present one, from its specific title, might naturally be supposed to
possess a magnificent exterior of unrivalled beauty; which is by no
means the case: for although it is a grand plant when in fine bloom, the
term of gloriosa must certainly be regarded as a metaphysical hyperbole,
very inapplicable to any plant ever so beautiful. It is indigenous to
North America, and of great utility to the natives, who make cords from
the stringy texture of the leaves, and use it in the fabrication of
their houses, to fasten the ends of them together. Their swinging beds,
called Hamacks, are also said to be made of the same materials; and most
probably the sailor’s bed, so well known by the appellation of Hammock,
derives its title from the Hamack of the Indians. It is easily increased
from the young shoots, which become flowering plants in about five years
in the open ground: but if kept in the green-house, it might remain for
twenty years without blooming, for want of sufficient air and sun to
bring it to maturity.
Our figure are was made from a plant ten feet high, in luxuriant bloom,
at Hedsor Lodge, the seat of Lord Boston.
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PLATE CCCCLXXIV.
PSORALEA PINNATA.
_Winged-leaved Psoralea._
CLASS XVII. ORDER IV.
_DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA._ Two Brotherhoods. Ten Chives.
ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.
CALYX longitudine leguminis. Stamina diadelpha. Legumen
monospermum, sub-rostratum, evalve.
EMPALEMENT the length of the pod. Chives diadelphous. Pod
one-seeded, beaked, and valveless.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
PSORALEA pinnata, foliis patentibus apice acutis, recurvatis:
floribus axillaribus, pedunculis longis.
PSORALEA with winged leaves, spreading, sharp-pointed, and
recurved. The flowers grow from the axillæ of the leaves upon long
footstalks.
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
1. The empalement.
2. The standard of the blossom.
3. One of the wings.
4. One of the same shown from the inside.
5. The chives.
6. The seed-bud and pointal.
The Psoralea pinnata is a very ornamental plant for the conservatory,
and certainly deserves a coloured representation. At present there are
only two uncoloured engravings of it extant: one in the Flora
tetrapetala Rivinus, No. 5.; the other in Hermann’s Hortus Lugdunensis,
tab. 273. The Psoraleas are a well marked natural genus, and appear much
more characteristic of each other than many of the Papilonaceous genera.
Our drawing was made from a fine specimen received from the collection
of the Hon. W. Irby.
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PLATE CCCCLXXV.
SERAPIAS CORDIGERA.
_Heart-bearing Serapias._
CLASS XX. ORDER I.
_GYNANDRIA DIANDRIA._ Chives on the Pointal. Two Chives.
ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.
COROLLA 5 petala, ringens: petalis conniventibus: labello nectarii
ecalcarato: lamina deflexa: antheræ styli longitudine, adnatæ.
BLOSSOM 5 petals, gaping: petals approaching together. The lip of
the honey-cup growing from the spur: the lip bending downwards. The
chives the length of the style, and attached to it.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
SERAPIAS foliis lanceolatis glaucis, ad basin maculatis. Nectarium
tripartitum, ferrugineum: laciniis lateralibus obtusis, erectis,
conniventibus: divisio media ovata, acuminata, pilosa, dependens:
corollis implicatis, apice involutis, extus pallentibus, intus
fusco purpurascentibus.
SERAPIAS with lance-shaped glaucous leaves spotted at the base.
Honey-cup three-divided, and of a rusty colour: the side segments
obtuse, upright, and approaching: the middle division is ovate,
sharp-pointed, hairy, and hanging down. Blossom folded together,
and turned inwards at the point, pale-coloured on the outside, and
of a purply brown on the inside.
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
1. The flower spread open.
2. The lip of the honey-cup.
3. The chives and pointal, with the spur of the honey-cup, magnified.
For this luxuriant specimen of the Serapias cordigera we are indebted to
the Right Hon. the Marquis of Blandford. It is a rare plant, of a
curious structure but very sombre aspect. It is one of those numerous
divisions of the class Gynandria approaching the genus Ophrys on the one
side, and Neottia on the other. From the Ophrys it is not easily
distinguished; but from Neottia it is separated by the difference of its
habit. This plant is well known by the title of cordigera, a specific
derived from the resemblance the lip of the nectarium is supposed to
bear to the shape of a heart: but the analogy is certainly not very
powerful. The flowers remain a considerable time in perfection. It is
indigenous to Spain, Barbary, Italy, &c.
