fe habet. Cal. Ferianthium etc. conf. Mfcr. defer. ^18. SIDA. Gen. PL Ad hoc genus relata Sida capUata Spec, PL 6^^. 10. capitulis feptemfloris, quae hie loci (Ti eadem fit et ni fallat memoria, planta Hort. Vpfalienfis, defcripta in Adbis Vpf J faepius triflora et involucrata eft, Duas infuper fpecies novas, unam foliis palmatis, riigofis, villofis ; alteram foliis li- neari lanceolatis, rugoHs, villofis inveni. Involucre triphyllo, trigoro donatas. Sic tres fpecies involucratae funt -, an ideo haec plantae, inter Malvas et Sidas intermediae proprium cohftituere poiTunt Genus ? ii9» THEO- PLANTAE AMERICAFAE. 309 119. THEOBROMA. Gen, PL 374. 162 120. MILLERIA. Gen, PL S14. 121.EPIDENDRUM. Gen. PL Quinque Orchideas parafiticas in hac parte Americae legcre mihi licuir, quae, utopinor, omnes ad Epidendrum referendae funt. Ex his tamen trcs folum florentes vidi, - omnes diverfas. Corolla et nedlario in fpe- cie quadam ereftis, foliofis, ne6lario cornu- to; reliquae ex acanlibus eo carenr. DifFe- riint inter fe in figura Nedarii. Attamcn magis fingulare mihi vifum fuit Epidendrum fiodofum Spec. PI. 953. 7. fiore albo unica tantum gaudere Anthera, nee duabus uti reliquae fpecies orchideae. An hoc in pluribus obtineat Epidendris, adhuc dum nefcio. 122. HELICTERES. Geju PL 439. Cal. Perianthium monophyllum, oblongo-cy- lindricum, tubulatum, quinquedentatum : dentibus acutis, linearibus deciduum, femunciale. GoR. Petala quinque, calyce longiora: un- guibus longis, linearibus, anguHiis, paulo fupra bafin notatis dentibus lateralibus, X 3 oppofitis, . 'Sio PLANTAE AMERICANAE. oppofitis, utrinque folitariis, patent;bus, ad fe invicem fere connatis. Stam. . . . Antherae lineares, curvae, incum- bentes. ■ PisT. Germen columella filiformi, longifTima elevatuin oblongum. Styli quinque, Icngi, contorti, filiformes. Stigmata fimplicia. Per. Qapfiihe quinque, fpiraliter lineares, uni- loculares, univalves, introrfum dehifcentes, apice patulo ernittunt femina, Nefcio an duae, quas vidi. Tint fpecies yel varietates : Corollae etenim color elegantifTime rubpns, planta viridis. frudu breviore differebat lliperficiali- ter a Corolla fubcinerea, planta incana, frudu longiore. 123. CROTON. Gen. PL Charader Generis in Gen, PL L c. univerfalis ■ eft. In hac Americae parte fex collegi fpe- cies Crotonis, quarum frudlificationes inter fe licet diverfae, fexcepto apice in ftamini- bu3 in quibusdam) concordant cum Gen, 2,27 Pl» Species hae a me vifae, in duas pha- langes commode difpefci pofTunt, a ftamini- bus, quae in aliis fere libera funt, in aliis in P'ilamentum unum connara. A) Staminibus fere iiberis, differunt dqplicitcr p^rolla et ftylis. ^) Mafc, PLANTAE AMERICANAE. 311 ») Mafc. Cal. pentaphyllus, patens, planus : folioUs teneris, lanceolatis, coloratis. Cor. nulla. Ne^iarium nullum. Stam. plura, libera, undique patentia, calycis longltudine. Fern. Cal. pentaphyllus, eredlus. Cor. nulla. PisT. Styli tres • fingulis apicibus dichotome fexfidis, patentes. ^) Mafc. Cal. ut in '^) Cor. Pet da quinque, plana, colorata, utl ca- lyx. Neofariiim nullum. Stam. ut in «J. Fern. Cal. ad bafm fere quinquepartitus. Cor. nulla. Ne£iarium, . . . PiST. Styli tres, patuli: apicibus bifidis, B) CROTON ftaminibus connatis in filamen- turn unicum. y) Mafc. Cal. Pcrianthium pentaphyllum, ere6tum. Cor. Petala quinque. NeElarii Glandulae quin- que circa bafm Filamenti. Stam. Filamenta connata in unum. Fern. Cal. pentaphyllus, patens, major. Cor. Petala quinque, calyce minora, Ne6la- rium. . . . PiST. Stylis ad bafm fere trifidis : laciniis bifidis. Europaeum Journefol ab hoc difFert. Mas calyce quinquepartito. Fern, 312 PLANTAE AMERICANAE- Fem. calyce enneaphyiio, laxo*. Corolla nulla. Stylis -tribus bifidis. J 24. JATROPBA. Gen. Pi. Nee minus in frudificatione varium eft hoc Genus. Jatropha gojjypifolia Spec* PL 1006: I. optime ibidem defcripta, eadem dura Jatropha Ciircas ico6: 3. gaudet frudlifica- 2B tione, floribus nempe inilru6tis calyce, co- rolla, ftaminibus connatis, Nedarii glandu- lis quinque, Stylisque tribus, apice bifidis. Contra vero Jatropha Manihot 1007 ^ 5. ca- lyce caret •, corolla angulara. Styli. . . . Jatropha urens itidem calyce caret, fed corolla hypocrateriformis. 125. HURA. Gen. PL 10 Sjfi. Nat. 6. p. 135. Licet ex Syft. Nat. 1. c. charadier Gen. PI. ennendatus fit, ex autoptica tamen obferva- tione novus hie fiftitur, Cal. Perianth, etc. conf. Mfcr. defer. 126. MORUS. Gen. PL Flores mafculi et feminei in Dioecia^ fioribus femineis in globum aggregatis. Cal. fquamae capituli quatuor vel quinque et conf. Mfcn Dcfc. flylo unico longo differt a , reiiquiSj PLANTAE AMERICANAE 313 reliqiiis, nee calyx abit in frudlum. Folia ovato-oblonga funt, glabra nee hir- fjra ; ails fpina obliqua laterali. 127. VISCUM. Gen. PL In fpeeiebus duabus americanis, hoc genus a planta Europae differre deprehendi: harum una flores gerit ut ilia in Dioecia, baccis oblongis : altera vero abfolute Monoica efl, baccis brevioribus. Alias, ambae habent in Flore mafc. Cal. F erianthium tridentatum ; dentibus acutis, crafllufcuiis. conniventibusj brevifiimls. CoR. nulla, Stam. Filame^Ua vix ulla vel brevilTima. An- ther ae tres, felliles, fubrotnndae. Fern. Cal. fimillimus Mafc. Cor. nulla. PisT. Germen oblongo-ovatum, teres, Tub ca- lyce terminali, magnum ratlone illius. Siylus nullus. Stigma obtufum. Bacca fubconica. Sem. ovale, comprefTum, obtufum, venis Ion- gitudinallbus pulchre pidlum, involutum pulpa tenuiffima, glutinofao 314 PLANTAE AMERICANAE PLANTAE AMERICANAE. Le£tae 1754 menfe Decembri etc. in itinere Cumana inter Orinoco fluvium Barcellonam* MifiTion de Piritu. MONANDRIA. Canna 208. DIANDRIA. Jullicia 67.81. loi. III. 112. 131. Utricularia 197 Piper 66. 89. TRIANDRIA. Valeriana 64. Tamarindus 22. Commmelina 56. Grame7i 204. Ariftida 152. Arundo 198. Triplaris 119. Ohfcura 36. TETRANDRIA. Spermacoce 33, 34» 42. Rivina 13. MoUugo. ic. PENT ANDRIA. Convolvus 12, 16, 38, J22, 153. Ipomoea 53. Solanum 21, 84. ChryfophylL 178, 179. Edechi 133» 155- Friitex 128. Achyranthes 23. Celofia 8, 9, 20. Hydrocotyle 194. Erynuium 54. HEXANDRIA. Bromelia 188, 206. Amaryllis 185. Agave 4. Petiveria 24. HEPTANDRIA. Ohfcura 44. OCTANDRIA. Gaura 106. Grillea 1 04. Sapindus 148. Paullinia 6 1 . Polygonum 15, 37, 130. D E C A N D R I A. Bauhinia 46, 47, 143, 189. Caffia I, 27, 35, 39, 116. Jufliaea 30, 31, 205. Samyda 136. Spondias 177. Malpighia 89, 139. Banifteria 108, iio. DODEC ANDRIA. Hermejtas 182. Trinmfetta 58. ICOSANDRIA. Cadus. 40, Pfidium 140. POLY ANDRIA. Bixa 191. Curatella 135. DIDYNAMIA, Bignonia 7, 126, 137^ 165, 186. Lantana 2. Barieria 19. Critta 80. Obfcurac 124,202. TETRADYNAMIA. Arbor efccns 107. M ONA* PLANTAE AMERICANAE. 3^5 MONADELPHIA. Piftia 196. Wahheria i6i. Arum 5. Melochia 32,18,120,207. MONOECl A. Bombax iSo. Ambrofia 199. SiuA 17, 18, 2S, 29, 73, 74, Tragia 43. 75, 77, 86. 87,93, Croton 50, 158. 96, 125, 166, Cticiirhitacea 62, Malva 121. Cucumis 159. Jii'oifcus 156. Sieves 59. DIADELPHIA. DIOECIA. Friitex \yj, 187. Cecropia 167. Erythrina 1S3. CifTampeiOs 79, 150, Pifcipula 171. Rajania 149. Diofcorea 162. Draco 147, 168. Crotalaria 141. Smilax 160, 169. Phafeolus 41, 61, 164-t POLYGAMIA. Dolichos 7 1 . '^''• Muf 170. Ciitoria 72,97,117,129. Apluda 100. Indigofera 94. Pilonia 48, 60. Aefchynomene 192. Mimofa 146, 190. Hedyfarum 78, '^%. CRYPTOGAMIA. SYNGENESIA. Adiantum loi. Ageratum 55,88. Hemionitis 92, Eupatorium 1 1, 26. Marfilea 195. Staehdiiioides 103, 175, 201, Mucor 9 ^ . Obfcura 1 44. APPENDIX. Coreopfis 82. Paimae 114, 115. Melampod. 151. Muco 57. Milleria 63, 92. Derredamo 109. Viola 209. Paramini 142. GYNANDRIA. Ipotaraga 154. Epidendrum 6, 14, 45, 51, 52, Palo de chochin 157. 76, 113, n2, Maflranzo 163. 145, 174,181. Alia 90,91, 134, PafTi flora 105. 184, 193. Ayenia 127. 230 13S. :sPE> Si6 PLANTAE AMERICAN AE. 123 SPECmS PLANTARUM obfervatse in itinere a Cum ana die 17 Decembr, 1754, ad fluvium Orinoco, per Bar- cellonam et Las MifTiones de Piritu. DECEMBRIS. XVII. I. CASSIA alba folils bipinnatis. 2. LANTANA, floribus feffilibus fubaggre- gatis, foliis ellipticis crenatis obtufis. Ore^ ganos vulgo. 3- KRAMERIA. 4. AGAVE. XVIII. 5. ARUM frutefcats which had both flowers and fruit, and whofe leaves flood always ere<5t, after funfetting. I arrived at New-Barcellona XX. Near Miguel Roxcvs country-houfe the following plants were found. 6. EPIDENDRUM acauie, foliis fubulatis, canaliculatis, flore luteo, corolla rubro- guttata. 7. BiGNONIA foliis pinnatis. 8. CELOSIA fpicis interruptis conglomeratis lateralibus. 9. Alia vocata CORAZON, flore apetalo qua- dridentato triandro monogyno. 10. MOL- PLANTAE AMERICANAE. 317 10. MOLLUGINIS affinis, floribns pani- culatis, femine unico abfqiie flore. u, EUPATORIUM. 12. CONVOLVULUS floribus axillaribus folitariis, foliis alternis oblongis, obtufis. 15. RIVINIA florens. 14. EPIDENDRUM foliis lanccolatis planis, flore folitario. XXI. 15. POLYGONUM foliis fubrotundls. 16. CONVOLVULOIDES ereda, foliis lan- ceolatis dorfo carinatis,, frudu oblongo; fcapo tri-vel quinquepedali. ij. SIDA fru(5lu pentagono, foliis cordatis. ^v 18. SIDA foliis cordatis ferratis acutis, flore pleno. XXII. 19. BARLERIAE herbaceae facie, ca^ pitulis imbricatis. 20. CELOSIOIDES feminls calyptra, fpon- giofa \ copiofe florens. 21. SOLANUM caule erefto fuffruticofo gla- bro, foliis amplifTimis, floribus axillaribus glomeratis. 22. TRIUMFETTA. 23. ACHYRANTHES fpicis ercdis. 24. PETIVERIA copiofe. XXIII. 25. TRIOPTERIS aUe fcandens (Nova fpecks forte)^ 26. EUPA- ^i8 PLANTAE AMERICANAE. 26. EUPATORIUM calyce cylindrico gla- bro imbricato, fiofculis duodecim vel qua- tViOrdecim •, foliis ovatis ferratis, caule inter frutices fcandente. 27. CalTia viminea foliis bijugatis oblongis^ gland ula intra infima tereti. 28. SIDA Efcabilla, florlbus albicantibus. 29. SIDA Efcabilla, fioribus luteis. XXIV. 1 returned to Roxas country-houfe, where I found the fruit of the plants obferved December 20. 30. JUSSIAEA fruau oaagono. 31. JUSSIAEA frudu tetragono. 32. MELOCHL'l foliis ovato-lanceolatisj ca- pfulis quinquangulis : angulis comprefiis acuminatis. 33. SPERMi\COCE fioribus x'erticillatis, ca- pitatib, albis, foliis linearibus. 34. SPERMACOCE fioribus aggregatis axil- iaribus ex alis alternis albis, foliis linearibus, calyce quadridentato. Plaiita fufcd, 35. CASSIA foliis bijugatis cblongis, glan- dula tereti. ^6. CORAZON herba triandra, facie Atrl- plicis. 2^3 37. POLYGONUM (Perficaria) oaandrum femidigynum foliis lanceolatis j ftipitibus 'glabris membranaceis. 38. CONVOLVULUS fiore luteo umbellato. XXV, PLANTAE AMERICANAE 319 XXV. 39. CASSIA foliis pinnatis j legumini- bus planis horizontalibus oblongis magnis. 40. CACTUS pedunculis filiformibus, caule dichotomo fexangulari, glabro, flore felTili. 1755. JANUARII. 40. PHASEOLUS caule volubili, floribus laxe fpicatis, leguminibus arcuatis. 41. BIGNONIA flore luteo copiofo. ^ 42. SPERMACGCE floribus capkatis verti- cellads. VI. 43. TRAGIA foliis cordato-oblongis, caule volubili. 44. ARBOR heptandra, calyce monophyllo quinqueplicato obfolcte quinquedentato ; Stylo inclinato, Stigmate penicillo adfcen- dente. 45. EPIDENDRUM foliis lanceolatiscrenatis. VIII. 46. B AIJHINI A fcandens cmhQ[a{fiortns) calyce monophyllo. 47. BAUHINIA acuksitz, fed abfque floribus. 48. ARBOR fpinofa, ramis patentiflimis flori- bus hypocrateriformibus feflilibus (Pifonia f). XVIII. I ttavelled from Barcellona to S. Bern- hardino 5 miles fouth of Barcellona, The road went firft through a low fiat country, but afterwards we were obliged to crofs the mofl: rugged hills. In 320 PLANTAE AMERICANAE. In this province, tliey make not ufe of Ihoes for horfes, which walk wcry well without them, their hoofs having a fharp flrong margin, . by which they can climb the lleepeft hills. Between Barcelona and S. Bernhardino I ob- ferved the followixig plants : 49. Carries tollenda. Arbor mediocris, floribus luteis maximis polyandris. 234 50- CROTON foliis ovatis, floribTis fpicatis, fly lis mukiBdis deprelTo-patentibus, frutef- antes, ■ ' , 51. EPiDENDRUM acaule, foliis lanceolatis. 52. EPIDENDPvUMcaule teretiufculo carno- fo, foliis oblongis, recur vo patentibus, flo- ribus albis. XIX. Rofemary and Marjoram v/ere in bloffom. c^l* IPOMOEA foliis pinnatis, flore infundi- buliformi. 54. ERYNGIUM which was employed for earing. c^S' AGERATUM flore purpureo. Fawa^ glabra^ pedalis et hrpedalis herha. 56. COMMELINA parva repcns, nedariis filamentis duobus. ^'], MUCO Arhar magna. Frudus ovo an- ferino fere major, tandem edulis h. t. apice acuminato, ovalis, corcice craffiufculo. Eft FLANTAE AMERICANAE. 32t Eft Bacca feminibus, in carne alba h. r. foIiJiulcula, nidulantibus, oblongis, paulo comprefTis,' margiiie lubieniformibuo, ccr- tice pergamineo, longitudinal iicr fefTiii, ro- ilelloinflexo; coty ledonihus con^olutis, rugofe involutis fereuti charta fortuite complicata.., XX. In the vale fouth of the village, I found the foilov/ing plants. 58. TRIUMFETTA. F/^r^j verticillati. Ca^ lyx ct Corclla patentes. Stamina viginti eredo-patentia. Calycis apices extrorfum emittunt fetam fubulatam. Sunt duae varietates : altera, floribus ec verticillis remotioribus ; altera, cui flores mlnores, verticilli confertiores. ^^, SICYOS frudlu hifpido longitudinaliter reniforini. 60. PISONIA (florens.) 61. PAULLINIA foliis ternis, fruclu inflato' Cardiofpermo aequali. 6z. CUCURBITACEA fcandens h. t.JInefo- His cum Frudlibus copiofis, Melon is aemulis, rubris, glabris 5 cortice pergamineo, mol- liori, carne fpongiofa; fucco amariflimo. XXI. 63. MILLERIA fpec, 2. folia oblonga, ^^5 duriufcilla. 46. VALERIANA fcandens caule fcandehte, foliis tcmis, floribus lareralibus paniculatis Vol. IL Y fubdi« ^22 PLANTAE AMERICANAE. fubdichotomis fpicatis, feminibus comprefTis ovatis flriatis: pappo plumofo. Corolla viricli-rofea^ tubulata, aequaiiter quinque- dentata: dentes patuli. Stamina tria. 6^, PIPER frutefcens, foliis ovatis ovalibus- qne quinquenerviis venoiis. 66. PIPER frutefcens, foliis cordatis undecim- nerviis venofis, fpicis ereclis apice nutanti- bus. 6y. JUSTICIA diandra. Diantherae afHnis flore caeruleo ; bracleis ternis, dorfali cunei- formi ; Capfula turbinato-oblonga, com- prefTa, biloculari, dehifcente valvulis pare!- klis, loculis difpermis, fade Barleriae herhaceae. 68. PHASEOLUS foliis ovatis, caule fcan- dente, fioribus fpicatis parvis fiibgeminis, leguminibus retrorfum paullo falcatis, femi- nibus. quatuor glabris oblongis albis. 69. BIDENS flore albo .'' feminibus quadrat(>- comprefTis duabus vel tribus fetis terminatis, palcis diilinflis, fioribus omnibus tubulatisj foliis oppofitis, ovato-oblongis, fubhaftatis, duplicato ferratis, petiolatis ^ caule debili. 70. PLANTA leguminofa, fcandens, fili- • formis; foliis alternis, fagittatis, fimplici- bus, glabris, petiolo utrinque membra- naceo, apice acuto •, leguminibus a?cillaribus . in raceme, (Spica quadrifiora vel quinque-* flora) PLANTAE AMERICANAE. 323 flora) ftriatis, pcndulis, acutis, paulo com- preHis, digitalibus ; fcminibus tereti-obtu- fis, glabris, nigris. 71. DOLICHOS fcandens, caule filiformi, 23^ hinc inde volubili, foliis ternatis : fGliclis oblongis acuminatis, glabris, terminatis pedicello longo unciali ab inferioribus remote. Flos papilionaceus. Calyx mono- phyllus, tubo campanulato corollae adpreflb quinquefido, ex inferioriBus tribus, duobus lateralibus lato-ovatis, acuminatis, bad imbricatis fupra bafm fuperiorum, inter- medio minimo acuto incumbenti fere late- ralibus. Corollae Fexillum mox e calyce exiens adfcendens, falcatum, dorfo carinato apice bifido, lateribus revolutis, hinc a carina mox extra calycem dehifcens. Carina apice adfcendens, apice rotundo, bifido, margine foluto et laxe folum connivente, tumidiufcula. Ala carinae longitudine ejus- demque flexurae. Stamina 10 in unum connata, fupremo fola bafi leviter foluto. Antherae oblongae, planae. Germen lineare, comprcflum. Stylus modice adfcendens. Stigma obtufum, crafTiufculum, acumi- natum, fimplex. Legumen comprefTum, digitale, paulo recurvatum, dorfo angulato crafliore, anticc paulo magjs comprefTo, If 2 Totundato 524 PL ANT AE AMERICANAE- . rotundato, lateribus mediis magis adhuc coniprc^ins longitudin^Ltcr modice con- cavis. 