thorns of the mimosa cornigere resemble cow's horns in appearance as well as in use. System of Vegetables, p. 782.]

        A thousand steely points on every scale
        Form the bright terrors of his bristly male.—
165 So arm'd, immortal Moore uncharm'd the spell,
        And slew the wily dragon of the well.—
        Sudden with rage their injur'd bosoms burn,
        Retort the insult, or the wound return;
        Unwrong'd, as gentle as the breeze that sweeps
170 The unbending harvests or undimpled deeps,
        They guard, the Kings of Needwood's wide domains,
        Their sister-wives and fair infantine trains;
        Lead the lone pilgrim through the trackless glade,
        Or guide in leafy wilds the wand'ring maid.

175 So WRIGHT's bold pencil from Vesuvio's hight
        Hurls his red lavas to the troubled night;
        From Calpè starts the intolerable flash,
        Skies burst in flames, and blazing oceans dash;—
        Or bids in sweet repose his shades recede,
180 Winds the still vale, and slopes the velvet mead;
        On the pale stream expiring Zephyrs sink,
        And Moonlight sleeps upon its hoary brink.

        Gigantic Nymph! the fair KLEINHOVIA reigns,
        The grace and terror of Orixa's plains;

[Hurls his red lavas. l. 176. Alluding to the grand paintings of the eruptions of Vesuvius, and of the destruction of the Spanish vessels before Gibraltar; and to the beautiful landscapes and moonlight scenes, by Mr. Wright of Derby.]

[Kleinhovia. l. 183. In this class the males in each flower are supported by the female. The name of the class may be translated "Viragoes," or "Feminine Males."

The largest tree perhaps in the world is of the same natural order as Kleinhovia, it is the Adansonia, or Ethiopian Sour-gourd, or African Calabash tree. Mr. Adanson says the diameter of the trunk frequently exceeds 25 feet, and the horizontal branches are from 45 to 55 feet long, and so large that each branch is equal to the largest trees of Europe. The breadth of the top is from 120 to 150 feet. And one of the roots bared only in part by the wasting away of the earth by the river, near which it grew, measured 110 feet long; and yet these stupendous trees never exceed 70 feet in height. Voyage to Senegal.]

        O'er her warm cheek the blush of beauty swims,
        And nerves Herculean bend her sinewy limbs;
        With frolic eye she views the affrighted throng,
190 And shakes the meadows, as she towers along,
        With playful violence displays her charms,
        And bears her trembling lovers in her arms.
        So fair THALESTRIS shook her plumy crest,
        And bound in rigid mail her jutting breast;
195 Poised her long lance amid the walks of war,
        And Beauty thunder'd from Bellona's car;
        Greece arm'd in vain, her captive heroes wove
        The chains of conquest with the wreaths of love.

        When o'er the cultured lawns and dreary wastes
200 Retiring Autumn flings her howling blasts,
        Bends in tumultuous waves the struggling woods,
        And showers their leafy honours on the floods,
        In withering heaps collects the flowery spoil,
        And each chill insect sinks beneath the soil;
205 Quick flies fair TULIPA the loud alarms,
        And folds her infant closer in her arms;
        In some lone cave, secure pavilion, lies,
        And waits the courtship of serener skies.—
        So, six cold moons, the Dormouse charm'd to rest,
210 Indulgent Sleep! beneath thy eider breast,
        In fields of Fancy climbs the kernel'd groves,
        Or shares the golden harvest with his loves.—

[Tulipa. l. 205. Tulip. What is in common language called a bulbous root, is by Linneus termed the Hybernacle, or Winter-lodge of the young plant. As these bulbs in every respect resemble buds, except in their being produced under ground, and include the leaves and flower in miniature, which are to be expanded in the ensuing spring. By cautiously cutting in the early spring through the concentric coats of a tulip-root, longitudinally from the top to the base, and taking them off successively, the whole flower of the next summer's tulip is beautifully seen by the naked eye, with its petals, pistil, and stamens; the flowers exist in other bulbs, in the same manner, as in Hyacinths, but the individual flowers of these being less, they are not so easily differed, or so conspicuous to the naked eye.

In the seeds of the Nymphæa Nelumbo, the leaves of the plant are seen so distinctly, that Mr. Ferber found out by them to what plant the seeds belonged. Amoen. Acad. V. vi. No. 120. He says that Mariotte first observed the future flower and foliage in the bulb of a Tulip; and adds, that it is pleasant to see in the buds of the Hepatica, and Pedicularia hirsuta, yet lying in the earth; and in the gems of Daphne Mezereon; and at the base of Osmunda Lunaria, a perfect plant of the future year compleat in all its parts. Ibid.]

        But bright from earth amid the troubled air
        Ascends fair COLCHICA with radiant hair,
215 Warms the cold bosom of the hoary year,
        And lights with Beauty's blaze the dusky sphere.
        Three blushing Maids the intrepid Nymph attend,
        And six gay Youths, enamour'd train! defend.
        So shines with silver guards the Georgian star,
220 And drives on Night's blue arch his glittering car;
        Hangs o'er the billowy clouds his lucid form,
        Wades through the mist, and dances in the storm.

[Colchicum autumnale. I. 214. Autumnal Meadow-saffron. Six males, three females. The germ is buried within the root, which thus seems to constitute a part of the flower. Families of Plants, p. 242 These singular flowers appear in the autumn without any leaves, whence in some countries they are called Naked Ladies: in the March following the green leaves spring up, and in April the seed-vessel rises from the ground; the seeds ripen in May, contrary to the usual habits of vegetables, which slower in the spring, and ripen their seeds in the autumn. Miller's Dict. The juice of the root of this plant is so acrid as to produce violent effects on the human constitution, which also prevents it from being eaten by subterranean insects, and thus guards the seed-vessel during the winter. The defoliation of deciduous trees is announced by the flowering of the Colchicum; of these the ash is the last that puts forth its leaves, and the first that loses them. Phil. Bot. p. 275.

The Hamamelis, Witch Hazle, is another plant which flowers in autumn; when the leaves fall off, the flowers come out in clusters from the joints of the branches, and in Virginia ripen their seed in the ensuing spring; but in this country their seeds seldom ripen. Lin. Spec. Plant. Miller's Dict.]

        GREAT HELIANTHUS guides o'er twilight plains
        In gay solemnity his Dervise-trains;
225 Marshall'd in fives each gaudy band