petalorum. Stigmata tria contorta. Capsula tria, introrsum dehiscentes.
Semina alata.
EMPALEMENT three-leaved, half superior. Petals three; with a scaly
honey-cup at the base of the petals. Three summits twisted. Three
capsules, splitting from the inside. Seeds winged.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Pitcairnia foliis integerrimis, basi subspinosis.
Pitcairnia with leaves quite entire, rather spiney at the base.
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
1. The Empalement.
2. One of the Petals, with its scale at the base.
3. The Chives and Pointal, cleared from the Petals.
4. The Pointal, the Summits detached, magnified.
5. The Seed-bud, cut transversely.
The species of Pitcairnia here figured is a native of Jamaica, and was
first introduced to Britain by Mr. A. Anderson, in the year 1785. It
does not flower so readily as some of the other species, but is equally
easy to increase; flourishes in rich earth, and may be kept on a shelf
of the hot-house until its flower-stem appears; when, to encourage its
flowering, it should be plunged in the bark-bed.--Our drawing was made,
in the month of July, from a plant in the Collection of J. Vere,
Esquire, Kensington Gore.
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PLATE CCCXXIII.
GERANIUM BARBATUM. _Var. Minor._
_Bearded-leaved Geranium._ _Lesser Var._
CLASS XVI. ORDER IV.
_MONADELPHIA DECANDRIA._ Threads united. Ten Chives.
ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.
MONOGYNIA. 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, apice
barbatis; floribus umbellatis; petalis linearibus, recurvatis;
staminibus quinque fertilibus, binis longioribus; scapo polystachio;
radice tuberosa.
Geranium with winged leaves, leaflets unequally toothed, and bearded at
the point; flowers grow in umbels, petals linear, recurved; five fertile
chives, two longer; flower-stem branched; 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 open, magnified.
4. The Pointal, natural size.
5. The same, magnified.
Our present figure is taken from a plant in the Hibbertian Collection,
Clapham; and is a very strong variety of the Bearded-leaved Geranium of
a former number, taken from the same source. It is, as far as
appearances lead, no way differing in character from the rest of the
tuberous species of this genus, to require any other treatment. Flowers
in June or July.
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PLATE CCCXXIV.
MAGNOLIA PURPUREA.
_Purple-flowered Magnolia._
CLASS XIII. ORDER VII. _of Schreb. Gen. Plants._
_POLYANDRIA POLYGYNIA._ Many Chives. Many Pointals.
ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.
CALYX 3-phyllus. Petala 6-12. Capsulæ 2-valves, imbricatæ. Semina
baccata, pendula.
CUP 3-leaved. Petals 6-12. Capsules 2-valved, tiled. Seeds, berries,
pendulous.
See MAGNOLIA PUMILA, Pl. CCXXVI. Vol. IV.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Magnolia foliis obovatis, flaccidis; floribus purpureis; petalis
obovatis, divaricatis.
Magnolia with inversely egg-shaped, flaccid leaves; flowers purple;
petals inversely egg-shaped and straddling.
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
1. The Chives and Pointals.
2. A Chive, magnified.
3. The Pointals.
This fine species of Magnolia is a native of China and Japan, was
introduced to us by the late Mr. Slater of Laytonstone, to whom we are
so much indebted for the greatest number of beautiful plants which have
been imported from thence by any individual. It is a very free growing
plant; will resist the severity of our winters, if planted in a warm
situation, and is deciduous; but if kept in the conservatory, it retains
its leaves the whole year, and flowers about June. It is propagated with
ease by laying, or by cuttings, and thrives in peat earth, with a small
mixture of loam. The plant from which our figure was taken is in the
magnificent Conservatory of the Right Honourable the Marquis of
Blandford, White Knights, near Reading, Berks; and, we believe, the
finest specimen of this species of Magnolia in Britain.
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PLATE CCCXXV.
CODON ROYENI.
_Prickly Codon._
CLASS XI. ORDER I.
_DODECANDRIA MONOGYNIA._ Twelve Chives. One Pointal.
