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PLATE CCLXXXIX.
PROTEA CORDATA.
_Heart-shape-leaved Protea._
CLASS IV. ORDER I.
_TETRANDRIA MONOGYNIA._ Four Chives. One Pointal.
ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.
COROLLA 4-fida, seu 4-petala. Antheræ lineares, insertæ petalis infra
apicem. Calyx, proprius, nullus. Semina solitaria.
BLOSSOM four-cleft or four petals. Tips linear, inserted into the petals
below the ends. Cup, proper, none. Seeds solitary.
See PROTEA FORMOSA, Pl. XVII. Vol. I.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Protea foliis cordatis.
Protea with heart-shaped leaves.
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
1. A Floret before the petals have separated, natural
size.
2. The same, magnified, after the bursting of the petals.
3. The Pointal and Seed-bud, natural size.
The Heart-shape-leaved Protea was introduced to Britain in the year
1792, from the Cape of Good Hope, by Messrs. Lee and Kennedy; at whose
nursery it is now, this present month of March, 1803, in flower for the
first time in this country. The plant is only found on the mountains of
that part of the Cape called Hottentots Holland; the stem, in its native
state, laying on the ground, seldom more than a foot in length, and the
flowers proceeding from it near its base. It is rather delicate, should
be kept in a very airy part of the green-house, and planted in a light
loamy soil. It is propagated by cuttings, made in the month of April,
and kept under a common hand-glass, the pot being plunged in a shady
border.
Of this Protea there is a good figure in Thunberg’s _Dissertatio de
Protea_, Upsal, quarto edition, 1781, Plate 5, fig. 1.
[Illustration]
PLATE CCXC.
APONOGETON DISTACHYON.
_Broad-leaved Aponogeton._
CLASS XI. ORDER IV.
_DODECANDRIA TETRAGYNIA._ Twelve Chives. Four Pointals.
GENERIC CHARACTER.
CALYX nullus, nisi squama spathacea externum latus floris cingens,
simplex, sessilis, ovata, obtusa, integra, erecta, glabra, colorata.
COROLLA nulla.
STAMINA. Filamenta undecim ad novemdecim, superioribus floribus
pauciora, intra spatham et capsulas inserta, subulata, glabra, alba,
spatha multoties breviora. Antheræ erectæ, bifidæ.
PISTILLA. Germina plerumque quatuor, raro tria seu quinque. Styli nulli.
Stigmata subulata, incurvata.
PERICARPIUM. Capsulæ quatuor, rarius tres seu quinque, ovatæ,
subulato-acutæ, exteriore latere gibbæ, interiore planæ, glabræ,
unilocularis.
SEMINA, in quacumque capsula tria, basi capsula affixa, sessilia,
obovata, obtusissima, sub-compressa, glabra.
EMPALEMENT none, except a sheathing scale surrounding the outer side of
the flower, simple, sitting close, egg-shaped, obtuse, intire, upright,
smooth, coloured.
BLOSSOM none.
CHIVES. Threads eleven to nineteen, in the upper flowers fewer, inserted
between the spathe and the capsules, awl-shaped, smooth, white, much
shorter than the spathe. Tips upright, two-cleft.
POINTALS. Seed-buds often four, seldom three or five. Shafts none.
Summits awl-shaped, turned inwards.
SEED-VESSEL. Capsules four, seldom three or five, egg-shaped, pointed,
awl-shaped, unequally swelled on the outside, flat on the inner,
smoothed, one-celled.
SEEDS in each capsule three, fixed to the base of it, sitting close,
inversely egg-shaped, very blunt, rather flattish, smooth.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Aponogeton spica bifida; foliis eliptico-lanceolatis, natantibus;
bracteis integris; floribus polyandris.
Aponogeton with a two-branched spike; leaves eliptically lance-shaped,
floating; floral leaves entire; flowers with many chives.
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
1. A Floret, with its floral leaf, magnified.
2. The Seed-buds and Summits, magnified.
This Genus of Plants in the Catalogue of the Kew Garden, is placed to
the Class Heptandria, and perhaps, with as much propriety as where it
now stands in Thunberg, Schreber, &c. for the number of chives in almost
every floret differs in this, and all the other species, from six to
twenty. It is there said to have been introduced to us in 1788 from the
Cape of Good Hope by Mr. F. Masson. It is found near Cape Town in most
of the brooks; is very sweet scented, and flowers from April till
November. As an aquatic it is very desirable for those who cultivate
those plants, the fragrance of the flowers being nearly equal to our
Nymphæa alba, or White Water Lily; and this, added to the contrasted
effect of the deep brown antheræ upon the pure white floral leaves,
which indeed have the appearance of blossoms, give the whole an
indescribable trait of beauty, peculiar to itself. Our figure was taken
from a plant in the Hibbertian collection.
[Illustration]
PLATE CCXCI.
SENECIO PSEUDO-CHINA.
_China-root Groundsel._
CLASS XIX. ORDER II.
_SYNGENESIA POLYGAMIA SUPERFLUA._ Tips united. Superfluous Pointals.
GENERIC CHARACTER.
CALYX. Communis calyculatus, conicus, truncatus; squamis subulatis,
plurimis, in cylindrum superne contractum, parallelis, contiguis,
æqualibus, paucioribus basin imbricatim tegentibus, apicibus emortuis.
COROLLA. Composita, calyce altior; Corullulæ hermaphroditæ tubulosæ,
numerosæ in disco; Femineæ ligulatæ in radio (si quæ adsint).
_Propria_ hermaphroditi infundibuliformis; limbo reflexo, quinquefido.
_Femineis_ (si quæ) oblonga, obsolete tridentata.
STAMINA. Hermaphroditis; filamenta quinque, capillaria, minima. Anthera
cylindracea, tubulosa.
PISTILLUM utrisque; germen ovatum. Stylus filiformis, longitudine
staminum. Stigmata duo, oblonga, revoluta.
PERICARPIUM nullum. Calyx conico-connivens.
SEMINA hermaphroditis solitaria, ovata. Pappus crinitus, longus.
