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extended, the feeds membranous, clothed with wool j and 

 the calvx equal, four-cleft. TT 



Eff Ch. Calvx inflated, compreiTed, four-toothed. Up- 

 per lip of the corolla compreiTed. Capfule ot two cells, 

 Himt comorcfled. Seeds imbricated, Hat. 

 U uSi, Linn. Sp. PI. 840. (Elephasonentahs 

 Rom ma-no probofcide mcurva ; Tournef. Voyage, v. 2. 

 7H with a fi P gure-)-Upper lip of the corolla -l-fliaped, 

 fccuWed.-Native of the Levant, on the conhnes of Pe.ha, 

 lo^eriU in July.-Staw more than a foot high, hollow, 

 ^eThairy. U« oppofite, on Ihort fj^gj 

 hairv veined. FWn on the upper part of the Items, 

 Kr ant of a vellow colour, with a brown fpot on the 

 £ lip and two red ones on the upper. IWnefo.t 

 reckons this a very ornamental plant. r 



2. R. Elephas. Linn. Sp. PI. 84°- (Elephas Campo- 



clarenfium; Column. Ecphr. 186. t. i88.)-Upper lip of 



oroila awl-ihaped, ftraight .-Native of fhady woods „ 



taly, flowering in May—This annual is very fim.lar in 

 fS to the lal, but its calyx is trifid, with two of the 

 fegments recurved, and the third larger -ec% phnted 

 acute. Tournefort mentions a variety of this which he 

 'found on the coaft of the Black Tea. . 



- 11. Crifla-galli. Yellow Rattle. Linn. Sp. PI. 840. 



Enel Bot. t. 857. Cllrt - Lo,ld - fafc " 5 * M' r^f 

 SS f 48—Upper lip of the corolla arched. Calyx 

 fmoo'th. Leaves lanceolate, ferrated.-Common m our mea- 

 dows and partures, flowering from June to Auguft. Root 

 annual fibrous. Sim branched, fmooth, frequently fpotted. 

 / , oppofite, feffile, rough; heart-lhapcd at the bale 



^^^^i^^^^^ago^ 

 Sm 4 ' Sfl Gnec. Sibth. v. U 427 Tmago apula 

 urn auhs; Column. Ecphr. , 99. t. '97-) f ^ £g£ 

 downy. Leaves oppofite, bluntly ferrated. Stem pu h xtly 

 , '.-Native of Italy, the fouth of France and Pakf- 



e It flowers in Mzj.-Root annual, but throwing out 



runners! Stem more than a foot high, ftraight, firm Iquare 



U ler woollv. Lcams long, narrow, pale green, toothed 



ofr thcrT' -od. Flowers >n large, yellow ipikes. Ray 



'' \ ,1'rhe 6 run of Columna pofiibly may be a va- 



££rf thbf P ecies g , for it differs in a few (light particulars. 



7 R rJL. Willd, n. J. Desfont. Atlant. v. 2. 34. 

 slower lip of the corolla longer than the upper } fegments 

 Itufe equal. Calyx villous. Upper leaves alternate, ob- 

 tanfbluntlv toothed. Stem backed. -Native of Crete 

 wfknow not of any figure of this fpecies which is admitted 

 on te authority of Willdenow and Desfontames.-o>,« 

 f on , eig nte-n iucl.es to two feet high, branched at the up- 



"Tulrficokr. Willd. n.6. Desfont Atlant. v. 2. 33-- 

 °- "• •• "./"•'"'" . ... ■ ,i,_„ , ,„ „ n „(» r ■ fei/mcnts 



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7. R. capenfu. Willd. n. 7. (Buchnera africana ; Linn. 

 Sp'. Pl« 879.) — Calyx downy. Brafteas ovate. Leaves 

 lanceolate, toothed. — Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 

 This is nearly allied to R. Trixago, becoming totally black 



in drying. The haves have three or four teeth on each fide, 



the upper ones fometimes alternate. Braileas downy, a 

 little pointed. Calyx four-cleft, obtufe as in Crifla-galli. 