72. CLiTORIA foliis ternatis: florihtis gemi- nis ; involucro florum diphylloj flriato, calyce quadridentato : dente fuperiore latiore, obtufo: inferioribus acuminatis. Legumen lineare, longum, fpithamale, apice fubu- latum, comprefTum, reclum; dorfo leviter obtufiore latere vtroque medio longitudi- naliter fulco profundo quadrato glabro cxa- rato. Semim plura parva oblonga, juxta dorfum ieguminis folum adnata. J" 3. SID A Abutilon capfulis multangularibus. 74. SID A caule fimplici, foliis orbiculato cor- datis ; fpicis ere6tis fimplicibus longiflimis. 75. SIpA (frutex Abutilon) tomentofa, foliis cordato-orbiculatis, fru(9:ibus multicapfu- laribus flellatis flore recurve. Planta cucurbitacea foliis cordatis angulato- palmatis glabris •, caule angulato liliformi fcan- dente, fruclu pomi parvi magnitudine, globofo Icabro eleganter variegato. XXIL I travelled from St. Benhardino to Pilars two miles^'over a high hill. From its top I difcovered, to the North, the fea and its fhores ; and after having pafTed the crols, which divides the diftriCt of both the vil- lages, PLANTAE' AMERICANAE. ^ic, '^' ' lages, I faw, to the South, immenfe plains, extending to^- the river Orinoco On this road 1 found the following plants. 76. Planta- orchidea fiore viridi, radicibus falricuhtis. 77= JDA {Abutilon frutefcens) foliis cordato- orbiculatis acuminatis, frudlu ihultiplicap- fnlari ftellato. 78. Pianta inter frutices fcandens ; feminibus in paniculam laxam difpofitis fubrotundo rehiformibus planis articulatim (duobus arriculis) connexis 88. 79 GISSAMPELOS (Hifp, Orya de tlgre) fioribus peltatis fubrotundis, fed fere absque frucfliflcatione, > XXIII. South-^eafl; of the village of Filar, I found ^rowins: : - '— ^-i ' -80. Arbor, indis CRITTA di6^r(Didynamia -'♦' AngiofpJ • foliis oblongis oppofitis ; ramis vkimis quadratis ^ fioribus eorymbofo- confertis. 8-i. JUSTICIA flore caeruleo, copio/e. '^■■S-z. COREOPSIS (ni fallorj foliis palmato- : zy. trifidis oppofitis ; fiopibus coryriibofis. AGERATUM flore purpureo ^5, - - ' -c^noi.. ^ - : XXVII. I returned to. St. Bernhaniino, Y 3 ^z, MAL- 37 ^z6 PLANTAE AMERICANTAE. 83. MALPIGHIA foliis oblongis margin^i undulatis fubtus fubfericeis ; racemis oppo« fitis terminalibus. Ficres lutei. Glandulae ealym decern, ob- longo-ovatae, connatae, magnae. Stylus vnicus. Glandula vna vel duae, altera'^ minore, in fi ngulo pedicello. 84. SOLANUM foliis oblongis fpithamalibus alternis Iblitariis glabris ; racemis florum terminalibus dichotomis recurvis, floribus imbricatis; caule inermi fruticofco. Facie accedit ad Solanum foliis gemlnis, akero mino'-e -, fed racemi in hoc termi- nales funty dkhotome fuhdiviji, 2^. SID A peripkcifolia caule eredto vimineo ; foliis cordato-ovatis integerrimis* CauUs herbaceus, ere6tus, tenuis^ filiformis raniis paucis remotis. Folia alterna integerrima, fupra viridia; infra tomentofa, incana, tenera. Petiolus folio faepe longior, filiformis, apice cralTiorc pubefcente. Fkres in paniculis longis, fparfis, eredis. Cal. Perianthium monophyllum, campanuv latum, parvum, quinquedentatum, teres: dentibus ovatis, acutis, patulis. CoR. pentapetala, patens : fetalis oblongo- fubrotundis (ovalibus) paucis^ calycis dupla longitudine. Stam* PLATSFTAE AMERICANAE 327 Stam. CoroUae longitudine. PisT. Germefi fubrotundum, tri-vel quadran- gulare. Siyli tres vel quatuor, bafi vnitl, patuli, ftaminum longitudine. Per, Cdpfiila calyce quadrnplo major, tur- binata tri-vel quadrilobata vel angulata et apicis margine lobato lobis obtufis, acumi- natis, tandem dehifcentibus angulo, Sem. tria in fmgulo. An Napaea ? 86. SIDA foliis cordato-acuminatis crenatis vtrinque glabris, fioribus confertioribus. Caulis inferne fuffruticofus, vimineus, 2-3 pe- dalis, inferne glaber, fuperne fubincanus, tener. Folia cordata, acuminata, vtrinque glabra. Fetioli teretes, filiformes, foliorum longi- tudine, fuperne crafnores, ex toto glabri. Flcres conferti ad apices ramorum. Fedicelli capillares. Bra^sae tres, filiformes, dof- fali latiore^ Cal. Ferianthium monophyllum, patenti- campanulatum, teretiufculum ante expli- cationem, furfum quinquangulare, bafi vero minime : denxibus ovato-acutis, ante et poll ilorefcentiam conniventibus. Cor. pentapetala, patentiffima, calyce duplo longior , fetalis obovatis, obtufifTimis, Y 4 dextror- -S PLANTAR AMERICANAE. dextrorium lateraliter magis ficxis, oblique obtufe cmarginatis, ftriatis. Stam. Filamenta plurima. PisT. Gerrjen fubrotundum, paulo deprelTum. Stylus fiUformis. Per. Capfula quinquelocularis, calyce paulo minor, fubrotunda, ieviter deprefia, vndi-^ que obtufa centre prominuio, fuperius quinque fulcis exarata. Sem. comprefla. ^j, SIDA foliis cord^to-oblongis acutis fer- ratis, fioribus folitariis. Caules ereftus, pedalis, herbaceus, filiformis, teres. Folia altcrna, cordato-oblonga, glabra, fer- rata: ferraturis acutis. P etiolus kmwncid^is^ teres, apice cralTo inflexo.. Flores axillares, folitarii. Cal. ovatus, fub florefcentia campanulatus, vsque ad bafin quiuquangularis, angulis comprefTis ^ quinquefidus, laciniis acu- ;i;iinatis. jpOR. plana, Fetalis oblongis, calyce duplo longioribus, lutea. ^TAM. plura, vltra medium a bafi counata in columnam filiformem, fuperne divifam in filamenta plura capillaria. -PiST. Stylus filiformis, fuperne quinquefidus. Stigmata capitata. Per. PL ANT AE AMERICAN AE. ^3^9 Per. Cepftda calyce obtufo eoque brevior ; quinquangularis, apice fetls decern; quin* quelocuiaris,. qinnquecapfularls : capfulis ,,,, v>-,dehircentibus. SzM. Iblitaria, o^. Flanta (78) fcandens inter frutices etf^?/;/- ciilis capiilaribus, bilinearibus; Legnmine oblongo^ lineari, femunciali^. comprefTo, terminatQ 530 PLANTAE AMERICAN AE. terminate in alam planam, ellipticam, firm- am, fuperficie vcnulis parum pidam, dorfo margine craffiore, bafi tegmine ipfo 2, 3, 4, femina inter tomentum ifthmorum recon- dita. Scmina oblonga, utrinque obtufa. gi. Frutex fcandens, feminibus in corymbum poiitis, floriformibus, ficcis, eredlis. Caf* fula oblonga, nuda, obfolete quinquangu- laris, magis contrada, margine coronata foliolis quinque, ficcis, lanceolatis, nitidis, ftriatis •, e centro prodeunte filameno mcli- nato, quod absque dubio antea fuit fhylus. Semen unicum oblongum, utrinque obtu- fum : Duhium eft an femen nudum vel capfula ? F E B R U j^ R 1 1. II. 92. MILLERIA biflora. Caulis eredus, tri-vel quadripedalis, teretiu- fculus, brachiatus, tenuis ; Ramh oppofitis^ articulatis : articulis furfum cralTioribus^ mams ab uno latere. ^4© Tolia oblongo-lancelota, non ovata uncialia, venis alternis rariufculis fuperne impreffis, deorfum prominulis, fupra fufco viridia; infra pallidiora, glabra, fed pubefcentia pilis primis adprefTis raris ; oppofita, fub^ fefiilia vel brevi petiolo adnexa. Flores axillares vel terminates, pedunculati, pedunculis confertis, copiofis, capillaribus, fimplicibus. PLANTAE AMERICANAE, 331 fimplicibus, fingulis florem comprefTum gerentibus. Cal. communis ad bafin fere tripartitus, om- nino planus, comprefTus, folio dorfali cor- dato, fubrotundo, in medio protuberantia oblonga, parva: interiore altero oblique cordato, fere dimidio mino'e, altero latere adpreflb dorfali, altei-o prominulo minus extenfo in figuram cordatam, interno in fmu elevato, marginellis fere rcplicatis ;. oblongo breviore tertio. CoR. compofita biflora ; altero fl.. mafculo, altero femineo. Corollula mafcnla tubulata, angufla, caly- cis longitudine, ore patulo quinque- dentato : dentibus acutis. Corollula feminea anguftiflima, filiformis, ore bi-vel tridcntato, credo, ftriato. Sr AM, mafcul. naturaliter quinque. Anthera cylindrica, corolla fere minon Fern, nulla. PisT. mafc, nullum nifi germen lineare obfole- tum fub coruUula, Fern. Germen oblono-un o comprefTum fuperne latius. Stylus filifor- mis, fuperne bifidus laciniis revoluto-paten- tibus. Stigmata iimplicia. Per. nullum. Calyx comprelTus includit femen. Sem. unum, oblongum, obovatum, compref- fum, parvum, glabrom. In ic^qa PLANTAE AMERICANAE. In pav'cis floribus vidi flores male, folos abf- que femineo, fed rarum'efl. • [ 93. SID A crifpa capfulis globofis inflatis etc. Radix forte annua. Caules tri-vel quadripedales, mox a bafi ramofi, debiles, ramis longicudine cauHs, confimili- bus, debilibus, longis, filiformibuj, patenti- bus, glabris, interdum levifTime pubefcenti- bus. Folia alterna, cordata, acuminata, tenera, gla- briufcula, venofa, margine crenata, crenis latis obtufis \ inferiora petiolata ; fuperiora fubfefTilia, duplo minora. Petioli teretes, fubpubefcentes. Stipulae breves, fubulatae, parvae. " Flores in ramulis brevibus, lateraKbus : latera- les akerni, folitarii vel' ex aplce pedicelli. Fedunculm capillaris, patdns, fimplex, verfus apicem articulo inftruftus, exteriore leviter cralTiore, fubpubefcenti. "'•^ Cal. F erianthium monophyil\:im,p^t^ns, con- vexum, quinque angulis '*ad"bafin angula- tum, quinquefidum : laciniis ovatis, acutis, •'' aibefcenti-canis. * Cor. caiycc fefquiduplo longior,' plana, pa- ■*-f '"- t^ns: pctalis fubrotundis. ' Stam. plura, in columnam conriata teretem, poilea divifa, patenti-incurva, corolla bre- viora. Anther ae fubrotundae. - Pi ST. PXANTAE AMERICANAE. 333* PrsT. Germen fubrotundum. *S'/)'// decern, prl- mum eredi (vix conjundli), demuni paten- tes, longitudine flaminum, capillares. Stig^ mata fimplicia. Per. Capfula globofa, pendula, decemangula- ris, inflata, decemlocnlaris : angulis com- preflis, fubcrifpis apice bafique impreffa ; loculis longitudinaliter dehifcentibus, intus nitidis, colore margaritarum, glabris^ mem- brana ante maturitatem pubefcens. Sem. tria fingulo loculo, ovata, parva, riigofa. Color Corollae albus. INDIGOFERAE ? alia fpecies, foliis pinna- 94 tis, floribus fpicatis caule debili. Radix annua vel forte perennis. ■Caulis pedalis ad duas ufqiie orgy as, debilis, inter frutices liiftentatiis, quadrangularis, ie- viter comprelTus, fecundum folia leviflime fiexuofus : ramis alternis, confimilibus. Folia alterna, pinnata, fefquiuncialia : foliolls duorum parium CLim imparl, ovato-ellipti- cis, femuncialibus, obtufis acumine brcvif- - fimo, glabris, pi lis tenuifTimis ramufculis adprelTis. Peiiohis communis, uncialis, in- ferne teretiufculus •, partialis .... Stipulae fubulatae, moUes, parvae. Flores in fpica longa axillari, ex fuperioribus axillis parum pedunculati. Pedunculus com- munis fpithamalis, bafi patulus, adfcendens^ 334 PLANTAE AMERICANAE. Floret albi, folitarii, leviter pedicellati : P^- dkellis capillaribus, nutantibus, dimidiac li- neae longitudine. Cal. Ferianthium tubulatum, laxum, ad me- dium quinquefidum : laciniis acutis; finubus acutis, fuperioribus duobus inajori finu di- varicatis, omnibus aequalibus. Cor, papilionacea : Vexillum et Carina ex oppofito divaricata. Vexillum valdc rtfle- xum, ovatum, obtufum, integrum. Alae oblongae cum Carina flexa obtufa. Carina connexa, aperta, re6la, apice rotundata, om- nino reflexa a ftaminibus. Stam. decem, unum fuperius, novem conna- ta in vaginam refta? apice breviflime divifa, levifTime adfcendentia. Antherae fuboblon- gac. Pi ST. Germen lineare. Stylus brevis, redus, ftaminibus paulo longior, fubulatus, apice leviter adjundus. Stigma crafTiufcuIum, obtufum, fubcapitatum breve. Per. Legumim reflexa, nutantia, teretiufcula, iiliformia, ftrida, interne levifTime fubarcua- ta, obfolete quadranguiaria, fubcompreiTa, bivalvia, unilocularia. Sem. odto, oblonga, ubique obtufe truncata, fubquadrangularia. Color CoroUae fufco-purpureus- 95. MUCOR perennis niger infoliisficcls alhis... 97.SIDA PLANTAE AMERICANAE 33^ 96. SIDA caule eredo fimplicc fupeme folio- fo, fpicis axillaribus terminalibufque lon- giffimis nudis. Radix fibrofa, pcrennis vel annua forte. Caulis fimplex, ere6tus, bi-vel tripedalis, bafi lignofioj, indivifus. Folia alterna, ad fuperiora caulis, cordato-or- biculata, acuminata, margine inaequaliter crenulato; fuperne glabriufcula, inferne in- cana, fefquiuncialia ; latitudine faepe dua rum unciarum. Flores in fpicis longiflimis bi-vel triuncialibus eredlis ftridis digefti in glomerulis oblongis, eredis, eauli adpreflis ; leviter pediceilati, plures eredij Bra^ea fubjeda glomerulis lanceolata, brevis, eredla. Cal. Perianthium monophyllum, tubulatum, campanulatum, teretiufculum, absque an- ' gulis, dimidiae lineae longitudine, ad me- dium quinquedentatum : dentihus ovatis, acutis. CoR. Petala quinque, calvce duplo majora, 243 linearum duarum diametro, fubrotunda, obtufa. St AM. 6-8, parva bafi connata, apicc divila, patentia. Antherae fubrotundae. PiST. Germen fubrotundum, obtufum. St/.us vnus, quadrifidus, Stigmata capitata. Pek. 536r P LA NT A E A ME R I C A N A E. Per. Capfula tribus vel quatuor angulis, Vel quadrilobata. Sem. folitaria. Corolla lutea, parva. Frudus multi abor- tiunt : an Napaea ? potius Mekchid. 97. CLITORIA. t- 98* ERICA (fcrte Eruca legendum.) 99. HEMIGNITIS fol. paimatis. 100. GRAMEN floribus axiiiaribus, foliis ovatis. RfJices plures fibrofae, perehnes. Culmi aggregati) plures, patiilo-difperfi, fub- procumbentes, flri^ti, palmares, tenues, fimplices, feptem vel o61;o ex geniculis. Folia alterna, precipue verfus fupremum cul- morum diftiche patula, ovato-acuta (bafi lata obtufiflimaj fefliiia, fesquiuncialia, bafi femuncialia, lata, margine retrorfum afperi- vifcnla, nervofa, flriatiila. Vagina foli- orum circiter longitudine, filiformis, dorfa carinata marginibus alternis obvolutis, raembranula vix vlla : Petiohts longitudide dimidiae lineae, planiufculus, linearis, fu~ perne leviter pubefcens. flores axillares, , duobus 1. tribus pedicellis propriis vaginae longitudine inferti. Pcdi-, celli capillarcs, linguli vagina propria mem- branacea iui jpfius longitudineinvoluti bi- flori- PLANTAR AMERICANAE. 337 florl. Flofculo inferiore Mafculo fubfefTili ; fuperiore pedicellato Femineo. Cal. n\2SQ. gluma bivalvis: valvulis linearibus lanceolatis, convexis, membranGeis, altera interiore angufliore, duarum linearum lon- gitudine •, patentibns, perfiflentibus. St AM. Filament a tria, glumis paulo brevioni, capillaria. Anther ae lineares. Cal. Femin. Gluma bivalvis, foliis lanceolato- acutis; convexis, bafiflriato-rugofis, eredtis, apice fubulatis •, exteriore trium circ. line- arum longitudinc. Cor. Gluma bivalvis, fpatiolo a calyce remota : valvula exterior magna, calycis dimidii lon- gitudinc, obtufifrima, comprefla, dorfo verfus apicem maxime gibbo, marginibus ereftis conniventibus ; interior linearis, fu- bulato-convoluta, intra rimam excerioris rccondita. Fist. Germen lineare, acutum. Stylus capil- laris, fimplex ufque ad longitudinem glu- mae interioris, reliqua dimidia parte bifi- dus, extra corollam prominuius, patulus, filiformis. Stigmata undique longitudinali* ter piiofa, plumofa. Per. nullum. Corolla inflata, paulo com- prefTa, nitida. Vol. II. Z S.M. 244 yj,^ PLANTAE AMERICANAE. Sea;, oblongo-fubulatum, acutum, parvum, arjgiiRuiTi, nee dimittit. Color feminis capfulati albefeens. Planta viridis colore arundinaceo. An Jpln- da Zeugites ? ici. ADIANTUM frondibus bipinnatis: pinnis alternis i foliolis rhomboidalibus a- cutis ferratis. (Hifp* Culoittrello major) ahf- que fru5lificatione. 