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PLATE CCCCLXXVI.
MELALEUCA DIOSMÆFOLIA.
_Diosma-leaved Melaleuca._
CLASS XVIII. ORDER IV.
_POLYADELPHIA POLYANDRIA._ Threads in many Sets. Many Chives.
ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.
CALYX quinquefidus, semisuperus. Petala quinque. Filamenta multa,
longissima, in quinque corpora connata. Pistillum unum. Capsula
3-locularis.
CUP five-cleft, half above. Petals five. Threads numerous, very
long, united into five bodies. Pointal one. Capsule 3-celled.
See Melaleuca Ericæfolia, Pl. 175. Vol. III.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
MELALEUCA foliis alternatis, ovatis, reflexis, subtus punctatis,
odoratis: floribus sessilibus in medio ramorum, viridibus,
confertis: ramis verticillatis, patentibus.
MELALEUCA with alternate leaves, ovate, and reflexed, punctured
beneath, and sweet-scented. Flowers sessile about the middle of the
branches, are of a green colour, and crowded together. The branches
are whorled, and spreading.
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
1. A flower complete.
2. A flower spread open, without the empalement.
3. One of the five bundles of chives.
4. Empalement, seed-bud, and pointal, summit magnified.
5. A ripe seed-vessel.
This perfectly new species of Melaleuca was sent to us by Mr. J. Milne,
botanic gardener at Fonthill, who is very successful in the cultivation
of new plants. The punctured or dotted character on the under side of
the leaves gives it an affinity to the Diosma tribe, as does also its
scented foliage, which when rubbed emits a grateful aromatic odour; and
which the leaves retain in some degree when dried. The flowers, although
not splendid, are perhaps equally estimable from the rarity of their
colour, which is a bright green when in perfection; but in retiring they
acquire a yellower tint. It is a native of New Holland, and requires the
careful treatment of the green-house.
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PLATE CCCCLXXVII.
LINUM VENUSTUM.
_Graceful Linum._
CLASS V. ORDER V.
_PENTANDRIA PENTAGYNIA._ Five Chives. Five Pointals.
ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.
CALYX 5-phyllus. Petala 5-phylla. Capsule 5-valvis, 10-locularis.
Semina solitaria.
EMPALEMENT 5-leaved. Petals 5-leaved. Capsule 5-valved. 10
Loculaments. Seeds solitary.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
LINUM foliis ovatis, acutis, 5-7-nervosis, margine pilosa: floribus
in umbellis paniculatis: ramis alternis: corollis magnis,
patentibus, incarnatis. Caulis erectus, pedalis.
Nascens in Monte Caucaso.
LINUM with ovate sharp-pointed leaves. Nerves from 5 to 7, and
hairy at the edges. Flowers grow in paniculated umbels. Branches
alternate. Blossom large, spreading, and flesh-coloured. Branches
upright, a foot high.
Native of Mount Caucasus.
This fine new Linum was raised from seed by Mr. J. Bell, in whose garden
near Brentford it has flowered for the first time in England. It is
nearest in affinity to the L. hirsutum of Jacquin, under which specific
title the seed was received by Mr. Bell. The flowers when dead or dried
lose their fine pinky tint, and acquire a blueish colour, the same as it
first appears with in the bud state. It might then compare with
Jacquin’s figure in point of colour, but would be too far removed in its
appearance for us to have adopted the specific of hirsutum with any
propriety. We may therefore with justice regard it as a beautiful
nondescript species. It is a native of Mount Caucasus, flowers in June
and July, and seeds so freely that it will no doubt be soon abundantly
cultivated.
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PLATE CCCCLXXVIII.
CRINUM LATIFOLIUM.
_Broad-leaved Crinum._
CLASS VI. ORDER I.
_HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA._ Six Chives. One Pointal.
ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.
COROLLA supra, infundibuliformis, sex-partita, æqualis: filamenta
fauci tubi inserta: semina ad basin corollarum, vivipara.