8. R. indicus. Linn. Sp. PI. 841. Fl. Zeylan. 107. 

 Burm. Ind. 131. t. 39. f. 1.— Leaves nearly lanceolate, 

 hairy, entire.— Native of Ceylon.— Root annual. Stem a 

 fpan high, ereft, iimple, fquare, hifpid. Leaves oppofite, 

 fmall. Flowers feffile, folitary, oppofite, turned to one 



' 9'. R. virginicus. Linn. Sp. PI. 841. Gronov. Virg. 192. 

 — Corolla fpreading at the throat. Leaves finuated and 

 toothed.— Native of Virginia. This plant is nearly akin to 

 Gerardia, of which it is moil probably a fpecies. The 

 anthers are rough with hairs. 



10 R. trlfida. Willd. 11. io. Vahl. Symb. v. 1. 44.— 

 Corolla wide at the throat. Leaves trifid. -Native of landy 

 hills in Armenia and Galatia.— Root annual. Stem fix inches 

 high, herbaceous, afcending, quite fimple, rather downy, 

 round. Leaves oppofite, feffile, downy, ribbed deeply three- 

 cleft. Flowers axillary, folitary, oppohte, feilile. 

 RHINBERG, in Geography. See R.HEINBERG. 

 RHINE, a river which rifes in the Grifon Alps in three 

 branches, which unite into one ftream. Ctefar is_ the moil 

 ancient author who has traced the courfe of this river from 

 its foiirce in the Alps to its diicharge into the fea. Ac- 

 cording to this writer it commenced in the territory of the 

 Leponni ; and Pomponius Mela mentions two lakes which 

 it traverfes foon after, viz. the « Lacus Venetus and the 

 « Lacus Acronius." Of the defections given by ancient 

 writers of this river, that of Tacitus is the molt precife and 

 fatisfaftory. The Rhine, fays this hiftonan, after having 

 purfued its courfe in one bed, and arriving near the country 

 of the Batavi, divides itfelf into two branches j one oi 

 which preferves its name and the rapidity of its courfe 

 along the borders of Germany until it difcharges itfelf into 

 the fea; the other runs towards Gaul, in a larger channel 

 and more tranquil ftate, and is called by the people oJ the 

 country "Vahalis," orWahal. But it foon changes this 

 name for that of » Mofa," or Meufe, and blended with this 

 river difcharges itfelf into the ocean. Such IS the account 

 of Tacitus, to which we (hall fubjom fome other particd ur 1 

 from ancient writers. The Rhine, winch, as we have faid, 

 has its fource in the Alps, aiTumes a northerly dire&m, 

 and for a conflderable interval feparates Gau from Ger- 

 many. At the town of « Burgenatium," or « Quadnbur- 

 ■nun," it fcparated itfelf into two arms or branches j the 

 K owing northward, and the other towa.ds , the weft. 



This lail affumed the name of Vahahs (Vahal), and wa- 

 tered the towns of Noviomagus, Gnnnes, &c. united with 

 the Mofa or Meufe, and in this confluent Itate difch 

 Itfelf into the fea. The other branch, which ran n 

 northerly direction, watered Arenat.um, f.nce ^calledCait.a 

 I [en ..lis ; at which place commenced the cana of Drufus, 

 .VfolaDruliana." feere a new divifion took pace s 



Cor-olla' JS^^W^F *» , the "W" > ^"e! 



Til 1 : 1 ' SSSfSSi^Sai J 0f Up I P t3 ana the north of 

 Africa This oilers from the preceding, in having . «mple 

 ;; / Les linear-lauceolate, the upper ones only toothed 

 J J Lebafe 7W/,« ov..te, acuminate. Corolla only half 

 'I f* of a ,„„.,,,, colour, the middle fegment .if the 

 . ff erUp narrower than the other two, 



" i) a Urn .ana. ij.ch.- » ■"-" ; ... . . 



caS of Druius- purfued a northerly courfe, audth bed of 



the Rhinewas direfted tpwardrthe weft. Ph.s laft watered, 



bef.de other pkces, Batavodurum, Traiedl L» damgn 



,,„„„, fnd emptied itfelf into the fea, rt iplacecaUed 



« Sellum Romanmu." W« Kht, however, to obferve, 



that near Traiefl it furnilhed a fmall branch which had a 



g^ZZS^to*™ called Flevo,fromw, 



