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with blue. Spur greenifli-white. Maffes of pollen, f whicli 

 Liiiiiaevs in the Supplement has defcribed as a pair of ityles,) 

 inferted into the bafe of the ftyle, yellowifh, prominent, very 

 confpicuous even in dried fpecimens. 



BARTLET, a town of America, in Coos, &c. r. 



436. 



BARTON, in Orleans county, &c. add— it contauis 447 



inhabitants. 



BAnrovi-upou-Humkr, 1. ull. for 412 r. 191— for 1709 

 r. 1 1 29. The pariih of Barton, St. Mary, has 209 houfes 

 and 976 perfons ; and the parifh of St. Peter has 260 houfes, 

 jnd 1228 perfons. 



BARTONIA, in Botany, received that name from Dr. 

 Sims, in 1812, in juft commemoration of the fcientific 

 merits and zeal of Dr. Benjamin Smith Barton, at that time 

 profefTor of botany and natural hiftory, in the univerfity of 

 Pennfylvania, who after many exertions, and feveral publi- 

 cations, in the fervice of natural fcience, died of hydrotho- 

 rax, at Philadelphia, on the 19th of December 18 15, in 

 the fiftieth year of his age. His nephew, Dr. William 

 Barton, in an animated and interefting " Biographical 

 Sketch" of his charader and purfuits, has preferved fome 

 account of the plants which compofe this genus, written by 

 the late profeffor, three or four days before his death, and 

 accompanied by many particulars, relative to Mr. Purfh and 

 Mr. Nuttall, through whofe means it has come to the know- 

 ledge of European botanifts ; all which evince a love of 

 fcience, that the mod painful bodily fufferings could not 

 reprefs. — Sims in Curt. Mag. 1487. Purfh 327. Ait. 



Epit. 364 Clafs and order, Icofandrta Monogyma. Nat. 



Ord. Loafin, JulT. Ann. du Muf. d'Hift. Nat. v. 5. 18. 

 Sims. 



Eff. Ch. Calyx fuperior, in five deep fegments. Corolla 

 of many petals, with claws. Stamens uniform. Capfule 

 cylindrical, of one cell, with a lid of three or five valves, 

 and as many parietal receptacles. Seeds numerous, flat, in 

 double rows. 



1. '?>. ornata. Large-flowered Bartonia. Purfh n. I. Ait. 

 n. I. (B. decapetala ; Sims as above, t. 1487.) — Germen 

 leafy. Seeds without a wing. — Found by governor Lewis, 

 in 1804, on chalky foil on the borders of the MifTouri, 

 flowering in July and Auguft. PnrJIj. ProfefTor Barton 

 records that Mr. Nuttall firfl made this fine plant known to 

 him in 181 1, having found it growing all the way from the 

 river Platte to the Andes, on broken hUls and in the clefts 

 of rocks. Mr. Purfh by miftake, as the profefTor thought, 

 fpeaks of the foil as volcanic. Living plants were brought 

 to England by Mr. Nuttall, who is unqueftionably entitled 

 to the honour of this difcovery, as he could not know what 

 might be concealed in the herbarium of any deceafed tra- 

 veller. The figure in the Magazine, though taken from 

 a dried fpecimen, is unexceptionable, as far as it goes. The 

 herb is biennial, downy, glaucous, about three feet high. 

 Leaves alternate, feffile, oblong, pinnatifid. Floiuers ter- 

 minal, enveloped in leaves, three inches broad, with about 

 ten elliptical, acute, white petals, and n\imerom Jlamens, half 

 as long, whofe anthers are elhptical, yellowifh. 'The{e Jlo-wers 

 expand fuddenly in an evening, diffufing a mofl agreeable 

 odour, and rival thofe of fome of the fine fpecies of Ca9tis 

 in elegance. 



2. B. nuda. Small-flowered Bartonia.' Purfh n. 2. Ait. 



n. 2 Germen naked. Seeds winged. — Found by Mr. 



Nuttall, on gravelly hills near the Grand Detour of the 

 Miffiffippi, flowering in Auguft. Root perennial. Petals 

 more numerous. Barton. Mr. Purfh obferves that this has 

 fmallerj?ow^rj than the foregoing, and lefs glaucous leaves. 

 The petals vary in number, from ten to fifteen. 



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We have feen no fpecimens, and have fcarcely.fafficietit 

 materials for drawing up a full generic charafter. 



