PLATE CCCXXXIV.
STRUTHIOLA TOMENTOSA.
_Downy-leaved Struthiola._
CLASS IV. ORDER I.
_TETRANDRIA MONOGYNIA._ Four Chives. One Pointal.
ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.
PERIANTHIUM diphyllum. Corolla tubulosa, 4-fida. Nectarium glandulæ octo
fauci circumpositæ. Semen unum subbaccatum.
CUP two leaved. Blossom tubular, 4-cleft. Honey-cup 8 glands, placed
round the mouth of the blossom. One seed like a berry.
See STRUTHIOLA IMBRICATA, Pl. CXIII. Vol. II.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Struthiola foliis ovatis, concavis, callosis, tomentosis, imbricatis;
nectario duodecim partito.
Struthiola with egg shaped leaves, concave, callous, downy and tiled;
honey-cup with twelve divisions.
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
1. The two leaves of the Empalement, magnified.
2. A Flower complete, magnified.
3. A Blossom cut open, to shew the situation of the chives, magnified.
4. A Seed-bud, with the Shaft and Summit, a little magnified.
The Clapham Collection is the only one in which this curious species of
Struthiola is, at present, to be seen. It was sent by Mr. Niven, from
the Cape, in 1799, and flowered, for the first time, last year 1802, in
the month of August, when our drawing was made. It is a tender
Green-house plant, as are most of this natural order, from that country;
being susceptible of too great moisture, either when exposed to the open
air during heavy rains in summer, or from over watering in winter.
Wherefore they are best preserved by sheltering them in an airy
situation during summer, and giving them but little water in winter. It
is encreased by cuttings, taken off in the month of May, planted in a
pot, filled to the margin with sandy loam, and plunged under a
hand-glass, in a shady border, without watering the loam. It grows most
flourishing in a mixture of sandy peat and loam; the peat about one
third part.
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PLATE CCCXXXV.
GLADIOLUS PYRAMIDATUS.
_Pyramidal-spiked Gladiolus._
CLASS III. ORDER I.
_TRIANDRIA MONOGYNIA._ Three Chives. One Pointal.
ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.
COROLLA sexpartita, ringens. Stamina adscendentia.
BLOSSOM six-divided, gaping. Chives ascending.
See GLADIOLUS ROSEUS, Pl. XI. Vol. I.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Gladiolus foliis ensiformibus, utrinque attenuatis, glabris; spathis
præmorsis; spicis pyramidatis; floribus imbricatis, subringentibus.
Gladiolus with sword-shaped leaves, tapered to both ends, and smooth;
sheaths appear bitten at the ends; spikes pyramid-shaped; flowers tiled,
a little gaping.
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
1. Part of a leaf.
2. The two Valves of the Sheath.
3. A Blossom cut open, to shew the insertion of the Chives.
4. The Seed-bud, Shaft and Summits.
This fine Gladiolus from the Cape of Good Hope, we believe, has not
flowered, or is to be found, in any other collection than that of the
Dowager Lady De Clifford, Paddington; where our drawing was taken in
August, this year, 1803. It grows to the height of three feet; and the
flowers continue to blow, from four to six at a time in succession, from
the base of the spike. It is a hardy bulb, and has every appearance of
being a free blower.
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PLATE CCCXXXVI.
ANCHUSA CAPENSIS.
_Cape Alkanet._
CLASS V. ORDER I.
_PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA._ Five Chives. One Pointal.
GENERIC CHARACTER.
CALYX. Perianthium quinquepartitum oblongum, teres, acutum, persistens.
COROLLA monopetala, infundibuliformis; tubus cylindricus, longitudine
calycis; limbus semiquinquefidus, obtusus, erecto-patens; faux clausa
squamulis quinque, convexis, prominentibus, oblongis, conniventibus.
STAMINA. Filamenta quinque, brevissima, in fauce corollæ. Antheræ
oblongæ, incumbentes, tectæ.
PISTILLUM. Germina quatuor. Stylus filiformis, longitudine staminum.
Stigma obtusum, emarginatum.
PERICARPIUM nullum; Calyx major, erectus, in sinu continens semina.
SEMINA quatuor, oblongiuscula, obtusa, gibba.
EMPALEMENT. Cup five-parted, oblong, cylindrical, pointed, remaining.
BLOSSOM one petal, funnel-shape; tube cylindric, the length of the cup;
border half-five-cleft, obtuse, from erect spreading; throat closed with
five small scales, convex, prominent, oblong, converging.
CHIVES. Five very short threads in the throat of the blossom. Tips
oblong, incumbent, covered.
POINTALS. Seed-buds four. Shaft thread-shaped, the length of the chives.
Summit blunt, notched at the end.