102. JUSTICIA /«/<2/^ fpicis terminalibns pluribus •, fiore rubro. CauUs frutefcens, a -- z. orgyarum altitudinc, fimplcx, inferne nudus, fuperius folio fus, redus, teres, cortice tenaci. Folia oppofita, oblonga, quinquuncialia, ii- trinque acuta, patentia, bafi attenuata in ipetiolum brevem, fupra glabra, infra pu- befcentia, margine obfolete denticulata, plana* Spkae 4-8, terminales, teretes, confertae, e- re6i:ae, digitales ufque palmares, imbrica- tac. Bralleae exterwres oppofitae, fub fingulo flore fingulae, oblongo - acuminatae, niarginc a medio furfum utnnquc duo- bus quatuorve denticulis, ereffis, fu- bulatis, notatae, eredtae unciae dimi- diae longitudine, apice kvifliine cre- do, parulo. Braoleae intcrions latera- les, PLANTAE AMERICANAE. 359 les, lanceohto-lineares, acutae, con- vexac, calyci adpreflae ejufque longi- tudine, glabrae, membranaceae. Cal. Perianthmn pentaphyllum, ad bafin per- fe<5te divifum : foliolis tribus exterioribus lanceolato-acutis, apice fetaceis, membra- nacels, glabris, horum dorfale vel bradcae dorfali proximum paulo latius majufquc, interiora duo fimilia, fed paulo breviora, la- teralia omnia apice fetaceo, eredta, corollae adpreffa. Cor. Tubus cylindrlcus, bradleac longitudi- 245 ne, tripartitus. Labium infer, ovato acu- tum, convexum, leviffime pubefcens. Lab, fup. paulo brevius, acutum, convexum (obj, Florem h. t. nc-n expUcatumeffe.) Stam. Filamenta quatuor, bafi tubi adnata, fubulata, tubo longiora, adfcendentia : ho- rum duo minora. Anther ae oblongae, api- ce cohaerentes \ fuperiores latere interiorc cohaerent. PiST. Germen oblongum. Stylus fetaceus. Stigma fimpIicifTimum, acutum. Anne ergo Barleria ? Flos coccineus efi. 103. STAEHELINOIDES foliis ovato-ob- longis \ pedunculis iiliformibus, iongis, flridis. 176. 201. Raiix annua, fibrofa. Caulis ereclys, .i-i4r pedalis, teretiufcu'us, Z 2 giaber. 340 PLANTAE AMERICANAE. glaber, intiis fubinanls, leviter comprefTus: Ramis • paucis, oppofitis, eredis, caulis longitudine. Folia oppoGta, ovata-oblonga, fubint€gerri- ma, glabra, felquiuncialia ufque ad bi-vel triuncialia, bafi in petiolum brevem defi- nentia, Flores longe pcdunculati, eredi ; axillares. Pedunculus filiformis, axillaris inter ra- mum novum et caulem, interduni bini ex ala, uno intra altcrum, exteriore longitu- dine duar. vel trium unciar. re6li. Cal. ex ferie extima palearum conflat folio- lis paucis, oblongis, planiufculis, corolla- la brevioribus : palels omnibus in formam ovatam. Cor. univerlalis compofita in fornaam ovatam, flofculis omnibus hermaphroditis, Corollula tubulara, palearum longitudine, ore pa- tente. St AM. Anther a cylindrica, corollula brevior. PisT. G^n;2t?*i fub corollula, Stylus corolla bre- vior. Per. Sem. oblonga, pauca, angulata, fubquadra- ta, leviter antrorfum comprefla. Paleae lineares, ere(5lae. Corollulae vi- ridi-luteae. 104. GKlSh'^k feamda, Cduli^ PLANTAE AMERICANAE. 341 Caulis frutefcensj eredus. 2.3. oi'gyar. alti- tudine : ramis paucis, re6bis, fiiperne i^^- m'ls fparfis, parallelis, longis, patenribus, iubnutantibus, indivifis, vel lattralibus 246 longis. triiim vel lex pedum, indivifis, ul- mineis, inferius nudis, reliqua foliolis, fu- perius comprefiis, inferius teretibus ad fin- gula folia latioribus, compreflis, trifulca- lis, glabris, tortis. Folia lanceolata, oblonga, in eodem piano di- fticho pofita, paten tiifi ma, glabra, venofa, acuta, bi-triuneialia. PetioH breves, -\ unc, longitudine, infra teretiufculi, fupra fulco 1.. exarati, faepe curvi. f lores, tx latere fuperiore, utrlnque ad axlllas, omnes fecundi furfum flt:xi, : in corynibos; confertos oppofitos difpofiri. - Corymhus comprefTus, cymofus, pediceiiis ^--r (unciae furte) longit. furfum craluoribus. colorati, bra6leaci, lineares, breves. • . Cal. Perianthium monophyllum, tubulatum, iaxum, fup^rne kvicer latius, terctiufcu- lum, obfolete levillime furfum quadrangil- lare, fuperne quadridentatuni-: dmiibus z,- cutis, coloratum, perfiftens. . ... , Con. Petala quatuor, inferta margini interlo- ri caiycis ad incffuras, cblonga^-utrinquc acuta, creda, " kvitcr concava,- bafi fere ungue lineari inferta. _ Z 3 St AM. S4^ PLANTAfi AMERICANAE. St AM. Filament a odo, fetacea, duplae longi'. tudinis calycis, ad unum latus paulo curva f. adfcendentia, calyci ad bafin inferta. Atp- therae fubrotundae^ parvae^ ante dehifcen^' tiam didymae. PisT. Germen globofum, bafi levilTime pedi- cellatum : pedicello tereti, crafliufculo. Sty- lus filiformis. Stigma fimplex. Per. Capfula globofa, calyce paulo brevior, unilocularis. Sem. plurima, fubrotunda, ad fuperficiem re* ceptaculo magno inferta. Haud raro invenitur in eodem corymbo Calyx quinquedentatus. Corolla penta- petala et Stamina decern. Color caly- cis fufco-fanguineus, coroliae flami- numque eleganter coccineus. An Glaucis affinis? Radix defcendens digiti craiHtie fibris longis radicata. Caults fimplex pedalis, vel ramofus : ramis adfcendentibus, hirfuto lanatis. Folia alterna, fparfa, pinnatifida, fpithamalia : lobis oppofitis oblongis obtufis obtufe den- ticulata, nervo medio piano finubus latis remotis. 247 XX. 105. PASSIFLORA minima foliis trilobis integerrimis : lohis Hiblanceolatis, interme- dio produ6liore. Spec, 459 : ^0. Radix PLANTAE AMEPvICANAE. 343 Radix annua. Caulis herbdcens, cirrhls alee fcaadens, fili- formis, planocomprelTus, glaber, fuperius pubefccns, Ramis raris, axiliaribus, confimi- libus cauli. Falia alterna, triloba, unclalia I. biuncialia et fupra, lobis lateralibus ovatis, patentibus, intermedio diiplo iongiore, oblongo ; mar- gine integerrimo, glabra levitTime piibef- centia. Tetloli tereciufculi, fupra fulco exa- rati. Glandulae duae in medio petioli, juxta marginem fulci, pedicellatae, turbinatac, glabrae, diico concavo, deprefTo. Cirrhiis axillaris, longus, fpiralis, filiformis, fimplex. StipulaB eredae, lineari-acutae. Flores axillares, duo, lateraliter fupra cirrhum juxta ftipulas. Pedunculi fiiiformes, fimpli- ces, unciales. InvGlucrum nullum. Cal. Perlanthium monophyllum, planiufcu- lum, ad duas tertias partes quinqueparri- tum : laciniis lanceolato-linearibus, foras convexis. Cor. nulla. Ne^ariuni circulare triplex, calyci inna- turn «J exteriiis radiatum patens : la- ciniis filiformibus, obtufis, fimplicibus, viginti fex circ. ^) Interins multiplex, multifidum: laciniis filiformibus, bre- vifTimis. y) Intimum monophyllum, in- Z 4 tegrum. 344 PLANTAE AMERICANAE tegrum, marginis inftar erc6tum, li- neae quartae circ. partis altitudine, pertotum ardle plicatum, plicis ultra triginta. Stam. Filamenta quinque, apice inferta c6- lumnae, filiformia, calycis dimidiae lopgi- tudine, lincari-plana, pofl florefcentiam re- flexa ante apertionem fere florum pollen dimicitur. Antherae lineares, utri^ique ob- tufae, planae, incumbentes ; Pollen mini- mum, globofo-oblongum, glabriufcuium. PisT. Germen globofum, apice columnac in finu flaminum irnpofitum. Styli tres, eredo- patuli, furfum paulo crafliores. Stigmata obtufa. Per. Bacca pediceilata, globofa, obtufa, fu- perne tribus lineis obfolete flriata, glabra, unilocularis. ^^48 Sem. plura, 20-30, ovato-oblonga, rugofa, antea fucculenta, afHxa fuperficiei interiori baccae ad parietes. Color Calycis foras viridis, intus una cum contentis luteo-viridis •, unicolor. pac- ca nigrefcens. 106. GKUKAfruikofa (COMBRETUM la- xum p: 308.) fubfcandens foliis oppodtis. Caulis frutefcens,' teres ; ramis fuperis longis, ob- folete quadratis fterilibus, fubfcandentibus. Fflia oppofm, oblonga, tri-vel quadriuncialia, breve PLANTAE AMERICANAE. 345 breve pctiolata, glabra, integerrima. Flores fpicati in ramulis oppolitis, fubfefliles. Cal. terminalis, germine furfum anguftato f. elongate ; monophyllus, campanulato-ere- 6lus, laxiufculus, quadridencatus : denticuUs brevibus, lato-acuds. Cor.- Petala quatuor, piirva, ex incifuris caly- cis, ovato-acuca, vix dentibus longiora, ru- dia, decidua. St AM, Filamenta odo, longilTima, fetacea ca- Jyce fexits longiora. Antherae fuboblongae, parvae. PisT. Germen fub receptacvilo, Hneare, qua- drangulare angulis compreflis fuperne acu- minatum. Stylus longiciidinc iraaiinum, fe- taceus, ad bafin calycis audus pubefcenti lanugine. Stigma fimplex acutum. Per. nullum, nifi crulla feminis tetragona. SzM. unicuirij oblongum, tctragonum, quatuor alis longitudinalibus niembranaceis : nucleo intus convolute, tetragono, angulis com- prefTis. 107. ARBOR mediocris alia foliis lanceolaiis; pedunculis penduiis. An Clecme? Radix arborea. Caulis arboris mediocris vel fruticis 'altiorij, fuperne ramis filiformibjs, undique difper- fis, vimineis : ramulis fparfis. fol^^ m ii:ii;ii:Is ramulis fparia, alterna, pcn- dula 34^ PLANTAE AMERICANAE. dula, lanceolataj llrida, ficcata, mucronata, leviter connato-complicata, glaberrima, ve- nofa, integerrima, tri-vel quadriuncialia. Fetioli iiliformes, teretes, patentiflimi, apicc crafHores, nnciales vel biuncialcs. Flores in racemis fimplicibus, digitalibus ct brevioribus, fparfis, pcdunculatis, fimplici- bus* Cal. Perianthium monophyllum, tubiTlatum, fcmiunciaie, integrum apice violenter rum- pitur in tres dentes ; inferius magjs dehif- cens coloratum, decidiium. Cor. Fetala quatuor, ereda, linearia, convexa, calyce leviter majora, obtufe acuminata. Ne£}arii Iquamae quatuor extra corollam, eidem adpreflae, ercdae, intra calycem, fubquadrangulares, truncatae, ad inter- ftitia petalorum fitae. St AM. Filament a fex, longiflima, fubulata, ere- do-decumbentia, Antherae oblongae, pla- nae ; poUea recurvae. PisT. fubulatum, parvum. Stylus filiformis. Stigma globofum, capitatum. 1 08. BANNISTERIA foliis integerrimis fub- tus fericeo-nitidis, ferninibus extrorfum tc- nuibus bafi variis prominentiis, ramis bra- chiatis. Frutesc fubfcandens Ramis brachiatis oppofitis patentibus. Folia PLANTAE AMERICANAE. 347 Folia ovata vel fubrotundo-oblonga, biuncia- lia, integerrima, cbtufa, glabra, tenuiffima fericca, nuida, cinerea. Petioli longitudinc tertiae partis unciae, teretiufculi, fupra linea excavati. Flores verfiis fummos ramos in ramulis bra- ehiatis oppofitis, divifis in ramulos minores racemofos fimiliter pedunculis brachiatis digelli V fubdivifis. PeduncuU uniflori, tere- tes, femiunciales. Cal. Periantkium pentaphyllum vcl mono- phyilum, planum, qiiinquepartitum : laci- niis ovato-lanceolatis, 2-4 glandulis: duabus oblongis. Cor. decidua. Stam PiST Per. Capfulae tres, longitudinales, bafi fubro- tunda dorfo latius acuto, prominente •, late- ribus itidem utrinque duobus, furfumacutis, ala latere interiore redliore, paulo introrfum curvo, leviter crafTiore ; exteriore longitu- dinal! convexo, tenuiore, furfum latiore, obtufo, margine r^pando, ilriato. Non dehifcit. Sem. unicum, oblongum, apice extrorfum ver- gens. QIJiESTIO BoSanica. An ftylus auram femi- nalem ,4B PLANTAE AMERICANAE. nalem communicat erhbryoni feminis,. via direfta ad fcmen defcendendo, vel an Stylus per condudum corticalem Germinis^ auram illam foecundativam derivat ad bafm f. re- ceptaciilum Germlnis, ut exlnde promanec ' lina cum fucco nutritivo piantae furfum ex bafi Floris ad Germen^fimulque ad embryo- nes feminuai? Refp' poilerius adfirmat Ban- nifteria ex propria figura et. ftrudtura, ubi ftylus latcraliter capfulae verfus bafin femi- nis inferitur, cujufque femen corculum gerit. Ex aliis forte idem videtur, ut in Nucibus, Amygdalis, ex cujus putaminis fuperficie interiore, ab altero latere, defcendit quafi libra h. e. vas, deferens auram feminalem, furfum revera ipfi putaminis fubftantiae in- ferta excunit in ftylum. A eroro verifimile eft,, bafin ^floris continere receptaculum ejufmodi, pro excipienda hac geniturae aura, ufque furfum vergat ? ita credere fas eft. Succum furfum' ferri, ne- mini non notum eft •, fed deorfum quoque patet ex nedariis fiorum, quae fmgulo mane gtjttas ftillant, poftea non, neque hoc exha- lationi foli adfcribendum puto. ■An quoque flore?, ftylum gerentes unum, fed pluribus praeditum ftigmatibus, quae pie- riimque fi ngulis ioculamentis refpondent, exemto PLANTAE AMERICANAE 349 cxemtoaliquoftigmateantefoecundationem, Iqculus eidem proprius fterilcicit? Experien- tia inquiri debet. 109. DEREDAMO planta fcandens, foliis oppofitis geminis j radiculis trifidis oppofi- tis axillaribus. Eft Planta herbacea, ardiiTime truncis arborum adhaerens, radiculis trifidis; inter ramos corticis adhaerens. Folia oppolita, gemi- nata: FolioUs uncialibus, lanceolatis, inte- gerrimis, glabris. FedmcuU communes op- pofiti, y unciae longitud. apice divifi in ra- mulos duos breviiTimos. Cirrhi axillares (quos antea dixi radkulasj breves, 4-2 lin. longitudine ; medietate fuperiore tripartiei : laciniis teretiuiculis, fubulatis, incurvis, rl- gidis, acutis. Flcres non vidi. !io. BANNISTER] A hodiefupra dcfcripta, difFert ab altera Cumanenfi (conf. Defer ) foliis minoribus, glaberrimis, ubique viridi- bus, non nitidis fed magis fei^e aequalibus ; cauie minore et magis volubili, ut ct fioribus in racemos minores digeftis, nee ramulis aequalibus adeo brachiata ; praeterea cap- fulis fmgulis f. feminibus ban aliis promi- nentiis nullis, ipfa bafi oblique rruncata. XX. Februarii. 2.51 III. JUSTICIA herbacea, capitulis iiT?bri- catis, fioribus quadrifidis longc divifis. .. Radh 250 PLANTAE AMERICAN AE. Radix lignofa, hinc inde fparfa, fibris filifor- mibus durioribus. Caulis fuffi'utefcens, lignofus, duor. vel trium pedum altitudine, eredus, tenuis ; ramis oppofitis, brachiatis, fed facpe deficiunt ab lino alterove latere i tener, glaber* Folia inferiora decidua ; fuperiora pauca, viren- tia, ovato-oblonga, acuta, niox fenfim mu- cronata, uncialia, tenera, pubefpentia, inte- gerrima. Pclioli oppofiti, vix femiunciales, magis pilofi, fuperne lineola concavatL Flores in fpicis terminalibus fefTilibus, laxe im- bricatis. Bra5feis ovatis et fubrotundo-ova- tis, planiufculis, apice leviter patulis, acu- minatis, trinerviis, margine pubefcenti- cilia- tis, cum pilis foras, fed tenerrimis ramuf- culis. Cal. Perianthium monopbyllum, breve, ad bafin fere unam quartam partem partitum: laciniis fu^fum fetaceis, anguflilTimis. Cor. monopetala, tubulata, inaequalis. Tubus iongus filiformis, anguilus, calyce duplo triplove longior, furfum leviter arcuatus, tener. Limhus eredo-patens, tubi longitu- dine, ad bafin quadripartitus : lacinla fupe- riore lanceolata, acuta, concava, paulullum adlicendente. Sem. Pilamenta duo, capillaria, ad medium limbi attingentia, labio fupcriori paraliela et PLAiSTTAE AMERICANAE 351 et contigua. Anthcrae oblongae, fimplices. Pi ST. Qermen lineari-oblongum. Stylus - - - - Stigma fimplex, bicrenatum, paulo com- prefTum. Per. Capfula parva, oblonga, comprefTa, furr fum latior, apicc obtufe acuminata, bivalvis, diflepimenti margine denticulos elafticos gc- rente. Sem. duo, fubrotunda, comprefTa, pundls elevatis fcabra. Color CoroUae albus, lab. fuperius ad bafin levi purpura tindum. 