could likewise the mild, unassuming, and universally allowed amiableness
of character) of Mr. Francis Masson, botanical collector to his Majesty;
now exploring the untrod regions of North America, to add to the
extensive collections of his royal and munificent Master, which stand so
much indebted to his indefatigable industry for their present splendour.
The Massonias are all rather tender, and require the same situation as
Hæmanthus &c; that is, a dry stove; they are natives of the Cape of Good
Hope, or, at least, grow within that point of Africa generally so
called, but at some distance from the Cape town, near a mountain
(according to Thunberg) of the name of Bocklands Berg. The root of this
species is very subject to rot when the leaves are decayed, if watered
at that time; therefore, like the Ixias, should be put aside, or taken
out of the pot for two or three months, after flowering. It is very
difficult to propagate, as the seeds are seldom perfected, and rarely
makes any offsets; flowering in September, about the beginning of which
month this figure was taken, from a plant in the collection of G.
Hibbert, Esq. Clapham Common. It appears to thrive best in a mixture of
peat and sandy loam.
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PLATE XLVII.
MUSA COCCINEA.
_Scarlet-flowered Plantain-tree._
CLASS XXIII. ORDER I.
_POLYGAMIA MONOECIA._ Various dispositions. Upon one Plant.
GENERIC CHARACTER.
_Hermaphroditi feminei flores._
CALYX. Spatha partialis ovato-oblonga, plano-concava, magna.
COROLLA inæqualis, ringens; petalo constituente labium superins,
nectario vero labium inferius.
_Petalum_ erectum, ligulatum, quinquedentatum, basi antice
connivens.
_Nectarium_ monophyllum, naviculare, petalo, brevius, intra sinum
petali insertum.
STAMINA. Filamenta sex, subulata erecta, petalo dimidio breviora.
Antheræ abortivæ.
PISTILLUM. Germen infra receptaculum floris, maximum, longissimum.
Stylus erectus, longitudine petali. Stigma capitatum, subrotundum.
PERICARPIUM. Bacca carnosa, corio tecta, longissima, pulpa
trifariam, absque dissepimentis.
SEMINA plurima, globosa.
_Hermaphroditi masculi flores._
CALYX ut in feminæo.
COROLLA ut in feminæo.
STAMINA. Filamenta ut in feminæo, at longiora, tenuiora. Antheræ
lineares, sulcatæ, erectæ, magnæ.
PISTILLUM. Germen ut in feminæo, ut minus. Stylus, et stigma ut in
fæmineo, at minora.
PERICARPIUM abortit.
_Hermaphrodite flowers, where the female parts are perfect._
EMPALEMENT. Partial sheath oblong, egg-shaped, smoothly-concave,
and large.
BLOSSOM unequal and gaping; the petal forming the upper lip, the
honey-cup the under.
_Petal_ upright, ligulate, five-toothed, and meeting at the base in
front.
_Honey-cup_ one leaf, ship-shaped, shorter than the petal, and
inclosed within it.
CHIVES. Threads six, awl-shaped, upright, shorter by half than the
petal. Tips abortive.
POINTAL. Seed-bud below the receptacle of the flower, large and
very long. Shaft upright the length of the petal. Summit headed,
nearly round.
SEED-VESSEL. A fleshy berry, covered with a tough skin, very long,
the pulp laying three ways, without partitions.
SEEDS many, round.
_Hermaphrodite flowers, where the male parts are perfect._
EMPALEMENT as in the female flower.
BLOSSOM as in the female flower.
CHIVES. Threads as in the female flower, but longer, and thinner.
Tips linear, channelled, upright, and large.
POINTAL. Seed-bud the same as in the female, but smaller. Shaft and
summit like the female, but smaller.
SEED-VESSEL is abortive.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Musa spadice erecto; floribus capitatis; spathis confertis,
coccineis, maximis, apicibus luteis.
Plantain-tree with an upright fruit-stalk; flowers growing in
heads; sheaths crowded together, scarlet, very large, points
yellow.
