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Candolle, 'nas nothing but fcales in the place of radical /fOT«, branous ; their point 

 and certainly agrees ,n every refpeft w,th Jacquin's fpecimen half the IcngUi of the 

 of -vernaUs above-mentioned. The calyx is m the fame man- ADRIANOPLE, 

 ncr hairy at the bafe only, a circumftance, indeed, on which, 

 the more we enquire into it, the lefs we find reafon to rely. 

 Our ^ecimen will not admit of an examination of the 

 germens. M. De Candolle fpeaks of his pyrenaica, (a fpecies 

 entirely unknown to us) as "akin to vernalis, but moft cer- 

 tainly diftinft. The Jlan is often above a foot high, and 

 branched. Radical leaves on long three-cleft fooljialks. 

 Floiver nearly feffile, at its firft expanfion among the upper- 

 moft leaves. Head of feeds raifed on a greatly elongated 

 ftalk. Petals eight to ten, fmaller and more obtufe than in 

 /I. ■vernalis. Fruit, even before it is ripe, fmooth." 



We do not prefume to form any decifive opinion concern- 

 ing the perennial fpecies of Adonis, without the examination 

 of fufficiently perfeft fpecimens, in every ftate of growth ; 

 but it appears to us that they are by no means well deter- 

 mined at prefent, nor do we perceive that any charafters 

 hitherto fuggefted are fufiicient for the purpofe. The 

 ■vernalis and pyrenaica are probably very diftinft, for which 

 we have the weighty opinion of De Candolle ; but whether 

 the latter may not be found in many other countries, and 

 confounded by the generality of botanifts with vernalu, is a 

 point we cannot fatisfaftorily determine. 



ADPRESSA Folia, Clofe-preffed Leaves, are fuch 

 as have the upper furface clofely applied to the ftem, or 

 branch, on which they grow. This is fo complete in fome 

 plants, fuch as Pajerina hirfuta, that only the under furface 

 of each leaf being expofed to the air and light, the latter 

 part appears to perform the functions proper to the upper 

 furface of moft leaves, and, in the inftance juft mentioned, 

 affumes the deep green hue, and polifhed cuticle, ufual on 

 the upper fide of leaves in general. Such is likewife the 

 cafe with Xeranthemum proliferum vluA. fefamoides of Linnaeus, 

 now referred to Elichhysum. See Leaf. 



ADRASTjEA, fo named by profefTor De Candolle. 

 from Adraftea or Adraftia, a furname of the goddefs 

 Ncmefis, who was a daughter of Oceanus ; becaufe the 

 plant in queftion is a native of New Holland, which has 

 been called by fome perfons Oceania. — De Cand. Syft. v. I. 

 424. — Clafs and order, Decandria Digynia. Nat. Ord. 

 Magnolia, Juff. Dilleniaceic, De Cand. 



Eff. Ch. Calyx inferior, of five permanent pointed leaves. 

 Petals five, oval, ftiorter than the calyx. Filaments flat. 

 Anthers linear, of two cells burlling lengthwife. Germens 

 two, globofe. Styles ftraight, clofe together, awl-ftiaped ; 

 conical at the bafe. Capfules membranous, of one cell. 

 Seeds folitary ? 



I. A. falicifolia. Willow-leaved Adraftaea — Native of 

 -bogs in New South Wales. Defcnbed by De Candolle 

 from a dried fpecimen in Mr. Lambert's colleftion. This 

 is a fmall (hrub, approaching Hibbertia, (fee that article,) 

 in general appearance. The branches are round, long and 

 (lender, reddifh-brown ; downy when very young, but call- 

 ing their cuticle in long portions when old. Leasees linear, 

 entire, except three or five callous teeth at the extremity, 

 the point being callous ; their bafe fomewhat contrafted ; 

 their upper furface fmooth, without veins ; the under hoary 

 with (hort filky hairs : their length is an inch and a half ; 

 breadth three lines ; and they refemble the leaves of Salix 

 alha, or of the Olive. Flowers at the ends of the young 

 branches, folitary or in pairs, feffile between three or four 

 crowded leaves, which exceed them in length. Calyx-leaves 

 keekd, covered with -clofe filky hairs ; their margin mem- 



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point tipped with a brifUe. Stamens ten, 

 calyx. Germens fmooth. 

 col. 2, 1. 3, r. 1453. 

