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A P E L L U S. See Aconit um. 

 NAPUS. Sec Brassica and Rai*a. 

 N A P ^ A, Lin. Gen. Plane 748. Mal- 

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The Characters are, 

 // hatb male and hermaphrodite flotJders in iifiinEl plants. 

 The male flowers have pitcber-Jhaped empalements of one 

 Uaf-i 'which are permanent^ and cut at the top into five 

 Jegmmts* The flowers have five oblong petals^ which are 

 cenneiled at their baf€y but fpreai open^ and are divided 

 af the top ; they have many hairy fiamina^ which are 

 joined at the hot torn into a fort of a cylindrical column^ ter- 

 tninated by roundtfh compreffed fummits, The berma- 

 fbrodite flowers have the like empalement, petals, and 

 ftamina^ ^s the male^ and have a conical germen^ fup- 

 porting a cylindrical ftyky divided ^ at the top into ten 

 farts, crowned by fmgle ftigmas. . The germen after- 

 ward turns to an oval fruity incTofed in the empale- 

 ments divided into ten cellsy each containing one kidney- 

 Jbaped feed. 



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■j/This genu^ of plants^ is ranged in the third lection 



'- of Linnaeus'^s fixteentK cfafs, which includes the 



plants whole nowcrs have m'arty ilamina, which are 



joined at their bafe to the ftyle, and together form a 



^olunin. ' As the plants of this genus have male and 



hermaphrodite flowers on diftinfl: plants, fo they differ 



" Troth all the tribe of malvaceous plants, t6 which 



; thty properly belong, the flowers beinjg monopeta- 



lousj, the flamina and fl:yles being joinedat their bafe, 



..forming a column, which are the eflfential charaders 



I, otthat clafs. 



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X.'^AVMh {Dieica) pedunculis involucratis angulatis 



, ,-foliis fcabris^ floribus dioicis. Flor. Virg. 162, Napaa 



• with angular foot flalksy rough leaves', and mate and her- 



• .tnaphrodite flowers on different plants. Abutilon folio 



profunde diffe£to, pedunculis multifloris mas & foe- 



mina. Ehret. Pift. 7 & 8. Jhntilon with a deetty di- 



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tiif? legmeMs •, in the center afifts the column, td 

 which the ftatnifia are joified at their bafe, but fpread 

 open above, and in the hermaphrodite flowers the 

 ftyle is connected to the fame column. The hcrma- 

 nrodite flowers are fucceeded by comprefled orbicu- 

 ar fruit, inclofed in thfe fempalemeht, and divided 

 into five cells, each containing a kidney-Ihaped feed^ 

 but the male plants are barren. It flowers in July and 

 the feeds ripen in autumn, foon after which the ftalk 

 decays, but the roots will live friahy years. 

 The fecond fort hath alfo a perdhnial root, which 

 frequently creeps in the ground j this fends up fmooth 

 .ftalks, which rife dbout four feet high, garniflied 



.^with fmobth leaves, placfed alternately, ftandingupon 

 firdtty long flehder foot-ftalksi they are deeply cut 

 into three Iqbes, which end in acute points, and are 

 irregularly fawed on their edges ; thofe on the lower 

 part of the ft:alk are near four inches long, and almoft: 

 gs much in breadth, but thdy dimiriifli gradually to- 



^"^^rdtjip.tpppfthe ft^^^ of the leaf 



comes out the foot-llalk of the flower, which is about 

 three inches long, drvidihg at the Fop into tTiree Irnall- 

 er, each fufl:aining ohS white flower of the fame form 

 withthofe of the firft fort^ but are fttialler, and the 

 column of flamma is longer, their fummits Handing 

 out beyond the petal. 



