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longer than the corolla. Stigma vertical, awl-rtiaped. Nut 

 t'amid. 



A (hrubby New HoUand genus. Leaves fcattered, 

 various in the different Ipecies. Flozvers axillary, fohtarv, 

 reddifh ; rarely terminal, fomewhat aggregate, and yellovrifh. 

 Broiun. 



1. A. oboi'uta. Obovate-leaved Adenanthos. LabiU. 

 Nov. Holl. V. 1. 29. t. 37. Brown n. i. — Leaves obovate, 

 entire, fmooth. — Obferved by M. Labillardiere, as well a; 

 by Mr. Brown, on ftony hiUs in Lewin's land, on the fouth 

 coaft of New Holland. Branches round, thickly clothed 

 with coriaceous leaves, near an inch long, broadly obovate, 

 triple-ribbed, befprinkled with blackifh glandular dots ; their 

 lateral ribs fending off veins towards the mai'gin. Floiuers 

 axUlary, foUtary, twice as long as the leaves. Involucrum 

 of fix or eight fmooth fcales. Points of the corolla fcarcely 

 hairy on the inner fide. Style hairy, except at the top and 

 bottom. Stigma rather fwelling. Labilt. 



2. A. cuneata. Wedge-leaved Adenanthos. LabiU. 

 Nov. Holl. V. I. 28. t. 36. Brown n. 2. — Leaves wedge- 

 fhaped, filky ; bluntly toothed at the extremity. — Gathered 

 near the fea-coaft at Lewin's land, by Brown and Labillar- 

 diere. We have a fpecimen from the latter. T^CLiJhrub is 

 about the height of a man. Leaves hardly an inch long, 

 ereft, ftalked, filky and filvery on both fides, with three prin- 

 cipal ribs, fometimes combined at the lower part ; their 

 abrupt extremity unequally and bluntly notched. Flowers 

 towards the tops of the branches, axillary, ftalked. Involu- 

 crum fringed, filky, as well as the outfide of the corolla, 

 whofe fegments are denfely bearded on the infide. Style 

 fwelling and hairy in the middle. 



3. A.ferkea. Silky-leaved Adenanthos. Labill. Nov. 

 Holl. v. I. 29. t. 38. Brown n. 3. — Leaves thread- 

 ihaped, twice-temate, filky. Flowers axillary, folitary. 

 Style fmooth. — Native of the fandy fea-coaft of Lewin's 

 land, where it was found by the authors cited. Our fpeci- 

 men was gathered by Mr. Menzies, at King George's 

 found, on the weft coaft of New Holland. The branches 

 are round and filky, the younger ones moft denfely leafy. 

 Leaves about an inch and a half long, twice or thrice deeply 

 three-cleft, in narrow blunt, thread-fhaped fegments, clothed 

 with fdky hairs. Floiuers towards the tops of the branches, 

 denfely hairy, rather longer than the leaves. Style fmooth 

 in every part, rather fwelhng in the middle. 



4. A. terminalls. Terminal-flowered Adenanthos. Brown 

 B. 4. — " Leaves thread-lhaped, three-cleft ; their lateral 

 fegments cloven ; middle one undivided. Flowers terminal, 

 foutary or three together. Style fhaggy." — Gathered by 

 Mr. Brown, at Fhnder's land, on the fouth coaft of New 

 HoUand, in low ground near the fea-coaft. 



ADENODUS, fo caUed by Loureiro, from aim, a 

 gland, becaufe of the glands of the flower, which remain to 

 accompany the fruit. — Loureir. Cochinch. 294. — Clafs and 

 order, Dodecandria Monogynta. 



Gen. Ch. Cal. Perianth inferior, of five lanceolate, 

 reflexed, deciduous leaves. Cor. Petals five, ovate, nearly 

 ereft, the length of the calyx, divided half way down into 

 many thread-ftiaped fegments. Neftary five large, deprefled, 

 permanent, two-lobed glands. Stam. Filaments fifteen, 

 fhort, fpreading, inferted into the receptacle ; anthers 

 oblong, quadrangular, erect, fplit and reflexed at the fummit. 

 Pyi. Germen fuperior, elongated; ftyle awl-(haped, the 

 length of the ftamens ; ftigma acute. Peric. Drupa ovate- 

 oblong, fmall, fmooth, fingle-feeded. Seed. Nut oblong, 

 rugged. 