GENERIC CHARACTER.
CALYX. Perianthium monophyllum, duodecempartitum; foliolis subulatis,
persistentibus, erectis, alternis brevioribus.
COROLLA monopetala, campanulata, basi torulosa; limbo duodecimpartito,
aquali.
_Nectarium_ duodecim loculare ex squamis 12, unguibus staminum insertis,
conniventibus, receptaculum tegentibus.
STAMINA. Filamenta duodecim, longitudine corollæ. Antheræ crassæ.
PISTILLUM. Germen superum, conicum. Stylus simplex, longitudine
staminum. Stigmata duo, longa, setacea, divergentia.
PERICARPIUM. Capsula bilocularis.
SEMINA plurima, subrotunda, nigra.
EMPALEMENT. Cup one-leaf, twelve-divided; leaflets awl-shaped,
remaining, upright, the alternate ones shorter.
BLOSSOM one petal, bell-shaped, rather swelled at the base; border
twelve-divided, equal.
_Honey-cup_ twelve-celled, consisting of 12 scales, inserted into the
claws of the chives, approaching, covering the receptacle.
CHIVES. Twelve threads, the length of the blossom. Tips thick.
POINTAL. Seed-bud above, conical. Shaft simple, the length of the
chives. Summits two, long, like bristles, straddling.
SEED VESSEL. Capsule two-celled.
SEEDS numerous, roundish, black,
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Codon foliis alternis, cordato-ovatis, acuminatis, setaceo-spinosis;
floribus subcapitatis, terminalibus.
Codon with alternate leaves, between heart-shaped and oval, tapered to
the point, with spine-like bristles; flowers grow nearly in heads,
terminating the branches.
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
1. The Empalement.
2. A Blossom spread open, with the chives in their place.
3. The same shewn from the outside.
4. The Seed-bud, Shaft and Summits.
5. The Seed-bud, cut transversely.
As an interesting desideratum, this plant has stood long amongst
botanical collectors; but till the year 1801, it was never seen, in a
vegetating state, in Britain; at which period, it was introduced to our
gardens, by Mr. Niven, from the Cape of Hope. It is not, we believe,
(although considered hitherto as such,) an annual; but rather, a half
woody shrub, easily destroyed by moisture. As the seed appears to ripen
freely, although there seems no other mode of perpetuating the plant, we
shall stand in no danger of losing it; its attractions are, indeed, not
great as to beauty, but much so as to singularity; since we have no
plant to which it affines in general habit. The seeds should be sown on
a gentle hot-bed, in March, and transplanted when about two inches high,
into pots, to flower, which they will do about September. Our drawing
was made at the Hammersmith Nursery. Having had the opportunity of
examining the flowers, of more than twenty plants; we are convinced it
has been wrong placed by Van Royen to decandria; for although many
flowers may be found, even on the same plant, some with eight, others
with ten chives, yet at least 90 out of 100 have twelve; wherefore we
have, without scruple, placed it to dodecandria.
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PLATE CCCXXVI.
PHARNACEUM LINEARE.
_Linear-leaved Pharnaceum._
CLASS V. ORDER III.
_PENTANDRIA TRIGYNIA._ Five Chives. Three Pointal.
GENERIC CHARACTER.
CALYX. Perianthium pentaphyllum; foliolis subovatis, concavis,
patentibus, æqualibus, persistentibus, intus coloratus, margine tenui.
COROLLA nulla; hinc calycis margo tenuis et calyx interne coloratus.
STAMINA. Filamenta quinque, subulata, longitudine calycis. Antheræ basi
bifidæ.
PISTILLA. Germen ovatum, trigonum. Styli tres, filiformes, longitudine
staminum. Stigmata obtusa.
PERICARPIUM. Capsula ovata, obsoletè trigona, tecta, trilocularis,
trivalvis.
SEMINA numerosa, nitida, orbiculata, depressa, margine acuto cincta.
EMPALEMENT. Cup five-leaved; leaflets nearly egg-shaped, concave,
spreading, equal, permanent, coloured within, with a thin edge.