BLOSSOM above, funnel-shaped, six-parted, equal: threads inserted
into the mouth of the tube: seeds at the base of the blossoms,
viviparous.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
CRINUM latifolium, undulatum, glabrum, lucidum: spatha multiflora:
tubo corollæ laciniis longiore, quæ mucronatæ sunt: post
florescentiam capsula crescit in bulbum magnum, et plantam format
futuram.
Habitat in Indiæ orientalis arenosis.
CRINUM with broad, waved, smooth, shining leaves: sheath
many-flowered: the tube of the blossom longer than the segments,
which are pointed: and after flowering, the capsule swells into a
large bulb, and forms the future plant.
Native of the sandy parts of the East Indies.
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
1. A leaf.
2. The plant in miniature.
3. The chives, as attached to the tube of the flower.
4. Seed-bud and pointal.
5. The seed-bud, or bulb, inflated, as it appears after flowering.
6. The same stripped of its outer covering.
The Crinum latifolium is certainly one of the most attractive of the
genus, as, in addition to the fine red colour of its flowers, it
possesses an aromatic odour of agreeable fragrance. It is a bulb-bearer,
as are all of this genus, although several of them have been placed
erroneously amongst the genus Amaryllis, which does not bear bulbs. The
genus Crinum, at present a short one, will therefore, with a good grace,
admit a few additions; whilst that of Amaryllis, already very extended,
will receive no injury by a slight curtailment. It is a native of the
dry sandy parts of the East Indies, and was introduced by Mr. Lambert in
the year 1803, but has not flowered till this summer--a period of four
years. But there is little doubt of its now blooming annually, as it is
not uncommon for bulbs imported from a great distance to enjoy a state
of quiescence after their arrival. Our figure was made from a fine plant
in luxuriant bloom in the hot-stove of J. Vere, esq.
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PLATE CCCCLXXIX.
FRAGARIA INDICA.
_Indian Strawberry._
CLASS XXII. ORDER V.
_ICOSANDRIA POLYGYNIA._ Twenty Chives. Many Pointals.
GENERIC CHARACTER.
CALYX. Perianthium monophyllum, planum, decemfidum: laciniis
alternatim exterioribus, angustioribus.
COROLLA. Petala quinque, subrotunda, patentia, calyci inserta.
STAMINA. Filamenta viginti, subulata, corolla breviora, calyci
inserta. Antheræ lunulares.
PISTILLUM. Germina numerosa, minima, in capitulum collecta. Styli
simplices, latere germinis inserti. Stigmata simplicia.
PERICARPIUM nullum. Bacca fit receptaculum commune seminum,
rotundo-ovata, pulposa, mollis, magna, colorata, basi truncata,
decidua.
SEMINA numerosa, minima, per superficiem receptaculi sparsa.
EMPALEMENT. Cup one-leafed, flat, ten-cleft: the segments are
alternately exterior, and narrowed.
BLOSSOM five-petalled, nearly round, spreading, and inserted into
the calyx.
CHIVES. Threads twenty, awl-shaped, shorter than the blossom,
inserted into the calyx. Tips like a half-moon.
POINTAL. Seed-buds numerous and small, collected into a head. Shaft
simple, inserted into the side of the germ. Summit simple.
SEED-VESSEL none. The berry becomes the common receptacle for the
seeds, is of a round ovate form, pulpy, soft, large, and coloured,
cut off at the base, and deciduous.
SEEDS numerous, small, on the outside of the receptacle, scattered.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
FRAGARIA foliis tripartitis: foliolis ovatis, acutis, crenatis:
petiolis longis: calyce decemfido, inferne piloso: quinque
exterioribus rotundatis, crenatis: interioribus ovatis, acutis:
pedunculis longis: floribus luteis: fructu rubro, insipido. Rami
pilosi, repentes.
STRAWBERRY with three-divided leaves: leaflets ovate, pointed, and
scolloped: footstalks long: empalement ten-cleft, and hairy
beneath: the five outer ones are rounded and notched: the inner
ones are ovate, and pointed: peduncles long: flowers yellow: fruit
red and insipid. Branches hairy, and creeping.
