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G Y P S OP. H Y LA. Lin. Gen. Plant, 498. We have 
no Englifh. title for this genus. 
The Chap-Acters are, 
The flower hath a permanent , angular , bell- (hoped em- 
palement , cut into jive ports at toe top. It hath jive oval 
blunt petals . , which fpread open , and ten awl jh aped fta- 
rnina, terminated, by toitndijh fummits. In the Lenten is 
fixated a globular gerfnen , J upper ting two /lender ftyles, 
crowned by Jingle jligmas. The germen afterward becomes 
a globular co.pju.le with one cell , opening with five valves , 
filled with /mail roundlfo feeds. 
This genus of plants is ranged in the fecond fedion 
of Linnaeus’s tenth clafs, which includes thofe plants 
whofe flowers have ten ftamina and two ftyles. 
The Species are, 
1. GypsorHYLA ( Aggregdta ) folds mucronatis recurva- 
tis, floribus aggregates. Lin. Sp. Plant. 406. Gypfo- 
phyla with pointed recurved leaves , and flowers gathered 
in a head. Lychnis Hifpanica kali folio multiflora. 
Tourn. Inft. R. H. 338. Spanip Lychnis with a Glajf- 
wort leaf and many flowers. 
2. Gypsophyla ( Faftigiata ) foliis lance'olato-lineari- 
bus, obfolete triquetris laevibus obtufis fecundis. 
Lin. Sp. Plant. 407. Gypfophyla with narrow fpear- 
paped leaves , having three blunt angles , and fimooth ob- 
tufie leaves in clufters. Saponaria caule fimpliri, foliis 
linearibus ex alls foliorum confertis teretibus. Hort. 
Cliff. 166. Sopewort with a Jingle ft'alk , very narrow 
leaves, coming out in clufters from the wings of the 
_ jtalks. 
3. Gypsophyla {Profir at a) foliis. lanceolatis laevibus, 
caulibus diffufls, piftillis corolla campanulas longio- 
ribus. Lin. Sp. Plant. App. 1195- Gypfophyla with 
fimooth fp ear -fio aped leaves , dtjfufed ftalks , and the point al 
longer than the petal, which is bell-paped. 
4. Gypsophyla (. Perfioliata ) foliis ovato-lanceolatis, fe- 
miamplexicaulibus . Lin. Sp. Plant. 408. Gypfophyla 
with oval fp ear -fio aped leaves, half embracing the ftalks. 
Lychnis Orientalis, faponarias folio & facie, flore par- 
vo & multiplici. Tourn. Cor. 24. Eaftern Lychnis with 
the leaf and appearance of Sopewort , having many fmall 
flowers. 
5. Gypsophyla ( Paniculata ) foliis lanceolatis fcabris, 
floribus dioicis corollis revolutis. Lin. Sp. Plant. 
407. Gypfophyla with rough , fipear-paped leaves , male 
and female in different plants, and the petals of the 
flowers recurved. . Alfine frutefeens caryophylli folio, 
flore parvo albo. Gerb. Shrubby Chickweed with a Clove 
Gillificwer leaf, and a fmall white flower. 
The firft fort grows naturally in the fouth of France, 
Spain, and Italy, upon the mountains. This hath 
a perennial root, from which arife many narrow leaves 
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ending in acute points, which are recurved ° the 
ftalks rife about a foot high, garnifhed with nar- 
rower leaves placed oppofite, and at fome of the 
joints there are fmaller leaves growing from the ftalks 
in clufters ; the upper part of the ftalk divides into 
fmaller branches, each being terminated by a clofe 
bunch of fmall white flowers. Thefe appear in July, 
and are fucceeded by fmall oval capfules, filled with 
fmall feeds. 
The fecond fort is fome what like the firft, but the 
leaves are much narrower, and alrnoft three-cor- 
nered •, they are placed in clufters, which come out 
from the fide of the ftalk; the bunches of the 
flowers are fmaller, and not fo clofely joined. This hath 
a perennial root, and grows naturally upon tL* Hel- 
vetian mountains. 
The third fort hatha perennial root, from which arife 
fmooth fpear-fttaped leaves in clufters ; the ftalks are 
near a foot long, but are proftrate on the ground ; 
the flowers have a purplifh call, and the ftamina are 
much longer than the petals of the flowers. This 
flowers in June and July, and the feeds ripen in 
autumn. 
The fourth fort grows naturally in the Levant, and 
alfo in Spain. It hath a ftrong, flefhy, fibrous root, 
which ftrikes deep in the ground, fending up feveral 
thick, flefhy ftalks, which rife near two feet high, 
garnifhed with oval fpear-fhaped leaves, which half 
embrace the ftalks with their bale ; the upper part of 
the ftalk divides into many fmaller branches, which 
are terminated with loofe bunches of fmall white 
flowers. Thefe open in July, and the feeds ripen in 
autumn. 
The fifth fort grows naturally in Siberia and Tartary, 
the feeds of it were fent me from Peterfburgh. This 
hath a perennial root, from which arife many branch- 
ing ftalks a foot and a half high, garnifhed with 
narrow fmooth-pointed leaves, fhaped like thofe of 
Gilliflowers •, at the top of the ftalks are produced 
loofe clufters of very fmall white flowers, which ap- 
pear at the fame time with the former forts, and the 
feeds ripen in the autumn. 
Thefe plants have no great beauty, fo are rarely cul- 
tivated but in botanic gardens for the fake of va- 
riety. 
They are propagated by feeds, which Ihould be Town 
in a bed of light earth, and when the plants are fit to 
remove, they may be tranfplanted into the places where 
they are defigned to remain, and will require no other 
culture but to keep them dean from weeds ; for the 
roots will continue feveral years, and annually pro- 
duce flowers and feeds. 
H. 
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H iEMANTHUS. Tourn. Inft. R. H. 657. 
tab. 433. Lin. Gen. Plant. 394. Dracunculoi- 
des. Boerh. Ind. alt. 2. 226. [A jjwwO© 4 , of 
fly, a, blood, and^AvO© 4 , flos, a flower, i. e. 
Blood-flower,] 
The Characters are. 
The flower has a permanent empalement of fix leaves , which 
is large , and paped like an umbel. It hath one ere hi petal, 
which is cut into fix parts, having a port angular tube, 
end fix awl-paped ftamina , which are infer ted in the petal. 
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but are longer , terminated by oblong proftrate fummits. 
The germen is fituated under the flower, fupporting a 'Jingle 
fyle the length of the ftamina, crowned by a fingle ftigrna. 
The germen afterward becomes a roundip berry with three 
cells , each containing one triangular feed . 
This genus of plants is ranged in the firft fe&ion of 
Linnaeus’/ fixth clafs, intitled Hexandria Monogynia, 
which includes the plants whofe flowers have fix fta~ 
mina and one ftyle. 
The 
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