BLOSSOM none; hence the edge of the cup is thin and the inside of it is
coloured.
CHIVES. Five-threads, awl-shaped, the length of the cup. Tips cleft at
the base.
POINTALS. Seed-bud egg-shaped, three-sided. Shafts three, thread-shaped,
the length of the chives. Summits blunt.
SEED-VESSEL. Capsule egg-shaped, bluntly three-cornered, covered,
three-celled, three valves.
SEEDS numerous, shining, orbicular, flattened, surrounded by a sharp
rim.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Pharnaceum foliis linearibus, verticillatis; umbellis inequalibus;
calycibus aurantiis; caule decumbente.
Pharnaceum with linear leaves, growing in whorls; umbels unequal; cups
orange coloured; stem bending downwards.
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
1. The Cup, shewn from the front, with the chives.
2. The same, shewn from the hind part attached to the fruit-stalk.
3. The Seed-bud and Pointals, natural size.
4. The same, magnified.
5. The Seed-bud, cut transversely, magnified.
This little plant much resembles our Corn Spurry, or Spergula arvensis,
at first sight. It is a native of the Cape of Good Hope, seldom grows
more than six inches high, and is very apt to be destroyed by the damps
of our winters. It should be placed in the airyest part of the
greenhouse, and kept in light sandy loam. To propagate it, the cuttings
should be put in, about the month of March, in the heat of a gentle
hot-bed, or the bark-bed of the hot-house; the seeds are sometimes
perfected. It has been often introduced to us, but as often lost; as it
is not a plant of much shew, no great deal of pains has, hitherto, been
taken for its preservation. Our drawing was taken from a plant in the
Hibbertian Collection, in the month of July, 1802.
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PLATE CCCXXVII.
XERANTHEMUM ARGENTEUM.
_Silvery Everlasting-Flower._
CLASS XIX. ORDER II.
_SYNGENESIA POLYGAMIA SUPERFLUA._ Tips united. Superfluous Pointals.
ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.
RECEPTACULUM paleaceum. Pappus setaceus. Calyx imbricatus, radiatus;
radio colorato.
RECEPTACLE chaffy. Feather bristly. Cup tiled, rayed; ray coloured.
See XERANTHEMUM SPECIOCISSIMUM, V. I. Pl. LI.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Xeranthemum fruticosum; foliis lanceolatis, carinatis, sericeis;
floribus paniculatis, argenteis.
Everlasting flower with a shrubby stem; leaves lance-shaped, keeled, and
silky; flowers grow in panicles, and silvery.
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
1. An hermaphrodite Floret, natural size.
2. The same, magnified.
3. An inner scale of the Empalement.
4. The Receptacle, cleared of the scales and florets.
5. A female Floret, magnified.
6. The Pointal of the above, natural size.
7. The same magnified.
This new species of Everlasting-flower was introduced to us, at the same
time, with the X. spirale this work, Pl. CCLXII. by Montague Burgoyne,
Esq. of Mark Hall, Essex, in the year 1801. It is a quick growing plant,
and has flowered for the first time last April, when our drawing was
taken. The flower stems grow to the length of eighteen inches, or more;
and the buds, upon their first appearance, have a fine tint of flesh
colour, which, however, totally disappears upon the expansion of the
flower. It is propagated by cuttings, seeds, (which ripen in this
country,) or by parting the branches at the root, as it makes many from
one base, which are easily separated by passing a knife between them. It
thrives best in sandy peat with a small portion of loam, and must be
kept in an airy, dry part of the greenhouse.
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PLATE CCCXXVIII.
GERANIUM BUBONIFOLIUM.
_Macedonian-Parsley-leaved Geranium._
CLASS XVI. ORDER IV.
_MONADELPHIA DECANDRIA._ Threads united. Ten Chives.
ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.
MONOGYNA. Stigmata quinque. Fructus rostratus, pentacoccus.
ONE POINTAL. Five Summits. Fruit furnished with long awns, five dry
berries.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Geranium foliis pinnatis, pinnis oppositis, lobatis, distantibus, lobis
inciso-dentatis, glabris; petalis emarginatis, albis; staminibus quinque
fertilibus; radice tuberosa.