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
1. The empalement, seed-buds, chives, and pointals.
2. The same shown from the under side.
3. A petal.
4. Seed-buds, chives, and pointals.
5. A seed-bud and pointal.
6. The same magnified.
7. A seed-bud from the ripe fruit.
8. The same magnified.
This new species of Fragaria, from the lively yellow flowers and
brilliance of its fine red fruit, is desirable as an ornamental plant,
but is in no other respect estimable, from the insipidity of its fruit,
which is entirely destitute of flavour. It is a native of the north-east
parts of Bengal. Our figure was made from the only plant that has as yet
flowered in England, in the gardens of the Honourable C. Greville.
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PLATE CCCCLXXX.
VACCINIUM NITIDUM.
_Shining-leaved Whortle-berry._
CLASS VIII. ORDER I.
_OCTANDRIA MONOGYNIA._ Eight Chives. One Pointal.
ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.
CALYX superus. Corolla monopetala. Filamenta receptaculo inserta.
Bacca quadrilocularis, polysperma.
CUP superior. Blossom of one petal. Threads fixed to the
receptacle. A berry with four cells, and many seeds.
See Vol. I. Pl. XXX. VACCINIUM ARCTOSTAPHYLLUS.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
VACCINIUM foliis nitidis, ovatis, acutis, obsolete serratis:
floribus umbellatis, terminalibus, pendulis: corollis
sub-cylindraceis. Stamina decem: ramis oppositis, alternatis.
Caulis pedalis, erectus.
WHORTLE-BERRY with shining leaves, egg-shaped, sharp-pointed, and
obscurely sawed. Flowers grow in umbels, terminal and pendulous:
blossom nearly cylindrical: chives ten: branches opposite, and
alternate. Stem a foot high, and upright.
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
1. The blossom spread open.
2. The chives spread.
3. A chive magnified.
4. Empalement, seed-bud, and pointal.
The Vaccinium nitidum is one of the handsomest species, but not so often
to be met with as many of the genus. It is nearly allied in its foliage
to the V. crassifolium; for, if leaves of both were detached, and mixt
together, they might be easily mistaken. The habits of the plants are,
however, very distinct, as is also the shape of the flowers. During the
month of May and beginning of June this plant is in the greatest
perfection. After that period the flowers lose much of their fine red
colour. Our figure was made from a beautiful little shrub, above a foot
high, in the nursery of Messrs. Whitley and Brames.
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PLATE CCCCLXXXI.
CINCHONA CARIBÆA.
_West India Bark-tree._
CLASS V. ORDER II.
_PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA._ Five Chives. One Pointal.
GENERIC CHARACTER.
CALYX. Perianthium monophyllum, superum, campanulatum, 5-dentatum,
persistens.
COROLLA monopetala, infundibuliformis, 5-partita.
STAMINA. Filamenta 5, minima: antheræ oblongæ, intra faucem
corollæ.
PISTILLUM. Germen subrotundum, inferum. Stylus longitudine corollæ.
Stigma crassiusculum, oblongum, simplex.
PERICARPIUM. Capsula oblonga, bipartita, calyce coronata, in duas
partes dehiscens: partes interiores dehiscentes, dissepimento
parallelo.
SEMINA plura, oblonga, compressa, marginata.
EMPALEMENT. Cup one-leafed, above, bell-shaped, five-toothed, and
remaining.
BLOSSOM one petal, funnel-shaped, and five-parted.
CHIVES. Threads 5, small: tips oblong, within the mouth of the
blossom.
POINTAL. Seed-bud nearly round, beneath. Shaft the length of the
corolla. Summit thickish, oblong, and simple.
SEED-VESSEL. Capsule oblong, in two parts, crowned by the cup, the
two parts cleaving together; the inner parts gaping, with equal
dissepiment.
SEEDS many, oblong, compressed, and emarginated.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
CINCHONA foliis alternatis, ovatis, acuminatis, integerrimis,
glabris, venosis: inter folia stipula parva, cauli adpressa:
floribus axillaribus, simplicibus, albicantibus, glabris,
odoratissimis. Rami alternati, oppositi.
Habitat in Caribæis: succedaneum cortici Peruviano.
CINCHONA with alternate leaves, sharp-pointed, entire, smooth, and
veined: between the leaves there is a small stipula pressed to the
stem: flowers axillary, and single, of a whitish colour, smooth,
and very sweet-scented: branches alternate, and opposite.