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
1. The upper lip of the blossom, shewn in front, as cut off close to the seed-bud.
2. The same, shewing the hinder parts, with the three small claws on the border.
3. The honey-cup, which forms the lower lip of the blossom.
4. The seed-bud, chives, style, and summit, of a female hermaphrodite flower.
5. A seed-bud cut obliquely, to expose the situation character of the seeds.
6. The chives, seed-bud, shaft, and summit, of a male hermaphrodite flower.
The honour of having introduced this supremely beautiful plant, pertains
to, Thomas Evans Esq. of Stepney; a gentleman to whose zeal for the
introduction of new plants our stoves are of late much beholden; he
having received it, amongst many others, about the year 1792 from China,
where, as well as in Cochin-China, Sumatra, Java, &c. it is very
commonly found. Our figure was taken, in part, from a plant which
flowered at James Vere’s, Esq. Kensington Gore, last December, and
partly, from one in blossom about the same time, at the Hon. Lady
Archer’s, Ham Common. The Musa Coccinea grows to the height of about
three, or four feet before it blows, and without question, has no rival
but Strelitzea Regina in the hothouse, where its brilliancy, tends in
some degree, to dispel the gloom of winter, for at least three months.
It increases itself by suckers, which are thrown up in abundance from a
vigorous plant; may be taken off at any time, and will arrive at a
flowering size in twelve months; if planted in rich earth, and kept
growing in pine heat, or on a strong hotbed.
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[Illustration]
PLATE XLVIII.
IXIA BULBIFERA. _Var: flore luteo._
_Bulb-bearing Ixia. Var: yellow-flowered._
CLASS III. ORDER I.
_TRIANDRIA MONOGYNIA._ Three Chives. One Pointal.
ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.
COROLLA 6-petala, patens, æqualis. Stigmata tria, erectiusculo
patula.
BLOSSOM six petals, spreading, and equal. Summits three, nearly
upright, and spreading.
See IXIA REFLEXA, Plate XIV.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Ixia foliis falcatis, glabris, scapo brevioribus, axillis
bulbiferis; floribus alternis, luteis.
Ixia with scimitar-shaped leaves, smooth, and shorter than the
flower-stem, bearing bulbs at their insertion into the stalk;
flowers alternate, and yellow.
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
1. The Empalement.
2. A Flower cut open, with the Chives attached.
3. The Shaft, Summit, and Seed-bud, (magnified).
The singular sporting of Nature in the Ixia bulbifera is not uncommon;
its viviparous character (if it may be so called) constitutes a specific
difference in many genera; Lilium, Lysimachia, &c. partake of it. The
bulbs produced from the stem blow the second year, whereas those from
seeds do not till the third. The flowers of this variety are the first
that open, amongst the numerous species yet introduced, of this
extensive genus; they are of a brilliant yellow, and seldom expand more
than one at a time. The usual treatment of other Cape Ixias is suitable
for this. The drawing was made at Messrs. Lee and Kennedy’s, in the
month of March 1798, they having introduced it about the year 1784.
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PLATE XLIX.
MALPIGHIA CRASSIFOLIA.
_Thick-leaved Malpighia._
CLASS X. ORDER III.
_DECANDRIA TRIGYNIA._ Ten Chives. Three Pointals.
GENERIC CHARACTER.
CALYX. Perianthium pentaphyllum, erectum, minimum, persistens,
connivens. Glandulæ melliferæ duæ, ovales gibbæ, foliolis calycinis
externe inferneque adnatæ.
COROLLA. Petala quinque, reniformia, magna, plicata, ciliata,
patentia, concava; unguibus longis, linearibus.
STAMINA. Filamenta decem latiuscula, erecta, in cylindrum posita,
parva. Antheræ cordatæ.
PISTILLUM. Germen subrotundum, minimum. Styli tres, filiformes.
Stigmata obtusa.
PERICARPIUM. Bacca globosa, torulosa, magna, unilocularis.
SEMINA tria, ossea, oblonga, obtusa, angulata.
EMPALEMENT. Cup five leaves, upright, very small, remaining and
closing at the points. Two honey-bearing glands, oval and gouty,
are fixed to the outer and lower part of the leaves of the cup.
BLOSSOM. Petals five, kidney-shaped, large, plaited, lashed,
spreading, and concave; claws long, linear.
CHIVES. Threads ten, rather broad, upright, placed cylindrically,
and small. Tips heart-shaped.
POINTAL. Seed-bud nearly round, very small. Shafts three,
thread-shaped. Summits blunt.