Femineis similima hermaphroditis.
RECEPTACULUM nudum, planum.
EMPALEMENT. Common, double, conical, appearing cut off; scales
awl-shaped, numerous, contracted above into a cylinder, parallel,
contiguous, equal, the base tiled by a few scales, dead at the ends.
BLOSSOM. Compound, taller than the cup; Hermaphrodite florets tubular,
numerous in the disk; Female florets (if there are any) tongue-shaped in
the circumference.
_Hermaphrodite_ florets funnel shaped, border reflexed, five-cleft.
_Female florets_ (if any) oblong, obscurely three-toothed.
CHIVES. Of the hermaphrodite florets; five threads, hair-like, very
small. Tips forming a tubular cylinder.
POINTAL in either; Seed-bud egg-shaped. Shaft thread-shaped, the length
of the chives. Summits two, oblong, rolled back.
SEED-VESSEL none. Empalement closing into a cone.
SEEDS of hermaphrodite florets solitary, egg-shaped. Feather hairy,
long. Females like the hermaphrodites.
RECEPTACLE naked, flat.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Senecio foliis sinuatis, integris, discoloribus; corollis purpureis;
radice tuberosa.
Groundsel with obtusely indented leaves entire and two-coloured;
blossoms purple; root tuberous.
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
1. The Cup.
2. A Female floret, of the ray or circumference.
3. A Pointal of the female floret magnified.
4. An Hermaphrodite floret of the disk or centre.
5. The Chives and Pointal of an Hermaphrodite floret, magnified.
The roots of this plant were received at the same time with the double
Camellias, China Roses, &c. from China, by the late J. Slater, Esq. of
Laytonstone, Essex; we have, nevertheless, good reason to believe it was
known formerly in our gardens; but has been certainly lost, for many
years, to us. It is said to have been cultivated by James Sherrard, M.
D. in 1732, as copied from Dellinens’s Hortus Elthamensis, into the Kew
Catalogue. Miller speaks of it as flowering freely, and perfecting its
seeds; whereas, in the Hort. Kew. they omit its time of flowering,
which, had it ever flowered there, would certainly have been noted. Our
drawing was taken in the month of July last year, 1802, from a plant in
the Hibbertian Collection, the first and only time we have ever seen it
flower in England. It is propagated by the roots, which are large and
fleshy; the plant is herbaceous, and should have but little water during
the winter months, as the roots are very subject to rot; they are
imported from India as a drug, under the name of China-root. Must be
kept in the hot-house, and planted in rich earth.
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PLATE CCXCII.
GERANIUM UNDULATUM.
_Waved-flowered Geranium._
CLASS XVI. ORDER IV.
_MONADELPHIA DECANDRIA._ Threads united. Ten Chives.
ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.
MONOGYNA. Stigmata quinque. Fructus rostratus, penta-coccus.
ONE POINTAL. Five Summits. Fruit furnished with long awns, five dry
berries.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Geranium foliis lanceolatis ciliatis, sub-integris; petalis
sub-æqualibus, sub-linearibus, undulatis; floribus umbellatis,
pentandris; radice tuberosa.
Geranium with lance-shaped flowers, fringed nearly intire; petals almost
equal, nearly linear, waved; flowers grow in umbels, five fertile
chives; root tuberous.
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
1. The Empalement cut open, to shew its tubular structure.
2. The Chives and Pointal, natural size.
3. The Chives, magnified and cut open.
4. The Pointal and Seed bud, magnified.
This tuberous rooted Geranium, from the Cape of Good Hope, has some
affinity with the G. spathulatum, as to the shape of the leaves; but the
whole habit of the plant is so totally different, that we could not,
with any degree of propriety, consider it as a variety of that species.
Our figure was taken from a plant in the Hibbertian collection, to which
it was introduced in the year 1800, by Mr. Niven. It flowers in June,
and may be propagated by the root. The treatment is the same as that
required for the rest, of this division, of the Genus.
[Illustration]
PLATE CCXCIII.
LACHNÆA PURPUREA.
_Purple-flowered Lachnæa._
CLASS VIII. ORDER I.
_OCTANDRIA MONOGYNIA._ Eight Chives. One Pointal.
ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.
CALYX nullus. Corolla quadrifida; limbo inæquali. Semen unum,
sub-baccatum.
CUP none. Blossom four-cleft; border unequal. One seed, like a berry.
See LACHNÆA ERIOCEPHALA, Pl. CIV. Vol. II.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Lachnæa capitulis solitariis; corollis glabris, purpureis; foliis
trigonis, obtusis, quadrifariam imbricatis.
Lachnæa with solitary heads of flowers; blossoms smooth, purple; leaves
three-sided, obtuse, tiled in four-rows.
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
1. One of the floral Leaves, which surround the head of flowers at the
base.
2. A Flower complete.
3. A Blossom cut open, the lower part cut off, to shew the insertion of
the Chives at the mouth.
4. The Pointal, natural size.
5. The same magnified.
This most singular genus of plants, in external appearance so resembling
passerina, yet so perfectly distinct in the parts of fructification, is
certainly amongst the handsomest of the natural order in which it ranks.
The long slender chives which extend nearly to the length of the border
of the blossom, independent of the singular retrofraction of one of its
segments, give it a character, we think, decidedly sufficient on which
to have formed the Genus. This is the third species known; it was
introduced to the Hibbertian collection, in 1800, by Mr. Niven, from the
Cape of Good Hope. It is a very delicate plant, subject to be destroyed
by damps, flowers in July, and may be increased by cuttings. It thrives
best in a mixture of light sand and loam.
Thunberg, in his Prod. Plant. Cap. has referred the whole genus to
Passerina.
[Illustration]
PLATE CCXCIV.
PROTEA CANDICANS.
_Hoary-leaved Protea._
CLASS IV. ORDER I.
_TETRANDRIA MONOGYNIA._ Four Chives. One Pointal.
ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.
COROLLA 4-fida, seu 4-petala. Antheræ lineares, insertæ petalis infra
apicem. Calyx proprius, nullus. Semina solitaria.