Eff. Ch. Calyx five-leaved, inferior. Petals five, fringed. 



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Neaariferous glands two-lobed, permanent. Drupa with 3 



fingle feed. 



I. A.fyhejrb. Cay Com tlang, of the Cochinchinefe 



Native of woods m Cochinchina. A middle-fized tree, with 

 fpreading branches. Leaves alternate, ovato-lanceolate, 

 ferrated, fmooth. Spikes nearly terminal. Flowers varie- 

 gated with red and white. Loureiro. 



De Theis, Gloflaire de Botanique, 6, has anticipated us 

 in the remark, that this plant approaches the genus El^o- 

 CARPUs. (See that jxticle.) Indeed we have fcarcely a 

 doubt of its being one of that genus, though, having feen no 

 fpecimen, we cannot abfolutely afiert this point. StiU lefs 

 can we determine whether Loureiro's plant be any of the 

 fpecies already known. 



ADENOSMA, a wordcompofed of aoriv, a gland, and 

 ccr/x»i, a /cent, which exprefles the glandular and fragrant 



nature of the herbage Brown Prodr. Nov. HoU. v. i. 



44- Clafs and order, Didynamia Angiofpermia. Nat. Ord. 



Perfonats, Linn. Scrophularia, Juff. Scrophularin<t, 

 Brown. 



Eff. Ch. Calyx in five deep fegments ; the upper one 

 largeft. CoroUa ringent ; upper lip undis-ided, lower in three 

 equal lobes. Anthers approacliing each other. Stigma 

 dilated. Capfule ovate, beaked, feparable into two parts. 

 Receptacles united to the futures. 



I. A. carulea. Blue Adenofma. Br. n. i. — Gathered 

 by fir Jofeph Banks, and Dr. Solander, in the tropical region 

 of New HoUand. Seen by Mr. Brown in a dry ftate only. 

 An annual downy herb, befprinkled with glands, and 

 fmelhng hke mint, turning black in drying. The Jpihe is 

 leafy ; or thejlowers may be termed axiliar)^ Calyx rough 

 with jointed hairs, and accompanied by a pair of bradeas. 

 Corolla blue. Brown. 



This author remarks, that Ruellia uliginofa and balfamea 

 conftitute a genus nearly akin to the prefent, and that both 

 are related to the order of Acanthi, or Acanthacea, but 

 efpeciaUy Adenofma, on account of its beaked capfule. 



ADENOSTEMMA, Forft. Gen. t. 45. See L.t- 



VENIA. 



ADEODATUS, Pope, in Biography, denominated 

 " Dieu donne," God's Gift, was by birth a Roman, and by 

 profeflion a monk. He became pope in 672, and died 

 in 676. 



ADEPS. Subjoin, See CeLLCLAR Subjlance. 



ADERME, in Commerce. See Quintal. 



ADIANTUM, in Botany, an ancient Latin name, 

 which by Phny's account, book 22. chap. 21, appears to 

 have belonged to the very fpecies of fern, Adiantum Capil- 

 lus-Veneris, to which it is ftiU applied. But that account, 

 like half his work, as we have it, is a manifeft jumble of 

 various iU-aflbrted materials. What he hints there, as weU 

 as in the beginning of the 17th chapter of his 2ift book, 

 relative to the permanency of the leaves, whether originaUy 

 reported of the fame plant, or of fome other, is not con- 

 trary to truth, inafmuch as this fern is almoft always 

 verdant. His derivation of the name, from a, without, or 

 contrary to, and ^laivi-, to moijlen, becaufe water trickles 

 ofi^ the leaves without wetting them, may fatisfy us, for 

 want of a better ; but how much better would fuch an 

 explanation fuit any glaucous herb, hke the cabbage. — 

 Linn. Gen. 560. Schreb. 757. WiUd. Sp. PI. v. 5. 427. 

 Mart. MiU. Dift. v. i. Swartz Syn. Fil. 120. Sm. FI. 

 Brit. II 38. Prodr. Fl. Grsec. Sibth. v. 2. 278. Brown 

 Prodr. Nov. HoU. v. i. 155. Ait. Hort. Kew. v. 5. 524. 

 Purlh 670. Juff. 15. Toum. t. 317. Lamarck Dift. 



V. I. 40. lUuftr. t. 870 Clafs and order, Cryptogamia 



Filices. Niit. Ord. Filices dorfifert, annulatx. 



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