222 Th BRITISH HERBAL. 
aD AT Ve 10S L.OeNe sels BRIA SH “SePehie VES: 
Yellow Hypopitys. 
Hypopitys floribus numerofis flavis. 
The root is fmall, and of an irregular figure. 
Tt lies deep inthe ground, and a part of the 
falk is buried alfo with it. 
The part of the ftalk which appears above the 
furface is about eight inches in height: it is thick, 
flefhy, tender, and of a pale yellow colour: it 
rifes upright, and is not at all branched. 
The leaves are thin and filmy, and fcarce de- 
ferve that name: they ftand alternately, and ad- 
here to the ftalk by a broad bafe, whencé they 
diminith gradually to a point: they are alfo of a 
pale, dufty yellow colour. 
The flowers,gtow in a thick, fhort fpike at the 
top of the ftalk, with many of thefe filmy leaves 
among them: they are for the moft part covered 
by thefe films, and rarely come to perfection, 
excepting one which terminates the clufter, and 
is more open to the air: the top ufually. bends 
_ down, but, when the plant is well nourifhed, it 
will fometimes ftand quite upright. 
The flower is,of the fame yellow colour with 
the reft of the plant; and, when nicely examined, 
asfound to have the ten petals difpofed in two 
, feries; the five inner petals are narrower; the 
five outer ones broader, and protuberant ‘on 
the outfide at the bafe; within there is a hol- 
DIVisron FO 
Bh Hdllow-leaved Hypopitys. 
Elypopitys foliis cavis. 
The root is fmall, fhort, thick, notched, and 
“white. 
No more than the root is-buried in the ground 
in this fpecies; the whole plant being above 
the furface, in the ufual manner, 
The ftalks are round, flender, of a pale brown 
colour, and about four inches high, 
_ The leaves are placed irregularly upon them ; 
* and they are oblong, narrow at the bafe, broader 
© to the end, and hollowed in the manner of a fpoon. 
They are of the fame brown colour with the 
ftalk. 
The flowers fland in a fhort fpike at the top, 
and are not buried among the leaves that rife 
there, but have fhort footftalks that thruft them 
forward, and keep them clear. 
They are fmall, and of a fainter colour than 
the, reft of the plant. 
The feed-veffel is large and ribbed; and the 
feeds ‘are very minute. 
It is a native of Virginia, and flowers in 
Auguft. 
Plukenet calls it Orobanche Verbafeuli odore ; 
_.and fuppofes it to be the fame with the preced- 
ing ; buterroneoufly. 
2. Hypopitys with rounded leaves. 
Hypopitys foliis fubrotundis. 
eek root confifts of a few ftraggling, irregular 
Tes. 
Doody in Hertfordfhire. 
low, containing the honey juice: thefe are the 
petals fome have called leaves of a cup; but 
their ufe in carrying this fweet liquor fhews them 
to be a part of the flower. 
When the other flowers ripen, they confift of 
fewer petals, and are fmaller: the number ufually 
is eight, fometimes lefs than that. 
The feed veffe] is large, and the feeds are very 
fmall. ; 
We have it in fome large woods in England, 
but it is not common. Dr. Plot found it jp 
Oxfordfhire; Dr. Maningham in Suffex ; and Mr, 
I fhewed it in great 
plenty, in the year 1745, to the Duke of Rich- 
mond in Charlton foreft, Suffex, whence we en- 
deavoured to make it live in Goodwood gardens, 
but in vains we tried it in many parts of the 
fheltered grounds, but it all failed : though, not 
improbably, fome may have fince rifen there from 
the fcattered feeds. We found the truth of Mr, 
Ray’s obfervation, that it begins to fmell fweet 
when it is fading; and not while in its vigour : 
the fcent is agreeable, but very fingular. 
Mr. Ray erred in the placing of this plant: 
he has put it among thoft with four-leaved fowers 
and a fingle capfule. 
Ray calls it Hypopitys lutea. Plot, Fypopitys 
lutea verbafculi odore. 
REIGN SPECIES. 
The ftalk is round, flender, upright, and in a 
manner naked till near the top: its colour is a 
pale yellow, and it is never at all branched: the 
height is about fix inches. 
Toward the bottom of the ftalk there fland a - 
few very {mall films inftead of leaves: thefe are 
placed irregularly, and at confiderable diftances, 
A little higher up thefe films grow larger, and 
are fet in pairs; and near the top they {pread 
into fmall, rounded leaves, placed alfo in Pairs. 
The flowers ftand at the top of the ftalk in 
a fmall tuft, or fhort, thick fpike: two of thefe 
rounded Jeaves are fituated juft under the fpike, 
and ufually there are ‘many others among the 
flowers. 
The flowers themfelves are {mall and yellow: 
the feed-veffels alfo are fmall, oval, and ftriated ; 
and the feeds are very minute. 
It is common in the woods of North Americ 
and flowers in July. 
Plukenet calls it Orodanche Virginiana radice 
fibrofa fummo caule foliis fubrotundis. The exter- 
nal appearance of thefe plants has occafioned moft 
authors to confound them in name with the 
orobanche, or broomrape, though the flowers are 
fo perfectly different. 
ay 
3. Hypopitys with a fingle drooping Hower. 
H1ypopitys flore folitario nutante. 
The root is fmall and inconfiderable. 
The ftalk is thick, tender, upright, four inches 
high, of a pale yellowith colour, and covered 
with little films by way of leaves, 
2 Thefe 
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