BLOSSOM 4-cleft, or 4 petals. Tips linear, inserted into the petals
below the point. Cup, proper, none. Seeds solitary.
See PROTEA FORMOSA, Pl. XVII. Vol. I.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Protea foliis apicibus tridentatis, eliptico-lanceolatis, obliquis,
candidissimis; capitulis terminalibus; calyx imbricatus, squamis acutis;
corollis luteis.
Protea with leaves three-toothed at the ends, eliptically-lance-shaped,
oblique and very hoary; heads of flowers terminal; cup tiled, scales
pointed, blossoms yellow.
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
1. A Floret, the petals separated, natural size.
2. One of the Petals magnified.
3. The Pointal, and Seed-bud, natural size, the Summit detached,
magnified.
4. The Empalement, natural size.
Our present plant is one of the rarest Proteas at this time in England;
as, we believe, there has never been but one importation of the seeds
from the Cape, and no one species of this numerous genus is with more
difficulty propagated by cuttings. Its lower leaves are apt to suffer
much from damps in winter; in consequence, the stem becomes bare till
near the top; the plant grows about three feet high, and flowers in
August, or September. Our figure was taken from the Hibbertian
collection, where it flowered, in 1802, for the first time in Britain.
We owe its introduction to Messrs. Lee and Kennedy, Hammersmith, about
the year 1790. We have our doubts of this plant being the P. tomentosa
of Thunberg; for although he, in his description of that species, comes
nigh many of the characters of P. candicans, yet his determining the
leaves to be linear, and downy, and our having drawings, taken from two
other species, approaching this in habit, yet nigher affined to P.
tomentosa, we have retained his specific title for one of them, the
other yet unnamed; which will both be given in due course.
[Illustration]
PLATE CCXCV.
PASSIFLORA AURANTIA.
_Norfolk Island Passion-Flower._
CLASS XX. ORDER IV.
_GYNANDRIA PENTANDRIA._ Chives on the Pointal. Five Chives.
ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.
TRIGYNA. Calyx 5-phyllus. Petala 5. Nectarium corona. Bacca pedicellata.
THREE styles. Cup 5-leaved. Petals 5. Honey-cup forming a crown. Berry
standing on a foot-stalk.
See Pl. CCVII. PASSIFLORA MALIFORMIS. Vol. IV.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Passiflora foliis trilobis, lobis oblongis obtusis, medio longiore;
petiolis biglandulosis; nectario cylindraceo, denticulato; corolla
aurantia.
Passion-Flower with three-lobed leaves; lobes oblong, obtuse, the middle
one the longest; foot-stalks with two glands; honey-cup cylindrical and
toothletted; blossom orange-coloured.
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
1. Exhibits the half of a flower as cut perpendicularly through the
middle, with the whole of the Pointal and Chives in their place.
This species of Passion Flower, from Norfolk Island, was introduced to
Britain in the year 1792, and was first raised, from seeds, at the
Hammersmith Nursery. It is a greenhouse plant, loving heat and drought,
thrives in a light sandy soil, and is readily increased by cuttings;
which should be placed in the heat of the bark-bed in the hothouse, or
cucumber hot-bed, in the month of April.
In the young state of the plant, the leaves are less harsh, appear
rather scolloped than lobed, and much resemble in shape those of the
Maiden-hair Fern, or Adiantum Capillus-veneris; whence the trivial name,
_adiantifolia_, which it bears in most collections. But, as there can be
no doubt of our present plant being that designed by Forster, in his
Prod. flor. insul. austral. No. 326; of Cavanilles in his Dissertationes
classis Monadelphiæ, Diss. 10. p. 457; and as lastly quoted by
Willdenow, in his new Sp. Plant. Tom. 3, Part 1, p. 620; we have,
without hesitation, adopted the specific title it there bears. As an
addition to the very few handsome climbing plants fit to decorate the
trellis-work of our modern greenhouses, or conservatories, this plant
must be considered as a great acquisition; as the growth is rapid, the
foliage of a fine green, and the flowering abundant.
Our figure was taken from a plant in the conservatory of the Hibbertian
collection, Clapham common.
[Illustration]
PLATE CCXCVI.
LACHENALIA ROSEA.
_Rose-coloured Lachenalia._
CLASS VI. ORDER I.
_HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA._ Six Chives. One Pointal.
ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.
COROLLA 6-partita, infera; petalis tribus interioribus longioribus.
Stamina erecta. Capsula subovata, trialata. Semina globosa.
BLOSSOM 6-divided, beneath; the three inner petals the longest. Chives
erect. Capsule nearly egg-shaped, three-winged. Seeds globular.
See LACHENALIA PENDULA, Pl. XLI. Vol. I.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Lachenalia foliis binis, lanceolato-linearibus, obtusis; petalis
interioribus longioribus; scapo lævi filiforme; corollis roseis.
Lachenalia with two leaves between, lance and linear-shaped, obtuse; the
inner petals the longest; flower-stem smooth and thread-shaped; blossoms
rose-coloured.
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
1. A Blossom cut open, shewn from the inside, the Chives in their place.
2. The same, shewn from the outside.
3. The Seed-bud and Pointal, natural size.
This plant we believe to be perfectly new to Britain, and in no other
collection, at present, than that of G. Hibbert, Esq. Clapham; where the
drawing of our figure was taken in May, 1802; and to which it had been
added, the preceding year, by Mr. Niven, from the Cape of Good Hope.
It is a tender bulb, and rather impatient of moisture; increases by the
bulb; should not be removed from its pot but to give it fresh earth, and
is fond of a light, loamy soil. It is without scent.
[Illustration]
PLATE CCXCVII.
NYMPHÆA ODORATA.
_Sweet-scented Water-Lily._
CLASS XIII. ORDER I.
_POLIANDRIA MONOGYNIA._ Many Chives. One Pointal.
ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.
CALYX 4, 5, seu 6-phyllus. Corolla polypetala. Bacca multi-locularis,
truncata.
Cup 4, 5, or 6-leaved. Blossom many petals. Berry many-celled, appearing
cut off at top.
