Mill. Di. v. 2. 
roun 
vfiv 
va five or fix 
net appear that pol his fpecimens 
“only one we hi 
GRI 
Juff.. 331.—Clafs and or hic; ‘Deaths 
Monogynia, (O@andria ; ‘it) Nat. Ord. Calycauthema, 
Linn. Salicarie, Jufl. 
Gen. Ch. Cal. Perianth .of one leaf, inferior, tubular 
fomewhat bell-thaped, with four, dus: or fix. principal 
teeth, and as many external, minute, alternate ones, co- 
permanent, at ea h contracted juft above the baie, 
fometimes flightly curved upwards. Cor. Petals as many 
as the larger teeth of the calyx and inferted between them, 
oppofite to the fmall ones, linear-lanceolate, acute, f{mall, 
fearcely reaching beyond the calyx. Stam. Filaments éight, 
‘ten or twelve, awl-fhaped, afcending, twice as long as the 
calyx, inferted into the lower part of its tube at the {tric- 
ture; anthers roundifh, verfatile, incumbent, fimple. P7f. 
‘Germen 
‘ityle thread-thaped, about as long as the ftamens, ss 
iti oft Meany notched. Peric. Capiule enclofed in 1 ba 
each fide. 
Eff. Ch. Calyx with about oe urge and as many {mall 
teeth. Petals oppofite to the Stamens very long, 
“afcending. Capiule invefted forte eee ermanent calyx, - 
ovate, two-celled. Seeds numerous. dccodeat acle large, 
d. 
Obf. ~The original fpecies has a four-cleft, or often a 
, flower, with eight or ten ftamens ; the others have 
-cleft flower, with ten or twelve ; fo that ten is 
medium number. 
1. G. fecunda. Linn. Sp. Pl. 496. Leefling. It. 245. 
— Leaves lanceolate, ftalked, fmooth. Branches horizon- 
tal. - Flowers 
irma between Cu- 
rinoco, in February 1755. It does 
reached Europe. The 
fame nei by J. Mert 
hood, 
to Europe in 1791, and being plundered of moft of his 
effects amid the horrors of ci berally 
in ders, lib 
beftowed on the writer of this a parcel of moft beautiful and ° 
rare South American att mer which were 
fave from ru 
were all he was able to 
This gentleman, ls out by the emperor, 
‘Bo 
| mentioned i 
‘ofeffor of Botany at Fri- 
so Gerd means of =~ 
fuperior, ovate, with two furrows, nearly es ; 
2 the leaves, 
turned upwards. Calyx half as broad as. 
long.—Gathered A Leefling in Terra 
“mana and the ri 
e ever feen was found near Curafow j in the - 
erter, M.D. who returning | 
1 South America, «fi 
Segoe Brateas few, 
GRI 
at the bafe of the partial {talks, ovate, dotted.“ > Calpe fia 
dark brownith crimfon, bell-fhaped, flightly angular, ie 
ufually four, but often five, principal divifions ; its fm 
ones, unnoticed by Le eefling, being very vifible, like ie 
prominent external teeth, before the others expand. 
iameter of the calyx towards the top is full half its coughs 
but the bafe is nar a be and as it advances in age, marked. 
with a iriure. ls, flamens, and Siyle of ; an elegant 
fcarlet. All thefe se | with the green of the leaves, is 
loft in one nearly uniform-dark brown in the dried plaut, but 
the infide of the anthers remains of a vivid red or orange- 
ripe in our {pecimens, but evi- 
dently two-celled, with a tranfverfe partition, joining the ~ 
large, sound, central column. 
reper to obferve that the words “ dn Glaucis af 
nis??? hich finifh the defcription of this plant in Lefling’ 
-p- 246, belong to a widely sae Re one, next deferibed, 
which fheuld have been numbered 1 This mifake of 
the editor, who was no other than ne great Linnzus, ig 
argh of courfe in the German edition, p. 31 
ret or néata. Buch. Cat. MSS. n. 34 — Leaves lanceo- 
see ftalked, fmooth. Branches and flowers ere&. Calyx 
our times as long as broad.—Communicated from the Eait 
Init? by Dr. Francis grec 
fite, Gia fas oth, and ‘nearly 
re) 
., 
idee: caine, entire, two a. or more in len 
‘{mooth on both fides, pale and yellowith feeeesth and 
marked with much more evident dots than in the preceding. 
The lateral veins often agi in at common ear 
“margin. Flowers red, in compound, nearly 
d, ht, ; 
rymbofe, flightly downy -ebatiepes about sacahiod tee Keng 
H Calyx much more flender than in the earn 
and nearly cylindrical, furrowed, minutely downy, often 
fightly soeves according to the Peat aE che Semen: 
dftyle. The flowers are often fix-cleft, with twelve ~ 
soni Their buds are t urbinate, with horizontally prom 
nent, thick marginal points, which are the outer em 
of the calyx. This fpecies is moft allied to the follow- 
3. G. — 
Roxb. Corom. t. 94. fb | 
Bt Share r Baltee 3 pena 
fum; Linn. Sp. Andr, 
tered, ora ading, pound fpreading Sakis fas nes aid ver Sette a 
caine ire fubdivided, > ft calyx is four times as ya as , and 
Pras r part. : Leaves oppofite, = ually little curved, ftriated, fearcely down ee 
—/— lan — lat > 2 entire, two or the genus of ZLythrum differs from Griflea in its Ja ge 
fmooth on both fides, with one 1 rounded petals, ftamens idee | a a i 
ppolite, curved, fimple veins ; dark green Jength, and capitate ftigma. Its habit moreover is 
hig ina vol dular dots. Footftalks eG RISLEHAMN, or Grisuenaven, i in Geography, 4 
> ay Chia ! ‘town o 1 
> Oppofite, rather longer than the foot- miles E.N E- ar gag eo 
or ym, all curved upward to one fide, GRISLEHAVEN, 
NN, Oxp, 2 fen-port of Swedeo, inthe : 
Bb oe ‘giimilee E . of Upfal. 
~ GRISLY — 
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