Geranium with winged leaves, wings opposite, lobed, distant, lobes deep
cut and toothed, smooth; petals notched at the end, white, five fertile
chives; root tuberous.
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
1. The Cup cut and spread open.
2. The Chives and Pointal.
3. The Chives cut and spread open, magnified.
4. The Pointal, magnified.
This Geranium, from the Cape of Good Hope, is quite distinct in its
habit, from most of the tuberous species; the leaflets or wings of the
leaves being more hand-shaped, and at a greater distance from each
other, than in any which has come under our observation; having much the
appearance of those of the plant from which we have derived its specific
title. The plant was introduced by Mr. Niven, to the Clapham Collection,
in 1800; where our drawing was taken in the month of June, 1802. The
cultivation as usual, for the plants of this branch of the Geranium
family.
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PLATE CCCXXIX.
PHARNACEUM LINEARE. _Var. flo. albo._
_Linear-leaved Pharnaceum. White Var._
CLASS V. ORDER III.
_PENTANDRIA TRIGYNIA._ Five Chives. Three Pointals.
ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.
CALYX 5-phyllus. Corolla nulla.
CAPSULA 3-locularis, polysperma.
CUP 5-leaved. Blossom none.
CAPSULE 3-celled, many-seeded.
See PHARNACEUM LINEARE. Pl. CCCXXVI. V. V.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Pharnaceum foliis linearibus, verticillatis; umbellis inequalibus;
calycibus albo-virentibus; caule decumbente.
Pharnaceum with linear leaves, growing in whorls; umbels unequal; cups
whitish green; stem bending downwards.
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
1. A Flower.
2. The Cup and Chives.
3. The Seed-bud and Pointals, natural size.
4. The same, magnified.
5. The Seed-bud, cut transversely, magnified.
We have given this variety of the linear-leaved Pharnaceum, at the same
time with the orange-coloured, as being the only two Cape species, at
present, in our gardens. It is equally tender and delicate with its
fellow, is equally difficult to propagate; and was introduced, this last
time, to the Hibbertian Collection in 1800, by Mr. Niven, with it.
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PLATE CCCXXX.
NYMPHÆA STELLATA.
_Starr’d Water-Lily._
CLASS XIII. ORDER I.
_POLYANDRIA MONOGYNIA._ Many Chives. One Pointal.
ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.
CALYX 4, 5, seu 6-phyllus. Cor. polypetala. Bacca multilocularis,
truncata.
CUP 4, 5 or 6-leaved. Bloss. many petals. Berry many-celled, appearing
cut off at top.
See NYMPHÆA CŒRULEA, Pl. CXCVII. Vol. III.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Nymphæa foliis subrotundis, sinuatis, subtus purpurascentibus; lobis
divaricatis, acutis; calyce tetraphyllo, petalis acutis cœruleis
longiore.
Water-lily with nearly round leaves, scollopped and purplish underneath;
lobes straddling and pointed; cup four-leaved, longer than the pointed,
blue petals.
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
1. The Cup divested of the petals.
2. A Chive, natural size.
3. The seed-vessel, nearly arrived to maturity.
4. The same, cut transversely.
This fine species of Water-lily is a native of the East Indies, on the
Malabar coast; and has been given by Rheed, in his Hortus Malabaricus,
Vol. II. p. 53. fig. 27. At first sight, it has much the appearance of
N. cœrulea, but upon closer inspection it is found to possess many
strongly differing characters, viz. In this, the under part of the
leaves are purplish, the lobes straddle; in that, they are tiled, or lay
upon each other; in N. stellata the petals or chives seldom exceed ten;
whereas, the N. cœrulea has an indefinite number of both. The roots,
likewise, are perfectly distinct; in N. cœrulea the diverging roots
proceed from the lower part of the bulb, from whence the leaves issue,
but in N. stellata from the top, leaving below them a smooth top-shaped
bulb. The parts which compose the summit, or rather the summits, (for
indeed we should consider them, if it lay with us, as distinct
pointals,) are expanded horizontally when the flower is in its perfect
state, forming a star like appearance, whence its specific name. It is
much tenderer than N. cœrulea, and will not flower but in strong heat.