112. JUSTICIA corolla longius tubulata. Cal. Perianthium tetraphyllum vel ad bafm quadripartitum, foliolis teretibus, credls, filiformibus, perfiftentibus. Cor. tubulata : Tubus longiffimus, filiformis, 25 z juxta limbum levifTime latior. Limhts bi- labiatus. Lah.fup. breve, lineari-Ianceola- turn, obtufiufculum, furfum anguilatum. Lab. inf, triiidum, latius, longius, depen- dens, longitudine duarum linearum : lad- nits oblongis, obtufiufculis, intermedia la- tiore, obtufa ; omnibus fupra convexis, de- pendentibus. Stam. Filamenta duo, capillaria, longitudine medii lab. fuperioris, apice fubplaniufcula* Antherae oblongae. PisT. Germen oblongum, lineare, compref* fuqj; 7st PLANTAE AMERICANA^. furri. Stylus filiformisj longitudine ftami- num. Per. Capfula oblonga, t'teretiufcula, paula comprcfla, obtufe acuminata : bafi angu- ftiore, pcdicellata, compfefla. iig. EPIDENDRUM acaule, foliis acutis hinc carinatis, inde introrfum obtufis caaa- liculatis. Folium media bafi difledum, tuber compreflum fubrotundum apparet* XII. On the road to Earcellona, 114. PALMA fpinofa^ frondibus, pinnatis, foliis linearibus bafi replicatis, ftipite to- mentofo, fpicis refiexis dorfalibus, trunco fpinofo* Caulis humanae altitudinis, pollicc humano paulo crafilor, fimplex, tedlus vaginis ar- d:is, tomentolis, fpinofis fpinis fetaceis, ri- gidis, acutiflimis, pungentibus. Frcndes ex apice caulis pinnatae : pinnis alter- nis, linearibus, fpithamalibus, planis, ball replicatis, ungue pollicis paulo latioribus, ultimis duabus latioribus. Stipes frondis convexus infra, fupra in cari- nam trianguli comprefTus, tomentofus : fpinae fparfae dorfalesjuxta marginem) un- ciales et biunciales, primum ere6tae, ilipiti adpreiTae, demum patulae, poflea reflexae, {lipiti iniprciTa fovcola' fubulata pro Ipinis illi imprefTiS. Stipes PLANTAE AMERICANAE 353 Slipes 2, 3, 4-pedalIs. Flores fpatha continentur ovata, tandem fur- fum dehifcente ; poftea perfiftens fiores for- nicatiin (uti fornax) obtegens, convexa, 5, 6, uncialis. Spadix ramofus. Reliquos flores non vidi. Lignum nigrum eft, fed verfus medium album •, pars nigra duriiTima eft. 115. PALMA major, trunco crafTo craffitie corporis humani, fpinofa: fpinis eredlis fu- bulatis rigidifilmis-, Frondihus ^mnzxis longis, ftipite dorfo quoque fpinofo. Corofa vulgo. Cal. Spathae magnae, lanceolatae, foris vellere era (To hirfutae, firmae. Per. FriiElus funt globofi, pomorum figura et magnitudine, glabri, fed pilis rigidis, deci- duis hifpidi, quibus derafis glaberrimi. Cortex exterior fpatiolo a pulpa remotus, ficcus. Fidpa tenax, fibrillis e centro oriun- dis, humida, fucco glutlnofa. Niix globofa, dura, putamine ofTeo nigriufculo : Nucleus globofus, guftu Cocorum, folidus. ii6. CASSIAE affinis foiiis pinnatis, brjugis, floribus folitariis, ftaminibus omnibus aequa- libus. Radix Dcrennis. Caules aliquot decumbentes, ufque tripedales, extremitate adfccndentes, filiformes, tere- VoL. 11. A. a tes. DO 334 PLANTAE AMERICANAE, tes, furfum praefertim pubefcentes vel pilofi, pilis patentibus, apice gluten fecernentibvis. Rami pauci, akerni, confimiles. Folia alterna, adfuperiora caulis pinnata: pin- nis duor. parium, fubrotundis et elliptico- fubrotundis, glaberrimis, integerrimis, pla- nis. Petiolus commimis filiform is, pilofus uti cauiis, lefquiuncialis et bafi crafliufculus \ partiaks vix ulli, f. brevifTimi, craiTiufculi. Stipulae breves, acutae, lineares, patplae. Flores foilrarii, axillares, alterni, terminales v peduncuU fimplices, teretes, patentes, femiun- ciales. Cal. Ferianthium pentaphyllum, reflexnm : foliolis linearibus, acutis, membranaceis, longitudine trium linearum deciduis. Cor. Fetala quinque, ere6to-patula, paula inaequuiia, obovata, calyce duplo longiora vel femuncialia, ungulculata unguiculis tere- tibus. St AM. Filament a decern, brevifllma, linearia. Antherae lineares, teretes, curvae cal}xe paulo breviores, apice conniventes, duobus foracninibiis perforatae ; omnes aequales fertilefque. PisT. Germen lineare, curvum, longum. Stylus fubulatus. Color- Corollae luteus. 54 . 117, CLITORIA minor, fiore caeruleo. Cmdh PLANTAE AMERICANAE. 355 Caulis fcandens, filiformis, tenuis, contra foleip f. riniftrorfum volubilis ; glaberrimusj ra- mis confimilibus. Folia alterna : foliolis lanceolatis, acutis, ic^- qukincialibus, glabris, integerrimis, venofis. Petrohs univcrfalis longitudine duar. uncia- rum cum dimidia, bafi craflus, alias teres, linea profunda, angutta fukatus ^ partiaks breves, teretes. Stipulae pecioli duae, fubu- latae, breves, eredae ad folia lateralia, quae paulo fupra medium petioli communis fere eidem adnexa funt et duo ad apicem petioii, ubi incipit pedicellus terminalis. Stipulae hafeos duae, ovato*acutae, breves, eredae. Flores 2, 3, 4, 5, axillares. PeduncuU conferti, axillares, femiunciales, filiformes, hirfuti, uniflori. Bra^eae plurium ordinum; infi- mae ad petioli bafm duor. parium, acutae, ereftae ; poftca excipitur bradleis duabus oppofitis, patentibus, deciduis, ovato acu- minatis, concavis, excipientibus latere infe- riore Floris bracleam aliam, fubrotundo- cordatam, concavam, patentem, amplexan- tern pedunculos, obtufam, acuminatam ; poflea pedunculus nudus ad bradeas fiora- les. BraEieae florales binae, laterales, oppo- fitae, eredae, ovato-acuminatae, concavae f convexae, glabrae, marginibus parallelis, A a 2 con ni- ^J ^65^ 6 PLANTAE AMERICANAE. conniventibus, florem ante explicationerrg includentibus. Cal. Perianthium monophyllumj campanula- turn, breve, quinquedentatum ; dentibus obtufis, brevifTimisj infimo vero longiore^. fubulato, finubus obtufiflimia -, dorfalibus duobus approximatis. Cor. papilionacea. Vexillum patentiflimum, maximum, fubrotundum, planum ungue brevi j lamina dorii incifa profundo notata. Alae iineares, lanceolatae, adfcendentes, cum fupremo margine carinae parallelae, ungui brevi, lineari, appendice oblongo, margin!- bus tumide flexis, lamina latere fuperiore tumida.C(^r/;?^obtufa,valdeadrcendcns,mar- gine inferiori fegmenti circuli inftar adfcen- dente •, unguis bafi levifTime bifidus, apice quoque bifido, laciniis ovatis, marginibus tumidis, connatis. Stam. diadelpha fuperius filiforme, depref- fum, diilindum 5 reliqua novem connata, fuperne fiffa, laciniis fubulatis, curvis. An- therae fubrotundae, parvae, incumbentes. Pi ST. Germen lineare, lateribus fulco impreflls. Stylus filiformis, furfum crafTior, mox in Stigma planum, oblongumi, obtufum, gla- brum defmens. Per. Legumeriy ut in altera fpecie, lineari- fabu- PLANTAE AMERICANAE. y^y fubulatum, digit ale ct ultra, hueribos fulco profundo notatum. DilTert ab alia fpecie caule teniiiore, foliis lanceolatis, bra6tearum copia et figura, fioribus axillaribus nee fpicatis, flore minorc, intenfuis caeruleo, nee nigro -, hinc inde carinae bail forte etc. 1 1 8. MELOCHIA flore albo. {Melochia pyra- midata ? ) Caules erecci^ tri-vel quadripedales, ramoii, fru- tefcentes \ ramis aliquot eredlo-patentibus, pubefcentibus. pdia parva, duar. vel trium linear, longitudi- ne; ovalia, venofo-plicata, fufco-viridia, fer- rata pro plicaturis. concava. Petiolus teres, brevis hirfutus, lineae circ. longitudine. Siir- fulae duae, fubulatae erectae, Fkres in umbella, 3-7, eredlo-patuli : umbella oppofita foliis, non axillaris, pedunculo communi brevi 1-2 linear, elevata-, pedicel- lis linearibus vel bilinearibus,ere(5lo-patulis, c punclo f. centro etnergentibus. BroMeas fetaceae, iingulis fioribus binae, patulae. Cal. Perianthium monophyllum, campanular- turn, ultra medium quinquepartitum: laci- niis lanceolato-acutis, apice lubulatis, ere- 6lis, leviter laxum. Cor. monopetala, erecla : petalis bafi conna- ;is cum llaminibus. A a 3 Stam. 2S^ 358 PLANTAE AMERICANAE. St AM. Filamenta quinque, bafi connata cum corolla, longitudine circ. calycis, fubulata. Antherae oblongae, incumbentes. „ PiST. Germen oblongum, acutum. Stylus fubu- iatus, fuperne quinquepartitus : laciniis ca^ . pillaribus, patentibus. Stigmata oblonga. Per. Capfula pentagona, angulis comprelTis ; apice acuminata, quinqueiocularis, Sem. oblonga, inde acuta. Haec corolla alba. Differt ab altera foliis niinoribus, ovalibus, viridibus, nee to- jnentofis •, Umbella foliis oppoiita, ncc axillari, braftepla iubpediceilata ; Co- rolla minore, Capfula niinore angulis furfuiii vergentibus nee inferiora ver- fus, nee lateraliter etc. 119. TRIPLARIS americana arbor infignis. Calyce magno, trifido. Cor. nulla. Triandra, Trigyna, Fryflum non vidi. i 20. MELOCHI A tomentofa. 121. MALVA flore iuteo minimo aggregate. i22. CONVOLVULOIDES procumbens, foliis oblongis fubtus fcriceis; floribus axil- laribus fefiilibus majoribus. Styli quatuor. 123. CONVOLVULOIDES ereclus. .XII. 124.. RUELLIA; Plairia caule ere6tofpi- thamali, floribus oppofitis foliiariis albis, foliis oppofitis liner^ribus. Radix PLANTAE AMERICANAE. 359 Radix annua, Cauiis eredus, 2-3. ramis erefiis, fimplex vel brachiatus, tenuis. -Folia linearia, anguftiflima, oppofita, femiun- 246 cialia, pilofa. Flores fpicati, fefTiles. Bra5iene lateraies duae, fubulatae, excepca antica foliacea. Cal. tubulatus, qu ituor linearam longiiu- dine, ftriatus, quinquedentatus. Cor. tubulata : Tuho acquali, calycis longitu- dine : Limbus qninquepartitus : laciniis fub- aequalibus, fuperioribus leviter minoribus, F^iu:x claufa v ill is. Stam. quatuor intra tubum, duo iongiora. An- therae oblongo-lineaf^es. PiST.. Germen oblongum. Stylus filiformls, fla- minibus brevior. Stigma obtufum, fimplex Per. Capfula cblonga, teretiufcula, calyce paulo major, acuta. Tub quadrangularis, u- trinque linea angufta ; bilocularis, Sem. plura, parva, ooldnga. 123. SID A foliis tomentofo-mollibus orbicu- lato-cordatis obtuHs crenatis. Flores pallide lutei. Cal. tomentofus, quinquepartitus : laciniis ovatis birulcatis. Stam. plura. Per. Capfulae decem, connatae in formani fubrotundam j paulo depreiTae, comento- A a 4 lae. 35o PLANTAE A^IERICANAE. fae, fingulae uniloculares, monofpermae. 257 126. BIGNONIA foliolis lanceolatis*, quae Paricha planta fcandens, filiformls, foliis oppofitis cum cirrho in medio. 127. AYENIA///^^dorfum fpeftantes 2 virides. 139. TEPUGUIPE. iFrutex altus, diadelphus, flofibus longifrime racemofis, purpureis, Fo^iis pinnatis : pin- nis oblongis, acuminatis, rglabri-s, Ramis longis yarie.ilexijs adfcendentibus et natura- iibus, tiiberculis oblongis^ -fparfis, obtu- :fis ,. convexis. FoUa poft flor:Cs, hoc tem- ipore vix villa vel in ramis folum ,fti?rilibus .verfus fummitates. e^r^undem pinnat^^ :^lter- na ; foliolis quatuor parinm cum -impari, • ■ jpedicellatis : infcripribus. ov atis vel -q vato foblongis 5 fuperioribui obiongis : omni- ¥ql. II. B b bus 370 PLANT-AE AMERICANAE, bus- integerrimis, infra pallidioribus, veno- fis, I-'- uncialibus, ^ Petwlus communis fpi-. 263 thamalis, compreflus, iupra fulco obtufo excavatus •, pai'tialis' "tcretiuliulus. . Flores in raniis racemofi ex tuberculis elevatis, e- rfcd:is florifcris, pedicellis propriis trium li- near, longitudine, ere6lis. Cal. Perianthitmt fiibrotundum, laxum, bre- ve, quadridentatum : dente fuperiore. obtu- -'fo, lato; inferioribus tribus acuminatis, breviffimis i finubus obtufilUmis •, fufcum. Cor. papiHonacea. Vexillum patcntilTimum (ex fitu eredum) unguelineari craflb caly- -i-JCis longitudine, fubrotundo-cordatum^ pla- V^ ^'ilUirii» dorfo ipfo leviter carinato ad bafin ''^^- bblongo ovatum, apice furfum flexo, ap- pendrce baicos na\\oy ''€arina unguibus duobus. 'STiU^. Diadelpha. Filamentumjuperm . filifor- i ime!, fimplex, arcuatum, adfcendens^ reli- -'--^•-^/^ hovem coalita, fimilitep adfcendentia, ei.'*'§rterna paulo breviora. Anther ae pblongo- * '-'^ineares, parvae. ^ •'iP^ST.' Gwnwi \m^'^xt>^ compreflum^ Stylm ,L'uili\t^iilatus, fltu et i longitudine .flaminum. ••" 'Stigma capitaumi, -iiibrotundumy.undique . "'^l^iflbefeens. ' -^ot'-T;) ,.. ♦ Psui '£^^«w^«oblonguiD^ lineare, comprefTum, r.c planum. PL ANT.AE AMERICAN AE. 37^ planumy t;enu^> acuminatum, uniloculare, bivalve; Sem. pauca, fubrotqi^da. £lii$ n^rvis paucis, difFcrta fativa. . , 14.1. CROtALAmA Efpadilla. Radix fibrofa. Cauliiiukxm lignpfos, ffut^fecBS,; fpithama- lis. A\^\ FoUa akerna, oblonga et ovata, crafiTiufcula, pubefcentia, ifeffilig Qt fubfciTilia, decum- bentia, alata.'' ;..-.■ . - Mtipulae diu^j d^Cwrrentes, py^^Oroblon- .^ae et acutae, .totum caukm^fciio a^ folium veilientes, plaoae. . HorW'folitarii, pedur^^yiati^ laterales : /^.'/««- 264 • 372 PLANTAE AMERICANAE. lo infra, ere6lo-patentibns, femiuncialibus ufque biuncialibus, tcretibus, apice geni- culatis, ad gerliculum fupra emittcntibus rudimentum ramuli, infra vero pedi - cellum teretem. Bra^eola^ fub pedicello fubulato, tenuis, pubefcens. BraEleolac aliae duae utrinque ad calycem, lineares, anguftac, calyce dimidio breviores. Cal. Ferianthium monophyllum, tubulatum, quadridentatum, bilabiatum : lakfupAon- gius, laciniis anguftioribus reflexo-patcnti- bus. Cor, papilionacea* Carina apice conaata vi- detur ex toto et acuta. Per. Legumen oblongurti, obtufum, teretiuf- culum, uncialc, undique tumidum, dor- fo obtufiffimo, biventricofum, uniloculare, bivalve. Sem. plurima (26) reniformia, parva. 142. PAR AM INI. Arbor magna, ramis varie divifis, inaequalibus. Folia fpithamalia, magna, oblonga, 4-5 un- cialia ufque fpithamalia, glabra, venofa: venis alternis, apice obtufis vel acutis. Pe- tioli breves, teretes femiunciales, Flores non'vidi. Fru5lus fubrotundo-ovatus, acuminatus, i|. unc. longitudine, cxternc rudis, corticc carnofo. nuce intus oblongo-fubrotunda, le- viter PLANTAE AMERICANAE. 373 viter comprefTa, fuboflea, externe glabra, tranfverfaliter fefllli : nucleo intus fubrotun- do, oblongo, bipartite, carnofo. Brupa comeditur, dulcedine inorrata. 143. BAUHINIA Bacaptal*y«/^i>. Frutex niediocris, qui nonnunquam in arbo- rem mediocrem excrefcit, ramis varie fpar- fis fed reniotis, redtis, levifljme flexuofis, fufis. Folia alterna, biloba, ereda, ovata, triunci- alia, 9-nervia, venofa nervis et venis infra prominulis, fubfcabrib : laciniis ovato-acu- tis, eredis, finu valde acuto. Petiolus te- retiufcuUvs, fuperne ieviter fulcatus> femi- uncialis. Flores terminales in racemo longo, fpicato, pe» dunculis gemjnis, patentiflimis, reflexis, fe* miuncialibus, teretibus, Cal. Perianthium monophyllum, longifli- 265 mum, fefquiunciale, ante explicationem cylindriciim, furfum curvqm, ftriatum, poftea ultra medium trifidxim, laciniis con* natis, apice bidcntato, infima lincari rcfle- xa, fimplici, apice ^cuto. Cor. Petala quinqqe, omnia ad latus fuperi* us adfcendentia, linearia, utrmque acuta, fubulata, patula, acquz^liter diilantia ad la* tus fuperius: difpofita, palyc? breviora, ei- ^\\Q ad dimidiam partem fupr^ bafm inferta. B b 3 Stam. j74 PLANTAE AMERICANAE. StAM. Filamenta decern, fubulata, calyce Ion- giora, apice, adfc^ndentia. Antherae line- aresj comprefTae, aniice trifulcatae. |*IST. Gennen pedunculatum, pedunculo di- midii circ. calycis longitudine, gerente Ger- men vix craflius ; leviflime compreflum. Stylus adfcendens, filiformis, ftaminibus i longior. Sligfita obtufum, cralTum, ob- lique incumbens, biEdum. Per. Legumen longifTimum, fpithamale, pe- dale, pendulum, planum. Sem. decern, parva, rcniformia, altera late- re affixa, glabra. Color Calycis fufcus, CoroUac €t Stami- num albus. 344. I^L ANTA (fyngenefifta ut videtur) cauk. JimpUci ere^o longo^ fiorum capHulis laierali-, bus foUqfis compqfitis. Radix annua, • Cmlis eredus, fimplex quadri-vel quinque- pedalis tomento laxo tenui pubefcens $ r^- mulis breviffimis, eredtis, axillaribus. Folia oblongo-lanceolata, acuminata, fpinula terminata, fuperne rugofa, venofa tomento tenuiflimo iaxo incano. Petioli breves, fu- perne-concavi. Fkres aggregati, terminales in captt\ilo acuto, comporiti, faftigiati, lati, jund:i foliolis e- redlis apice patulis. Flore fingulo ita com- pofitq PLANTAR AMERICANAE. 375 pofito ex follolis minoribus, fingulo inclu- dente flofculum, qui hoc tempore erat ex- ficcatus -, foliolis foras tomentofis, apice fpinuh terminali. Sem. unicum, ovato-oblongum, comprefTum, parvum, fupra anguftius, coronatum pap- po eredo, pilofo, brevi : pilis lateralibus breviflimis, eredtis. 