Th , in some species, is a naked pore 
pro oo with a cylindrical margin; in ie closed with a 
d 
es general character i is that ofa perianth, of five ovate, con- 
cave. 
obtuse, polish with small claws: nectary a cavity in each 
petal, just bee e claw. 
The Ranun a Acris, ‘Butter-cup, or King-cup, is a native 
e 
3 made. The double-flowered variet y is frequent in 
butter 
pean 
And fairies now, no doubt, unseen, 
In silent revels sup; 
With Regnier bumpers igi nes queen, 
From crow-flower’s golden 
Let iad instead of butter-flowers, appear, 
And meads, instead of daisies, hemlock wear. 
Bright flowing king-cups promise future Sea 
arland of Flora. 
CALLA ATIVIOPICA. 
ANUM JETHIOPICUM. 
1).—GYNANDRIA 
Nat. Ord. Linn. 
IPERITE. 
irder.——POLYANDRIA. 
Nat. Ord. Juss 
AROIDEX: 
to bay aga from 
z injury. appose 
which rs if Hit in slices, 
biister the e part 
The A. Mrcutatum, or comm 
the Greek word, ana 
ep acrimoniot 1s suai of 
m, is the only spec 
Cane, * tis ple sores 
e active sebeiie matter, which is 
com plete ly. dissipated by apni or the application of heat, so 
There is a specie um Virginicum, Virginian Aru 
which ain wildin wet ae in Virginia, Carolina and raued 
nage es are said to be very fond. 
dainty. There are sey Liat ps ery the Arum indigenous i in 
America 
e Greek 
KALL ae According = sean ce evi KAL- 
LAION, Gr, the of a 
_ Calla snopes —Eehopin Calla, Cuckoo-pint, Wake- 
» Friar’s-cowl, Ev ve’s-apron, all Engl lish 
7. 
wh stews 
sents the aegis ‘This vezetable cup also 
horn. _Its appearance, i vin @ group of plants, reminds us of a 
flame-colored spadix, arising out of the centre of the white 
1 
» clus- 
in some, itis 
CALYCANTHUS FLORIDUS. 
CAROLINA ALLSPICE }; OR, SWEET-SCENTED SHRUB 
Class 12.—1coSANDRIA. 
Nat. Ord. Linn. 
UNDETERMINED. 
pial —— the Greek KALUX, pa and ANTHOS, a 
flower.. So called, because — ~ aly x rolla. 
Linnezus gives tthe ower no co: 
divisi ons in two concentric ranks, a a res 
Ju 
€7T.—POLYGYNIA. 
Ord. Juss. 
A shr ub: three an four fee mer 
oppo- 
re the nian having the odor of csoweri or nase apples. 
ative of Caro The 
oie ts.and foxes. 
This flower is so universal a favorite, that we are glad to 
have it in ~~ power to perpetuate its bloom, which can be 
accom pli ishe 
Leaves 
tad 
¢ 
+ 
+ 
fF +h 2 
bys 
costal succeeded “whe two of these setichone cea 
e Nuttall. 
“he _ of see bear sa fruits 
ury to the giver’s boso 
8 pert spicy Calycon nthus ees 
Its wreath of flowers from the sate blossom.” 
Its popular names are, Carolina allspice—and sweet-scenicd 
shrub. 
CAMELLIA JAPON 
JAPAN Ri 
Class 16.—MON ADELPHIA, 
Ne 
ICA. 
ROSE. 
Order.—-POLYANDRIA. 
inn Vat. Ord. Juss. 
COLUMNIFE AURANTIACEX, 
din honor of Geo. Joseph Kamel, a Jesuit, 
whose name yey ors Latinized into Caenatlaies author of Sy l- 
abus Stirpium, etc. annexed to the third volume of Pay’s 
Historia Plantarum 
Camellia Ja: ‘aponica—a lofty, nates evergreen tree: leaves 
m bo th sides, thick and 
cu nat 
d Japan—in a into England, before 1742, ty Rober 
Tames, Lord P 
‘+ 
ih 
ft 
thaGhi 7? ZL 
or flower of tea, is held in hict 
? 
2 A 
them. 
They dry 
greeable fragrance—and their 
them, with which to wash their hair. 
nut, is thoug 
th 
with their tea to give it 
make a decoction of 
The oil made 0 the 
ht to be equal to that of Florence. It is easy of 
cultivation, not being choice in its soil—and is nitiod t in great 
abundan 
As Venus wander’d ’midst = — — 
And mark’d the loves and g er pins 7 
She pluck’d a musk-rose peas its — : spra. 
nd this,” she e cried, “shall be m y fax oriie jewel 
leaflet ts I eae Sy 
ssolvi ing : sweets e steal the 
8 se 
i smi 
- cn others by thy amorous arts 3 beguile : 
To me more prang it than all their rich foctsdny 
The ‘chaste Ca: mellia’s pure ure and spotless bloom, 
“ue 
er shall aily 
Wr. Pee Esq. 