Both thefe plants grow natutally in Virginia, and 

 .other parts of Nordi America v from the bafk of 

 thefe plants might be procured a fort of hemp, which 

 m^riy of the malvac^oiis tribe afford j and in fome 

 of the forts which grow naturally in India, the fi- 

 bres of the bar^ ar6 fo fine, as to fpih into very 

 fine threads, of which there might be woven very 

 fine: clotli, 



. . Thefe plants arf eafily^ pfopapMJ by fteds," Which if ^ 



; ,,ipwrj Oh a bed of common e^rtfj. in th£ ffifingj^'^the 



nts will rife^veo", freely, and will require no"other 

 careEut to keep them clear from weeds till autumn^. 



vided leaf and foot-flalks having many fiowersy which 1 . whefi they fnay be tfanfplarittd irito the places wTierc 

 are both male ana female. 



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Z. Nap^a {Hermaphrodite) pedunculis 



nudis laevibus, 

 foliis glabris, floribus hermajgfiro^itis. l^ap^a with 

 naked foot-flalks, fnioo'th leaves and hermaphrodite flowers. 



. Althaea Ricini folio VifgihrahA* H. L. Virginia Marfh- 



, mallow with a Ricinus leaf 



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]: The firft fort has perennial roots, wKicfi are compofed 

 ': of many thick flefhy fibreJ, wliich ftrike deep into 

 the ground, and are cohheiled at thff top into a large 



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head, from which come out a great number of rough 

 hairy leaves, near a foot diarnetcr each way, which ^ 

 are deeply cut into fixorfcven lol&eis, wliich are irre- 

 gularly indented^ 6h their edgef, cacK lotJe^ having a 

 ftrong itiidrib, which all meet in a cenfer at the foot- 

 j^alk. The foot-fl:alks are Jgtrge and long, arifing 

 immediately from the root, ana ^reacf out on every 

 fide. The'flowcr-ftafks rile feveh or eight 'feet high, 

 and divide into fmallef branches, garniflied at' each 

 joint with one leaf, of the fame form as thofe below, 

 butdiminifti in their fize toward the top, where they 

 feldom Have more than three lobes, which are divided 

 to the foot-fl:alk ; toward the upper part of theHalk 

 come out from the fide at eacn joint a long foot- 

 ftall^, which branches out toward the top, fuftaining 

 feveral white flowers, which are tubulous at bottom, 

 where the fegmerits of the petal are conne^Eed, but 

 tJiey fpread open above' and are divided into five ob- 



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are to remain ; they delight in g^ rich moifi:foiU 

 in which they will grow very luxuriantly, fo they muft 

 . be allowed room, n: The fecond fort may be propa- 

 gated by its erfi6|)^g roots,' wliich may be parted in 

 autumn ; but as thefe plants have ng great beauty, fb 

 one or two of each fort in a gardferi, for the fake of 

 variety, will be enough. ^ ::. :<. ' ;r \^^:V'^v 



ISTARCISSO LEUCOlUM.^^eeGALANTHus. 



NARCISSUS. Lin. Gen. Plant. 364. [takes its 



\ name of >a/»cof, ormpy:^^ a tbrpidnefs, ordeepfleep, 



becaufe the fmell of this flowfer is faid to caufe a hea- 



vinefs of the hea3, and a ftupidity. Plutarch tells us, 



, this plant \^as facred to thfe inferrtat gbds. Thd'poets 



;^tfell us', that Narciflius" wa? the fon of Cephifus, and 



the nymph Lyriope 5 a youtli of fuch excellent beau- 



ty, that once upon a time coming to a fountain to 



drink,' and feeing his beauteous image in the water, 



he grew fo enamoured with it that he pined away with 



defire, and was trahsformcd into a flower of his 



name.] The Daffodil.* ' 



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ti?^ flowers are Included in an oblong compreffed Jpatha 



{c^ fljeath) which tears open on the fide, and zvithers. 



The flowers have a cylindrical fufinel-fljaped cmpcJsmcnt 



of one leaf which is fpread open ai the brim \ they have 



fix oval petals on ihecutfide of the neSlarium, which are 



infcrled above their idfe, dni fi% awl-fhdped fl<mlfmfi%kd 



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