HER 
Boubted, for inftance his Mecpaleochiquabrit the form of 
Which is fo ftrange I eafonably expected. 
His accuracy, however, hea lat ae el verified, even in 
this inftance. The plant, whofe large united fiameia exadily 
tefemble a bird’s foot, is of the malvaceows apt and is 
recent'y figured in a {plendid French wor e have feen 
_ afpecimen ‘preferve ed in fpirits at fir Jofeph Banks’s. No 
doubt his Lyncea, 266, which feems to be a moft magnificent 
{pecies of Pieadt cbiae, is aisle faithful. This plant oc- 
curs perpetually as an embellifhment in-various parts of his 
book. His Flos Tigridke, 276, for a long time no lefsa 
problem to botani(ts, is now well known in our gardens, and 
one of their molt fplendid ornaments; fee Curt. Mag. 
t.532. Some — matter, furnifhed by Fabius Co- 
-lumna, occurs at t of the: volume, where the gum 
Arabic, Mimofa, the ‘Eabohe Cardinalis, and the Pafi 
10n- 
flower, Pafiflora incarnata, are well reprefented. 
e, that f 
A cu- 
rious scamairae table, by Frederic Cefi, by far tooprofound v 
to be ep or explained, is fubjoined. Hernandez 
does ae aie to have publifhed any other works on natu- 
ral hiftory, but this will entitle him to our gratitude for 
having firft unfolded to’ European botanifts, the treafures of p 
d. The 
that then little known quarter of the worl Mexican 
Names are always given, and his medical obfervations are 
fe afer and good. A hiftory of the church at Mexico has 
een habe to our-author, but without ena all 
. Crit. B 
Bibl. Bo 
. - v. 3. 322, Tluftr. t. 955. Gertn, t. 40. 
Clafs and pnedet ee Triandria. Nat. Ord. Tricocce, 
Linh. Laur ri, Ju 
Gen. Ch. Male, Cal. a partial involucrum, three-flow- 
tred, with four, ovate, sbies much fpreading leaflets ; 
Perianth none. Cor. Petals fix, fomewhat ovate, {preading ; 
interior ones narrower; nectary of fix round, ca- 
Pitate glands, fituated about the filaments. 
‘dane doce than t apart inferted into the receptacle ; 
anthers crea, dines. - 
rE Female, Cal. an invo nl common with the males; 
erianth inferior, of one campanulate, _ entire, gi 
f. Cor. Petals eighty oe four interior ones narrower, 
all, Sa upon the ry of four obovate glands, 
rmen ro nthik 5 lye paki peed fligma oblique, 
alee funnel- Shaped, Ia rge. Bertc. a dys ovate, fea 
furrowed, fingle-celled drupa, inclofed in Ao dag: 
Spe roundi(h perianth. Seed a sobs ey lightly 
re 
pei Calyx truncated, entire. Corolla af fix petals. 
» Open at the saeaithe its coat unconnected with 
the a 
gd ee fonora. Fetes Box. Linn 
+) eg & 3k —« Leaves | peltate.” Sesieca native on 
lt 
sty 7 ey the ye i of Beaufort, in the a r rs 
Stam. Filaments vatin 
eh Ef. ae Male, Calyx deeply dices tele, ‘Corolla of ing 
Eo Pl. 1391- 
Ps wot Bt 
HER 
dent ; red, setiline veflels mark the Place of infertion om 
the upper fide. Linneus juftly extols the beauty of the 
foliage of this tree. The lowers are fma and yellowifh, ia 
panicled clufters, The fruit when ripe rattles in the perma- 
nent calyx, whofe orifice is too fall to admit of its falling 
out. 
a. Hf. foe eae Tek re 13925 
‘carineed ovigera 5 
Rumph. «ear 
3- A. guianenfh s. Willa. Sp. PL v. 4. 328. Aubl. Guian. 
2. 849. —“ Leaves heart-fhaped, oblong, pointed, 
folded, hepa: Worked.’ Native of woods in Guiana, 
This tree rifes to the height of 60 feet, and has a light aro~ 
aves longer in proportion than the latt. 
matic qwaood. 
of ovate Pie 
i" is accompanied by feveral whorls 
braét x of the fruit is elliptical, obtufe, 
farted: a Aa. by ae a fifth part the fize of the latt 
The flowers appear in Bebronty and being very numerous, 
of a bo colour, render the tree very ccalgicaiass in that 
The inhabitants of Cayenne ufe the kernel as a pur- 
gative medicine. 
Hernanpia, in Gardening, “a aie plants of the 
exotic evergreen kind, of which the {pecies principally cul» 
age is the whiltling hernamdia (HY. f ), which in 
Weft Indies is frequently- denominated the 
tree 
Method of Culture-—The plants in this cafe are to be 
raifed by fowing the well ripened feeds upon a hot-bed in the 
pring feafon. As foon as the young plants are about two 
inches in height, they fhould be tran{planted feparately into 
lled with freh rich earth, and replunged into the hot- 
bed, care being taken to water and fhade them until they haw 
after which air fhould be admitted by ele- 
or ain to the ftate of the 
d the Sines: of heat 
3, the plants Siete 7 watered, 
they muft 
wl, +. 
iesha awa 
eon | 4 5 effect a 
_ Thefe plants have a fine a . g 
natures 
HERNGRUND, in mah, town of Hu ungarfs 
oe eager bees 
_— urn chie yment of 
mines of opr a les NIN-W. of ‘Neufol 
de: “tan . of Surgery, common ithe 
fion of £¢ ise te vith ont of the cae 8 vity 
ural ing of 
SHERNIA, li 
plies a 
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