145. EPIDENDRUM florihm feffilihus ter- 266 minalihus paucis. Radix repens fupra ramos arborum, hinc inde flexa, radiculas filiforrnes, fat copiofas hinc emittcns, comprefTas, ficxuofaSj genicula* tas. Caules ere6ti, femifpithamales, coraprefTi, fo- liofi, fimplices. Folia alterna, vaginantia, oblonga-vel oblon-* go-lanceolata, dorfo carinata (vagina anci- piti, com prefla, dorfo acute carinata) un- cialia, pallide viridia. Flores terminales, caulis alterni, pauci C2 ec 3 folum vidi) fefTiles, pedtinculo com.muni brevi, elevati. Bra5leae funt folia compref- fa, ancipitia, brevia, fpathacea, obtegea- tia dimidium Germen. Cor. pentapetala : petalis tribus exterioribus ovato-acucis, parvis, fefquilineae longitudi- nc, eredis, duobus fuperius, inferius unicoe NeM» petalis unitum cum Piftillo. Bb4 PiST, 376 PLANTAE AMERICANA PtsT. Germen magnum, ovatum, levitcr com-, preffum, longitudinale ex pilis latefalibua fquama fubulata adnata, margine fqlo fo- Ivito notatum. Reliqua in Flore viderc non potui. 146. MIMOSA quadrivalvis fbliis biplnnatis paucisy florihus purpureis, filiquis lineari- Ipus angulatis fubulatis aculeatis longitudi- naliter dehifcentibus. XV. 147. DRACO ARBOR (PTEROCAR- PUS Draco 168.J Arh/)r Dracoms Indis M^canana, had no more flowers, which- commonly appear imnaediately after the rainy feafon. Arbor alia, rampfaj ramis- hinc inde. eredlls, modicis numero. jFo//> h. t^ pauca non ceciderutit, alterna, pin- nata, digitalia,, longa vel paulo longiora : Follolis oppofitis^ obioDgis, uncialibus, ob- tufis, leviter pedkellatis. cum impari, gla- bra h. t. pallkie yiridia. Petiolus commum teres; partiales teretes, breviflimi, lineae longitudine, pubefcentes. Cal. monophyilus, tubulato-c^mpanulatuSj, quinquedentatus; : dentibus tubulato-acutis. floR. V^xillum iingiie oblongo, lamina fubro- tundq-cordata, patens, convexa. Jlae Ian- ceolatae, vexillo paulo breviorcs. Carina brevis quoque videtur, SXAMi PLANTAE AMERICANAE. 377 St AM. connata, 267 Per. Legumen pedicellatum, membranaceum, fubrotundo-oblongum, planum, medio u- trinque prominulum, inaequaliter conve- ^um, obtufum, bipartitum, non dehifcens, continens Sem, oblongum, appendicibus duobus vel tribus adnatis, irregulare, margine interiore ciliatum ; alls fibroiis, lignofis ipfaque fub* flantia lignofa, pro appendicibus 2, 3. 4, loculis iinearibus, tranfverfis, feminibus to- tidem oblongis, altera extremitate inferiore cralTiore, antrorfum appendiculo notato, hill in finu appendiculo affixo, finguli lo- culi yerfus hanc extremitatem. Ergo di- flinctum genus crederem. 1480 SAPINDUS magna arbor eft, mcem durifiimam, glaberrimam, exadbe globofam continet. 149. RAJANIAE affinis Planta fcandens h. t. abfque foliis : Fru^ibus fpicatis, ereftis, trigonis, oblongis, coronulatis calyce quin- quefido, brevi ^ frudu triloculari. Caulis filiformis, fcandens, tenuis, ramulis alter- nis pendulis, fioriferis. flores h. t. ceci- dere. Stylus unicu^. Capfula oblpnga, re- flexo-ere6ta, trigona: angulis compreflis; trilocularis : loculis angularibus : Semina duo f. folitaria in fingulo loculo, oblopga, deor^ 378 PLANTAE AMERICANAE. deorfum acuta. Alae membranula oblon- ga tenuifTima. 150. CISSAMPELOS Pareira caule credo fuffruticofo fimpliciflimo, foliis alternis fubpeltatis fubtus tofnentofis. EQUERE- PANAR h. e. Auricula tigridis vulgo. Rzdix lignofa, procumbens, apicc plures cau- les emittens, perennis. Cauks eredli, fimplices, reflifTiml, quadri-vel quinquepedales, teretes, tomentofi : tomen^ to craflb. Folia alterna fubrotundo-ovata; mafculis pe- tiolo margini folii ?i^x\^to ^ fiminis peltata ; utrinquc tomentofa, fubtus magis, tomento craflb, quinque venis majoribus. Petioli In mafculis breviffimi, teretes, crafliores, tomen- tofi ; in fern, femiunciales, paulo tenuiores, fimiliter tomentofi. Flores mafc. et femin. in diflindis plantis (in Dibccia.) r^ Masc. axillarcs, in cymis fafligiatis difpofiti. Pcdmculi communes axillares, ere6li, 2-3, fili- formes, unciales, pubefcentes' : partiales di- chotomi, racemofi, eredli, fajfligiati, cymofi, pilofi, lineae longitudine. Br areolae linea- res. Flores minimi. Cal. Pm^?;?/^///;;^ tetraphylium, patens, pla- num: foliolis fi.ibrotundis, obtufis. CoR. monopctala, membranacea, plano-conca- va. PLANTAE AMERICAN'AE. 379 va^ orbiculataj intqgcrrima, calyce minor, indivifa. 3tam. Filamenium unicum, e centre floris pro- grediens ^ lin. circ. longitudine, filiforme, eredum, obtufum, truncatum. Antherae quatuor, oblongae, tranfverfae, margini apicis Filament! impofitae, fefliles. * pi. Femin.. in racemis fpicatis, fimplicibus, folitariis, binis et ternis ex fingula axilla. Tedunculus communis fpicae filifbrmis, ere^ dtus, fimplex, Bradcolis ovalibus feflilibus, alternis, fparfis veftitus. Floribus 3, 6, 8, ex ala fingulae bradleolae, feduncub brevi lineari, clevatis, ere(ftis. Cal. jPerianthium monophyllum, ad unum latus (exterius in ramulo florum) oblongo- fubrotundum, unilaterale, perfiftens. Cor. Fetalum unicum, fubrotundum, calyce dimidio brevius, ad idem latus cum calyce flexum. Stam. nulla. PiST. Germen fubrotundum-oblongum, S^yli eredi, capillares, parvi j Stigmata fimplicia, crafriufcula. fru^us fubrotundo-ovalis, leviter compreflus, fubtomentofus. Sem. unicum. Flores lutefccnti virides. 151- 3^0 PLANTAE AMERICANAE. 151. MELAMPODIUM auftrale fyngenefiac Polygamiae neccffariae, y^w/»/^«j quinque oh- longis hifpidis\ calyce pentaphylk^ caule decum- hente. Radix perennis, fibrofa. Caules fpithamales, procumbentes, undiquc difFufi, teretes, fubpubefcen tes ; ramis oppo- fitis, decumbentibus, apice adfcendentibus. %(>g Folia oppofita, ovalia vcl ovato-obtufa, fuperne leviter varieque ferrata: ferraturis obfoletis, Petioli teretiufculi, fuperne plani, longitu* dine dimidii folit, Flores terminales vel ad fummos ramulos et ramos, ex ala vel dichotomia, fublefllles, folitarii: pedunculo brevi, fefquilineae longi- tudine. Cal. communis pentaphyllus, vel ad baiin quin- quepartitus, ere(f^us, laxus : foliolis oblongis, poftea pafulis, laxis, corollae longitudine. Cor. compofita. FlofcuWfeminini 5-8 in radio; in difco mafculini 4-S. Fern. Corolla filiformis, brevis. Mafc, ore eredlo, bidentato, demum bifido, la- tere rima dehifcens. Stam. Mafcul. Filamenta quinque, capillaria. Antherae carinato-cylindricae, corollula ie- viffime breviores. Fmin» nulla, PLANTAE AMERICANAE 381 PisT. Mafc. vix ullum. Germen obfoletum, li- neare, minimum, fub corollula. Stylus fili- formis. Stigma nullum. Fcmin. Germen fub reccptaculo, oblon- gum, magnum calyce paulo minus, ilriatum, hifpidum. Stylus filiformis, ere6tus, corolla paulo brevior, poftea bifidus. Stigmata fimplicia. Per. nullum. Cdyic patens femina nuda in- ferne cingit. Sem. oblonga, duarum vel trium linearum longitudine, paulo comprefla, utrinque ful- cata cum pilis hamatis ex fingulo angulo fulcofo patulis; hamo furfum inflexo. Rec. paleis oblongis, concavis. Corollulae color luteus. 252. ARISTIDA floribus paniculatis tenuifll- mis, ariftis tribus, panicula laxa ercda. Gramen tenuilTimum, digitale, fpithamale. 153. HEDYSARUM caule ereao fimplice, foiiis ternis, feifilibusj floribus fpicatis axilla- ribus. Radix perennis, Caules credi, fimplices, bi-vcl tripedales, re- di, infcme teretiufculi, fuperna fubangulati hirfuti. Fotia alterna, fefllUa, ternata : FolioUs oblongis ^7^ fefquiuncialibus, fupra pubefcentibus, infra paulo pallidioribus, venofo-reticulatis, pedi- cellatis. S$z FLANTAE AMERICAN AE. cdlatis. Stipuke; lancealatae, ere(5^ae, ftfla- t^e, fefquilineae iQngitudine. Flores axillares, fpicati, racemcyfi : racmis ob • longisj eredis, femiuncialibus, fimplicibus ^ pedicelUs fefquilineae longitudine. Bra5leolae ovatae, convexae, glabrae. CAuFerianthlum monophyllum, tubulofum, quinquefidum : laciniis fubnlatis, corolla le- viter brevioribus, infima reliquis- longiore* | Cor. Vexillum oblongum, apicc patulund, bafi ulrinque inflexutn. Jiae lineares. Carina linearis, apice latior, rotundata, inferius tota fere dehifcens, apice adfccndcnte. St AM. Diadelpha i et 9, fimplicia,. Aatherai fubrotundae. : . Pi ST. Gennen oblongo-lubulatum, hirfutum. Stylus capillaris.. Stigrda eraiiitifGuium, fim- -plex. Vuu Legumen calycis longitudine, hirfutumj , . QY.ato-acutum, leyiter:GQmprefruni. r ^ S%u% duo, oblonga, apice ultimo recurvo acu- to. (Flores lutei.) • . 154. IPOTARAGUAPIN. Frutex tt^aus, jiumanae altitudinj^ei. ultra: raviis longi^y ereclis, oppofitis, p.ateinitffimis, ItitUs ;. Cor- tice fufco glabriufculo... Spinae oppofitae, in- terdusri ternae,.rupr3.fiflgelas:ramos, paten-* . les, fubulatae, acucae, redae. ■. Jolia fob fpinuUs enaicentia vel terminalia, fafci" PLANTAEt AMERIC ANAE 383 fafciculato-confcrta, oppofita, ovata-oblon- ga, uncialia, venis oppofttis alternifque fubtus prominuUs, firnplicibus, petiolo brevi lineari. Stipulae oppofitae, interfoliaceae, ovato-acutae, planae. Fkres in pedunculh oppofitis vel folitariis, axil- laribus, 1-2 uncialibus, re(5lis, apice bifidis, floriferis:^;'^^ confcrti ut videtur, licet hoc tempore ill is deftituta. Frudum fere fub reccptaculo ut videtur. . Drupa parva, oblpnga, trium vel quatuor li- nearum longitudine. Nux oblonga, obfoleto triangularis : angulo 271 uno prominentiore, teretiufculo, utrinque fulco notato ; bilocularis, loculis teretibus, uno in media nuce, altero in angulo tere- tiufculo, putamine ibidem tenuiore. Nuclei duo, teretes, albi. 155. EDECHI, 133. "LAUGlEmAodQrau, Caulis frutefccns, ereclus, bis humanae altitu- dinis, priori fimilis, fed abfque fpinis. Folia terminalia, conferta, copiof^, oppofita, oblonga, acuta; Petioli breves. Stifiilaf ioterfoliaceae, ovatac, acutae, planae. Flom dichotomi, con&r^i, ej? apice peduncu- lorum. BrdEleae fub fingulo flpre, lanceo- iato-acutae, patulae. • ;,; - Cac Fmanthium monophyUumytobulatum, teres, fore i#cegro vel vix manifeite -d^nticu- lato. SH PLANTAE AMERICAN A£. ceilato, vix lineae dimidiae longitudine* per- fiftens fupra frufturrk Cor. monopetala, tubulata: Tuho longo, caly- ce fexies longiore, fuperne levifTime ktiore> ipollicis unguis longitudine. Limbus patens, quinquepartitus : laciniis oblongis, margbi- bus lateralibus reflexrs. St AM. Filament a quinque, breviHima, fupra medium tubi adnata, capillaria. Antherae Hneares, tubi circ. altitudine. PiST. Germen fubrotundum, receptaculo cin- .6tum. Stylus filiformis, ftaminibus altior. Stigma capitatum, fubrotundum. Per. Drupa parva, fubglobofa. Nux quadri* vel quinque-locularis. Color Corollae albo-purpureus, Tubo exteme rudi. Congener videtur praecedentL 156 HIBISCUS foUisoblongis 5 flore folitario. XVIL Near the river Jragua, 157. PALO DE COCHINELLE; a fhrub, which had oppofite lanceolated leaves, whofe ftem was hollow, fo that it might be em- ployed for a tube to a tobaccopipe. 158. CROTON hifpidum, caule trrfido; Fo- lia incifa, tota planta hrfpida, annua. 159. CUCUMIS ruftica fmeHed nearly as Caraway-feeds. • 160. SMIL AX fcandens, foliis oblongis, cau- ile teretiufculo fpinofoj i^j^///^ pallidc viridia, i6u PLANTAE AMERICANAE 385 161. WALTHERIA Melochioides flore luteo aggregate pentandro monogyno. 162. DIOSCOREA fcandens, foliis cordatis alternis, caiile levi, calyce cyathiformi lex- dentato. Folia cordata acuminata, integerrima. Per. C^^y^/ZiZ oblonga, trigona : angulis com- prefTis. Sem. alata, in fingulo loculo diia 163. MASTRANZO floribus verticillato- capitatis feiTilibus parvis albis. Folia rugofa. Cal. patentiores, flrigofiores, tubulati. 164. PHASEOLUS parvus, ereclus herba- ceus. Caulis tener, filiformis. Folia ternata, linearia. Folres fpicati, termina- les, eleganter coccineo-rofei : Alae maximae, reclae. Carina inflexa. XXV. 165. BIGNONIA arborea fcandens, fo- liis pinnatis glabris, filiquis longifTimis planis linearibus. Semina furfum imbricata funt fimplici ferie. 166. SIDA flore albo eredlo longo. Folia coi'- data. Rami eredi. 167. CECROPIA. Pelma. Coilotapalus. Brown, jam in. Yagramo vulgo the leaves of this plant are the common food of the floth (Brady pus. Linn.) Vol. II. C c Folia 386 PLANTAE AMERICANAE^ Folia pauca, alterna ad fummitates ramorum Stipidae inteffoliaceae ut in Ficu, latere folio adverib f. oppofito dehifcentes, mar- ginibusobvolutis f. imbricatis, mox caducae. Floris Mafc. et Femin. in diflindlis arboribus. * Masc. pedunculis geminis ex axillis fclio- rum, fed intra iplam flipulam h. e. Sti- pda interpofita inter axillam fol. Fedunai^ lis teretibus, fpithamalibus, fubpendulis, fingulis fpaiham apice gerentibus. 2^3 Cal. Spatha ovato-acuta, integra, riimpens, caduca, includens Amenta plurima, fafcicu- lata, teretia, pendula parallela, pedicellata, altifTime imbricata, fqnamis vel Receptaculis ftaminum copioriffimis, turbinatis^ compref- fo-tetragonis, obtufis, fupra linea elevatiore notatis, tandem duplice foramine dehifcen- tibiis. CoR. nulla, nifi Calycis fquamas dicas tKc^ vel Nectarii fquamas. Stam. Filainenta duo, capillaria, brevifTima, fmgula ex fmgulis foraminibus fquamarum calycinarum. Anther ae oblongae, tetragonae, parvae. •-* Femin. penduli, forte folitarii ex axillis ut Mafculi j fed fi folitarii, an geminis pedun- culis pendeant, nefcio. FedunciiH digitales et ultra. Cal. Spatha forte ut in Mafc. nam h. t. ceci- dit. PLANTAE AMERICANAE. 3^7 dit, includens Amenta quatnor, patula, nu- tantia, teretia, mafculis crafTiora, digiti mi- nimi manuum inftar, ardlilTime irnbricata germinibus nudis. Cor. nulla. PisT. Germina plurlma, imbricata, comprefib- quadrata, obcufa, tomenro tenuiiUmo obvo- luta. c%/; foiitarii^ breviflimi. Stigmata oh- tufa, lacera, fubcapitata. Per. Capfiila Gcrminis forma et figura i]::ilo- cularis, vix dehifcens, feparato conice a ic- mine tamen dill;in6la. Sem. folitaria, oblonga, compreiTa, parva. Lynceis oculis alii lufcrent iikerius par- tes frndtificationis, certae minima? Tunc et tenuiffimae. Color I'enm. incanus a tomenco Mafc. luj teus; ficci evadunt arri i novi proprii et fingularis funr generis. XXVII. 168. SANGUIS DRACONIS 147. I find that our Sanguis Dracoyiis occidental's is the fame with the oricntalis^ but of a fpe- cies different from this plants whofe chara- cter is the following, Cal. Perianthium monophyllum, tubulatum, bafi obtufum, quinquedentatum. Cor. papilionacea, calyce duplo longior. /-V' xilhim ungui oblongo ; lamina fubrotunda. Alae lance olatae, vexillo breviores. C c 2 Stay. 388 PLANTAR AMERICANAE. 2/4 St AM. Filament a decern, connata, adfcendentia. Antherae. - - - PisT. Germen oblongum, compreflum, pedicel- iatum. Stylus fubulatus. Per. Legumen fubrotundo-oblongum, planum, membranaceum, uniloculare, intus ligno- lum. XXVUI. From the river Aragua^ the people fent a kind of Sarfaparilla or Smilax, which I had not feen before ufed in Phyfic : it differed from that fpecies, which is officinal in botli the Indies. 169. SMILAX. Radices plurimae, nliformes, longae, duriuf- culae, foras teretes, glaberrimae abfque fi- brillis fparfis, verum eornm loco Spimdis parvis, brevibus, glabris, fubpungentibus, cortice tenui. Ab altera ^m^ Officinali differt iigura radicis filiformi, angulata, cortice crafiiore, duro, angulato, rugofo, fibrillis la- teralibus plurimis. Caiilis fcandens, fLinformis, teres, glaberrimus, aculeatus : aculeis lubulatis, pnngentibus, validis, trium quatuorve linearum longitu- dine, inaequaliter fparfis, ad genicula folio- rum pluribus : ramis fuperioribus fubllriatis. Caulis inferne fubgeniculatus. Folia alterna, lanceolata, vel oblongo-lanceo.- lata, trinervia, vel cum ultimis minoribus quin- PLANTAE AMERICANAE. 