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soiuibe- so Bas. _ tkal’s A. ovalifolium diftin® from coromandeliannm of Ret- 
ai 365 § . — zius), which _ ftrily of this genus; and nine befides 
: ; Oxyd of'irdn 26k which conttitute a fection, or fub-genus, termed Orthoflachys. 
7 lent 504 Thefe have folitary and ftraight, | not twin and revolute 
ANS oe ‘ 34° : {pikes ; the throat Te their corolla is bearded within, which 
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in the former is beardlefs; their embryo curved, which i in 
95 ' -thofe is ftraight ; and they have moreover a leafy b 
Tole 4 23 ; nearly oppofite to every flower, which the others Bs not. 
“ the other ae Mr. Brown excludes from the genus 
altoget ether H. indicum of Linnzus, becaufe its fruit is. 
ae 00 Nichot ee ew _ deeply two-lobed, like a mitre, the lobes each feparable 
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into two, and ich of thefe has two cells, one o: ich is: 
JELIOTROPIUM, in Botany, age zo peya Of empty. _ We fcarcely think ope more thtn a flight aberra- 
Diofcorides, from sasoc, the fun, and ceor raing or in- tion of ftructure, ina natural genus. The fame hit 
€ ecaufe,’? fays that ‘ancient st tice ‘it turns its author removes H. malabaricum of Retzius, and /upin 
leaves ror ama the declining fun.’ Whether he literally Linnezus and Willdenow, from hence, becaufe their ir tuar 
means the leaves of the plant, or the corolla of the flowers, calyx has but ee teeth ; chia, | wever, we pr 
may admit of Pht, it the latter is generally fuppofed; think, the an of the ‘natural onter will hardly jai. 
this account, as ihe many common hous more valscni in the month of the peel 
Saks: exhibit the fame pl The defcription of Good examples of this genus are the following. 
Diofcorides, however, is precife enough, and that of Ovid H. peruvianum. Peruvian Turnfole or Heliotrope: Pia. 
— fable of Clytie, though vague, is not pig omctente Sp. Pl. 187. Curt. Mag t. 141.—Leaves pean 
t the American Sunflow wer, fee Heri IANTHUS, CO monly late. Biem fhrubbly. Spikes ta eer collected into a 
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n length, of a dull darkith green. “the ‘ele t. 
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Sti Mr. Dryande-, whofe accuracy only exceeded his der before og open. It is eafily propagated by cuttings,. 
. ? ‘ 5 ee “a ifici in hot wea= 
eum. European a —Linn. Sp. Pl. 187. 
o the pba aaa Jacq. Auitr. t. 207.——Leaves ovate, entire, ey owny. 
H. parent hereafter—Linn. Spikes in pairs.—Native of sh fouth of tee Dr. Sib 
Mart. thorp found it a mott —- weed in he elds and vinre>- 
4. Sm. yards of the iflands of the Archi “ideo, as well as about 
B ns. This is anqutonaly the — of Diofeordes 
2. Jufl. 130. Lamarck. Iluftr.t.g1. Tourn. t. 57. above-mentioned. S rAsleonioy ro pixgov is probably the 
n. t. 68. Clafs and order, seen Monogynia. Croton tinétorium.—The root of the H. europeum is annual.- 
Nat Ord. Huet somal Linn. Borr Herb —_ a foot high, much branched, of a pale greyith 
Gen. Ohi: al: anth inferior, oe one lef, tubular, green and hoary. F/owers {mall and white. Jacquin fays 
with five fegments,  semmetey Cor. of one petal, falver- the acto to teeth of the corolla are often wantingy. | 
i tube the length of me calyx ; limb flat, half five Hi. gnaphalodes. Linn. Sp. Pl. 188. Pluk. Phyt: t. 193.. 
obtufe, with {maller arper —— artic f. 5.— Leaves linear, obtufe, denfely filky.. Corolla exters- 
ones; orifice weit valves. Filaments nally ss Stem fhrubby. — Native oft the srl Indies. 
Concealed by the tumid or plaited edge of she orifice. Pi if haves, The fia alks are wfialy in pairs, 
Germens four, fuperior ; ityle thread-fhaped, the length of From Wi 
eae ns; fligma notched. Peric. oe Sage 23 the up- moved the lalt, H. pinnatum; “salitelt is: mote pro y “ea 
at, permanent, unaltered Ke four, ovate, fcribed by Lamarck as Hydrophyllum magellanicum, Journ. 
‘Pointed, in the bottom of ebarein : @Hift. Nat. v. 1. 372: t.°19. iii Willdenow: 
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ERS Che Corolla - flver-thaped, Reecclefts: with inter- copies, feems to have made it a 
aan teeth : its mouth w hout valves. Seeds four, nes 
ely ethno eect tga sp ae “aS ya : 
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