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be mentioned. They are, however, not difpcrfed, or irre- 

 gularly placed, but compofc oval majfes, of twelve or more 

 capfules, which maffes are ranged fide by fide, in a denfe 

 uninterrupted line, near the margins of each leaflet of the 

 frond, a vein from the mid-rib running along the bafe, or 

 infertion, of each mafs, between its two rows of capfules. 

 That thefe majfes are determinate affemblages of capfules of 

 an appropriate figure, is evinced by their having at each end 

 a folitary tranfverfe capfule, completing their oval outline, 

 which is not perfeftly expreffed in Dr. Swartz's figure. 

 The genus is, doubtlefs, very diftinft ; and as its prefent 

 name is not only faulty, but unmeaning, it would be well if 

 Ckmentea, in honour of an able cryptogamic Spanifh 

 botanift, Don Simon de Roxas Clemente, had been re- 

 tained. We {hould certainly now, without fcruple, have 

 reftored it, were there not feveral other names of ferns, 

 compofed of pteris, which muft ftand or fall with jingl- 

 opterh. 



I . A. eve&a. Tall Angiopteris. HofFm. Comm. Gott. 

 V. 12. 29. t. 5, excluding the fynonyms, except Forfter's. 

 Swartz Syn. Fil. 166. 395. Willd. n. i. (Polypodium 

 eveftum ; Forft. Prodr. 8 1 . Clementea palmiformis ; 

 Cavan. Leccion. 554.) — Native of the Society ifles, and of 

 Maria's iflands. We have an Otaheite fpecimen from Mr. 

 Menzies. The main Jl em is faid to be arborefcent, five feet 

 high, and a fpan in diameter. Fronds fix feet long, doubly 

 pinnate ; leajiets from two to four inches long, oppofite, 

 feffile, linear-lanceolate, taper-pointed, fmooth, as well as 

 their common Jlalk ; their margins finely crenate, the point 

 Ferrated. Capfules brown, fmooth, very numerous, fcarcely 

 larger than grains of fea-feed. 



ANGLE, Rectilinear, 1. 2, for I. r. II. 

 Angle at the Periphery, for I. r. II. 

 ANGOY. See Gov and Loango. 

 ANGRA, 1. I, r. Terceira. 

 ANGUILLA. For Mytus r. Myrus. 

 ANGUILLARIA, in Botany, a genus dedicated by 

 Mr. Brown, to the memory of Luigi Anguillara, (fee 

 that article,) apothecary, in the univerfity of Padua, to the 

 Venetian republic, who left an Italian work on the Materia 

 Medica, which has been publifhed at various times, and 

 tranflated into Latin. Haller fpeaks of its author as deeply 

 learned in this fubjeft, and perhaps the beft. Italian botanift 

 of the earlier part of the fixteenth century, having travelled 

 much in Europe and the Levant, and ftudied critically the 

 writings of thofe who had gone before him. Gasrtner has 

 called a genus Anguillaria, from the Angular appearance of 

 its embryo, refembling an eel, Anguilla ; but this is the 

 Ahdisia of all authors at prefent. (See that article. ) — Brown 



Prodr. Nov. Holl. v. 1.373 Clafs and order, Hexandria 



Trigynia. Nat. Ord. Tripetaloideie, Linn. Jtinci, JufT. 

 Melanthacen, Brown. 



Gen. Ch. Cal. none, unlefs the corolla be fo called. 

 Cor. Petals fix, lanceolate, inferior, fpreading, equal, deci- 

 duous, each fumifhed with a claw. Stam. Filaments fix, 

 inferted into the bafe of each petal, awl-(haped, (horter than 

 the corolla ; anthers oblong, peltate, reverfed. Pijl. Ger- 

 men fuperior, oblong, furrowed ; ftyles three, fpreading, 

 Ihorter than the ftajnens ; ftigmas acute. Peric. Capiule 

 ovate-oblong, naked, of three cells and three valves, the par- 

 titions from the middle of each valve. Seeds numerous, 

 nearly globular. 



Eff. Ch. Calyx none. Petals fix, equal, ftalked, decidu- 

 ous. Stamens inferted into the claws. Stigmas acute, 

 Capfule of three cells, with many feeds. 



Obf. Anguillaria is nearly akin to Ornithoglossum. 

 (See that article.) It confifts of herbs, exaftly refembling 



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tlie Cape fpecies of Mtlanthium, efpecially in their Ica-ues and 

 roots. ThQAoiuers are fometimes dioecious, or polygamous. 

