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The Specie's are, 
t. Uvularia ( Amplexicdule ) foliis amplexicaulibus. Lin. 
Sp. Plant. 304. Uvularia with leaves embracing the 
Jlalk. Uvularia foliis cordato-oblongis. Flor. Lfeyd. 
29. Uvularia with oblong heart-fhaped leaves. 
2. Uvularia (. Berfoliata ) foliis perfoliatis. Amcen. 
Acad. 2. p. 3. Uvularia with perfoliate leave's. Poly- 
gonatum ramofurir, flore luteo majus. Cornut Cariad. 
3 8 . Branching Solomon’s Seal, with a large yellow flower. 
The firft fort grows naturally in Bohemia and Saxony. 
The root is perennial, but the ftalk is annual ; it rifes 
about two feet high, fending out one or two branches 
from the lower part ; it is garni (lied with oblong 
fmooth leaves ending in acute points, whofe leaves em- 
brace the ftalks. The flowers come out fingly from 
the bofom of the leaves upon long (lender foot-ftalks; 
they are compofed of fix oblong naked petals of a yel- 
low colour ; thefe hang downward ; they appear the 
latter end of April, but are rarely lucceeded by feeds 
here. 
The fecond fort grows naturally in North America ; 
this has a perennial root and an annual ftalk. The 
root is compofed of many thick fielhy fibres, from 
which fpring up feveral ftalks, which for the moft 
part divide into two at a fmall height from the 
ground ; thefe fpread afunder, and are garniftied 
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ACHENDORFIA. Burman. 
The Characters are, 
‘The ( ’[path a ) or floeath of the flower is bi- 
valve ; the flower hath fix oblong petals , the 
three upper ones are erebl , and the fhree under fpread 
open *, it hath two briftly netiariums placed on each fide 
the upper petals , and three flender declining fiamina which 
are jhorter than the petals , terminated by incumbent fum- 
mits. The germen which is Jituated above , is roundifh 
and three-cornered, fupporting a fender declining flyle , 
crowned by a fimple ftigma. The germen becomes an oval 
cap fule, having three obtufe angles , divided, into three 
cells , each containing one hairy feed. 
The title of this genus was given to it by Dr. John 
Burman, profeffor of botany at Amfterdam, in ho- 
nour of Dr. Everard Jacob Wachendorf, profeflorof 
phyfic, botany, and chemiftry at Utrecht. 
This genus of plants is ranged in the firft fedtion of 
Linnaeus’s third clafs, the flower having three ftamina 
and one ftyle. 
The Species are, 
1. Wachendorfia ( Thyrjflora ) fcapo fimplici. Lin. Sp. 
Plant. 59. Wachendorfia with a fingle fialk bearing flow- 
ers in a thyrfe. Wachendorfia foliis lanceolatis quin- 
quenerviis canaliculo-plicatis, floribus in thyrfum col- 
leftis. Burman. Monogr. 2. f. 2. 
2. Wachendorfia [Vaniculata] fcapo polyftachyo. Lin. 
Sp. Plant. 59. Wachendorfia with a divided fialk , bear- 
ing flowers in panicles. Wachendorfia foliis enfiformi- 
bus trinerviis, floribus paniculatis. Burm. Monogr. 4. 
f. 1 . Wachendorfia with fwora-Jhaped leaves having three 
veins, and flowers in panicles. 
The firft fort grows naturally at the Cape of Good 
Hope ; it has a thick, tuberous. Reed-like root, of 
a deep red colour, fending out many perpendicular 
fibres of the fame colour, and fpreading into feveral 
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with oblong, fmooth, pointed leaves, which are broad 
at their bafe, furrounding the ftalk in fuch a man- 
ner, as if the ftalk run through them. The flowers 
are compofed of fix oblong yellow petals ending in 
acute points; they ftand upon flender foot-ftalks 
which arife from the bofom of the leaves, and hang 
downward. The flowers appear about the fame time 
with the former, but are not fucceeded by feeds in 
Ensdand. 
Thefe plants were firft ranged in the genus of Poly- 
gonatum, and by Dr. Boerhaave they were placed 
with the Fritillaria; but this title of Uvularia was giv- 
en to it by Dr. Linnaeus, from the refemblance which 
the fruit of it has to the Uvula. 
They are both very hardy plants, fo will live in the 
full ground, but as the flowers have not much beauty, 
they are only cultivated for the fake of variety ; they 
are propagated by parting of their roots. , The belt 
feafon for removing them is about Michaelmas, 
when their roots may be feparated, and planted in the 
borders of the flower-garden ; but this fhould be done 
every third year, for if they are often removed, the 
plants will not thrive fo well; or flower fo ftrong, as 
when they ftand two or three years unremoved ; they 
delight in a foil not too wet or ftiff; but a gentle ha- 
zel loam. 
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offsets. The leaves which rife immediately from the 
root are large, fpear-fhaped, and channelled ; they 
have five plaited veins, and refemble the folds in 
fans. The largeft of thefe leaves are two feet long, 
and three inches broad, and of a deep green co- 
lour. The flower-ftalk rifes from the center of the 
heads between the leaves, to the height of three or 
four feet, and is garnifhed with leaves of the fame 
form with thofe below, but are narrower, and are 
ranged alternately, embracing the ftalk half round 
with their bafe. The flowers, when young, are inclofed 
in (heaths, which, after fome time, open and make 
way for the flowers to come out ; then they wither 
' and dry, but remain upon the ftalk like thofe of the 
yellow Afphodel. The flowers are produced from 
the wings of the ftalk, forming a loofe fpike at the 
top ; there are feveral flowers fuftained upon one 
common foot-ftalk which open after each other, fo 
that there is feldom more than one open at the fame 
time upon the fame foot-ftalk. The upper flowers 
ftand almoft upright, but the lower nod downward ; 
they are hairy, and of a Saffron colour on the out- 
fide, but fmooth and yellow within, having gene- 
rally fix petals, but fometimes the lower one is want- 
ing ; but then the place is occupied by the pointal, 
which is a Angular fport of nature. After the flower 
fades, the germen lwells to an almoft oval, three- 
cornered, blunt capfule with three cells, each con- 
taining three purple hairy feeds, fixed to an oblong 
placenta. 
This plant is propagated by offsets, which are fent 
out from the main head, after the lame manner as 
fome of the Flag-leaved Irifes. Thefe offsets ftiould 
be taken off the latter end of Auguft, or the begin- 
ning of September, which is the time when the roots 
are in the moft ina&ive ftate ; thefe muft be planted 
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