 ADVICE, in Commerce, denotes the information given 

 by letter of a bill drawn by one merchant upon another. 



ADVOCATE, 1. 24, r. pafled A.U. 549. Col. 2, 1. 8, 

 r. revived. 



AECIDIUM, in Botany, from am», a wound or injury, 

 becaufe the parts of a plant to which this genus of parafiti- 

 cal fungi attaches itfelf, always, in coniequence, become 

 difeafed, difcoloured, and either tumid, or, as it were, 

 blafted. — Perf. Obf. Mycol. fafc. i. 97. Syn. Fung. 204. 

 — Clafs and order, Cryptogamia Fungi. Nat. Ord. Fungi. 



Eff. Ch. Head confpicuous, feffile, round, membranous, 

 at length burfting, with a toothed orifice. Seeds mealy, 

 naked. 



This genus is always parafitical on the backs of the leavec, 

 or on the ftem, of certain plants. In addition to what is 

 faid of it already, we (hall fubjoin illuftrations of a few 

 fpecies. Perfoon defines twenty, in two feftions. 



Seft. I . Aggregate. Heads ajfembled in patches, forming 

 blotches on various leaves. Fourteen fpecies. 



Ae. cornutum. Homed Aecidium. Perf. n. i. Obf. 

 Mycol. fafc. 2. 22. t. 4. f. 2, 3. Sowerl* Fung. t. 319. 

 (Lycoperdon corniferum ; Fl. Dan. t. 838. L. comicula- 

 tum ; Ehrh. Crypt. 200.) — Bafe yellowifh. Heads nearly 

 cylindrical, very long, curved, greyifh-olive. — Found in 

 autumn, on the leaves of the Mountain Afh. On the upper 

 fide of the leaf is feen an orange-coloured fpot ; on the 

 under a fwelling, out of which proceed fix or feven briftle- 

 like heads, a line and a half in length ; each rather tumid 

 at the bafe ; contrafted at the point, where it burfts irre- 

 gularly. 



Ae. cancellatum. Reticulated Aecidium. Perf. n. 2. 

 Sowerb. Fung. t. 410. (Lycoperdon cancellatum ; Jacq. 

 Auftr. v. I. 13. t. 17. Fl. Dan. t. 704.) — Bafe tawny. 

 Heads oblong, fphtting into fibrous mafles, cohering at the 

 fummit. — Not rare on the leaves of garden pear-trees. We 

 firft faw it on a baking pear at fir A. Hume's, Wormleybury, 

 many years ago, where it ftill frequently occurs, without 

 injury to the tree or fruit. The heads are much thicker and 

 (horter than the foregoing, and when ripe, difcharge their 

 powdery feeds between the tough, brownifli, permanent 

 fibres of the head, which laft as long as the leaf, and aftually 

 feem an extenfion of its woody fibres. We- cannot but con- 

 ceive Mr. Sowerby's t. 409 to be a different plant, belong- 

 ing to the genus Sph^ria (fee that article) ; or rather 

 perhaps NjEmaspora, to be hereafter defcribed. 



Ae. oxyacanthx. White -thorn iEcidiuni. Perf. n. 3. 

 (Ae. laceratum ; Sowerb. Fung. t. 318. Lycoperdon peni- 

 cillatum ; Fl. Dan. t. 839?) — Bafe unequal, rufty. Heads 

 afti-coloured, cylindrical, fplitting nearly from top to bot- 

 tom, into numerous, fibrous, fpreading fegments. — Found 

 on the leaves, or young buds, of Common Hawthorn. Per- 

 foon defcribes his fpecimens as divided to the very bafe, and 

 therefore prefumes the plant of Fl. Dan., which appears not 

 fplit half way down, may be another fpecies ; but Mr. 

 Sowerby's feenis intermediate letween both, and we can 

 fcarcely doubt his being the fame as Perfoon's. 



Ae. tujftlaginis. Colt's-foot JEcidium. Perf. n. 10. 

 Relh. 546. Sowerb. Fung. t. 397. f. i. (Lycoperdon 

 epiphyllum ; Linn. Sp. PI. 1655. Fl. Suec. ed. 2. 459. 

 With. V. 4. 383.) — Bafe tawny-purple. Heads funk, level- 

 topped, with a many-cleft, reflexed border. — On the under 

 fide of the leaves of Colt's-foot and Butterbur, extremely 

 common, in the form of broad orange-coloured fpots, be- 



fprinkled 