See NYMPHÆA CÆRULEA, Pl. CXCVII. Vol. III.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Nymphæa foliis subrotundis, integris emarginatis, lobis divaricatis,
obtusissimis, margine parum incurvatis; calyce tetraphyllo; flore albo.
Water Lily with almost round leaves, entire, and notched at the end;
lobes straddling, very obtuse, and turned up slightly at the edge; cup
four-leaved; flower white.
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
1. A Chive.
2. The Seed-bud and Summits.
3. The Seed-bud cut transversely.
This species of Water-Lily we should consider rather as a variety, than
as a distinct species; it has every character of our common white
Water-Lily, except the size and hardiness; it has the same powerful
fragrance, but will not stand the severity of our winters. It is a
native of Carolina and Virginia, North America; was introduced to us in
the year 1786, by William Hamilton, Esq. of Philadelphia, and flowers
during the summer months, if kept in the hot-house. Requires the same
treatment as the blue species from the Cape of Good Hope. May be
increased from the seed, or from the root. Our drawing was taken from a
plant in the Clapham collection.
[Illustration]
PLATE CCXCVIII.
ANTHERICUM COSTATUM.
_Ribbed-leaved Anthericum._
CLASS VI. ORDER I.
_HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA._ Six Chives. One Pointal.
GENERIC CHARACTER.
CALYX, nullus.
COROLLA. Petala sex, oblonga, obtusa, patentissima.
STAMINA. Filamenta sex, subulata, erecta. Antheræ parvæ, incumbentes,
quadrisulcæ.
PISTILLUM. Germen obsolete trigonum. Stylus simplex, longitudine
staminum. Stigma obtusum, trigonum.
PERICARPIUM. Capsula ovata, glabra, trisulca, trilocularis, trivalvis.
SEMINA numerosa, angulata.
EMPALEMENT. none.
BLOSSOM. Six petals, oblong, blunt, spreading very much.
CHIVES. Six threads, awl-shaped, upright. Tips small, laying on the
threads, four-furrowed.
POINTAL. Seed-bud bluntly three-sided. Shaft simple, the length of the
chives. Summit blunt, and three-cornered.
SEED-VESSEL. Capsule egg-shaped, smooth, three-furrowed, three-valved.
SEEDS numerous, angulated.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Anthericum foliis hirsutis, planis, costatis, lineari-ensiformibus,
supra medium reflexis; scapo simplici, glabro; floribus albis; radice
bulboso.
Anthericum with hairy, flat, leaves, ribbed, linearly sword-shaped,
turned back from the middle; flower-stem simple, smooth; flowers white,
root bulbous.
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
1. The Chives and Pointal, magnified.
2. The Seed-bud, Shaft, and Summit, magnified.
3. The half of the Seed-bud cut transversely, magnified.
It is much to be lamented that we, as yet, have not discovered a mode of
treatment by which many of the species or Albuca, Ornithogalum,
Anthericum, &c. from the Cape, might be induced to flower with us, after
the first year from their importation; since many of them never produce
more than a few leaves afterwards; and this plant, we fear, is amongst
the number. It makes a very handsome and sweet bunch of flowers, which
have considerable duration, not less than a month from first expansion.
We can say little as to the propagation and culture; as it has not as
yet increased, nor has it produced any flowers since our drawing was
made, in August 1801. We think it is only in the Hibbertian Collection,
to which it was introduced by Mr. Niven, in 1800, from the Cape of Good
Hope.
[Illustration]
PLATE CCXCIX.
LACHENALIA REFLEXA.
_Reflexed-flowered Lachenalia._
CLASS VI. ORDER I.
_HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA._ Six Chives, One Pointal.
ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.
COROLLA 6-partita, infera; petalis tribus interioribus longioribus.
Stamina erecta. Capsula subovata, trialata. Semina globosa.
BLOSSOM 6-divided, beneath; the three inner petals the longest. Chives
erect. Capsule nearly egg-shaped, three-winged. Seeds globular.
See LACHENALIA PENDULA, Pl. XLI. Vol. I.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Lachenalia foliis ovato-lanceolatis, plurimis; petalis equalibus,
acutis, reflexis, rubro punctatis; germine pedicillato, subgloboso.
Lachenalia with leaves between egg and lance-shaped, numerous; petals
equal, pointed, reflexed, and dotted with red spots; seed-bud with a
foot-stalk, and roundish.
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
1. One of the Petals, which are divided to the base, with its chive.
2. The Seed-bud, Shaft, and Summit, natural size.
3. The same, magnified.
This curious Lachenalia, for such it must be considered, though in many
parts widely different from congeners, is a native of the Cape of Good
Hope, and was received from thence in the year 1798, by J. Vere, Esq. of
Kensington Gore; in whose collection, we believe, it is only to be
found, and where our drawing was taken in the month of June 1801. It is
a tender bulb, and requires a considerable degree of heat to make it
flower, and does not appear to have any tendency to increase, although,
Mr. Anderson informs us, he has tried it in various situations and soils
to that end.
[Illustration]
PLATE CCC.
GERANIUM OXALIDIFOLIUM.
_Wood-Sorrel-leaved Geranium._
CLASS XVI. ORDER IV.
_MONADELPHIA DECANDRIA._ Threads united. Ten Chives.
ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.
MONOGYNA. Stigmata quinque. Fructus rostratus, penta-coccus.
ONE POINTAL. Five Summits. Fruit furnished with long awns, five dry
berries.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Geranium foliis ternatis, foliolis ovatis, obtusis, ciliatis; floribus
pentandris; radice tuberosa.
Geranium with leaves composed of three leaflets, which are egg-shaped,
obtuse, and fringed; flowers with five fertile chives; root tuberous.
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
1. The Empalement of a flower cut open, to shew its tubular structure.
2. The Chives and Pointal, natural size.
3. The Chives spread open, magnified.
4. The Pointal, natural size.
5. The same, magnified.
The species of Geranium here figured, is of the same character, in all
points of view, as most of the tuberous species lately introduced from
the Cape by G. Hibbert, Esq. in whose collection, at Clapham, it is only
to be found, at present; and where our drawing was taken, in July 1802.
