TO BOTANY. 2 
with the Segments a/ternately fhorter, as in 
Yormentilla and Potentilla. - 
In refpe& to its Margin, it is either Inte- 
gerrimus, very entire, asin moft Plants ; Ser- 
rate, fawed, as in fome {pecies of Hypericum ; 
or Ciliate, fringed with Hairs hike an Eye-lafh, 
as in fome Species of Centaurea. 
In refpect to its pex or Tos, it is either 
Acute, fharp, as in Primula and Androface ; 
Acuminate, pointed, asin Hyofcyamus; Obtufey 
blunt, asin Nymphea and Garcinia ; or with 
one of its Indents /pped off, as in Verbena. 
In refpectt to PROPORTION, it is either 
/onger than the Corolla, as in 4groffema, Sa- 
gina,and fomeSpecies of Antirrhinum; equal 
to it, as in fome Species of Ceraflium ; or 
Shorter; as in Silene. 
In refpe& to SITUATION, it is either 
a Calyx of the F/ower, as inLinnza and Mo- 
_ rina; of the Prurt,as in Linnea and Mo- 
rina *, or of the Fruétification, as in Paonia. 
The DURATION of the Calyx may 
alfo be confidered. In refpectto which it is 
either Caducous, falling off at the firftOpening 
of the Flower, asin Papaver and Epimedium ; 
Deciduous with the Corolla, as in Berderis, 
* The Linnea and Morina have each of them two 
Calyces, one of the Flower, the other of the Fruit; 
which is the Reafon of their being given as Inftances of 
both Cafes. 
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