PERICARPIUM. Berry globular, knobby, large, of one cell.
SEEDS three, bony, oblong, blunt, and angulated.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Malpighia foliis lanceolato ovatis, subtus tomentosis,
integerrimis; floribus terminalibus, spicatis, pallide-luteis.
Malpighia with oval spear-shaped leaves, downy beneath, and entire;
flowers terminate the branches in spikes, and are pale yellow.
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
1. The Empalement, Chives, and Pointal, (natural size).
2. The Empalement, (magnified).
3. The Chives spread open, (natural size).
4. A Thread, and its Tip, (magnified).
5. The Pointal complete, (natural size).
Although, we have given to this species of Malpighia, the specific name
under which it has been introduced; yet, there is much doubt, whether it
is not the Verbascifolium of Linnæus; or indeed if they are not both the
same plant, named from different specimens. Our species makes a very
handsome hothouse plant, growing to the height of five, or six feet,
before it flowers. It is a native of Jamaica, and most of the adjacent
islands, and was introduced by Messrs. Lee and Kennedy about the year
1792. From the extreme tenderness of the young leaves, and shoots, it
must be kept in a strong growing pine heat during the winter months;
otherwise, they are subject to damp off. It is raised by cuttings, and
seems to delight in a rich soil. The figure was made from a specimen
communicated by the Right Hon. Lord Viscount Courtenay, in whose most
superb collection at Powderham Castle, near Exeter, it flowered, for the
first time in England, in the month of September 1798.
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PLATE L.
IXIA CAPITATA. _Var: flore aurantio._
_Bunch-flowering Ixia. Var: Blossom gold colour._
CLASS III. ORDER I.
_TRIANDRIA MONOGYNIA._ Three Chives. One Pointal.
ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.
COROLLA 6-petala, patens, æqualis. Stigmata tria,
erectiusculo-patula.
BLOSSOM six petals, spreading, and equal. Summits three, nearly
upright, and spreading.
See Plate XIV. IXIA REFLEXA.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Ixia foliis radicalibus, ensiformibus; floribus capitatis,
confertis, aurantiis, petalis basi obscuris.
Ixia with leaves growing from the root, and sword-shaped; blossoms
grow in a close bunch, gold coloured, and the petals dark at the
base.
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
1. The two Sheaths of the Empalement.
2. A Flower cut open, with the Chives attached.
3. The Shaft, Summit, and Seed-bud, (magnified).
This variety of Ixia capitata was introduced at the same time as the
Ixia bulbifera, flore luteo, viz. in 1784, by Messrs. Lee and Kennedy,
Hammersmith, from the Cape of Good Hope, and requires the same
treatment. It flowers the latter end of May, or beginning of June;
propagating itself abundantly by the root, which produces annually
numerous young bulbs.
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PLATE LI.
XERANTHEMUM SPECIOCISSIMUM.
_Largest-flowering Everlasting Flower._
CLASS XIX. ORDER II.
_SYNGENESIA POLYGAMIA SUPERFLUA._ Tips united. Superfluous Pointals.
GENERIC CHARACTER.
CALYX. Communis imbricatus; squamis lanceolatis, quarum intimæ
disco longiores, membranaceæ, nitidæ, radium constituentes.
COROLLA. Composita inæqualis; corollulæ hermaphroditæ plurimæ,
tubulosæ in disco. Femineæ pauciores, tubulatæ, in ambitu.
_Propria_ hermaphroditis infundibuliformis, calyce longe brevior;
limbo quinquefido, patulo.
_Femineis_ tubulosa, longitudine hermaphroditi, quinquefida, minus
æqualis.
STAMINA. Hermaphroditis filamenta quinque, brevissima. Antheræ
cylindracea, tubulosa, longitudine fere corollulæ.
PISTILLUM. Hermaphroditis germen breve. Stylus filiformis,
staminibus longior. Stigma bifidum.
Femineis germen ut in hermaphroditis. Stylus filiformis,
longitudine hermaphroditorum. Stigmata duo, oblonga reflexa.
PERICARPIUM nullum. Calyx vix mutatus.
SEMINA oblonga, coronata.
RECEPTACULUM nudum, planiusculum, punctatum.
EMPALEMENT. Common tiled; scales spear-shaped, the inner ones
longer than the disk, skinny, shining, and forming the ray of the
flower.
