Fatals five, on the margin o f the calyx, ovthe, fomewhat jijtated, fpreading, white, deciduous.
Stamina. F, S m f i five, ojipofitc to the teeth o f the calyx and alternate with thc^etals, dte length
o f the corolla, fpreading, whjte. ApOtrx roundilh,,two-lobed, yytom. '
F is tillum . Gcrmen below the flower, crowned with tfie ^ lyx^ rohndifh, fmooth. Sfyk, Ihort,
eieft, at firft united into one body, then H S R B fp h ttm g ip,0 if fW mber
from 3 to io . Stigmata fimple. f
B , , , , ro„ r .d ith ,fm o ,r .h ,b r o ta ,« # i- iiiH o; i ^ | cna i » ^
only feen theunripe fruit takenfromafpecimen o f Sir JoffphBanks's,
° B _S -E R .. V A T I O N S ,
Balanitis have by no means been agreed concemmgthe geuus o f this plant. Its firft difcovcrer f l i
Icelebiated Jacqu'in, long agdftilptiaed Siat it beldiiged tothe'gSnusHedent b ih later authois
-have kept it in that o f Amlia.' In order tofetfid this dilfiiulty, it is i i the hrllplace neccflhn, to
know howthefe geuemelTentially differ; fo r i am quite fiuirfted tha, the mtmbcr o f ftyh* citn by
no means feme to difcriminate them. The A ra ik »homg.of. Linnmus ha, o n fe o n e j y k ¡n ««
flower, hut after impregnation that fplits into feveml.no, quite indeed to the bafe, as appears b y * e
Linnaran ipecimens.
ftruaum wuh the common Hedera Helix, thatlhitve nOdoub, o f flreir forming onegenuawiflrieJ
P m i 55. an e e no, defcnbed b y I . i cm u , Whether,or no, the remaining Linmean fpecies o f
Araha. ought alfo to be refemed to Hedera, mnft be. determined b y ftltu ft invefbgadou o f iheii
flowers .and fruit in a living ftate. I f the genera b e flillfoun d diitmft, the.-name,a{ A b a B a k iM t e
tmue to be applied to thofe fpecies, as being the original ones.
E X P L A N A T I O N O F T H E F I G U R E ,
A flower feparate.
a. The fame magnified, feen in back and front.
Stamina.
Styles, about to feparate.
Part o f a footllalk in fruit from the Bankfian
herbarium.
6. Unripe fruit accompanied with its partial in-
volucrum.
7* Perpendicular fediion of the fruit.
8. 9. The fruit deprived of. its. llyles that the
calyx may be diftinaiy feen.
H E D E R A capitata.
PENTANDRIA Monogynia. FI. pmtapetali, Jiiperi.
G har. E s s e n t . Pétala 5 , oblonga. Bacca 5-fperma, calyce cin&a.
H e D E R A foliis ellipticis integris, racemis compofitis terminalibus, floribus fefli»
libus capitellatis.
’Aralia capitata; Jacq. Stirp. Artier. 89, £ 0 1 . Swartz. Prod. 55. Àiton. Hart. Kew. v. 1.382.
A ngl. Clufter-flowered Iv y.
In Martinica .jy lv is legit Ittu jlr. Jacquin. In Jammed invenerunt Gul. Wright, jtfw«p. et Framcifcus
Majfon. (Herb. Bank/.) Apud Nobilifl. - Marchionem de Rockingham, qui anno ,1782. omnibus bohis
fleb itis occidity jamdudum ante unde delatus,nonconftat.rIn
caldario Marchioniffa primum in Europa anno 178.7 e t jam. inde quotannis Jloruit, at f emina nondum
permaturuerunt. lo in s propagatici;, h
Caulis arboreus, ciritus o&opedalis, ere&us, teres, determinate ramofus. Cortex fufcus, parum
rimofus. Rami adfcendentes, foliofi, apice fioriferi.
Folia fparfa, in apicibus ramulorum confertiora, petiolata, patentiffima, elliptica, acuminata, integerrima,
margine undulata, glabra, fubtrinervia, venofa, làetè viridia. Petioli longitudine varii,
teretiufculi, lmves, bafi ampliata fubtriangulari ramis fortiter affixi. Stipula nulla» Gemma e
fquamis plúrimis, fubrotundis, magnis, glabris, flavefcentibus, brevi deciduis, fola rudimentofepe
mucronatis, imde folia abortiva díceres. R¡
R acemus terminalis, erefilus, compofitus, ramulis plerumque alternis, in capitula denfa:multiflora
definentibus. Peduncoli communes obfoletè angulati, pallide virides, ferrugineo-pulvefulenti ;
partíales teretes. Brattea folitarias ad balin pedunculorum partialium, parva:, concava:, acuta:,
integerrima, pulverulenta:.
Flores in capitulis terminalibus, fefliles, numerofi, albi, exigui ut ftruéhira difficillime eruenda ;
unufquifque flos infidet involuceUo proprio calyciformi, monophyllo, quinquefido, extus pulverulento,
perfidienti.
Ca l yx germen cingens, minimus, quinquedentatus, pallidè viridis, glaber, perfiftens.
Pé tala quinqué, margini calycis infidentia, ovata, acutiufcula, patentia, alba, decidua.
Stamina. Filamento quinqué, dentibus calycis oppofita, petalis alterna, longitudine corolla:, patentia,
albida. Anthera fubro tunda:, biloba:, flava:.
PlSTlLLUM.