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fheath, as In the Narcijfus, &c. A Spatha may 

 be univalvis, bivalvis^ dlmidlata. 



SPATHACEiE [Spatha^ a flieath, in the 

 language of botany] An order of plants in the 



Fragmenta method} naturalis of Linnseus, contain- 

 ing tliefe genera y viz. Leucolum, Galanthus, Nar- 

 eiffiis^ Pancratium^ Amaryllis, Crinum, Haman- 

 thus, 



SPATULATUM Folium [Spathula, an in- 

 ftrument ufed to fpread flilve] cujus figura jubro- 

 tunda, baft angujViore Uncari elongata, roundiih, 

 but lengthened by a narrower linear bafe : fha- 

 ped fomev.'hat like a battledoor. 



SPECIES Plantarum, is the third fubdivifion 

 in the Linnsean fyftem, and comprehends all 

 the different forms of plants which are fuppo- 

 fed to have been originally created, Thefe 

 plants, fays Linnaeus, have, by the eftabllfhed 

 laws of nature, continued to produce others like 

 themfelves ; therefore the Species plantarum 

 comprehends all the different invariable forms 

 of plants which are found at this day upon the 

 face of the earth. 



SPICA \J.t»x,v',, jEolice l.'Ttctyjuq, an ear of cornj 

 a fpecies of inflorefcence, refeinbling an ear 



of 1 



