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UvL'LARiA {/Imphxicaide) foiiis amplcxlcaulibus. Lin. 



Sp. Plant. 304. l/rularia 





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Jlalk, Uvularia foiiis cordato-oblongis. Flor. Leyd. 



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Uvularia {Perfoliata) foiiis 



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gonatum ramofum, flore luteomajus. Comut Canad, 

 3 8 . Stanching Solomon's SeaU ^iJ^ith alargeyello'-j) flower. 

 The firfl: fort grows naturally in Bohemia and Saxony. 

 The root is perennial, but the ftalk is annual •, it rifes 

 about two feet high, fending out one or two branches 

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it is garniflied with oblong 



fmooth leaves ending in acute points, whofe leaves em- 

 brace the flalks. The flowers come out fingly from 



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with oblong, fmooth, pointed leaves, which are broad 

 at their baie, furrounding the ftalk in luch a man- 

 ner, as if the ftalk run through them. The flowers 

 are compofed of fix oblong yellow petals ending iu 

 acute points; tliey fland upon flender foot-ilalks 

 which arife from the bofom of the leaves, and han^r 

 downward. . The flowers appear about the fame time- 

 with the former, but are not fucceeded by feeds in 

 Eno-land. 



Thefe plants were Erft ranged in the genus of Polv- 

 gonatum, and by Dr. Boerhaave they were placed 

 with the Fritillaria; but this title of Uvularia was siv- 



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en to it by Dr. Linn^us, from the relcmblance which 



the fruit of it^has to the Uvula. 



They are both very hardy plants, fo will live in the 



the bofom of the leaves upon long (lender foot-ftalks-, full ground, but as the flowers have not much beautv. 



they are compofed of fix oblong naked petals of a yel- 

 low colour ; thefe hang downward ; they appear the 

 latter end of April, but are rarely fucceeded by feeds 



here. 



The fecond fort grows naturally in North America ; 



this has a perennial root and an annual fl;alk. The 



root is compofed of many thick fleftiy fibres, from 



which fpring up feveral ftalks, which for the moft 



part divide into two at a fmall height from the 



ground \ thefe fpread afunder, and are garnifhed 



they are only cultivated for the fake of variety -, they 

 are propagated by parting of their roots. The belt 

 feafon for removing them is about Michaelmas, 

 when their roots may be feparated, and planted in the 

 borders of the flower-garden ; but this fhould be done 

 every third year, for if they are often removed, the 

 plants will not thrive fo.well, or flower fo flrong, as 

 when they ftand two or three years unremoved ; they 

 delight in a foil riot too wet or fl:iff, but a gende ha- 

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z -ofFsets. The leaves which rife immediately from the 

 root are large, fpear-fhaped, and channelled •, they 



; have five plaited veins, and refemble the folds in 

 fans. The largefl: of thefe leaves are tv/o feet long, 

 and three inches broad, and of a deep green co- 

 lour. The flower-ftalk rifes from the center of the 



the upper petals^ and three flender declining ft amina which heads between the leaves, to the height of three or 



ere fhorter than the petals^ terminated by incumbent fum- 

 mits. "The germen which is fituated ah'ove^ is roundift> 



four feet, and is garnifhed with leaves of the fame 

 form with thofe below, but are narrower, and are 



md three-cornered^ fupporting a flender declining ftyle^ ranged alternately, embracing the ftalk half round 

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The title of this genus was given to it by Dr. John 

 Burman, profeflTor of botany at Amfterdam, in ho- 



. nour of Dr. Everard Jacob Wachendorf, prbfefTorof 

 phyfic, botany, and chemiftry at Utrecht. ., ' 

 This genus of plants is^ ranged in the firft feftion of 



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in {heaths, which, after fome time, open and make 

 way for the flowers to come out ; then they wither 

 and dry,' but remain upon the ftalk like thofe of the 

 yellow Afphodel. The flowers are produced from 

 the wings of the ftalk, forming a loofe fpike at the 

 top j there are feveral flowers fuftained . upon one 

 common foot-ftalk which open after each other, fo 

 that there is feldommore than one open at thie fame 

 time upon the fam'e foot-ftalk. The upper flowers 

 ftarid almofl: upright, tut the lower nod downward ; 



WACHiNDORFiA i^hyrfiiflora) fcapo fimplici. Lin. Sp. j they are hairy, and of a Saffron colour on the out- 



Plant. $(). Wachendorfia with a fiingle ftalk bearing flow- 

 ers in a thyrfe. Wachendorfia foiiis lanceolatis quin- 

 v<iuenerviis canaliculo-plicatis, floribus in thyrfum col- 

 ledis. Burman. Monogr. 2. f. 2. 



2.^ Wachendorfia {Paniculata) fcapo polyftachyo. Lin. 



fide, but fmooth and yellow within, having gene- 

 rally fix petals, but fometimes the lower one is want- 

 ing ; but then the place is occupied by the pointal, 

 which is a Angular fport of nature. After the flower 

 fades, the germen fwells to an almoft oval, threer 



. Plant. 59. Wachendorfia with a divided ftalk^ bear- cornered, blunt capfule with three cells, each con- 



ing flowers in panicles. Wachendorfia foiiis enfiformi- 

 bus trinerviis, floribus paniculatis. Burm. Monogr. 4. 



f. I. Wachendorfia with fword-fhaped leaves having three 

 veins y and flowers in panicles. 



The firft fort grows naturally at the Cape of Good 

 Hope*, It has a thick, tuberous. Reed-like root, of 

 a deep red colour, fending out many perpendicular 

 libres of the fame colour, and fpreading into feveral 



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taining three purple hairy feeds, fixed to an oblong 

 placenta. 



This plant is propagated by offsets, which are fcnc 

 out from the main head, after the fame manner as 

 fome of the Flag-leaved Irifcs. Thefe offsets fhould 

 be taken off the latter end of Auguft, or the begin- 

 ning of September, which is the time when the roots 

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