[Illustration]
PLATE CCCI.
PROTEA GRANDIFLORA. _Var. foliis undulatis._
_Large-flowered Protea._ _Waved-leaved Var._
CLASS IV. ORDER I.
_TETRANDRIA MONOGYNIA._ Four Chives. One Pointal.
ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.
COROLLA 4-fida, seu 4-petala. Antheræ lineares, insertæ petalis infra
apicem. Calyx proprius nullus. Semina solitaria.
BLOSSOM 4-cleft, or 4 petals. Tips linear, inserted into the petals
below the end. Cup proper, none. Seeds solitary.
See PROTEA FORMOSA, Pl. XVII. Vol. I.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Protea foliis lanceolatis glaberrimis, utrinque acuminatis, marginibus
subcallosis, parum undulatis; squamæ calycinæ lanceolatæ erectæ,
interiores pilis longissimis nigris cristitatæ.
Protea with lance-shaped leaves, smooth, tapered to both ends, rather
thickened at the edges, and a little waved; the scales of the empalement
are lance-shaped and upright, the inner ones crested, with very long
black hairs.
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
1. A Flower complete, as it stands on the receptacle of the common cup.
2. The same, with one of the petals detached, to shew the situation of
the chives near the ends.
3. The Pointal, complete.
The round tufts of long hair which terminate the inner scales of the
cup, in this Protea, and its varieties, constitute its principal,
distinguishing specific character from P. speciosa; whose scales are
fringed at the summits, and to which our present plant is nearest
allied. It is, without doubt, one of the handsomest of this fine tribe
of plants; not only in the beauty of the blossom, but for its general
habit; as it does not grow above three feet high, very bushy, and
producing its flowers at the age of three or four years. It is increased
by cuttings only, as are most of the species of this extensive genus,
none of them perfecting their seeds in this climate, or producing roots
by laying the branches. Our drawing was made from a plant in the
Hibbertian collection, to which it was introduced in 1800, by Mr. Niven,
from the Cape of Good Hope, in the month of May, 1802.
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PLATE CCCII.
LACHENALIA FRAGRANS.
_Sweet-scented Lachenalia._
CLASS VI. ORDER I.
_HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA._ Six Chives. One Pointal.
ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.
COROLLA 6-petala, infera; petalis tribus interioribus longioribus.
Stamina erecta. Capsula subovata trialata. Semina globosa.
BLOSSOM six petals, beneath; the three inner petals the longest. Chives
erect. Capsule nearly egg-shaped, three-winged. Seeds globular.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Lachenalia foliis geminis, ovato-oblongis, humi adpressis; corollis
campanulatis pedunculatis horizontalibus; petalis sub-æqualibus; scapo
erecto.
Lachenalia with one pair of leaves, oblong-egg-shaped, laying on the
ground; blossoms bell shaped with foot-stalks, growing horizontally;
petals nearly equal; flower-stem upright.
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
1. A Blossom with the Chives in their place, one of the tips detached
and magnified.
2. The Seed-bud, Shaft and Summit.
3. The same, magnified.
4. The Seed-bud, cut transversely, magnified.
The extreme fragrance of this plant, amply compensates for its want of
beauty; it retains its sweetness through the whole period of its
flowering, which is of near a month’s continuance. There is a species of
this genus, much resembling our plant in flower, but nothing in the
leaf; it is known by the name of L. patens, and has been frequently sold
for this, but its scent is quite different, and it flowers much earlier;
that is to say, in the month of March, but the L. fragrans does not
produce its blossoms till May. It is a very hardy greenhouse bulb, and
requires no particular management to make it flower; this, however, it
does not do, but once in two years; not even appearing in foliage, but
in the second year from its flowering. Our figure was made at the
Hammersmith Nursery, to which it was introduced, from the Cape of Good
Hope, in the year 1798.
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PLATE CCCIII.
GERANIUM BARBATUM.
_Bearded-leaved Geranium._
CLASS XVI. ORDER IV.
_MONADELPHIA DECANDRIA._ Chives united. Ten Chives.
ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.
MONOGYNA. Stigmata quinque. Fructus rostratus, penta-coccus.
ONE POINTAL. Five Summits. Fruit furnished with long awns, five dry
berries.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Geranium foliis pinnatis; foliolis inequaliter dentatis barbatis;
floribus umbellatis; staminibus quinque fertilibus, binis longioribus
reflexis; scapo polystachio; radice tuberosa.
Geranium with winged leaves; leaflets unequally toothed and bearded;
flowers grow in umbels; five fertile chives, the two longest reflexed;
flower-stem branched; root tuberous.
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
1. The cup, natural size, cut open.
2. The Chives and Pointal, natural size.
3. The Chives cut and spread open, magnified.
4. The Pointal and Seed-bud, magnified.
The singular bearded termination, on each tooth, of the leaflets of this
species of Geranium, has induced us to give it a specific title;
although, in many other respects, it approaches very near two or three
others, already figured, by us, of this long genus. It is from the same
country with the other tuberous species, and introduced to the
Hibbertian collection in 1800, where our drawing was made in July 1802.
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PLATE CCCIV.
DAVIESIA ULICIFOLIA.
_Furze-leaved Daviesia._
CLASS X. ORDER I.
_DECANDRIA MONOGYNIA._ Ten Chives. One Pointal.
GENERIC CHARACTER.
CALYX. Perianthium monophyllum, campanulatum quinquedentatum; laciniis
equalibus erectis.
COROLLA papillionacea, pentapetala.
_Vexillum_ cordatum erectum.
_Alæ_ oblongæ, vexillo duplo breviores.
_Carina_ dipetala, alis paulo longiora.
STAMINA. Filamenta decem, distincta, assurgentia, longitudine carinæ.
Antheræ simplices minimæ.
PISTILLUM. German ovato-oblongum. Stylus subulatus, magnitudine et situ
staminum. Stigma acutum.
PERICARPIUM. Capsula triangularis, compressa, acuta, unilocularis,
bivalvis.