BLOSSOM. Compound, unequal; florets with chives and pointals
numerous and tubular in the disk. Female florets fewer, and tubular
in the circumference.
_Individuals_ with chives and pointals funnel-shaped, much shorter
than the empalement; border with five clefts, spreading.
_Individuals_ with only pointals, tubular the length of the
hermaphrodites, five cleft, and rather smaller.
CHIVES. The threads in the hermaphrodites are five, and very small.
Tips forming a cylinder, tubular almost the length of the florets.
POINTAL. Seed-bud of the hermaphrodites short. Shaft thread-shaped,
longer than the chives. Summit cloven.
Seed-bud of the female florets the same as the hermaphrodites.
Shaft thread-shaped the length of the hermaphrodites. Summits two,
oblong and bent back.
SEED-VESSEL none. Empalement scarcely changing.
SEEDS oblong, and crowned with a feather.
RECEPTACLE naked, flatish, and dotted.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Xeranthemum fruticosum, erectum; foliis amplexicaulibus,
lanceolatis, trinerviis; ramis unifloris, subundis.
Everlasting flower with an upright shrubby stem; leaves embracing
the stem, lance-shaped, and three-nerved; branches with one flower,
and nearly naked.
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
1. An Hermaphrodite floret, (natural size).
2. The Chives, Pointal, and Seed-bud, (magnified).
3. The Pointal, and Seed-bud from a female floret, (magnified).
This handsome species of Xeranthemum was introduced, according to the
Kew catalogue, by Mr. F. Masson from the Cape of Good Hope, in the year
1787; it is, nevertheless, a very scarce plant, being subject to decay
from our winter damps; therefore requires a dry stove for its
protection. The blossoms (or rather the flower-cups, for they are the
persistent parts) are easily preserved for many years, in all their
brilliancy, by cutting them, when they first expand; but our atmosphere
seems uncongenial to the ripening of their seeds, and is with great
difficulty increased by cuttings. The soil it most approves is sandy
peat, with a small portion of loam. Our figure was taken in September
last year, at the Hammersmith nursery.
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PLATE LII.
GNIDIA PINIFOLIA.
_Pine-leaved Gnidia._
CLASS VIII. ORDER I.
_OCTANDRIA MONOGYNIA._ Eight Chives. One Pointal.
GENERIC CHARACTER.
CALYX. Perianthium monophyllum, infundibuliforme, coloratum; tubo
filiformi, longissimo; limbo quadripartito, plano.
COROLLA. Petala quatuor, sessilia, plana, calyce breviora, eique
inserta.
STAMINA. Filamenta octo, setacea, erecta, longitudine ferme floris.
Antheræ simplices.
PISTILLUM. Germen ovatum. Stylus filiformis, germinis lateri
insertus, longitudine staminum. Stigma capitatum, hispidum.
PERICARPIUM nullum. Fructus in fundo calycis.
SEMEN unicum, ovatum.
EMPALEMENT. Cup one leaf, funnel-shaped and coloured; tube
thread-shaped, very long; border of four segments, which are flat.
BLOSSOM. Petals four, sitting close to the cup, flat, shorter than
the cup, and fixed within it.
CHIVES. Threads eight, awn-like, upright, scarcely the length of
the flower. Tips simple.
POINTAL. Seed-bud egg-shaped. Shaft thread-shaped, fixed into the
side of the seed-bud, and of the length of the chives. Summit
headed, and hairy.
SEED-VESSEL none. Fruit in the lower part of the cup.
SEED one, egg-shaped.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Gnidia, foliis sparsis, lineari-subulatis; ramis verticillatis;
floribus aggregatis, terminalibus.
Gnidia with scattered, linearly awl-shaped leaves; branches grow in
whorls; the flowers terminating the branches in clusters.
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
1. A Flower with its seed, (natural size).
2. The same cut open, to shew the situation and insertion of the Chives
into the tube of the Empalement.
