. DEN 
. Inhabits the fhores of Scandinavia; 
is much fmaller. 
ORNEUM. 
and opake. roet. 
Length an inch ‘aod aquarter, This fhellis fmooth, horny, 
with 
refembles the laft, but 
Shell round, flightly curved, interrupted 
TUM. “Shell round, flightly curved, continued, and 
near with crowded annular ftrie. ua 
Native of Indian and European feas, and mentures about 
aa inch and a half in lengt 
Esurneum. Shell round, flightly curved, continued, and 
marked with oe annulations. Gmel. Inhabirs the fame 
country as the for 
Shell round, ftraightifh, {mooth, and minute. 
Native of the Me dit erranean. 
Shell very finely ee: flightly curved, 
rker bands. Mar 
This thell is sate folid, and marked 
r or five duflcy cinereous or ficou bands. 
osum. Shell arcuated, very [mooth and white, 
EB 
{potted and clouded with fulvous. Gmel. Native of the 
Sicilian feas.: ; 
Rectum. Shell ftraight, with double or triple ftriz, and 
annulated. Gualt. Country unknown 
Fossite. Shell roundifh, and fomewhat obtufe, with 
very fine eqnal ftriz. Sc -— Found foffil near Loretto. 
' Annucatum. Shell ae and obliquely ftriated. 
Guettard. Occurs in a foffil that 
Rapuva. Shell fomewhat arched and rather obtule, 
vith decuffate ftriz, the longitudinal ones granulated. 
Schroet. Found i n the fame ftate as the former in Pied- 
Length one inch. 
Periucipum. shel horny, flexile, flraightifh, round 
and fmooth. Schro 
« Native of the Northern aes 
and a quarter; colour pale ho 
ERRUPTUM. Shell ae decuffating ftrie, all which 
are {mooth; the longitudinal frie with “finer interrs ipted 
The length is two inches 
ones. chroet. 
This aud the following are found in a foffil flate in Pied- 
nt 
Shell hyaline, very glabrous and fubarcuated. 
DENTARIA, in Botany, as the toothed — 
of the root, whence it has been fuppofed, without real 
foundation, to be ufeful in diforders of the, teeth.) Tooth- 
al 
wort, or Cora ae inn. Gen. 337. 8 I 
Willd. Sp. Pl. Juff. 2 Clafs and order, 
Tetradynania Siliguofiac Nat Ord. Siquofe, Linn. = Cru- 
cifera, 
Cal. Perianth of four leaves, which are ovate- 
oblong, coer hg caeses ly, obtufe, deciduous. Cor. 
cifo s four, roundifh, obtufe, fcarcely emar- 
obtufe, emargina 
nd two elaftic ine which roll back when ripe; partition 
pee longer than the valves. Seeds numerous, fomewhat 
“EE, Ch. Pod burfting elattically, the valves rolling back, 
fhorter than the partition ; ftigma emarginate ; Catyx-leaves 
eohering longitadiaslly: 
an obtufe rounded tip, and inhabits: i 
DEN 
Seven fpecies are defcribed in ee three 
were known to Linnzus. The roots of all, a 
informed, are perennial, 
manner as to refemble the human fore teeth. 
herbaceous. 
only 
a ar as we are 
m fimple, 
Leaves oe ferrated, {mooth, “Wissen 
- D. en. 
ae ee aves 
the le afte ts. A nati 
tony places. tise wers Sale yello 2. D. glandu- 
lofa. * re ae together, ternate, vaeepy toothed, ii 
an awl-fhaped gland between their leaflets. Stam roe 
long asthe corolla.”? Willd. Sp. Pl. v. = “478. oe foe 
Waldftein and Kitaibel in Haugary, and anes a by 
Willdenow from the former. Flowers purple, larger. Leaves 
narrower. 3. D. Jaciniata. Willd. 479. Leaves three to- 
gether, mite bluntifh, toothed ; lateral leaflets deeply di- 
vided. This, a native of Pennfylvania, was originally fent 
mto Linnxus, who took it for his o 
feeing it, but which ery di and much larger 
plant. 4. D ees Bulbirerous Coral-wort. Linn. Sp 
Pl.o12. Engl. . 309. er leaves pinnate ; uppe 
ones fimple. A native of fome places in the middle and 
ae of England, as at Harefield, Beaconsfield, Tunbridge, 
. but a doubtful Swifs plant. Known by 
by or buds produced in the bofoms of 
which it is prepagated like the Lilium jdlifoeum, and like 
that it confequently feldom perfeGts feed. 5. D. micrae 
phylla. “ Leaves all pinnate ; leaflets linear-lanceolate, u 
ne, Vv. Lt Flowers pure 
with narrower - petals than in the following, pe which 
WWilldenow fufpects it may be a variety. . pinnata. 
Lamarck 7. v. 2.268. Ait. H. Kew. v. 2. es 86. 
Willd. (D. pentaphylla «, Linn. Sp. Pl. D. 
nepraphl os. Ciuf. Pann. 453. Garid. Prov. t. 2. Ger. 
985. afc. t. 1. f. 2. eaves all pinnate ; 
ere oe pointed, acutely ferrated. Fourd in the 
Ipso nce and Ade tzerland. A very large and handfome 
aaa confoun ed by Linnzus and Haller with the follow 
Th ufually ofa light rofe-colour. 7. 
tpl, Lin Sp. Pl. 912, 8 and y. illd. 4 
digitate 5” leaflets five. Of this there are two o fuppofe 
rieties, both natives of the Alps of aiegnae he si of 
a is Dentaria 7, Cluf. Hi a v. 2,122. f. 2; (G 
Fafc. t. 1. f21, B; Camer. Epi 4.) This has ae 
reot vey ue le and acutely een and the leaves 
are faid to be fmooth. he y of Linngus is Dentaria 6, 
Cluf, Ei i. We D. 1220 f. ae efn, Fafe. t. 1. f. 2, A; 
Bauh. Hitt + 90.) s the root t3 rather knotty 
and as it were wee nted, defi a ea a toothed, and 
die leaves are deferibed + Garidel’s 
r the ‘ormer, Paae 
eis the grea 
lieve thefe two diftin& i though fince “ Calpae Bauhin 
united them, no botanift has feparated them, nor have 
materials fufficient for the purpofe. They deferve the ate 
tention of the curious botaniit, and are worthy of a place 
‘in our gr ens, 
gia. See Larurza, Tozzia, and Oro« 
nace. 
Den 4, in Gardening, affords plants of the her 
econ one, hardy, perennial kind; of which the fpecies 
vated 
