An Account of Aphyllon and Dentaria heptaphyllos of Clusius, Omitted by Mr. Ray: By Mr.William Watson, F. R. S.Author(s): William WatsonSource: Philosophical Transactions (1683-1775), Vol. 47 (1751 - 1752), pp. 428-429Published by: The Royal SocietyStable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/105083 .

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t 428 ]

Fig. t. Reprefcnts the new gage; which I call the pear-

gage. It is open at a; BC is the graduated tubeX wllich is hermetically clofed at C,, and is fufpended by the piece of brafs DE, that is hollowed into a cylinder, and clafips the tube :

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[,XX. 24n i<ccourt of Aphyllon andDentaria heptaphyllos of Clufilus, oanitted 1y Mr. Ray: by Mr. William WatSon, F R. S.

Read April 16, MR. V\atfon prefented to the Society * 1 1 fome fpecimens of two plants, x1OW

in flower, wlai. ll he faid were not frequently found in England. One of thenz was the Anblaraan of Cordus, or Ap2)'ll01-] of Xolln Baullin. Tilis plant is denomilaated Siqaamaria byRivinll , and rDentaris cro- cofSylia by labernamontanus LinnausX in the FIGrGZ

Sue icv) calls it Lozthr6ea caBle a22pl, 6 >gato) corol*/is

zZ>ltazztibtgs, lwbio inferiore trifffa. WIr. Pxay, itl laiO

KSlyo20ffi:splantarniMszglicz, takes notire of its bf.i-lz, found near Darking in Su-rey, but tre })1.¢-1t nsss preSented was colledcd near Harefiel(l i) Ati;<tt3*1Ct.

The other plant offered wa$ tlle Dtnfaria brp-a- ph^llos bSacczfera of Cafpar Bauhin, or DenfarSit terzia accitera of Clufiusx This plant is trcated of by Linntlls, sn thc HGrZ#S CI}WOrtXaU2S) alld by Xtan Foyen, in «e Flor Letden0xs prodronzusX under the appellation of l?entaria foliis xofe} tQribus palaratis,,

$z3S1?rxbas. This

t 428 ]

Fig. t. Reprefcnts the new gage; which I call the pear-

gage. It is open at a; BC is the graduated tubeX wllich is hermetically clofed at C,, and is fufpended by the piece of brafs DE, that is hollowed into a cylinder, and clafips the tube :

-

[,XX. 24n i<ccourt of Aphyllon andDentaria heptaphyllos of Clufilus, oanitted 1y Mr. Ray: by Mr. William WatSon, F R. S.

Read April 16, MR. V\atfon prefented to the Society * 1 1 fome fpecimens of two plants, x1OW

in flower, wlai. ll he faid were not frequently found in England. One of thenz was the Anblaraan of Cordus, or Ap2)'ll01-] of Xolln Baullin. Tilis plant is denomilaated Siqaamaria byRivinll , and rDentaris cro- cofSylia by labernamontanus LinnausX in the FIGrGZ

Sue icv) calls it Lozthr6ea caBle a22pl, 6 >gato) corol*/is

zZ>ltazztibtgs, lwbio inferiore trifffa. WIr. Pxay, itl laiO

KSlyo20ffi:splantarniMszglicz, takes notire of its bf.i-lz, found near Darking in Su-rey, but tre })1.¢-1t nsss preSented was colledcd near Harefiel(l i) Ati;<tt3*1Ct.

The other plant offered wa$ tlle Dtnfaria brp-a- ph^llos bSacczfera of Cafpar Bauhin, or DenfarSit terzia accitera of Clufiusx This plant is trcated of by Linntlls, sn thc HGrZ#S CI}WOrtXaU2S) alld by Xtan Foyen, in «e Flor Letden0xs prodronzusX under the appellation of l?entaria foliis xofe} tQribus palaratis,,

$z3S1?rxbas. This

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[429 ] This plant, whicll is frequently met witla upon the

continent of the northerly parts of Europe, has been but lately diScover'd to grow in England, and that only in one place; viz. in a wood not far -from Harefield in htiddleSex, where it was firIt- diScover'd by Mr. Blackilone, an ingenious apothecary in Fleet- Ilreet. This is one of thoCe few plants omitted by the late Mr. Ray in his e:xcellent SynopXis, which are found- to be natives here; and, from their grea; fcarcity it is not wonderful, that they werc unob- ferved by: that at naturalill.

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LXXI. i?r Sccosnt of a Machine for killing of Whales, propoled by John Bond, M tJ

ReadApril23r<EFoEtE I gilrc a particular defcription 1752, D °f this maching, I humbly beg lcave

to premife fome account of the prefent method of kill. ing whales? which I have colleEted from £'evera1 per- fons- of credit, who-have-been employ'd at Greenland that thofe, who are unacquainted with it, may fee? how dangerous and uncertaill it is, and how- much fome improurement is rcquir'd to render it more fue sefsful

Wllales being of the fame llrudure Internally with quadrupeds, mu{t come frequently to the fiurface of the water to bleathe; and wllen they expel the rarefied air frotn their capacious lungsj thro' a narrow tuSe, whIch protrudes alSove the upper jassr they occaGon a great noife, mFhich tl e

finlers

[429 ] This plant, whicll is frequently met witla upon the

continent of the northerly parts of Europe, has been but lately diScover'd to grow in England, and that only in one place; viz. in a wood not far -from Harefield in htiddleSex, where it was firIt- diScover'd by Mr. Blackilone, an ingenious apothecary in Fleet- Ilreet. This is one of thoCe few plants omitted by the late Mr. Ray in his e:xcellent SynopXis, which are found- to be natives here; and, from their grea; fcarcity it is not wonderful, that they werc unob- ferved by: that at naturalill.

..

LXXI. i?r Sccosnt of a Machine for killing of Whales, propoled by John Bond, M tJ

ReadApril23r<EFoEtE I gilrc a particular defcription 1752, D °f this maching, I humbly beg lcave

to premife fome account of the prefent method of kill. ing whales? which I have colleEted from £'evera1 per- fons- of credit, who-have-been employ'd at Greenland that thofe, who are unacquainted with it, may fee? how dangerous and uncertaill it is, and how- much fome improurement is rcquir'd to render it more fue sefsful

Wllales being of the fame llrudure Internally with quadrupeds, mu{t come frequently to the fiurface of the water to bleathe; and wllen they expel the rarefied air frotn their capacious lungsj thro' a narrow tuSe, whIch protrudes alSove the upper jassr they occaGon a great noife, mFhich tl e

finlers

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