3. The Pointal, (magnified).
The essential distinguishing character, in Passerina, Gnidia,
Struthiola, and Lachnæa, must certainly be considered as amongst the
slightest generic divisions made by Linnæus. It is no small difficulty
to distinguish the blossom in Gnidia, and Lachnæa, from the empalement
in Passerina, and Struthiola; the same exact natural structure being
alike in them all; and to us, appear noticeable in their small
variations, rather as forming specific, than generic distinctions. As
our plan is not to alter, upon any terms, what has been determinately
settled by that great master in the arcana of nature, let our opinions
be what they will; we are determined to prevent confusion (which has
been but little attended to of late), to give it only as such, without
presuming upon alteration. But as in the present instance, when a plant
long named, but otherwise unknown to cultivators, has unfortunately been
foisted from its rank by another, no ways answering to the characters of
the describer; we shall consider it as our particular province to
rectify the mistake, however generally the error may have obtained.--The
Gnidia pinifolia is a native of the Cape of Good Hope, the seeds having
been received from thence in 1795, by Messrs. Lee and Kennedy,
Hammersmith, at whose nursery it has flowered, for the first time in
England, in the month of February this year, and where the drawing was
taken. It is a hardy greenhouse plant, but is propagated with difficulty
by cuttings; growing to the height of eighteen inches, being most
exquisitely scented by night, continuing in flower at least three
months, and thriving best in a light peat soil.
A figure of the plant generally known by the name of G. pinifolia, will
be given with the next number, to the end our assertions may be properly
investigated.
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PLATE LIII.
MIMOSA STRICTA.
_Harsh-leaved upright Mimosa._
CLASS XXIII. ORDER I.
_POLYGAMIA MONOECIA._ Various dispositions. Upon one Plant.
GENERIC CHARACTER.
PERIANTHIUM monophyllum, quinquedentatum, minimum.
COROLLA. Petalum unicum, infundibuliforme, semiquinquesidum,
parvum.
STAMINA. Filamenta capillaria, longissima. Antheræ incumbentes.
PISTILLUM. Germen oblongum. Stylus filiformis, flaminibus brevior.
Stigma truncatum.
PERICARPIUM. Legumen longum, dissepimentis transversis, pluribus.
SEMINA plurima; figura varia.
EMPALEMENT. One leaf, five-toothed, and very small.
BLOSSOM. One petal, funnel-shaped, cut half way down into five
divisions, and small.
CHIVES. Threads like fine hairs, and very long. Tips laying on the
threads.
POINTAL. Seed-bud oblong. Shaft thread-shaped, shorter than the
chives. Summit appearing cut off.
SEED-VESSEL. A long pod, the partitions run across the pod, and are
numerous.
SEEDS many; of different shapes.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Mimosa foliis simplicibus, utrinque venosis, linearibus, obtusis;
ramis strictissimis; capituli geminati, oppositi, ex alis foliorum.
Mimosa with simple leaves, veiny on both sides, linear, and blunt
ended; branches growing close and upright; flower heads grow by
pairs, opposite, and at the insertion of the leaf into the stem.
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
1. A Floret, (natural size).
2. The Empalement, (magnified).
3. The Blossom, (magnified).
4. One Thread and its Tip, (magnified).
5. The Pointal, (magnified).
This species of New Holland Mimosa, has as yet, escaped even the
indefatigable, and accurate Dr. Smith; it is from Port Jackson, whence
the seeds were transmitted by Colonel Paterson in the year 1793. Being
easily raised, it is found in most collections; the seeds preserving
their vegetative quality many years, and striking readily by cuttings.
It has the peculiar character attached to the Mimosas of that country,
viz. winged seed-leaves, which are lost after the first year’s growth.
This species has no smell, and grows to the height of three or four feet
before it flowers; perfectly straight and compact, from which
circumstance we have taken its trivial name.
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PLATE LIV.
ALETRIS SARMENTOSA.
_Creeping-rooted Bastard Aloe._
CLASS VI. ORDER I.
_HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA._ Six Chives. One Pointal.
GENERIC CHARACTER.
CALYX, nullus.
COROLLA, monopetala, oblonga; limbi laciniis lanceolatis,
acuminatis, erectis; persistens.
STAMINA. Filamenta sex, subulata, longitudine corollæ, inserta basi
laciniarum corollæ. Antheræ oblongæ, erectæ.
PISTILLUM. Germen ovatum. Stylus subulatus, longitudine staminium.
Stigma trifidum.
PERICARPIUM. Capsula ovata, triquetra, acuminata, trilocularis.
SEMINA plurima.
EMPALEMENT, none.