SEMEN unum, reniforme.
EMPALEMENT. Cup one-leaf, bell-shaped, five-toothed; segments equal,
upright.
BLOSSOM butterfly-shaped, five-petalled.
_Standard_ heart-shaped, upright.
_Wings_ oblong, half the length of the standard.
_Keel_ two petals, a little shorter than the wings.
CHIVES. Threads ten, distinct, turned upwards, the length of the keel.
Tips simple, very small.
POINTAL. Seed-bud oblong egg-shaped. Shaft awl-shaped, of the same size
and station as the chives. Summit pointed.
SEED-VESSEL. Capsule triangular, flat, sharp pointed, one cell, two
valves.
SEED one, kidney-shape.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Daviesia foliis lanceolatis, rigidis pungentibus; floribus axillaribus
spicatis.
Daviesia with lance-shaped leaves, harsh and pricking; flowers grow from
the insertion of the leaves in spikes.
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
1. The Empalement of the flower, natural size.
2. The Empalement magnified.
3. The Standard, or upper petal of the blossom.
4. One of the Wings of the blossom.
5. The two petals of the Keel.
6. The Chives, magnified.
7. The Pointal.
8. A ripe Seed-vessel.
This division of the butterfly flowered plants, from New Holland, was
among the first genera which were raised from the seeds of that country,
in Britain. And though we have possessed the plants so long, and both
species, or rather the two varieties, perfect their seeds with us; yet
are the plants very scarce, few of them are to be met with, and seldom
more than a plant, or two, is to be found in any collection. The
Daviesias grow about a foot and a half high, and when in flower make a
very pretty appearance, as nearly the whole bush is covered with
blossoms. They are rather tender, and are impatient of wet, which is,
perhaps, the greatest enemy many of the plants from that country have to
encounter with us. It flowers about April or May; is increased by seeds,
or cuttings; should be kept in a small pot, comparatively with what may
be used for the same sized plants, and planted in sandy peat. Our
drawing was made from the Hibbertian collection, in the month of May
1802.
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PLATE CCCV.
GERANIUM CORONILLÆFOLIUM.
_Coronilla-leaved Geranium._
CLASS XVI. ORDER IV.
_MONADELPHIA DECANDRIA._ Threads united. Ten Chives.
ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.
MONOGYNA. Stigmata quinque. Fructus rostratus, penta-coccus.
ONE POINTAL. Five Summits. Fruit furnished with long awns, five dry
berries.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Geranium foliis impari pinnatis, bijugis; foliolis obovatis glabris;
floribus umbellatis pentandris; radice tuberosa.
Geranium with leaves that are winged, with an odd one and two yoked;
leaflets inversely egg-shaped, and smooth; flowers grow in umbels, with
five fertile chives; root tuberous.
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
1. The Cup cut open, to shew its tubular structure.
2. The Chives and Pointal, natural size.
3. The Chives cut and spread open, magnified.
4. The Pointal and Seed-bud, magnified.
The drawing of this Geranium was taken at Clapham in the month of July,
1802, from a plant in the Hibbertian collection, where, we believe, it
is only to be met with, and to which it was introduced, in 1801, from
the Cape of Good Hope. It has no particular character, in its
appearance, from which we might be led to think any other treatment or
mode of culture necessary for this plant, different from the rest of its
congeners.
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PLATE CCCVI.
ALETRIS FRAGRANS.
_Sweet-scented Aletris._
CLASS VI. ORDER I.
_HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA._ Six Chives. One Pointal.
ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.
COROLLA infundibuliformis, rugosa. Stamina inserta laciniarum basi.
Capsula trilocularis.
BLOSSOM funnel-shaped, wrinkled. Chives inserted into the base of the
segments. Capsule three-celled.
See ALETRIS SARMENTOSA, Pl. LIV.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Aletris caulescens; foliis lanceolatis, laxis; floribus albicantibus,
fragrantissimis.
Aletris with a woody stem; leaves lance-shaped, loose; flowers whitish,
very sweet-scented.
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
1. A miniature representation of the whole plant.
2. A flower complete, natural size.
3. The blossom cut open, with the Chives in their place.
4. The Seed-bud, Shaft and Pointal; the summit detached, magnified.
The Sweet-scented Aletris, from the great height it attains before it
flowers, which is, from 9 to 12 feet, and nearly two-thirds of the
length of the stem, without leaves; takes off much from the merit of
this grand plant as cultivated in our colder regions. It is a native of
Africa, and must be kept in the hot-house, in the bark-bed, to have it
blossom. The flowers are extremely fragrant, open in the evening and
close again with the first rays of the morning sun. It is propagated
either by suckers, which it sometimes produces, or by cutting off small
portions from the roots; which will become plants in about three months,
if placed in the heat of a strong hot-bed; these are likewise very
sweet-scented, having the flavour of orris-root, or violets. Our figure
was taken from a plant in the collection of J. Vere, Esq. Kensington
Gore, this present month of May, 1803.
A schism has arisen on the subject of this genus among modern botanists;
from whom we must, however, exclude the celebrated author of Miller’s
New Gardeners’ Dictionary; who, in this instance, has preserved the
genus entire. Three genera have, as usual, been made out of one; the
Cape species are denominated Veltheimias; those known under the names of
A. zeylanica and A. guineensis, are termed Sansevieras; A. farinosa and
A. fragrans being the only remnants of the original genus. Such are the
happy effects, of modern scrutiny, upon the works of the antiquated
Linnæus! and such might be the answer of these illuminati, which poor
Gradus, in the farce of _Who’s the Dupe_, gives to his mistress, when
questioned upon the utility of his labours; alas, how else should _our_
merit be discovered, but by elancing from the old track of plain sense
and nature.
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PLATE CCCVII.
PROTEA GLOBOSA.
_Globe-flowered Protea._
CLASS IV. ORDER I.
_TETRANDRIA MONOGYNIA._ Four Chives. One Pointal.
ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.
COROLLA 4-fida, seu 4-petala. Antheræ lineares, insertæ petalis infra
apicem. Calyx proprius nullus. Semina solitaria.
