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tmaller than a hawthorn blofTom, white. Calyx reddifh, 

 unequally three-lobed. Berries from three to fix, each with 

 four itunguXvir feeds. By the above fynonyms to this fpe- 

 «ie8 it appears, that even G. Forfter, who with his father 

 eftabli(hed the genus an! unexceptionable name of Drimys, 

 gave way to thofe eminent botaiiilts who wilhed to retain 

 the memory of the original difcoverer. Ind 'cd the name of 

 Winter may claim even a right of priority, though a mif- 

 take attended its commemoration and publication by Lin- 

 naeus, in his Gen. PI. We truft our amiable friend M. De 

 Candolle will forgive our not joining with him, in overturn- 

 ing what has been finally fettled, with the approbation of 

 all the world. If chronology is to be our ablolute guide, 

 without attention to fenfe, or expediency, the nomenclature 

 of botany mult relapfe into its priftine barbarifm, and in 

 this cafe Bauhin's name Laurifolla (hould have been adopted. 

 Even on this ground, weak as it is, we can however defend 

 the name we have retained ; for Clufius's JVinteranus corte:i, 

 erroneoufly printtd Cortex Winteranus by De Candolle, may 

 be confidered as the firll commemoration of captain Winter, 

 being the firft publication of any thing relating to the 

 genus in queftion. 



2. W. granadenfis. New Granada Winter's-bark. 

 Murr. n. 2. Wifld. n. 2. Mart. n. 2. " Humb. et 

 Bonpl. PI. Equinox, v. i. 205. t. 58. Lozano in Sem. 

 Nov. Gran, for 1809,180." (Drimys granadenfis ; Linn. 

 Suppl. 269. De Cand. n. 3.) — Leaves elliptic-lanceolate, 

 obtufe. Flowrr-ftalk< axillary, folitary. Piftils eight. — 

 Sent by Mutis from New Granada. It grows on the moft 

 lofty mountains of that country, Quito, &c. The tree is 

 18 or 20 feet high, with round branches, more ftraight, 

 and lefs rugged, than the foregoing. Leaves four or five 

 inches long, and near one inch and a half broad, obtufe, not 

 acute, fcarcely revolute, perfeftly fmooth ; very glaucous 

 beneath, like thofe of Magnolia glauca, the longer-leaved 

 variety of which they greatly refemble. FotAJialks fmooth, 

 an inch long. Flotuer-Jialks fometimes nearly the length of 

 the leaves, always half as long, fimple, divided, or three- 

 cleft. Floiuers twice the fize of JV. aromatica, with about 

 J 2 petals, and a deeply three-cleft calyx. Berries fix or 

 eight, obovate, fometimes confluent, each with from four to 

 fix fetds. The hark is aromatic, like the former. The 

 younger Linnseus imagined this to be a variety of that fpe- 

 cies, caufed by a warmer climate. They are indeed more 

 nearly related than appears at firll fight, and yet we can 

 fcarcely think they belong to one fpecies, though well 

 aware that the leaves, in this natural order, are liable to 

 vary confiderably in Ihape ; witnefs the Magnolia juft men- 

 tioned, if more than one fpecies be not confounded under 

 that name. 



3. W.ehilenjis. Chili Winter's-bark. ( Drimys chilenfis ; 

 De Cand. n. 4. ) — Leaves oblong-obovate ; glaucous be- 

 neath. Flower-ftalks either aggregate or compound, axil- 

 lary. Pillils five or fix. — Gathered by Dombey,in marlhy 

 fituations in Chih. A taW Jljruli, with a very aromatic bark, 

 and round branches. Leaves nearly obovate, coriaceous, 

 very fmooth, tapering at the bafe, on Ihort ftalks, refem- 

 bling the foliage of Magnolia glauca. Floiuer-Jlalks axillary ; 

 fometimes very fhort, bearing an umbel of four or five 

 elongated fimple ftalks ; fometimes four or five fimple ones 

 all together, each an inch long at moft, fingle-flowercd. 

 Calyx in two or three ovate blunt divifions, not foon deci- 

 duous, and perhaps lafting till the fruit is ripe. Petals fix 

 to nine, oblong, bluntilh, twice the length of the calyx. 

 Stamens very ftiort. Germens five or fix, ovate, crowded, on 

 a fmall globofe receptacle. Berries oval, rather compreffed, 

 obtufe. De Candolle. 