389 quinquenervia, dura, firmia, ere6tiufcuia, 3, 4, 5-unciaria, verfus apicem contorta, petio- lata, nervo medio fubaculeato : acuieis 1 , 2, 3, parvis ; interdum inermia. Petiolus patens, brevis, femiuncialisjbaficrafriirimus, h. e. e tuberculo lenfim prodiens, latus, margine membranaceo, femiamplexicauli, membrana firma tamen \ fubtus convexus, angulo carinatus parvo, fubinermi vel fer- ratulo, vel glabro vel fpinula una alteraque notatns apice furluin curvus. I. MARTIL 170. MUSA had fruit, but fome bloflbms were flill on it. I found 5 llamina with a rudiment of a 6th in the nedtariurn of the male flowers, and the fame in the hermaphrodite flowers. I could obferve no difference, except that thofe in the male flowers were narrower. II. To-day I caught in a hollow tree a Rohi-^ peUdo or Mapeha as the Indians call it. It is Dr. Linn^us's DIDELPHIS, fo remarkable on account of the pouch wherein it keeps its young ones ; many think this pouch to be the Uterus Amoen Acad, and Muf. Reg. That which v/e caught, was a male. Its penis was big between the hind legs, round and naked, but cloven like the foot of a C c 3 cow 390 PLANTAE AMERICANAE. cow and of the fame fhape. The tefticles were fituated under the belly before the -penis ^ which was turned backwards. IV. 171. PISCIPULA (PISCIDIA) Erythri- na. Sp. PL 707. n. 3. 2.993. i- Barbafco vulgo. The figure of the flower fhews that it is not a fpecies of the Erythrina, but rather a diftindl genus. En defcriptionem ! Arbor magna f. n:ediocris. Caulis arborefcens, 9, 10, ic^ orgy arum aititu- diiie, trunco inaequali, fuperne in ramos adfccndentes, rariufculou divifo : r^;;wi ere- diis, alternis, teretibus, glabris. Folia alterna, ad fummitates ramaorum pinnata. Flores in racemis alternis, erec^lis, copiofis, digitalibus et ultra, fparfis. Racemi com- pofiti racemulis fparfis, alternis, lateralibus, patcntibus. Singulis i, 2 /^r^^j fuboppofitos fparfoque peduhculatos proferentibus. Ve- dunctdis 4, 5 linearum longitudine, fimpli- cibus, patenti-ereflis, fmgulis unifloris. Cal. Ferianthium monophyllum, tubulatum, leviter comprciTum, bafi glabriufculum, duarum vel trium linearum longitudine et fere fimile diametro furfum ad inferiora, quinquedentarum : dentibus fuperioribus binis, magis ^pproximatis, obtufioribi s •, minoril:u3 PLANTAE AMERICANAE. 391 minoribus lateralibus, majorlbus obtuie rc- tnndatis, infimo leviter majorl, fubacnmi- nato ; glabrum, perfillens. Cor. papilionacea, mediocris, rotundata. Ve- milium adfcendens, patens ; Ungue brevi, t-ereti, convexo ; Lamina lubrotunda, ob- tiifa, apice ernarginata, dorfo fubcarinula- ta, lateribus modice retrorfum convexis. Alae vcxillo fere paulo longiores, Ungui- bus lifiearibus, tenuiflimis, calyce paulo longioribus, redis, Laminis oblongis, fur- dim curvis, convexis, tumidis, angulo po- flico acuto, finu interjedlo obtufifllmo ro~ tundato, adnato carinae. Carina bafi ultra medium bifida, unguibus linearibus, lon- gitudine unguium alarum, furfum curva, inferius carinata, lateribus verfus bafin tu- mida, furfum compreffa, acuta, bifida, a- pice, arigulis bafeos acutis, finu rorun- diore. Stam. Filamenta decern, connata in vaginam; vagina compreffa, ftriata, apice adfcendens, fifia, fetacea; alterna breviora. Antherae oblongae, incumbentes. PisT, Germen breve, pedicellatum, lineare, compreffum, longitudine vaginae. Stylus adfcendens, fiiiformis. Stigma acutum, fimplex, ante florelcentiam fubcapitatum. Per. Legumcn pendulum, iinearc, quatuor a- C c 4 lis 392 PLANTAE AMERICAN AE. lis longitudinalibus, membranaceis, exftan- tibus notatiim, uniloculare^ articulatum, membranis tranfverfim ilriatulis, fubplica- tis. Sem. tereti-linearia, 2. 3. 4. longitiidinaliter pofita. A final] fnake, which was caught in die houfe, 172. COLUBER fcutis abdominalibus 190, fquamis caudalibus 70-80 -, longitude dua- rum fpithamarum, tenuis, colore cinera- icente, glaber. Borfum totum maculis in- aequaiibus fufcis, marginibus nigris. Caput ovatum, in fpecimine valde contufum, fcu- tis duobus magnis inter oculos. Cauda quoque valde c,i-at. 285. 9. Magnitudo et facies Ranarum fontaliurn aquae frigidae in Europa, Caput fubtriangulare, obtufiufculum, planiuf- culo convexum, orbitis oculorum eievatior hbus tumque protuberantibus. Oculi rotyndi nee parvi, Jnferius membrane niftitante, pro lubitu animalis, co-operiun- tur iride aurea nitcntej pupilla majufcula nigra. Aarts : foramin . rotunda, magna, pone oculos e pau- PLANTAE AMERICANAE. 393 e paulo infra, obteda membrana tenuifTima. Narium foramina parva, punclorum inflar, 277 verfcis apicem roftri. Truncus oblongus, fubtumens. Dorfum pla- niufculo-convexiimj in medio tumidiufcu- lum ut et latere utroque ad dorfum, verfus latera linea laterali elevatiore notatum u- trinque, et ad latera linea alia magis inter- rupta, cum verrucis mollibus, linearibus aliquot juxta ventrem parvis, minimis. Falmi tetradadyli, fiffi, circumferentia rotun- di, digitis introrfum vergentibus, omnibus obtufis, I et 3 paulo longioribus, 2 et 4 minoribus, fubaequalibus, fubtus tiibercu- lis ad carpos et genicula notatis. flantae longae, fifTae, pentadatlylae, obtu- fae : digito i minore reliquis, ufque 4 fen- fim longioribus : 4 longitudine tertii, ge^ niculis fubtus tuberculis laevibus notatis. Color dorfi viridis, lateribus cinereo-fordidis maculis fufcis fparfis, paucis, pone in cluni- bus variegatis colore viridi-cinereo, maculis variegatis fufcis. Genicula pedum fubtus albidiufcula. Abdomen albidum. XVI. 174. EPIDENDRUM acaule, radice bulbofo-ovata, floribus fufcis, ne6Lario al- bo-caerulefcente" cordato. 5CIX» 175. BIDENS procumbens, foliis infe- j:ioribus alternis oblongis undulatis incanis, fupe- 394 PLANTAE AMERICANAE. fuperioribus oppofitis, floribus oppofitis feffilibus pallide purpureis 2oq, 176. STAEHELINOIDES foliis ovatis fer- ratis incanis, floribus fefTilibus. Petala Marrubii facie 201. 103. 177. SPONDIAS lutea optime floret. HOBO vulgo. Cal. quinquedentatns, minimus. Cor. petala reflexa. NeSfaria decern intra ftamina. Stam. decern. PiST. 4-5, ere6ba, longiufcula, approximata. 178. CHRYSOPHYLLO frudu adBnis, fo- iifs pungentibus ; vulgo Barhafco. Per. Bacca fubrotunda, uvae minoris magni- tudine foras ilriatula,' acuminata ; acumine rigido, cortice ipfo fecedente a pulp a f. fe- mine globofo, in fuperficie notato rudimen- tis 3-4 hoc tempore vacuis, mollibus. Sub- ftantia pulpae h. t. mollis, butyracea. » ^ g 179. CHPvYSOPHYLLUM alterum foliis obtufis, fere congener priori. Fri'Mus globofus, acuminatus, Ribefiorum ru- brorum magnitudine, ruber. Semen ma- gnum, globofum, firmum j an ideo dillin- cta Genera ? - 180. BOMBAX caule fubfpinofo, parum ven tricofo trunco, nee alta arbor, h. t, priva- ta foliis et fiore, fruclus vero habuit copio- fps, PLANTAE AMERICANAE. 395 fos. Capfula oblonga, pentagona, turbi- nata obtiifa, quinqiielocularis, quinque- valvis, ad angulos dehifcens, dilTepimentis ad Columnam cohaerentibus quinque. Se- mina plura, fubrotnnda, iana tenailTima fat copiofa, fubfufca, pallida. Valvtilae apertae, patentiffimae, ftelliformes et pla- nae. Caly:< in frudum bail excipit capfu- lani integerrimam, lineae longitudine. XX. 181. EPIDENDRUMacaule, radicebul- bofo-ovata ; fioribus cinereo fulcis etc. Radix fubbulbofa vel cauiis ovatus, leviter rugofus, emittens radiculas repentes fuper ramos, more congenerum. Cdulis brevis vel fere nullus, bafi ovatus. Folia duo, oblonga, dorib carinata. Scapus ere(5lus, dodrantalis, pedal is, teres, Flores 3-4, tcrminales, alterni. XXVI. 182. EIERMESIAS a me di6tum, vulgo Rofa de monte. (BRO WNAEA coc- cine a.) Flores fefiiles, capitati : capitula ante explica- tionem ob bracteas conum pini led molleni rcferunt, juxta bafin ipfius foiii adnata, fubrotunda, pod explicationem fafciculata, alterna,' felTilia. Brdofeae alternae, colora- tae, convexae, oblongae, exteriores infe- rius fubrotundae, concavae, membranaceae, pt^tufae, laxiulculae, fingulae includunt fin- Ss6 PLANTAE AMERICANAE. fingulos fiores, ultimis exceptis fubrotun- dis, quae includunt reliquas bracteas inte- riores, anguftas, lineares. Omnes cadii- cae funt. Cal. Perianthiiim duplex. Inferius mono- phyllum, tubulato-turbinatum, fuperne la- tius, laxum, ad -^ part, bifidum : laciniis ovatis, credis, concavis. Superius interiuf- quc tubo, fpatio 4- calycis exterioris, fur- fum latiore, paulo comprelTo, poftea quin- quephyllo : foliolis oblongis, tertiam par- tem Calycis exterioris longitudine exceden- tibus> obtufis, coloratis : Foliolo fuperiore paulo latiore reliquis et obtufiore. 2J9 Cor, Fetala quinque, eredla, calyce interiore duplo longiora, oblonga, bafi media fua parte inferne unguiculata : unguibus tere- tibus. ho/mina oblonga, erefta, obfolete fubundulata, fuprcmum intra fifluram va- ginae Itaminum. Stam. Filamenta undecim {'quod conftans et curiolum) connata in vaginam ad latus lu- perius, ufque ad bafin corollae (et calycis interioris) dehifcentem et divifam j altitu- dine calycis interioris, connata, demum foluta, fubulata, aiterna Icviter longiora, • fubcurva. Anthcrae oblongae, incumben- tes. PisT. Gainen teretiufculum, oblongum, in- ferno FLANTAE AMERICANAE 397 feme pedicellatum ; pedicello adnato lateri inferiori tubi calycis interioris, vel fi mavis tubo ftaminum, infra calycem interiorem, pubefcens. Stylus filiformis, ftaminum lon- gitudine. Stigma obtiifum, fimplex, ni- grum. Color Corollae coccineus et rofeo-cocci- neus. Fru6lum non vidi. 183. ERYTHRINA foliis ternatis, caiile a- culeato. Sp, Plant, yo6, 2. ni fallor ; AN- AUCO vulgo. Flores racemofi, fubfecundi, conferti, 2, 3, 4, ex uno pundlo : racemis digitalibus, fpithamalibus. Pedunculi horizontales, tri- xam vel qiiatuor linearum longitudine, te^ retes, unilaterales. Flores nutantes. Bra- cleas non vidi, nefcio icaque an adfinc Cal. Perianthwm monophylium, brevifiimum^ turbinatum : ore integerrimo, obtufo, trun- cato, inferius produdlo in appendicem de- orfum verfum, obtiifum, teretiufculum. Cor. papiiionacea, irregularis. Vexillum ob- longo-acuminatum, adfcendens, dorib acu- te carinatum, marginibus leviter refiexis. Alae duae, breviflimae, fubrotundae, vix calycis duplae longitudinis, adpreffae. Ca- rina faicata, aperta, apice bifida laciniii ovatis, obtoOs, compreiT.i, marginibus fu- perioribus. 395 PLANTAE AMERIGANAE. perioribus conniventlbus, vexillo quinquies brevior. 288 St AM. Filament a decern, diadelpha, fuperius folutum et novem connata in vaginam uf- que ad apicem Carinae, qua includuntur, poftea foluta, carina longiora, fiibulata al- terna leviter longiora, paulo curva. An- therae lineares, incumbentes. Pi ST. Germen lineare, teres, Carinae longitu- dine, bafi ad 4- pedicellatum, compreffum. Stylus brevis, levirer adfcendens, teres. Stigma obtLifum, fimplex, oblongum. Per. Legumen ni fallor, lineare, teretiufcu- lum, ad femina oblongum. Color Floris aurantius vel luteo-rufus. Reliqua non vidi. XXVII. Maundy Thurfday. Two Indians with bows and arrows accompanied me, as a fafeguard all the day, where-ever I went, without lofing fight of me. V. April. I this day left St. Bernhardino, It was rather hard for me to leave a place where I had fpent two months in agreeable company. On the road from St. Bernhardino to Tilar I met with : 1 84. ARBOR floribus albis copiofis, germine hirfuto : novi generis ni fallor \ but I lofl its defcription* 185. AMA- PLANTAE AMERICANAE. 399 185. AMAR.YLLIS fpatha uniflora flore albo. I loft both the flower and its defcription. i86. BIGNONIA Leucoxylon arborea, flori- bus luteis h. t. fine foliis •, Florihus copiofe tecta. Folia digltata, petiolata. VI. Towards St. Miguel and St. Francifco. 187. ARBOR foliis pinnatis oppofitis, flori- bus fpicatis luteis diadelphis. 188. BROMELIA parafitica M?r^^//^/w, in ex fuccis arboribus, Florihus fpi noils, race- mo copiofo Ion go, fru^ihus parvis, duris. VII. I viewed the plant? about the village, and found : 189. BAUHINIA aculeata, fiorens, 190. MIMOSA aculeata, bradeis magnis, florens. 191. BIHAI onoto, copiof::, fylveftris, ad viam verfus Flumen. In the marfli itfelf I found : 2S1 192. AESCHYNOMENE frutefcens, foliis pinnatlr. 193. PL ANT A Beccabungae fin-jilis, in a- qua paludofa natans, caiilis ex axillis radi- culas emittens, cum tuberibus oblongis, fpongiofis, albis, copiofis, lefTilibus, axil- laribus. Flores non vidi. 194. HYDROCOTYLE foliis reniformibus, margine lobato. Umhdiidac 3, 4, 5, fiori- bus. 195. SAL- 400 PLANTAE AMERICANAE. 195. SALVINIA Michelli (MARSILEA na^ tans) copiofe. Folia piindis obtufis, eredlis, qnadratis, longioribus undique leguntur. They' are like velvet. 196. PISTIA planta nataiis, facie Plantagi- nis, foliis fubrotundis, omnibus radicali- bus hirfutis, rofae in modum patentibus, abfque flore. 197. UTRICULARIA radicibus nutantibus abfque utriculis, neclario conico. Adeo exade refert Utriculariam Europae neftario conico, ut dubitarem an diftinfta elTet, Ra- dices tamen f. folia xnatantia, late in ramulos fparia, omnino carent utriculis. Radices repentes, natantes, fibris copiofis, confertis, omnino abfque veficulis. An folia potius dicendae. Scapi eredti hinc inde, pauci ex axillis. Radi- cis ramificationes digitales et fpithamales, fimplices. Flores alterni, fparfi, 6-12. eredti, pedun- culati : peduncuU teretes, fub flore fcentia eredi, poftea nutantes, 3-4 linearum Ion- gitudine. BraEleae obtufae, parvae, gla- brae, convexae, bafi involventes peduncu- lum. Cal. Peri ant Ilium diphyllum : folioUs oblon- gis aequalibus, convexis, bafi perfiflens. CoK. PLANTAE AMERICANAE. 401 Cor. irregularis, ringcns, monopetala. ^uhus nullus. Lah, fuperius ercdlum, fubrotnn- dum, inferiore dimidio brevins, bafi per- foratum pro germine. Lab. mferius patens, lubrotundum, fuperiore duplo majus, bad faucis palato promincnte, biventricofo, api- ce leviter emarginato, fubtus terminatum in ne6t:ario, Tub labio flexo. I^e5farium fubulatum, longitudine labii infe- rioris, conicum, paulo deprefTum, adpref- fum labio inferiori; St AM. Filamenta duo, introrfum incurva, 282 brevia. Per. Capfiila fubrotunda. Color fioris luteus, magnitude et facies Utriculariae majoris Europeae. Videtur procul dubio ciTe Linaria palu- Jiris foeniciili folio Pltimieri f. Utricula- ria cauie folioib Spec. PI. 18. 7, Near the river Guere I met with : 198. ARUNDO arbor-fcens. 199. AMBROSIA copiofa. 200. BIDENS procumbens, foliis inferiori- bus alternis oblongis undulatis tomenrofo- incanis ; fuperiofibus oppoiitis, floribus oppofitis purpureis 175. Variat etiam fiore albo. 201. STAEHELINOIDES (JUSSI^A) Vol. IL D d fuhefcens 402 PLANTAE AMERICANAE, puhefcens foliis ovatis ferratis, floribus fefTili- bus oppofitis 176. 202. PLANT A Didynamiae Angiofperma parva, foliolis obloogis glabris, caule ramo- io^ fiore purpureo. 203. SCIRPUS minimus. 204. GRAMEN Eragroftls parvum. -VIII. 205. JUSSIiEA foliis oblongis; caule pubefcente \ floribus decandris, pentapeta- iis. 206. BROMELIA Ananas. 207. MELOCHIA frutefcens, foliis albis. 208. CANNA filiquae pedales. X. Round the marfh I met with ; 209. VIOLA Hyhanthus arborefcens f. frute- fcens americana, foliis oblongis, obtufis, glabris. Radix frutefcens. Caulls frutefcens, per arbores fcandens, infe- rius contortus recortufque, craflitie brachii infantis, cortice rugulofo, fibrofo, contor- re flexo, fuperius retorto, varieque inter ramos alterius arboris inflexo, fummis ra- mulis fubpendulis, filiformibus, lignofis, cortice teclis rudiore, cinerafcenti-fufco, nudis ramulis hinc inde fparfis, brevibus, foliofis, varie fiexis. FoUh akerna, ad extremitates ramulorum late- ralium PLANTAE AMERICANAE. 