BARTRAMIA, is intended to commemorate the vener- 

 able John Bartram, the friend of CoUinfon, Diilenius, Fo- 

 thergill, and Linnsus, to whom gardeners and botanifts arr 

 indebted for fome of the moft valuable plants of North 

 America. The original Barlram'ta of Linnaeus, having 

 been referred by its author himfelf to Triumfetta, (fee 

 that article, ) Hedwig has transferred the name to a fine, and 

 very diftindl, genus of Mofles, now univerfally received. — 

 Hedw. Crypt, v. 2. ill. Sp. Mufc. 164. Schreb. Gen. 

 761. Sm. Fl. Brit. 1339. Engl. Bot. v. 14.997. Com- 

 pend. 182. Turn, in Sims and Kon. Ann. of Bot. v. i. 

 522. Mufc. Hib. 106. Hooker and Taylor Mufc. Brit. 

 85. t. 3. — Clafs and order, Cryptognmia Mufci. Nat. Ord. 

 Mufci. 



EfT. Ch. Capfule fpherical, furrowed. Outer "fringe of 

 fixteeu teeth, dilated at the bafe ; inner membranous, plaited, 

 deeply laciniated. Veil fmooth. IJd depreffed. 



Eight fpecies are defcribed in Engl. Bot. and Compend. 

 Fl. Brit., and there are feveral of exotic growth. 



Seft. I. Frult-Jlalks Jhorter than ihejlem. 



1. B. Hallcriana. Lateral Bartramia. Hedw. Crypt, 

 v. 2. I i I. t. 40. Engl. Bot. t. 997. Hook, and Tayl. n. 5. 

 t. 23. (Bryum laterale ; Hudf. 483. Ehrh. Crypt. 33. 

 B. n. 1802 ; Hall. Hift. v. 3. 43. t. 46. f. 8.)— Fruit-ftalks 

 lateral; curved, fhorter than the lineai'-awlfhaped, fingie- 

 ribbed, rough-edged leaves. — Native of moift rocky moun- 

 tainous woods, in Switzerland, Germany, Scotland, Wales, 

 and the north of England. ThtJIems are, as Mr. Hooker 

 obferves, perennial, and repeatedly proliferous, fo that, 

 although the Jloivers are, like every Bartramia, originallj 

 terminal, the fruit foon becomes lateral, and remaining two 

 or three years, is found numeroufly ranged along the main 

 ftem, among the denfe, flender leaves. When ripe it be- 

 comes flrongly furrowed, though originally fmooth or even. 



2. B. arcuata. Curve-ftalked Bartramia. Engl. Bot. 

 t. 1237. Fl. Brit. n. 5. Hook, and Tayl. n. 6. t. 23. 

 (Mnium arcuatum ; Dickf. Crypt, fafc. 3. 2. t. 7. f, 3. 

 M. chryfocomum ; Hedw. Sp. Mufc. 74. Hypnum paluftre 

 ereftum, comalutea, bafi nigricante ; Dill. Mufc. 302. t. 39. 

 f. 36.) — Fruit-ftalks recurved. Leaves lanceolate, fingle- 

 ribbed, furrowed, finely ferrated. Branches fcattered, 

 fpreading. — Native of mountains in Great Britain and Ire- 

 land. According to Mr. Hooker, it is found, in the greatcfl 

 abundance, on wet rocks, at Lowdore and Kefwick, Cum- 

 berland, and is alfo very common in the mountainous diftrifts 

 of Ireland, though unknown on the continent of Europe. 

 With all deference to our worthy friend however, the ripe 

 capfule is as decidedly furrowed as in any other fpecies. The 

 more branched and tufted habit of this mofs, and the broader, 

 fhorter, rigid, yellowifh, more fpreading leaves, at once dif- 

 tinguifh it from the foregoing. The fruit-fialh foon become 

 lateral, and are wavy rather than recurved, longer than in 

 the preceding. Mouth of the capfule fmall, with a red outfr 



fringe, whofe teeth are Lned, as it were, with the fixleen 

 oppofite teeth of the inner one. 



Seft. 2. Friiit-flalhs rifing above thejlem. 



3. 3. pomifcrmis. Apple Bartramia. Hedw. Sp. Mufc. 

 164. Fl. Brit. n. 2. Engl. Bot. t. 998. Hook, and Tayl. 

 n. I. t. 23. Hook, in Curt. Lond. ed. 2. t. . . . (Bryum 

 pomiforme ; Linn. Sp. PI. 1580. B. capillaceum, capfulis 

 fphsericis ; Dill. Mufc. 339. t.44. f. i.) — Fruit-ft.ilks creft, 

 taller than the ftem. Leaves awl-fhapcd, finglc -ribbed ; 

 fomewhat twifted when dry. — Common on heaths and dry 

 banks, in various parts of Europe, bearing capfules in the 

 fpring. An elegant moft, confifting of denfely \ezfyjlems 



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