BLOSSOM, one leaf, oblong; the segments of the border are
lance-shaped, tapering, and upright; remaining.
CHIVES. Threads six, awl-shaped, the length of the blossom, and
inserted into the divisions of it, at the base. Tips oblong,
upright.
POINTAL. Seed-bud egg-shaped. Shaft awl-shaped, the length of the
chives. Summit three-cleft.
SEED-VESSEL. Capsule egg-shaped, three-sided, tapered, and of three
cells.
SEEDS many.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Aletris, acaulis; foliis ensiformibus, laxis; floribus spicatis,
suave rubentibus; radicibus sarmentosis.
Bastard Aloe, without a stem; having sword-shaped, weak leaves;
flowers grow in spikes of a soft red colour; roots producing
suckers from the joints.
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
1. A Flower.
2. The Chives, and Pointal.
3. The Pointal.
This species of Aletris was introduced to us, from the Cape of Good
Hope, about the year 1789; it is a hardy plant, requiring the same
management as Aletris Capensis, that is, to be kept in a dry part of the
greenhouse; although the plant should be frequently watered when in
bloom, as should mostly all plants, notwithstanding (as in the present
instance is the case) their flowering in the winter months. This caution
we have thought necessary, as it is a general rule with gardeners during
that season, to put as little moisture as possible to their plants,
whether in flower or not, to avoid damps. The little difficulty in
propagating this handsome species of Aletris, will render it soon
common; the roots grow nearly horizontally, and from their joints
numberless young plants are produced; which character we were desirous
of expressing in the figure, as from thence we have taken our trivial
name; but from the size of the work, it was found impracticable. The
drawing was made in December 1798, from a plant then in flower, at the
Hammersmith nursery: we are nevertheless informed, that from being
planted in a light, rich soil, it may be made to grow to the height of
three feet; with a spike of flowers, one fourth the length of the
flower-stem.
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PLATE LV.
ZINNIA VIOLACEA.
_Purple Zinnia._
CLASS XIX. ORDER II.
_SYNGENESIA POLYGAMIA SUPERFLUA._ Tips united. Superfluous Pointals.
GENERIC CHARACTER.
CALYX. Communis ovato-cylindricus, lævis, imbricatus; squamis
plurimis, obtusis, erectis, persistentibus.
COROLLA. Composita radiata; corollulæ hermaphroditæ plures in disco
elevato. Femineæ plurimæ in radio.
_Propria_ hermaphroditi infundibuliformis, quinquefida intus
villosa.
_Feminea_ ligulata, subrotunda, retusa, persistens.
STAMINA. Hermaphroditis; filamenta quinque, brevissima. Anthera
cylindracea, tubulosa.
PISTILLUM. Hermaphroditis; germen oblongum, triquetrum. Stylus
filiformis, semibifidus. Stigmata duo, obtusa.
Femineis; germen oblongum, triquetrum. Stylus capillaris,
semibifidus. Stigmata duo, recurvata.
PERICARPIUM. Calyx immutatus.
SEMINA. Hermaphroditis solitaria, oblonga, tetragono-ancipitia.
Pappus muconibus duobus.
Femineis solitaria, mutica, coronata petalo persistente.
RECEPTACULUM paleaceum; paleis lingulatis, canaliculatis,
longitudine calycis, deciduis.
EMPALEMENT. Common cylindrically egg-shaped, smooth, and tiled;
scales many, blunt, upright, and remaining.
BLOSSOM. Compound radiate; florets with chives and pointals, are
numerous in the center, which is elevated; florets with only
pointals, many in the circumference.
_Individuals_ with chives and pointals funnel-shaped, five-cleft,
and hairy within.
_Individuals_ with pointals only, ligulate, roundish, dented at the
end, and remaining.
CHIVES. Hermaphrodites; five short threads. Tips forming a hollow
cylinder.
POINTAL. Hermaphrodites; seed-bud oblong, three-sided. Shaft
thread-shaped, split nearly half way down. Summits two, blunt.
Females; seed-bud oblong, three-sided. Shaft hair-like, split half
way down. Summits two, bent backward.
SEED-VESSEL. Cup not changing.
SEEDS. Hermaphrodites; solitary, oblong, three-sided, but sharp at
two edges. Feather of two sharp points.