403 ralium conferta, cblonga vel oblongo-lan- ceolata, fuperius comrtiuniter latiora, ob- 285 tufa, integerrima, glabra utrinque 2, 3, 4, tincialia. FetioU breves, fubtus teretes, fu- pra planinfculi. Flores axillares, ex alls folioque folitarii, pen- duli, peduncuUs 2-3 punflatis, filiformibus, fimplicibus, unifloris. Cal. Perianthium pentaphyllum, eredum : foliolis ovato-acutis, corollae adpreffis, fub- aeqnalibus, ad Nedarium duobus patentl- bribus, foliolo oppofito Neftario ab akero latere reliquis paulo minore. Cor. pentapetala, irregularis, a) Petala duo a latere Nedlario oppofito, calyce duplo longiora, fubrotunda, obtufa. ^) Petala duo latercdia fubrotunda, praecedentibus tripio majora, patula, obtufa. y) Pet alum pojlerius fubrotundo-oblongum, pone elon- gatum in neclarium akitudine petalorum ^. Ne5iarium ex petalo ultimo, pone prominens, corolla duplo longius, fubulatum, femi- iinciale, comprefTum, rectum, oblique con- tortum, obtufum. St AM. Filamenta quinque, breviilima. ^n- iherae fubrotundae, connatae, apice mem- branula connivente terminatae, intus bilo- culares, bifariam dehifcentes : duabus ver- D d 2 fus 404 PLANTAE AMERICANAE- fus neflarium emittentibus caudam, in ca- vitate ne6tarii, pubefcenti-pilofam. PisT. Germen {ubovztum, trigonum, fexflria* turn. Stylus filiformis, llaminibus longior, fuperne planus, obtufus, convolutus. Slig- »^^.obtufum, fimplcx. Per. Capfula globofa fexfulcata, obfolete tri- gona, unilocularis, trivalvis. Sem. duodecim circiter, oblonga, comprefTa, obtuia. Color Corollae pallide iutcns. Folia viri- di-lutca. A P P £ N- APPENDIX ULTIMA, 305 ABSOLUTO OPERE MISS A, T R I A N D R I A. c ORAZON. Cal. Perianthium monophyllum, tubnlatiim, ob- folete 4-angulare, quadridentatuni, dentibus lubrotunde obtufis, periiftens. Cor. nulla. *Stam. Filam. 3, fetacea, calyce diiplo longiora, receptaculo inferta, apice patula. Antherae fubrotundae. PiST. Germen ovatum, altero latere magis pla- niufculum. Stylus fetaceiis, iongitudine fla- minum, ad unum latus fiexus. Stigjna fim- plex, acutum. Per. nullum. Calyx dentibus connlventibus, ia finu fert femen. Sem. unicum, fubrotundum, compreiTum, con- vexum. C A L L I S I A repens, Cal. Feriantk. triphyllum, ereclum : foliolis li- neari-fubulatis, dorfo carinatis, perfiftenti- bus, marcefcentibus. Cor. Petala tria, linearia, acuta, membranacea, calycis Iongitudine, erecla, apice patula. D d 3 Stam. 4c6 APPENDIX ULTIMA. St AM. Filament a tria, capillaria, corolla duplq longiora, eredta. Anthcrae fubrotundae. Pist". Germen oblongum, compreflum. Stylus capillaris, ftaminibus brevier. Stigma trifi- dum, patens. Per Capfida oblonga, comprelTa, acuminata, iitrinque fulco imprefTo, bilocularis, bival- Tisj valvulis difiepimento oppofitis. Se.\^ nonnulla, fubrotunda. Licet riigma triPidum fit, nunquana tamen capfulain 3-iocularem vidi. Planta debiiis, fubprocumbens, annua, digitali- fpithamalis, glabra, fimplex, interdum e bafi ramofa* Folia ovata vel ovato-lanceolata, bafi cordata, feflilia, in fuperiore caule fte- rili imbricata in rofulam patentem, alias in h-udificantibus alterna, remota, bafi vagi- nantia, integra, ftriata. Flo7;e5 pauci 2-6, fefiiles, ex axillis foliorum conferti, bradeo- lis feu fpathulis iineari-acutis diftindli, hinc, habitus fere Commelinae, cui adfine genus 3^^ eft, fed nedVario omnino caret. CoroUae color aqueus, membranaceus. Habitat in udis deprefiis, fub fruticibus ubique circa Barcellonam novam. PENTANDRIA. M E N A I S topiaria, Cal. Perianth, triphyllun:, laxum: foliolis Iineari- acutis, APPENDIX ULTIMA. 407- acutis, ririatis, concavis, eredlo-patulis, per- fiftentibus. Cor. monopetala, hypocrateriformls. Tubus cy- lindricus, calyce longior. Limhtts patens, 5- partitus, laciniis oblongis. St AM. Filamenta nulla. Antherae 5, lineares acu- tae, fefliles, adnatae fummae tubi fauci e re- gione inclfurarum limbi. PiST. Germen fubrotundum, deprefTum. Stylus filiformis, ereclus, tubi altitudine. Stig7nata duo, fubconniventia, oblonga, acuta. Per. Bacca, EDECHIA ad Curataquiche. Laugieria odor at a, Cal. Ferianth, monophyllum, tubulatum, teres, ore integro perfiftens. CoR. monopetala, hypocrateriformls. 'Tubus ca- lyce multo longior, cylindricus. Limhus 5- partitus : laciniis oblongis, patentiffimis. Stam. Filamenta 5, brevifTima, Tupra medium tubi adnata, capiliaria. Antherae lineares, tubi altitudine. PisT. Germen fubrotundum, receptaculis cindum. Stylus filiformis, ftaminibus altior. Stigma capitatum, fubrotundum. Per. Drupa fubrotunda, parva. Sem. Nux fubrotunda, ofTea, 4-5 Iqcularis (in al- tera fpecie 2-loc. irregularis) nucleis tereti- bus. f. fp. inermis^. 271. 2. fp. 4o8 APPENDIX ULTIMA. 2. fp. fpinofa p. 259. CELOSIOIDES. Cal. Ferianth. pentaphyllum, patens : foliolis lanceolatis, concavis, ficcis, perfiilens. 307 Cor. nulla. Neularium germen cingens, membranaceum, margine ftamina gerens, integrum, nee pli- catum, nee inter ftamina altius. Stam. Filamenta quinque, inferta membranae ne6i:arii, patuia, caiyce breviora. Antherae fubrotundae. PiST. Germen fubrotundum., obtufum, compref- fum. Stylus filiformis, apice bifid us, flami- num longitudine. Stigmata fimplicia, craf- fiufcula. Per. Capfula oblonga, comprefla, caiyce duplo triplove longior, unilocularis, verfus bafin horizontaliter deliiicens. Sem. unicum, oblongum, comprefTum, glabrum, nitidum, involutum arillo fpongiolb, aibo, verfus folem niicis argenteis fplendido. Ideoque a Celofia femine unico, capfulaque magna, et ad Achyranthe feminis arillo diiFert. I. Celofioides frutefcens fcandens* HEXANDRIA. HERMUPOA fl. coccineo. Mattique cique. Cal. Perianthium duplex : Exterius monophyl- lum. APPENDIX ULTIMA. 409 ium, tubulatum,- longum, integrum, apice diruptum 3 dentibus •, inferius longins, de- hifcens, coloratum, deciduum ; Inter lus mi- nimum, tetraphyikim : foliolis fubquadran- gularibus, truncatis, adinterilitiapetalorum deciduum. Cor. Petala quatuor, eredla linearia, convexa, calyce exteriorc leviter longiora, obtufe acuminata. SxAM, Filamenta fex, longifTima, fubulata, An- therae oblongae, planae, curvae. PiST. Germen fubulatum, parvum. Stylus iiiifor- mis, flaminibus paulo brevior. Stigma par- vum, globolum, capitacum. Per. Bacca maxima, teres, oblongo-cylindracea, fuperficie hinc inde craffiore. Sem. plurima fubrotunda, niduiantia. Affinitate naturali jungitur jSr^;^/*^^, reliquif- que, hinc dixi calycem interiorem, quod alii dicerent nedarium. H E P T A N D R I A- 3o8 PI SON I A mitis, Cal. Periiinth. monophyllum, fubulatum, fu- perne latius, 5-angulare, obfoletifiime 5- ' dcntatum, minimum. Cor. nulla. Stam. Filamenta feptem, fubulata, ere6la, bafi fere connata, receptaculo inferta. Anther ae lubro- 4IO APPENDIX ULTIMA. fubrotundae, didymae, calycls dimidii alti- tudine. PiST. Germen oblongum, utrinque contraclum^ in fundo calycis. Stylus filiformis, calyce altior, ad latns inferius inclinatus, apice furfum curvo f. adfcendente. Stigma mul- tifidum, lacerum, peniciliiforme. Per. Sem. - - - A Pifoniadiffert ftaminibus brevibus; ftigmatc et fexu hermaphrodito. OCTANDRIA. COMBRETUM. laxim, Frutex fol. oppofitis, fr. 4-gono, membrana- ceo, monofpermo. Ado vulgo. Cal. Perianth, morjophyllum, germini infidens, campanulatum, quadridentatuiu, denticulis brevibus, lato acutis ; dpciduum. Cor. Petala quatuor, parva, ovato-acuta, ex in- cifuris calycis, vix dentibus longiora. St AM. Filament a 06I0, longiffima, fetacea, ereda. Anthcrae fuboblongae, parvae. PisT. Germen fub receptaculo, lineare, quadran- gulare, angulis compreflis, fuperne acumi- natum. Stylus fetaceus, longitudine ftami- num, ad bafm hirfutus. Stigma iimplex, acutum. Per. nullum nificruftam feminis tetragonam velis. Sem. APPENDIX ULTIMA. ,421 Sjem. unicum, oblongum, nudum, tetragonum ; angulis longitudinalibus membranaceis ma- jgis, apic.e acuminatum ; medio oblongo 4- gono, angulis compreflfis, Cotylcdpijibus cor- rugatis, corculo ex apice. Hinc flos fere Grijleae^ fed germen fub recep- taculo, Stamina eredta, et fru6lus abunjde dillinguunt. D E C A N D R I A. CASSIAE adfinis. ^Cal. Perianth, 5-phyllum : foliojis lineari-oblQfl- gis, acutis, patentibus, deciduis. Cor. Tetala quinque, patentia, ereda, fubrotun- da, fubaequalia, calyce majora. Stam. Filamenta 10, brcviffima. Anther ae lineares, curvae, fubaeqyales, omnes fertiles. PiST. Germen lineare, unicum. Stylus adfcend^ns fubulatus. Vix, exceptis ftaminibus omnibus fertilibus, a .Cafila differt. 1 1 . April. I travelled to firitu^ and found upon the road ; MAHOMA arbor diadelpha, floribus fpicatis racemofis copiofis, pallide purpurafcenti- bus. JATPvOPHA frutefcens, altior lignofa, caule glabro, folia digitato-palmata, lobis extror- fum latioribus, in medio fmu lato contradis. Flore s 412 APPENDIX ULTIMA. Flores in racemo lato fufci. Stamina lo, filamentis omnibus diftinftis ; quorum 5 interiora, breviora, reda, ieviter patula, 5 vero exte- riora, bafi retrorfum inflexa, longiora. Corolla campanulata, bafi laxa, pallide fufca, co- lore interiore faturatiore. MIMOSA cortice glaberrimo. HIBISCUS flore albo, calyce patente. BREYNIA olivacea latifolia^ copiofe florens. COFER Indis Pirituenfibus vocata, frutexaltior, fol. oblongis. SYMPLOCOS martini cenfis, Cal. Perianth, tubulatum, latere altero ad bafm dehifcens, hinc pauio obliquum, apice com- prefTum, z-dentatum. CoR. Petala^^ ereda, oblonga, obtufa, bafi an- guftiora, corrcava, convexa, bafi convexe patula, furfum ereda. Stam. Filamenta 20, in 4 fafciculos f. phalanges divifa, inde 5 et 5 parallela, oppofita, corolla paulo breviora. PiST. Gerrnen oblong. . . . Stylus unicus. Color fioris candidus et pulchre albas. GOSSYPIUM verfus mare. 12. April. I went from Piritu to S. Miguel and S. Francifco, They bring about this time greaf quantities of fait towards Barcellma and Caracas. 14. April, We travelled towards the mtx Orinoco, We waded throu2:h the river Guere on our way, APPENDIX ULTIMA. 413 way, and went a good way along its fandy Ihores, till we reached a marlh and foon after S. Pablo, after two miles journey. HELENII facie fl. luteo, foliis 2-pinnatis. We continued our journey towards 5. Lorenzo which lies north of the river Guere, fo that we paiTed twice that river. The journey went on towards Margarita^ thirteen miles, which lies fouth'of the river Giier^y which we pafled a third time. 15 April from Margarita to Aragua feven miles. Planta fyngenefiae fi. albo, fpicato, rigi- da. ' 16. April. The journey continued from Aragua, to Hato Nuovo eight miles. 17. April Planta lacuftris f. paluilris fpinofa. Radix perennis, fibroia, tenax. Caules Iblitarii f. pauci, erecti, pedales, fubfimpli- ces, pubefcentes, fubfeffiles, ramulis akernis, patulis, brevibus limplicib'us. Folia alterna, lanceolata, femiuncialia, feirilia,.pur- befcenti-vifcofa, margine fubundulata. Spi- nae axillares, fubulatae, reftae, patentes, 2-3 lin. longitudine. Flares pauci, terminales ramis alternis, conferti, fubfefiiles. Cal. Perianth, 5-phyllum -, foiiolis linearibus, acutis, ere6li3, pubefccnti-vifcofis, non im- bricatis. Cor. 414 APPENDIX ULTIMA. GoR* monopetala, rotato-campaniilata. "Tuhus laxioFj calycis dimidii longitudine, obfolete quinquangularis. Limbus eredo-patens, 5- partitus : laciniis ovatis, imbricatis. Stam. Filamenta 5, fubulata, corolla paulo altio- ra, patcntia, apice inflexa, bafi craflioray cor- data. Antherae parvae, oblongae, curvae, incumbenteSi PisT. Gcrmen ovatum, vix tnanifelle comDref- fum, lineis oppofitis obfolete notatum. Sty- ti 2, filiformes, long, ftaminum patentes, introrfum leviter curvi. Stigmata obtufa, truncata. Per. Capfttla ovata, utrlnque iinea notata, 2-loc* 2-valv. ? Receptaculo femin, ovato, magno. Sem. minutiflima, plurima, juxta valvulas, ini- bricata, fuper receptac. Color floris eft faturate caeruieus. ARBOR ad Morichal. Cal. Perianth, monophyllum •, tubo oblongo* furfum leviter contrado, 5-partito : laciniis oblongis, patentibus. Cor. Petala 5, raro 4, patentia, oblonga, conca- va, calycis laciniis duplo longiora, majora* Stam. Filamenta 6, raro 5, declinata ex inferiore latere, margine breviffimo, circxilari, calycis coUo adnata, decumbcntia, leviter furfum. arcuata, f. fubadfcendeiiiia. corolla tripio longioray APPENDIX ULTIMA, 415 longiora, fubaequalia. Anther ae parvae, fubrotundae. PiST. Germe'4 oblongum, leviter comprefium, hirfutum. Stylus fctaccus, fitu ftaminum leviter illis longior. Stigma fimplex. Per. Capfula oblonga, fubovata, oblique acuta,, latere exteriore gibbo, fuperiore reflo, fu- perius ad bafin fulco uno oblongo notata. Sem. unicum, oblongum. Frutex 2-4 orgyarum longitudine. Folia ovalia, obtufa, integerrima, fubacuminata* iB. April. SLOANEA dentata. Arbor mediocris, vel frutex altus, juxta rivulos nafcens ; rainis laxis, ere6lis5 varie et rare difperfis, longis. Folia akcrna, ad pices ramorum, fubfefliiia, ob- longa, fpithamalia. bafi obtufa, cordata, fu- perne rugulofa, fed concinne venuiofa, fub- tus tomentofa, pilofa, ierrulata. Flores in racemo oppofito infimo folio, compofito 3^^ ramulis alternis, ex quorum fummitate 3 1. 4 flores prodeunt, pedicellati. Braofeae fingulo ramulo laterali binae appofitae. Bra6leae ad pediceilos 4 v. 3 majores, patentes, ovatae. Pedicelli -'- unciales. Cal. Ferianth. 5-phyllum, ereflum, patens, rl- gidum, ftrictum; foliolis lineari-acutis mar- oinibus 4i6 APPENDIX ULTIMA. ginibus crafTis, ante fiorem apertum conti- guis, -i uncial, foris pubefcenti pilofis, de- cidnis. Cor. Fetala 5, eredla, oblonge fubrotunda, ca- lycis medio leviter altiora, breviter ungui- culata, ungue oblongo, ftirfum mox latiore, obtufiufculo. Stam. Filament a ^\\jinm2i 100-200, filifor-mia co- rolla 4 breviora, compada, fuperius pla- niufcula-. extima (lerilia, fuperne foliacea, lanceolata, fubhirfuta. Anther ae oblongo- lincares, latere interiore filamento adnatae, apice fubfoliaceo, fubhirfutae. PiST. Germen iubrotundum, deprefTum. Stylur filiformis, flaminibus duple longior, corolla pauio longior, apice leviter curvus. Stigma obtufum, perforatum, cylindri inllar. Per. Bacca fubrotundo-orbiculata, deprefia, pal^ mae latitudine, undique echinara : echinis mollibus, nee adeo afperis, acutis, pilofis, interius carnofa, forte capfula. Sem. plurima, fubrotunda, paulo compreiTa, me-f diocria. Colcr Corollae luteus. EPILOBII vel RHEXIAE adflnls. MELA- STOMA. Rndix tuberofa, coagmentata, radiculis fibrofis. ^ Caulr-s ereftus, herbaceus, fmiplcx, 3-5 pedalis, hirfutns, teres. Folia Appendix ulthvIa. 4i> Tolia oippoCita, cvato-oblonga, 3 vel 7-nervia, hir- futa ; fcfTilia. F/ores axillares i. 2. 3. brevi ramulo elevati. Cal. Perianth, i-phyll. tubulato-campanuliUiira, 5-fidum: laciniis lanceolatis, ereclo-patulis, foris hirfutis. Coii: Pctda 5, fubrotundd, inferta Calyci, laci- niis ejus iriplo majora, obtufa. Stam. Filamenla 10, infcrta calyci infra petala, filiformia, kvicer dentata ad latus inferius, leviter longiora. Antherae lineares, com- preflae, fubulatae bafi ciirvae dorfo gibbo, filamento margine bafeos bifido, corollae altitudine. PrsT. Germen ovatum, medii calycis altitudine, fub-hirfutum. Stylus fiiiformis, longicudine ftaminum, declinatus. Stigma obtulum, fimpiex. Per. Capfula 5-locularis5 5-valvls ? Sem. plurima, minima. Receptactilum fern in. magnum. Flores purpurei. BYTTNERIA fcahra. Radix perenhis, fibrofa. Caulis fruiicofus, ere6tits ; 4-5 ped. altitudine: Ramis altcrnis, longis angulatis : acukis brevibus, reflexis, cartilagineis. Folia lineari-lanceolata, fubintegerrima, 4-8 unc, longit. inferiora pctiolataj fuperiora fe/iilia, Vol. II. E e glabra. 4iB APPENDIX ULTIMA. glabra, venofa, rigidiiifcula, fubcondupli^ cata. Petioli angulati, margine et dorfo aculeati. Flcres axillares, pedicellati, et terminalcs in race- mis oblongis, anguflis. PeduncuU plures 2. 3, 6. 8. ex axilla foliorum vel bradlearum luperiorum, fubdivifi in pedicellos umbels latos 1-2-4. Cal. nullus, nifi corollani vis. Cor. Petala 5, lanceolata, patentia, concava, fubacuta. Ne5laria 5 (fquamae 5) fubrotunda, concava, introrfum conniventia obtufa, margine con- niventi filamentis adnexa terminante in fita y 5, corolla fere longiora, eredto-patula. Stam. Filamenta 5, Ibbrotimda, fubmembra* nacea, obtufa, brevia, apice connata cum Nedariis. Aniherae fubrotundae dorfo fila- mentorum infertae. PisT. Germen {uhxo\.uvidiVim. Stylus ^Xiioxmis, Per. Capfula fubrotunda, depreffa, 5-loba, 5- loc. 5-valvis echinata -, echinis parvis ; ob-- tuliufculis brevibus. 