BLOSSOM 4-cleft, or 4 petals. Tips linear, inserted into the petals
below the end. Cup proper, none. Seeds solitary.
See PROTEA FORMOSA, Pl. XVII. Vol. I.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Protea foliis eliptico-lanceolatis, apicibus callosis; capitulo globoso,
terminali; foliolis calycinis ovatis, reflexis; floribus luteis.
Protea with eliptically-lance-shaped leaves, callous at the ends; head
of flowers globular and terminal; leaflets of the cup egg-shaped, turned
back; flowers yellow.
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
1. A Flower complete, natural size.
2. One of the Petals of a blossom, with its chive, magnified.
3. The Pointal, and Seed-bud, natural size.
4. The same, magnified.
5. The common Empalement.
This species of Protea, though it does not stand among the foremost of
its congeners in competition for beauty; yet, has its merits, and those
of no small moment, as a hardy green-house plant; for it rarely misses
flowering, in the month of May, annually, and its blossoms continue in
perfection at least two months. It is seldom hurt by cold or wet, if not
exposed to either in the extreme. Is easily propagated from cuttings,
made in the month of May, or June; by the same mode as has been
described for the increasing the preceding species of the Genus, already
figured in this work. We owe the first introduction of this plant to
Messrs. Lee and Kennedy, Hammersmith, who raised it from seeds, in the
year 1786, received from the Cape of Good Hope. Our figure was made from
a plant in the Hibbertian collection.
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PLATE CCCVIII.
CROTOLARIA VERRUCOSA.
_Blue-flowered Crotolaria._
CLASS XVII. ORDER IV.
_DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA._ Threads in two sets. Ten Chives.
GENERIC CHARACTER.
CALYX. Perianthium tripartitum, magnum, corolla paulo brevius; laciniis
duabus superioribus lanceolatis, vexillo incumbentibus; tertia
lanceolata, concava, carinam fulciente, trifida.
COROLLA papillionacea.
_Vexillum_ cordatum, acutum, magnum, lateribus depressum.
_Alæ_ ovatæ, vexillo dimidio breviores.
_Carina_ acuminata, longitudine alarum.
STAMINA. Filamenta decem, connata, assurgentia, linea dorsali fissa
basique hiante. Antheræ simplices.
PISTILLUM. Germen oblongum, reflexum, hirsutum. Stylus simplex,
infractus, assurgens. Stigma obtusum.
PERICARPIUM. Legumen breve, turgidum, uniloculare, bivalve,
pedicillatum.
SEMEN aliquot, globosa-reniformia.
EMPALEMENT. Cup three-parted, large, rather shorter than the blossom;
the two superior segments lance-shaped, laying on the standard; the
third lance-shaped, concave, supporting the keel, three-cleft.
BLOSSOM butterfly-shaped.
_Standard_ heart-shaped, acute, large, depressed on the sides.
_Wings_ egg-shaped, half the length of the standard.
_Keel_ tapered, the length of the wings.
CHIVES. Ten threads, united, turned upwards, with a split line on the
back, and gaping at the base. Tips simple.
POINTAL. Seed-bud oblong, reflexed, hairy. Shaft simple, bent inwards at
an angle, turned upwards. Summit obtuse.
SEED-VESSEL. Pod short, turgid, one-celled, two valved, with a
fruit-stalk.
SEEDS a few of a rounded kidney-shape.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Crotolaria foliis simplicibus, ovatis, retusis; stipulis lunatis,
declinatis; racemo terminali; ramis tetragonis.
Crotolaria with simple leaves, egg-shaped, dented at the ends;
leaf-props half-moon-shaped, turned downwards; bunch of flowers
terminal; branches four-sided.
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
1. The Empalement.
2. The Standard.
3. One of the Wings.
4. The two petals of the Keel.
5. The Chives.
6. The Pointal and Seed-bud, the Summit detached, magnified.
7. A half ripe Seed-vessel.
8. The same laid open.
This handsome annual is an old inhabitant of our hot-houses, for it has
been cultivated so long ago as the year 1731, by Mr. Miller; but from
its character as an annual, our summers not proving always congenial to
the perfecting its seeds, it has at intervals been lost to us. It is a
native of the East Indies, and, in general, good seed may be procured by
keeping the plants constantly in a hot-bed or hot-house; but the best
method is to raise them on a strong hot-bed, keeping them there till in
flower, and then transferring them to the hot-house or dry-stove, to
perfect their seeds. Our drawing was taken from a fine specimen,
communicated by the Hon. W. H. Irby, from his select collection at the
Parsonage, Farnham Royal, Bucks. Flowers in May or June, and ripens its
seeds in August or September.
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PLATE CCCIX.
PULTENÆA VILLOSA.
_Hairy Pultenæa._
CLASS X. ORDER I.
_DECANDRIA MONOGYNIA._ Ten Chives. One Pointal.
ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.
CALYX quinquedentatis, utrinque appendiculatus. Corolla papilionacea,
alis vexillo brevioribus. Legumen uniloculare, dispernum.
CUP five-toothed, with a hanging prop on each side. Blossom
butterfly-shaped, the wings shorter than the standard. A one-celled pod,
two seeded.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Pultenæa foliis oblongis, villosis; floribus axillaribus, solitariis,
spicatis; caule villoso; calycibus inappendiculatis.
Pultenæa with oblong, hairy leaves; flowers grow from the insertion of
the leaves, solitary, and in spikes; stem hairy; cup without props.
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
1. A Leaf.
2. The Cup, natural size.
3. The Standard of the blossom.
4. One of the Wings of the blossom.
5. The two Leaves of the keel.
6. The Empalement, Chives, and Pointal, magnified.
7. The Seed-bud, Shaft, and Summit, magnified.
Where to place the limits to the various new genera of this very
extended natural order of plants, with butterfly blossoms, from New
Holland, appears a talk of some difficulty with our modern botanists;
for, no sooner have we formed an essential character for a genus, than
immediately we are struck with the appearance of new plants, whose whole
habits assimilate with our newly constructed family, but in the
principal and pointed essential character. In such predicament stands
our present subject, it wants the appendicula to the cup, yet has it
been placed, by Willdenow, &c. to Pultenæa; and with good reason, we
presume, for if every difference of this nature was taken up, on which
to form new genera, nearly every plant from that country would furnish
grounds for new names; and, to say the truth, we think they are,
already, sufficiently extended. The Pultenæas are all rather impatient
of wet, and although they are not frequently killed by too much
moisture, yet they become unsightly, by losing all their lower leaves.