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4. W. mexicana. Mexican Winter's-bark. (Drimys 

 mexicana ; De Can '. n. j. '• Mu^. et Sen"e PI. Mex. ined. 

 t. .,.") — Leaves obloug-lanceolate, pomted at each end. 

 Flower-ftalks elon^ratd, umbellate, f )ur.flovvered. Petals 

 twenty to twenty-four, acute. Germens four.— Native of 

 Mexico. AJhrui, with round braiiches," t. rmiualing in a 

 ftlarp bud, as ni thu Magnolia. Leaves llalkej, tap?ring at 

 earh end. Common Jluiuer-Jlullis an inch, or an inch and a 

 half long, divided at the top into an umbel of four long, 

 fingle flowertd, partial Jlaiis. Calyx divided, permanent, 

 concave. Petals white, fpreading, oblong, in a double row. 

 Stamens very ftiort. Berries four, or, from occafional abor- 

 tion, only two or three, obovate, tapering at the bafe, of 

 a blueifli-violet colour. De Candolle from a coloured 

 drawing. 



5. W. axillaris. Small-flowered Winter's-bark. Forft. 

 Prodr. 42. Willd. n. 3. Mart. n. 3. (Drimys axillaris ; 

 Linn. Suppl. 270. Forft. Aft. Upf. v. 3. 182. De Cand. 

 n. I. Lamarck f. 2, copied from Forft. Nov. Gen. 1.42. 

 f . a — 1.) — Leaves obovate, pointed, reticulated with veins. 

 Flower-ftalks fimple, aggregate, thread- ftiaped. Calyx or- 

 bicular, lobed, reflexed — Native of woods in New Zealand. 

 A tree, with round branches, rough to the touch, but not 

 warty. Leaves on ftalks rather above half an inch long, 

 broadly obovate, tapering to abluntifti point, fmooth, more 

 thin and membranous than in any of the other fpecies, co- 

 pioufly reticulated with innumerable veins, not obfervable in 

 any of thofe ; their length three or four inches, breadth 

 two ; their under fide glaucous when young only. Flower- 



Jlaiis two or three together, feldom folitary, from the bofoms 

 of moft of the leaves, fimple, very flender, each bearing a 

 fmall green Jl','uier. Calyx difcoid, foon reflexed, about a 

 line broad, fplitting into two principal, and two fmaller, 

 lobes, not diff'ering in any particular refpeft from the divi- 

 fions of the calyx of the other fpecies, though Forfter's 

 figure has milled De Candolle to fuppofe otherwife. Petalt 

 fix, oblong, flat, equal, four times the length of the calyx. 

 Stamens about fixteen. Germens four, turbinate, all perfeftly 

 and evidently diftinft, in the numerous flowers of the Lin- 

 nsan fpecimen ; fo that Forfter might well wonder how 

 the younger Linnasiis, who had this very fpecimen before 

 him, could make a " fohtary piftil" a part of the fpecific 

 charafter. Stigmas dilated, peltate, terminal. Berries four, 

 globofe, black, with a tawny pulp, lodging four ovate, 

 acute, fomewhat triangular, f(\hhou^ feeds. The flavour of 

 the whole plant, efpecially of the bark, is extremely acrid 

 and pungent. G- Forjler. 



WIN TERANA. See Canella, and WiNTERA>/ra. 



WINTERBERG, in Geography, a town of the duchy 

 of Weftphalia ; 37 miles S. of Paderborn. N. lat. 51'^ 11', 

 E. long. 8° 39'. 



WiNTERBERG, or Winlerg, a town of Bohemia, in the 

 circle of Prachatitz ; 10 miles W. of Prachatitz. N. lat. 

 49° 2'. E. long. 13° 39'. 



WINTERBURG, a town of France, in the depart- 

 ment of the Rhine and Mofelle ; 10 miles W.N.W. of 

 Creutznach. 



WINTERHAM, a place in Virginia, where black-lead 

 is found ; 30 miles N. of Richmond. 



WINTERHAUSEN, a town of the duchy of Wurz- 

 burg, on the Maine ; 4 miles S. of Worzburg. 



WINTERINGHAM, a town of England, in the 

 county of Lincoln ; 166 miles N. of London. 



WINTERTHUR, atown of Switzerland, in the caiton 

 of Zurich. This was formerly an imperial town. In the 

 year 1467, it was mortgaged to the canton of Zurich, and 

 by fubfequent treaties entirely ceded, fince which Winter- 



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