Mr. Anderson informs us that the plants which have produced perfect
seeds, this year, were from seeds, received by A. B. Lambert, Esq.
(communicated by Dr. Roxburgh from India) in the month of March, and
raised by him for the collection of J. Vere, Esq. Kensington Gore, where
our drawing was made in August.
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PLATE CCCXXXI.
XYLOPHYLLA FALCATA.
_Cymitar-shaped-leaved Xylophylla._
CLASS XXI. ORDER III.
_MONŒCIA TRIANDRIA._ Chives and Pointals separate. Three Chives.
GENERIC CHARACTER.
* _Masculi flores._
CALYX. Perianthium monophyllum, tripartitum, coloratum; laciniis ovatis,
patulis, ovatis.
COROLLA. Petala tria, ovata, concava.
STAMINA. Filamenta tria, brevissima, basi approximata. Antheræ
subrotundæ, didymæ.
* _Feminei flores_ in eodem fasciculo cum masculis.
CALYX. Perianthium ut in mare.
COROLLA ut in mare.
_Nectarium_ corpusculis glandulosis germen ambientibus.
PISTILLUM. Germen subrotundum, trisulcatum. Styli tres, patuli, bifidi.
Stigmata obtusa.
PERICARPIUM. Capsula trigona, trisulca, trilocularis; loculis
bivalvibus.
SEMINA solitaria.
* _Male flowers._
EMPALEMENT. Cup one leaf, three divided, coloured; segments egg-shaped,
spreading, oval.
BLOSSOM. Petals three, egg-shaped, concave.
CHIVES. Threads three, very short, and approaching at the base. Tips
roundish, double.
* _Female flowers_ in the same tuft with the males.
EMPALEMENT. Cup as in the male.
BLOSSOM as in the male.
_Honey-cup_ is formed of small glandular bodies surrounding the
seed-bud.
POINTAL. Seed-bud roundish, three-furrowed. Shafts three, short. Summits
blunt.
SEED-VESSEL. Capsule three-sided, three-furrowed, three cells; cells
two-valved.
SEEDS solitary.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Xylophylla foliis sparsis, integris, falcatis, crenatis; crenis remotis,
floriferis; floribus rubris.
Xylophylla with leaves scattered on the stem, entire, cymitar-shaped and
scolloped; the scollops distant, and having the flowers on them; flowers
red.
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
1. A male flower, magnified.
2. The blossom of male flowers, spread open, with the honey-cups.
3. A Female flower, magnified.
4. The Germ from a female flower, cut transversely, magnified.
It should seem that this Genus has not been observed with sufficient
accuracy, at least those plants known to us, and which have been treated
of as belonging to the class Pentandria. The present one, for instance,
which is unquestionably the plant designed by Swartz, Commelin, Seba,
&c. an is acknowledged by Swartz to be triandrous and monœcious, yet
that it should be continued in the Kew Catalogue and by Willdenow, &c.
to Pentandria, is astonishing. We have no hesitation in declaring our
opinion that the whole genus as it now stands ought to be thrown to
Phyllanthus. But, as the title Xylophylla is so well known for these
plants; we have thought it more safe to give the Genus those characters
the plants bear under their true Class and Order, than make any
alteration in it. The Xylophylla falcata is a native of the West India
Islands, and has been long cultivated in our hot-houses; so long ago as
the year 1739. It is a tender plant, and will not flower without the
assistance of the bark-bed; is easily propagated by cuttings; grows best
in sandy peat, and flowers in August. Our drawing was made at the
Hammersmith Nursery.
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PLATE CCCXXXII.
PROTEA ANEMONIFOLIA.
_Anemony-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. Empalement proper, none. Seeds solitary.