314 Sem. 5, folitaria fmgulis loculis, oblonga. Color Floris albus: Nedaria apicibus fufcis, JUSSIAEAE adfinis herbaceao6londra, capfulis apice fe aperientibus. Ji:xta rivuloum praecipiii i. APPENDIIC ULTIMA. 41^ ^olia alterna, oblonga, ievifTime ferrulata, gla- bra, venofa, obtufa, feffilia, uncialia. stores axillares, folitarii, pedunculati, pedun- culo unciali prius nutante, dein eredo. BraQeolae breviflimae, acutae, oppofitae, bi- nae ad bafin calycis. Cal. Perianthium 4-phyllum, infidens germir>I illudque coronans : foliis oyato4anceolatis» acutis, perfiftcntibus, demum fere deciduis. Cor. 'Petala 4, patentia^ obverfe reniformia, 2.- plo latiora quam longiora, apice emarginata, obtufa, calyce fefqui longiora. Stam. Filamenta 8, filiformia, calyce -breviora, finiflrorfum leviter tort^, crafTiufcula, ere- 6!t7u Antherae oblongae fubulatae, tortae, fiirfum tenu lores. JRiST. Germen fub receptaculQ, turbinatum, ob- longum, obfolete 4-gonum, intra calycem^ apice fubovato, obtufo, lineis Jurfnm deor- .fumque repente. Stylus breviflimus, tere*- .tiufculus. Sligma capitatum, fubrotundum, majufculum, glutinofum. ^ ER. Caj}fula 4-locularis, apice integro, 4-valvis^ columellis perfiftentibus. ^ :Sem. plurima, minutifTima. Flos luteus. :BEJUCO pendulus, floribus paniculatist^ HIR- POCRATEA voMilis. E^ ^ Si^^ 420 APPENDIX ULTIMA. Cal. Ferianthium 5-phyllum, breve : foliolis fivb- . rotundis, miniaiis. Cor. Petda 5, oblongo-linearia, patentia, calyce 4-plo longiora, verfus apicem leviflime hir- futa. Ne^farium monophyllum^ craffiufculum, cylindri- cum, eresftum, ore integro, germini ipfi ad- natiim, vel illud ciFCumdans. Stam. Filamenta 3,. inferta margin! interior! ne- (Starii, patentiay filiformia, brevia. Anther ae fubrotundae. '^^S Pi ST. Germen oblongum, apice 3,-lobnm : lobis ovati^, brevibus, patentibus. Styltis filifor- mis, brevis, ex fmu lacimarum. Stigma Tub- capitatum. Per. Sem. nuda, apice 3-foliaceo, forte? Flores viridi-tutei. Frutex fcandens •, ramis oppofitisj patentiffimis. Folia oblonga, glabra, kviter ct obtufe ferrata. BIGNONIA folils-digitatis, floribu5 ringentibus. Cal. Perianthium monophyllum, breve, tubulato- campanulatum, ore 5-dentato: dentibus bre-- vibus, obtiifis, acuminatis. Cor. monopetala,, ringens. TuBus cyllndricuSv calycis longitudine, mox dilatatus in faucera ventricofam, magis prominulam inferiiis. Limbus biUbiatus : Lab. fu peri us 2-partl- tum •, laciniis fubrotundo-oblongis, ercdif^ Fcfiexis -^ APPENDIX ULTIMA. 421 reflexis; Inferius 3-pardtum: lateralibus ob- longis, obtufis, labio ilipcriore paulo longio- ribus : intermedia fubrocunda, lateralibus duplo majore, utrinque ad faucem linea pubelcenti norata. Faux ipfa compreiTa. Stam. FUamenta 5 tubo coroUae adnata, fubula- ta, curva, labii fuperioris longitudine, pa- rallela. Antherae parvae, fubrotundae. PiST. Germen fubrotundum. Stylus filiformis, long, (taminum. Stigma 2-fidum, breve. Color floris purpnreus. Magnitudo mediocris. Rami oppofiti. Folid digitara, oppofita, petiolata: foliolis 5, felTi- , libus, oblongis, glabris. 21. April. CONV'OLVULO ^?^;//V3 pentandra (Xigym^Jf^c. ncv EVOLVULUS. Radix filiformis, defcendens, fibrillas hinc inde emitte ns. Catiks eredi, plures vel pauciores, fpithamales vcl pedales fimiplices, tomentofi, incani. Folia ad medium caulis confertiora, fparla, alter- na, lanceolata, piloro-tomentofa, incana, fef- filia, dccurrentia: fupra medium minus al- terna, remoti?ra, leviter decurrentia. fenfim minora. f'lores \n fpica oblonga, tomentora, compofita ex 316 bra(?,els copiofis, confcrtis, lineari-acutis 1'. E e 3 flibiilatis. 'ifi% APPENDIX ULTIMA. fubulatis, pilofis. Floribus feflilibus ex axil- lis bracleolarum. Cal. Verianthium ^-phyllum, ereftiufculum, fo- liolis lineari-fubulatis, Mrfutis. Cor. nonopetala, fubrotata •, tuho filiformi, an- gufto, limbi medii longitudinc -, limhus pa- tens, Goncavus, 5-plicatus, 5-lobus : lobis obverfe cordatis, hine 10 fariam emarginatis. Stam. Filament a 5, capillaria, eredla. Anther ap lineares, fubincumbentes. PiST. Germen fubrotundum. Styli 2, flaminibtjs. longiores, linibi fere longitudine, ad 4 fuL; partem fimpliees,, mox bifidi, capillares. JPer. Caffula m^ato-fubrotunda, obtufa, 4-vak. 2-localaris. Sem. 4, ovata, inde convexiora, glabra. CqIot GoFoUae purpureus. Forma 5,-gona>. INDEX. INDEX. ABEKAS, Indians Vol. T. p. 229 •^-* Account of a journey into the wejlern parts of North America 388 ' of Prince Madocs voyage to Virginia 393 • of the difcQvery of America by Martin Behaim, previous to Columbus 39^ Adiantum pedatum, Maidenhair 354 Akanxas^ an Indian nation 68. 69 account of their country 92 their ceremonies on declaring war 99 ■ their cuftom of adopting 103 their cufiom of making i?idelible punSfures on the body 107 their and the other Indians^ manner of making oath 98 their Manitou or falfe deity 1 03 their proceeding with pr if oner 5 1 05 their fongs of war 102 Allihamons, Indians in Weft Florida 226 their burials 257 their religious principles 256 Alligators, Indian manner of killing them 281 ■ torpid in winter 367 . very great ones in the river MiJJifippi 366 Anchovies caught on the coaji of Bret&ny % not the true Italian anchovies ibid. Animal, unknown, with a fine fur ^ found in thecoun- try of the Mijfouris 1 80 Aquelon- Pijfas, commonly called Colla-pijfas, an Ameri" can nation 34 ^ttakapas, an Indian nation who eat their pr if oner s 337 E e 4 Balife^ 424 INDEX. B Balife^ fort at the mouth of the MiJJtftppi p. 20; Bay^ red and while. See Laurus. Bears 93 ' 6/7, very good to eat 20'6 — white ^ not the polar white bears 358 Beavers '' 368 Belle- If e^ (M. de) a French majors l\is captivity a- 7nong the Jttakapas, with his other fufferiugs 334 Biloxis^ formerly the chief place in Louiftana 343 Bimini^ one of the Bahama if es II. (x — is now called Ife of Providence II. S renowned'f or a pretended miraculous fountain II. 6 Bifhop^ a bird (Tanagra Epifcopus) 37^ Bramly^ excejfive fondnefs of the Indians for this liquor ig'i Bufa'rds^ in America f 94. 96 Butter fies 37^ Galabojhes 354. Qalumei^ or pipe of pence ^ a pipe with a marble head^ ufed in einbajfes by the hidians- 26. Cardinal bird . ' 37^^ Cafjine-i the leaf of a tree, its infufon drank by the In- dians 24^ Cats IjJand on the coaft of Louiftana 320., tragical tranfa6iions on that ijle, 32^ Cais^ wild 94 Cedars^ white (Cuprcffus thyoides) 22^ -- — '• red (Juniperus virginiana) ibid.. denis, an Indian nation ' 80 Cha^aws, an Indian nation 169 -^— a party of the7n reconcilec^jo the FrencI^ 283 — ^- are fond of war 293 " are fuperjUiious 294, « '• are very uncleanly 29S Chac^ \ See the preface, p. vii;. I: N" D E : IC 4^5 ChaSfaws have a play at hall p. 3^4 their punifhment of adultery 308 QharaSJer of an Indian hunter II7 Ckartres fort^ at the Illinois 114 CherokeeSy hidians - 33 1 'Cherry trees, wild 222 Chiclfaivs. See Tchilcachas. Chltimachas, an Indian nation fettled to the wejlward of New Orleans 25 Chsaguen, a fort on lake Ontario 176 drier ^ or wax-tree, or candle^berry myrtle ■ 351 X^ollapiffas, or Aquelon-piffas, an Indian nation 3^ -— '. — — generofity of one of them wh(i underwent ^^-'death in/lead of his fon " 169 Conlhakis, an Indian nation 229 Copal-tree, or Rhus Copaliinnm 354 Corrientes, Cape af Florida ^1*5 {Jetton, its culture • ' '- ■ 377 Cuha, wcftcrmojl of the Jiitilles or Leeward Jf^eji-India • iflands' ' - -" '• ' ' ' 18 > _ • ■ Dances cuftomary ainong' the Indians on various occafions 97 Dauphin ijle. See Maffacre-ifle. Differ tation on the prefervation of health 401 Divers 97 Dogs, Spani/h, their antipathy to the Indians 1 1 . 1 2 -^-^ — fefn eaten by the Indians before ihey go to war 99. 189- ^ ■ . ■ \ ' 202 Po?ningo ['^zr\ D om\r\go)ms of the WeJ{-i?idia iflands 5 *— r- the capital cf the ifle of that name ibid. ■r — •_ irflance of cruelty towards the negro faves there 16 X*^ injiarce cf generofity of one of its inhabiia'nts 1 4 Dorado, ari imaginary country abounding in gold ^7 •J^-'; attempts of the Spaniards toivards finding it 89 Ducks and Teiils ' ' 96. 97 ^' which perch en trees 373 Eaglr 426 index; E Eagle royaly or golden eagle p. 285^ i. has four eaglets 289 — . fingular Indian method of catching them 35^ theif feathers in great requeft among the In- dians ibid. Egrets ^ 374, Elephants fkeletons found on the hanks of the Ohio 179 ^ — ' fuppofed migration of them from Afia to Ame- rica x%(^ Bfcaaniba^ a civilized people in the wejiern parts ef North Jmirka 38^ F Fijhy armedy (ommon in the lakes of Louiftanif 1^0 Flamingo 369 Florida^ nations of^ their contempt of precious metals 9 Foxes in America 94 ■' Indian nation* See Outagamis. Francois Cape on St. Domingo 5 F^o^h which croak as loud as a bull can roar 367 Geeje 96 Germans^ a colony of them fettled in LouiJTana 33 Ginfeng (Panax quinquefolium) 353 Goats-t wild /pedes in Louifana 356 Goldfinch (Fringilla triftis) 37Z Groufes^ various forts in America 95 Guatim^la^ volcano ; ridiculous idea of a Spanijh monk concerning it I© Guayacan (or Gudyacum) a fpecific againfl the venereal difcafe 8 Hare& INDEX 417 K Mares p, j^g Harlequin^ a bird with TTwny colours 37X Havannah on the ijle of Cuboy the center 'of riches ff Spani/h America " xS Humming bird 272 I ? or din de la Reynay a number of little ijles nem" Cuba 19- dfmine fruit (perhaps an Annona) 34S Jeany (St,) a creek in lake Pontchartrain 220 Jllinoisy an Indian nation 1 26 • — ■ • formerly very formidable 1 29 their cujloms 1 28 Indians y or Americans y their marriages 128.232 are ambitious of knowing the arts of wur-^ phy- ficy huntingy andfijhing 235 ." are generally rnonogamous 231 ' education of their boys 235 'f^ excejfvuely fond of brandy 1 97 * their abhorrence of lying 200 ■■ their dijhes 230 I- their jugglers or dollars 262 their method of catching roe-deer 259 ' their mourning 248 ■ their government 1 98 « their ideas and defcripiions of European countries 141 r— their punifhment of aJii-iisry ' 233: — — - their weapons and in/iruments 223 ■' vegetables which ihey cultivate 22^ venerate their old men 20Q J$idigOy method of making it 37 j JCarancro (Carrion vulture) 3^^ Kajkakiasjf^ an American nation or tribe of the IIUthIs 115.127 KiiiMuytas^ ■4i^ rZN D EX* Kaivuytas^ hidians \i. iK) • their emperor vijlt's the French at the Alliha- 271 mon$ 4^— — : their general ajfemhlies and fpeeches 276 Kikapoux^ Indians^ allies of the Outngamis 131 Koakias^ a tribe of Illinois Indians. 1 29 Lancet-hill^ a bird > 374 l^aunis asftivalis, white bay 222« 349 — ^ Lorbonia, red bay ibid. ibid. — ^- faflafras, the faffafras-tree 354 Leopards in Ameriea ' 93 Liquor of valour .^ an infufion of the leaves of Cafftne 355 Louiftana dif covered by M. Iberville - 20 -^— the honour of its difcovery falfely offumed by fa- ther Hemiepin J 60 • abounds in fimples 353 i-.v: M jMaJeira, an ifle belonging to Poriugal 4 Adaidenhair {Adiantum pedatum) 354 Manitou^ an Indian falfe deity 103. 163. 167 JlAar tyres, ifands II. 5 ^Aajfacre ifle, on the coaji of Louifiana 318 Melons 230' Mexico, gulph of ' 19 Miffifrppi river, mouth ' of, di [covered by M. Iberville 20 -7- excelletice of its ivaier 24 lidiffouris Indians - 141 •;: — : hrought to bcUevc that gun-powder groivs in favannahs 1 40 -^-*-- repay the French with their own coin •• 1 47 unlucky atie?npt of the Spaniards to dejlroy them 151 woman who pafjedfor a forcerefs, and wore a live rattle-fnake by vjay of girdle 194- JkMtchigainias, India;: s, u tribe of Illinois 131 Adohilc bay and fort. ^ ' 221 MockifiF I N D E X5. 429 jliocktng bird P* 37^ Mulberry -trees " 3 50 Myrica cerifera 35 1 N Natches^ an Indian nation in Louiftana 37 adore the Jun ibid, • — ' — ejiablijhed dijiin^ions and ranks among them 45 their confpiracy againjl the French 47 -*-;^ — their cujioms and ceremonies ^ • ■ 3S -— ;; their nobility imparted only through the ivomen 4^ — — — their princes and princejfes dejcer.ded from the Jun ^ and bearing the name of Juns J7 Natchitoches^ an Indian nation near Mexico 342 Nations.) civilized, found in the ivejhrn part of North America 387 Nunez (Vafco^ ds Balboa] governor of St, Domi?iga i i Obando (Nicholas dc) governor of St. Domiri go 6 Obfervations on the migrations of men to America from other parts 1 8"i O^ajhepas, Indians 229 Ohio, or fine river, elephants hones found on its banks 179 Oil made of St. jfohns wort for heali?ig wounds 353 Ontario, lake in America 176 Opojum 336. 360 Orleans, Nezu, capital of Lomjiana 2i ■ — inhabitants of, 23 — — regidarly built ibtd. fituation 24 Of ages, Indians i^l Oumas, Indians ^ Outagamis, hidians, likewife called Foxes 1 29 their war againjl the Illinois 1 '.50 — dejiroy the village oj Mitchigamias 1 33 Ouyatanons, an Indian nation 1 14 Oxen, wild ^3. 35^ takana$ 430 I N D E X Pakanas Indians p. 22^ . Panax quinquefolium, Ginfeng 355 Papape-changouhias, grand chi^ of the Illinois 1 8c Parrots and Parrokeets , 370 Partridges^ American 9^ Peanguichias^ or^ j ,. Pehenguichia] ] "^ ^''dtan naUm 1,4 pelican 37^ Peorias^ Indians allied to ihe Illinois 187 Pigeons^ wood g^ Pliakmine^ Indian bread 18^ kind of medlar in Lou iftana^ of vjhich the above bread is made 3^7 Ploversy golden igy Poncroy an Indian Cacique in St» Domingo 1 1 Pontchartrain, lake in Louiftana 220 J^ope^ a bird (the male of .the painted finch) 37 1 Potofty mines y and hard labour laid on ihofe who work them by the Spaniards 8 Prinos glaher, the Cajfme 35^ Prudhomme^ a place on th Miffifippiy wher^ its fhores Atejieep and rocky 205 ^ails 94-96 Rdbbets 94 ^accoon^ or wood-cat 36/ Rattle- fnake 363 iRefle6liom on the population of America 381 Rhubarb 353 Rhus Copallinum 354 Roebucks y American 93 .^a^fi' INDEX. 4JI Sagcimhe, a kind of gruel of maize-flour ^ with maple fyrup P- ^^ Sails, an American nation 1 31 Salle (Robert Cavelier de la Salle) a Frenchman who endeavoured to make a fetilement at the mouth of the Miffiftppi 71 his unhappy fate S3 •San- Domingo. See in D. Sardines- See Anchovies. Sarfaparilla 353 SaJJafras-tree. See Lauru«. Sea-wohes^ a vicknarm given to ^t faihrs from Bretany 3 Shell- f/l:^ fingularfpecies^ (king's crab) 367 Ship ijland on the coajl of Lotdjiana 320 Simples abound in Louijiana 353 Sioux^ Indians 131 Snake-root 353 S?2akes, fafcinated and killed by the Indians 365 numerous in Louijiana r 363 - rattle ^ ibid. their bit£ cured by fimples kmuurt^oths Indians 365 Whipper 364. Whijlkr ibid. ■Snipes 9J Soto (Ferdinand) a Spaniard who unfuccefsfuUy vj^nt -upon difco'ueries 70 Spaniards y their avarice S Spoon-hill 374 Squirrels fafcinated by fnakes 361 --— of four forts in Louifana^ vii, Macky grey^ red^ and flying ^.i their fafcination accounted for 362 Stags 93 Stares 97. 369 St, John's wort 353 Swans 96 iSwiJst ^ ^i^^ which ts red andhlt^ 372 Tjth- 43 » IN D' E'X. Yalapoajhas^ Indians p.22<) 7'ajkikis^ Lidians ibid. Tchikachas, Indians^ calbd Chlckfaws by the EngU/h 146 ' allies of the Englijh 316 very brave and intrepid 309 Thrujhes 9S ^Tobaccoy probably indigenous in AmerlcU: 379 ^ombekbe fort 285; river 279 TonikaSy Indian nation 35 Tortugas ifles H. 4 Touloufey fort among the Allibainons 226 Turkies^ wild 94 Turk's ifland ' 210 Turtle-doves 96 y^^^r, ("cr Cuguacara) 93. 35S Tyger-cats 35^ U Venereal difeafe^ its mgirt 6 ^/«^j, w//*^ 349 W Water hens 97 Whipper-fnake ' 3^4 Whiftler-fnake ^ ibid. ^^<7^, floating in the gtilph of America 19 Wood-cat (Raccoon) 3^^ Wood-rat^ or Indian rat (Opcffum) 36a F I N I S. Date Due :?t^. :*7 . 7^ Wimr^tm/'^ ^..^*t>s ^*^*^