 The claw of each petal is, in fome inftances, marked with a 

 double gland. A. indica, in habit, colour oixhe flowers, the 

 perfeftly deciduous corolla, and [jcrhaps the fituation of the 

 embryo, differs from the reft ; can it be a diftindt genus ? 

 Broivn. 



1. A. dioica. Dioecious Anguillaria. Br. n. 1.— . 

 " Flowers fpiked, dioecious. Claws of the petals fome- 

 what ftriped at the upper part." — Obferved by Mr. Brown, 

 at Port Jackfon, New South Wales, as well as in Van 

 Diemen's ifland. 



2. A. biglandulofa. Glandular Anguillaria. Br. n. 2 



Flowers united. Spikes few-flowered. Claws of the petals 

 with two glands at the upper part Sent from Port Jack- 

 fon, by Dr. John White, where alfo it was gathered by Mr. 

 Brown. The Jlem is folitary, from four to fix inches high, 

 fimple, round, bearing two diftant, linear, fmooth, recurved 

 leaves ; ftieathings inflated, and broad at their bafe. Spiie 

 folitary, terminal, zigzag, of from three to five pale, perhaps 

 yellowifli,^o'U'<'/j', half an inch broad, each claw bearing a 

 femi-lunar, glandular, prominent, dark-coloured glandular 

 fpot. 



3. A. milflora. Single-flowered Anguillaria. Br. n. 3. 

 — " Stem fingle-flowered. Leaves lax, with hooded 

 ftieaths." — Native of Van Diemen's ifland. 



4. A. indica. Indian Anguillaria. Br. n. 4. (Melan- 

 thium indicum ; Linn. Mant. 2. 226. Willd. Sp. PI, v. 2. 

 268.) — Stem with few flowers. Partial ftalks longer than 

 the petals ; the fide -ones having a collateral leafy braftea. 

 Leaves ftraight, with tight flieaths. —Native of Tranquebar 

 and Pondicherry, as well as of the tropical part of New 

 Holland. Root bulbous. Stem from fix to ten inches high, 

 fimple, ereft, fmooth and llendcr. Leaves two or three, 

 linear, taller than the ftem. Flo-zvers terminal, ufually two 

 or three, one much earlier than the others, on angular ftalks, 

 with lanceolate bradeas various in fize and number. Petals 

 narrow, of a dark dull purple, as well as the flyles, which 

 are dilated and revolute. Capfule elliptical, crowned with 

 the permanent _^ji/i?j. 



ANGUIS, 1. 9, dele which fee refpeftively, and add — 

 See Seupentes. 



ANGULOA, in Botany, named in honour of Francis 

 de Angulo, a Spanifli naturalift, of whom or his works we 

 have no information. — " Ruiz et Pavon Prodr. Fl. Peruv. 

 et Chil. 118. t. 26." Swartz Orchid, in Schrad. Neues 

 Journal, v. 1.89. —Clafs and order, Gynandria Monogynia. 

 Nat. Ord. Orchldet. 



Gen. Ch. Cal. Perianth fuperior, reverfed, of three 

 ovato-lanceolate, concave, converging leaves. Cor. Petals 

 two, refembling the calyx, but rather narrower. Nectary a 

 lip fhortcr than the calyx, ftalked, pitcher-fliaped, fomewhat 

 bell-ftiapf d, fplit longitudinally at the inner fide, two-lobed ; 

 lobes rounded, reflexed at the margin ; having in the notch 

 in front a fmall, lanceolate, reflexed fegment ; in the pofte- 

 rior part another, tongue-fliaped, concive, ereft appendage. 

 Stam. Anther a vertical, large, hemifpherical, incumbent lid, 

 pointed in front, of two cells, df-ciduous ; mafles of pollen 

 two, glo'oular. Pifl. Germen inferior, cylindrical ; ftyle 

 erea, gibbous, threc-toothc d at »he top, die middle tooth 

 with three points ; ftigma tranfverfe, in front. Peric. Cap- 

 fule with lix angles,' three of them larger than the reft, of 

 one cell, and three valves. Seeds immerous. 



Efl". C!i. Calyx reverfed, converging. Peials rather 

 narrower than the calyx -leaves. Lip ftalked, pitcher- 

 fliaped, two-lobed, fliorter thau the calyx. Anther a 



deciduous lid. . 



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