See PROTEA FORMOSA, Pl. XVII. Vol. I.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Protea foliis pinnatis, pinnis planis, cuneiformibus, sub apice
inciso-dentatis; capitalis terminalibus; squamis calycinis lanceolatis,
glabris; floribus luteis.
Protea with winged leaves, wings flat, wedge-shaped, deeply toothed at
the point; flower heads terminal; scales of the cup lance-shaped,
smooth; flowers yellow.
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
1. Flower complete, with its Seed-bud attached.
2. One of the petals of the flower, magnified.
3. Seed-bud, Shaft and Summit, the Summit detached and magnified.
The Protea Anemonifolia is one of the only three species of the Genus,
we have, yet, received from New Holland. It was introduced to us, from
thence, in the year 1792, by Messrs. Lee and Kennedy, Hammersmith; is a
hardy green-house plant; grows to the height of three, or four feet; may
be propagated by cuttings, and flowers in August. It thrives best in a
mixture of light sandy loam, and peat earth, of each an equal quantity.
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PLATE CCCXXXIII.
SAGITTARIA LANCIFOLIA.
_Lance-leaved Arrowhead._
CLASS XXI. ORDER VII.
_MONŒCIA POLYANDRIA._ Chives and Pointals separate. Many Chives.
GENERIC CHARACTER.
* _Masculi flores_ plures.
CALYX. Perianthium triphyllum; foliolis ovatis, concavis,
persistentibus.
COROLLA. Petala tria, subrotunda, obtusa, plana, patientia, calyci
triplo majora.
STAMINA. Filamenta plurima (viginti quatuor sæpe), subulata, in
capitulum congesta. Antheræ erectæ, longitudine calycis.
* _Feminei flores_ pauciores, infra masculos.
CALYX. Perianthium ut in mare.
COROLLA. Petala tria, ut in mare.
PISTILLA. Germina numerosa, compressa, in capitulum congesta, extrorsum
gibba, desinentia in stylos brevissimos. Stigmata acuta, persistentia.
PERICARPIUM nullum. Receptaculum globosum, semina in globum colligens.
SEMINA numerosa, oblonga, compressa, cincta longitudinaliter margine
membranaceo, lato, hinc gibbo, utrinque acuminato.
* _Male flowers_ many.
EMPALEMENT. Cup three leaves; leaflets egg-shaped, concave, remaining.
BLOSSOM. Three petals, roundish, blunt, flat, spreading, three times the
size of the cup.
CHIVES. Threads many (often twenty-four), awl-shaped, collected into a
little head. Tips upright, the length of the cup.
* _Female flowers_ fewer, beneath the males.
EMPALEMENT. Cup as in the male.
BLOSSOM. Three petals, as in the male.
POINTALS. Seed-buds numerous, flattened, forming a little head, hunched
on the outerside, ending in very short shafts. Summits pointed,
remaining.
SEED-VESSEL none. Receptacle globular, supporting the seeds in the form
of a globe.
SEEDS numerous, oblong, flattened, surrounded lengthways by a broad
skinny border, hunched on one side, tapering to each end.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Sagittaria foliis lanceolato-ovatis.
Arrowhead with leaves between lance and egg-shaped.
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
1. The whole plant in miniature.
2. A male flower divested of the petals.
3. One of the Chives, magnified.
4. A female flower without its petals.
5. The receptacle with its pointals, cut perpendicularly, magnified.
All the species of this Genus of plants are aquatic, or water plants,
and differ but little from each other, in their specific characters. Our
present subject is a native of the West India Islands, and requires the
atmosphere of a hot-house to induce it to flower. The blossoms, on the
lower part of the flower-stem, are all females; and those on the upper
part, males; they are all exceedingly delicate, as either wind, or wet,
destroys them. It increases by offsets from the root; but the seeds do
not ripen in this country. It must be kept in a pan or tub half filled
with earth, and the other half with water, but does not require to be
plunged in the tan-bed.
Our figure was taken from a plant which flowered this year 1803 (and,
for the first time in Britain, as we are informed by Mr. Anderson), in
the month of July, in the Collection of J. Vere, Esq. Kensington Gore.