This species grows to the height of about three feet; and, when in
flower, makes a very handsome appearance. It perfects its seeds, and may
be increased by cuttings, which should be put in about the beginning of
April. A mixture of sandy peat three parts, and one fourth part of loam,
is the best soil to grow it in. It was amongst the first plants which
were raised from Botany Bay seeds in this country. Our figure was made
at the Hammersmith nursery, in 1801.
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PLATE CCCX.
STACHYS COCCINEA.
_Scarlet Clownheal._
CLASS XIV. ORDER I.
_DIDYNAMIA GYMNOSPERMIA._ Two Chives longer. Seed naked.
GENERIC CHARACTER.
CALYX. Perianthium monophyllum, tubulatum, angulatum, semiquinquefidum,
acuminatum, persistens; dentriculis acuminatis, subulatis, subinæquale.
COROLLA monopetala, ringens; tubus brevissimus; faux oblonga, ad basin
deorsum gibba; _labium superius_ erectum, subovatum, fornicatum, sæpe
emarginatum; _labium inferius_ majus, trifidum lateribus reflexum;
_lacinula intermedia_ maxima, emarginata, replicata.
STAMINA. Filamenta quatuor, quorum duo breviora, subulata, ad latera
faucis recurvata. Antheræ simplices.
PISTILLUM. Germen quadripartitum. Stylus filiformis, situ et longitudine
staminum. Stigma bifidum, acutum.
PERICARPIUM nullum. Calyx vix mutatus.
SEMINA quatuor, ovata, angulata.
EMPALEMENT. Cup one-leaf, tubular, angular, five shallow clefts, taper,
permanent; toothless taper, awl-shaped, nearly equal.
BLOSSOM one petal, gaping; tube very short; mouth oblong, hunched
downwards towards the base; _upper lip_ upright, rather egg-shaped,
arched, often notched at the end; _lower lip_ large, three-cleft, side
ones reflexed; the _middle segment_, which is the largest, notched at
the end, and folded back.
CHIVES. Four threads, of which two are shorter, awl-shaped, bent to the
sides of the mouth. Tips simple.
POINTAL. Seed-bud with four divisions. Shaft thread-shaped, of the
length and situation of the chives. Summit cloven, sharp-pointed.
SEED-VESSEL none. The cup scarce changed.
SEEDS four, egg-shaped, angular.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Stachys verticillis sexfloris; foliis ovato-oblongis, basi cordatis,
crenatis; floribus coccineis.
Clownheal with six flowered whorls; leaves oblong-egg-shaped,
heart-shaped at the base, scolloped; flowers scarlet.
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
1. The Cup, natural size.
2. The Blossom cut open, with the chives in their place.
3. The Seed-buds and Pointal, the summit detached, magnified.
4. The Seed-buds, magnified.
Although this species of Stachys must be considered as an herbaceous
plant, yet the stem, if kept in the green-house, may be preserved; and
therefore, as it is too tender to bear our winters, in the open ground,
we must consign it to that station. It is a native of South America; is
easily propagated by cuttings; flowers in the month of July, or August,
and thrives in rich mould. The figure was taken from a plant in the
collection of J. Vere, Esq. Kensington Gore, where, we believe, it
flowered for the first time in Britain.
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PLATE CCCXI.
GERANIUM PINNATUM.
_Winged-leaved Geranium._
CLASS XVI. ORDER IV.
_MONADELPHIA DECANDRIA._ Threads united. Ten Chives.
ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.
MONOGYNA. Stigmata quinque. Fructus rostratus, penta-coccus.
ONE POINTAL. Five Summits. Fruit furnished with long awns, five dry
berries.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Geranium foliis pinnatis; foliolis subrotundo-ovatis, hirsutis; floribus
flavis, staminibus quinque fertilibus; scapo polystachio; radice
tuberosa.
Geranium with winged leaves; leaflets rather round-egg-shaped, and
hairy; flowers yellow; five fertile chives; flower-stem branched; root
tuberous.
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
1. A Flower-cup, natural size, cut open.
2. The Chives and Pointal, natural size.
3. The Chives cut and spread open, magnified.
4. The Pointal and Seed-bud, magnified.
The specific title of this plant, originally, belonged to a species
which is, now, confounded amongst the numerous variety of Geranium
lacerum. And, indeed, the present plant is taken as a synonim, by
Willdenow, with G. astragalifolium, of which we have given a figure in a
preceding number. This was among the first of the tuberous kind of
Geraniums known to our gardens. Mr. F. Masson, according to the Kew
Catalogue, first introduced it to the Kew Gardens in 1788. It has
nothing particular in its character to require a different treatment
from the rest of the tuberous species. Our drawing was made from a plant
in the Hammersmith Collection, in March 1801.
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PLATE CCCXII.
STYPHELIA VIRIDIS.
_Green-flowered Styphelia._
CLASS V. ORDER I.
_PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA._ Five Chives. One Pointal.
ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.
CALYX imbricatus. Corolla tubulosa. Stamina fauci inserta. Drupa
quinque-locularis. Semina bina.
CUP tiled. Blossom tubular. Chives inserted into the mouth of the
blossom. A pulpy berry with five cells. Seeds by twos.
See STYPHELIA TRIFLORA. Pl. LXXII. Vol. I.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Styphelia foliis utrinque acuminatis, obliquis, acutis, glaberrimis;
floribus axillaribus, solitariis, viridibus.
Styphelia with leaves tapered to both ends, oblique, pointed, very
smooth; flowers grow from the insertion of the leaves, solitary and
green.