Native of the Caribæan Islands: as bark, substituted for the
Peruvian species.
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
1. A flower spread open.
2. The empalement, seed-bud, and pointal.
3. A capsule.
This specimen of the Cinchona Caribæa, or Jesuits Bark of Jamaica, was
communicated to the author by A. B. Lambert, esq. who raised it from
seed, and with whom it has flowered for the first time in this kingdom.
Opinions are various as to the time and means by which the medicinal
virtues of the Peruvian bark were first discovered; but as the discovery
of most very useful things is generally the effect of chance, Geoffroy’s
account of it (as given in the Medical Botany of Dr. Woodville) is
certainly the most natural, who states it to have been occasioned by
some Cinchona trees having been blown into a pool of water, and lying
there till the water became so bitter that nobody would drink it, till
one of the neighbouring inhabitants being seized with a violent paroxysm
of fever, and having no other water, drank of this, and was perfectly
cured. He prevailed on some of his friends, who were ill, to make use of
the same remedy, and it proved successful. But the use of it was little
known till the year 1638, when a signal cure being performed on the
Countess del Cinchon, the lady of a Spanish viceroy at Lima, (from whom
it derives its generic title) it came into general use, and a large
quantity of the bark was by that lady distributed amongst the Jesuits,
in whose hands it increased in reputation, and was by them first
introduced into Europe. The Caribæan species is said to be an excellent
substitute for the Peruvian bark, and therefore a most valuable
acquisition to us; as Mr. Lambert, in his description of the genus
Cinchona, informs us that well grounded fears are entertained of the
Peruvian species being some day lost to us, as, from the extreme
decortication they have experienced, they are nearly extinct in those
parts where they were formerly most abundant.
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PLATE CCCCLXXXII.
DIANTHUS ALPINUS.
_Alpine Pink._
CLASS VI. ORDER II.
_DECANDRIA DIGYNIA._ Ten Chives. Two Pointals.
GENERIC CHARACTER.
CALYX. Perianthium cylindricum, tubulosum, striatum, persistens: os
5-dentatum, basi squamulis quatuor cinctum, quarum interdum duæ
oppositæ, inferiores.
COROLLA. Petala 5. Ungues longitudine calycis, angusti, receptaculo
inserti: limbus extus planus, laminis late obtusis, crenatis.
STAMINA. Filamenta decem, subulata, longitudine calycis: antheræ
ovales, oblongæ, compressæ, incumbentes.
PISTILLUM. Germen ovale. Styli duo, subulati, staminibus longiores.
Stigmata recurvata, acuminata.
PERICARPIUM. Capsula cylindrica, recta, unilocularis,
quadrilateralis, apice dehiscens.
SEMINA plurima, compressa, subrotunda, a receptaculo liberata.
EMPALEMENT cylindrical, tubular, lined, remaining: the mouth is
5-toothed, surrounded by four squamæ at the base, or sometimes two
opposite ones beneath.
BLOSSOM 5 petals: the claws the length of the calyx, narrow, and
inserted into the receptacle: border flat without, broadly obtuse,
and notched.
CHIVES. Ten threads, awl-shaped, the length of the calyx: tips
oval, oblong, compressed, and incumbent.
POINTAL. Seed-bud oval. Shafts two, awl-shaped, and longer than the
chives. Summit recurved, and pointed.
SEED-VESSEL. Capsule cylindrical, straight, one loculament,
four-sided, and splitting at the end.
SEEDS many, compressed, nearly round, and freed from the
receptacle.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
DIANTHUS alpinus. Frutex pygmæus, elegans, foliis oppositis,
alternis, linearibus, curvatis, brevibus: floribus terminalibus,
rubris, in medio circulo albo.
ALPINE pink. An elegant dwarf shrub, with opposite alternate
leaves, linear, curved, and short. Flowers terminal and red, with a
small circle of white in the centre.
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
1. The empalement.
2. A petal shown from the under side.
3. Seed-bud, chives, and pointals.
4. The chives spread open.
5. Seed-bud and pointals.
6. The seed-bud cut transversely.
The Dianthus alpinus is a very scarce plant, little known, and rarely to
be met with in any collection, although its beauty renders it deserving
a place in every one, and its size would never exclude it from any. Our
figure represents the entire plant, from the collection of Isaac
Swainson, esq. who raised it from seed which he received from Germany.
The only coloured representation of it extant is in the Flora Austriaca
of Jacquin, from a native specimen, and of no greater magnitude than our
figure represents--a diminutive stature, particularly characteristic of
the true Alpine pink.
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PLATE CCCCLXXXIII.
DAHLIA PINNATA NANA.
_Dwarf Winged-leaved Dahlia._
CLASS XIX. ORDER II.
_SYNGENESIA POLYGAMIA SUPERFLUA._ Tips united. Superfluous Pointals.
ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.
CALYX duplex. Corolla radiata, radiis lacinias calycis numero
æquantibus: corollulæ pedicellatæ. Receptaculum paleaceum. Stigmata
plumosa.
EMPALEMENT double. Blossom radiated, with the rays equalling in
number the segments of the empalement: the florets pedicelled.
Receptacle chaffy. Summit plumose.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
DAHLIA foliis pinnatis: pinnulis quinque, ovatis, acutis, dentatis:
floribus duplicibus: caulis humilis.
DAHLIA with pinnated leaves: the pinnules five, ovate, pointed, and
toothed: flowers double: stem low.
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
1. One of the radiating florets.
2. A floret of the disk with its scale.
3. A flower spread open.
4. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified.
This double-flowered dwarf Dahlia is certainly the most attractive of
the genus. It is supposed to be only a variety of the D. pinnata, but
the variation is almost powerful enough to constitute a species; as,
besides the difference in its flowers, we have never found it arrive to
more than half the height of the pinnata, although we have seen it every
autumn for four years in luxuriant bloom. At present it is a scarce
plant, and appears to be not quite so hardy as the taller species, nor
so easily increased. Our figure was made from a plant in the collection
of the Right Hon. Lady Holland, at Holland House, Kensington.
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PLATE CCCCLXXXIV.
NICOTIANA GLUTINOSA.
_Clammy Tobacco._
CLASS V. ORDER I.
_PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA._ Five Chives. One Pointal.
GENERIC CHARACTER.
CALYX. Perianthium monophyllum, ovatum, 5-fidum, persistens.
COROLLA monopetala, infundibuliformis: tubus calyce longior: limbus
patulus, 5-fidus, 5-plicatus.
STAMINA. Filamenta quinque, subulata, vix longitudine corollas,
adscendentia: antheræ oblongæ.
PISTILLUM. Germen ovatum. Stylus filiformis, longitudine corollæ.
Stigma capitatum, emarginatum.
PERICARPIUM. Capsula sub-ovata, lineâ utrinque insculptâ:
bilocularis: bivalvis, apice dehiscens: receptaculum dimidiatum,
ovatum, punctatum: dissepimentis affixis.
SEMINA numerosa, reniformia, rugosa.
EMPALEMENT. Cup one-leafed, ovate, 5-cleft, and remaining.
BLOSSOM one petal, funnel-shaped: tube longer than the calyx:
segments spreading, 5-cleft, 5-plaited.
CHIVES. Threads five, awl-shaped, scarcely the length of the
blossom, and ascending: tips oblong.
POINTAL. Seed-bud ovate. Shaft thread-shaped, the length of the
blossom. Summit headed, and emarginated.
SEED-VESSEL. Capsule nearly egg-shaped, with a line imprinted on
both sides: two loculaments: two valves, splitting at the point:
receptacle half-way divided, ovate, and dotted: dissepiments
cleaving together.
SEEDS numerous, kidney-shaped, and rough.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
NICOTIANA foliis petiolatis, sub-cordatis, glandulis minutis
viscosis circumsessis: floribus alternis, solitariis, ad partem
superam ramorum: corolla campanulata, pallide purpurea, viscosa:
ramis glandulis minutis tectis, viscosis.
Habitat in Peru.
TOBACCO with petiolated and nearly heart-shaped leaves, beset with
minute viscous glands: flowers grow solitary and alternate on the
upper part of the branches: blossom bell-shaped, of a pale purple,
and viscous: the branches covered with glands very small, and
clammy.
Native of Peru.
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
1. The empalement.
2. The blossom spread.
3. Seed-bud and pointal.