SEED-VESSEL none; the Cup larger and erect, containing the seeds in its
bosom.
SEEDS four, somewhat oblong, blunt, hunched.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Anchusa foliis lanceolatis, villosis, callosis; floribus
racemoso-paniculatis, cœruleis.
Alkanet with lance-shaped leaves, hairy, and callous; flowers grow in
bunches nearly panicled, blue.
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
1. The Empalement, natural size.
2. The same, magnified.
3. The Seed-buds and pointal, natural size.
4. The same magnified.
5. A Blossom cut open, magnified, to shew the scales upon the mouth,
with the situation of the chives.
This is the only species of the Genus we have yet seen from the Cape of
Good Hope; and, as it appears that Thunberg discovered but this solitary
instance, which he has given in his Prodromus Plantarum Capensium, under
the specific title we have here adopted, from him; he, perhaps, thought
himself warranted in so naming it; although naming plants from the
country where they are first found requires but little reasoning to shew
its impropriety. It is a hardy green-house plant, but from all
appearance, like the most of this natural order, rather short-lived. It
grows freely in a mixture of loam and sandy peat; and there is every
appearance that the seeds will ripen, the only method by which there is
any likelihood of its being perpetuated.
The plant, before flowering, does not grow above six inches high; but
the flower-stem rises near eighteen inches. Our figure was taken from a
plant in the Hibbertian Collection; where it flowered for the first time
in England in the month of July 1803; having been sent home, by Mr.
Niven, from the Cape, in 1800.
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PLATE CCCXXXVII.
PROTEA TRITERNATA.
_Cluster-headed Protea._
CLASS IV. ORDER I.
_TETRANDRIA MONOGYNIA._ Four Chives. One Pointal.
ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.
COROLLA quadrifida seu quadripetala. 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 point. Empalement proper, none.
SEEDS solitary.
See PROTEA FORMOSA, Pl. XVII. Vol. I.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Protea foliis bipinnatis, brevibus, filiformibus, confertis, glabris;
floribus terminalibus, umbellatis; pedunculis bracteis, capitulis
longioribus; squamis calycinis subulatis, hirtis.
Protea with doubly winged leaves, short, thread-shaped, crowded and
smooth; flowers terminate the branches in umbels; fruit stalks with
floral leaves, and longer than the small heads; scales of the cup
awl-shaped and hairy.
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
1. A Leaf.
2. A Flower.
3. One of the Petals of the flower, magnified.
4. The Seed bud, Shaft and Summit, the Summit detached, magnified.
5. The common Cup of one of the small heads of flowers.
This beautiful divided leaved Protea has been named, as above, by
Thunberg, in his Dissertatio de Protea, n. 7, and in his Prodromus
plantarum capensium 25. It is rather a delicate plant, and subject to
lose the lower leaves from the stem, which takes something from the
beauty of its habit. The young leaves, when they first appear, have a
downy character, which disappears as they grow firm. The stem has
likewise, in its young state, a tendency to downiness, which is not
discovered on the old wood; and is, where the leaves are extant, quite
covered by them. It grows to the height of three feet, is propagated by
cuttings, and flowers in the month of July. Our figure was taken from a
plant in the Hibbertian Collection, which was raised from Cape seeds in
1800, sent from thence by Mr. Niven.
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PLATE CCCXXXVIII.
GERANIUM CORONOPIFOLIUM.
_Buck’s-horn-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.
See GERANIUM GRANDIFLORUM, Pl. XII. Vol. I.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Geranium foliis subcuneatis, apice inciso-dentatis, canescentibus,
petiolis longissimis; pedunculis subtrifloris; corollis pallidè
violaceis; caulê suffruticoso; staminibus quinque fertilibus.
Geranium with nearly wedge-shaped leaves, deeply toothed at the end,
whitish and very long foot-stalks; flower stems mostly three-flowered;
blossoms pale purple; stem rather woody; five fertile chives.
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
1. A Flower and a Bud from a seedling variety of this plant, by an
intermixture of the farina of Geranium tricolor.
2. The Cup, which is solid and five-leaved.
3. The Chives and Pointal, magnified.
4. The same cut open, magnified.
5. The Seed-bud, Shaft and Summits, magnified.
The Geranium coronopifolium is one of those species we may fairly
denominate biennial; for such is certainly the G. tricolor, G.
Oenothera, G. tomentosum, &c. and as such must be propagated every year
to have a succession of them. It is readily increased by putting the
cuttings into small pots, and plunging them in the heat of a hot-bed or
hot-house, early in the month of March; which plants will flower in
September. It was first introduced to the Kew Gardens by Mr. Masson in
1792. The plant very delicate, and should be kept in a dry part of the
green-house, in a mixture of sandy peat and rich earth. Our figure is
from a plant in the Hibbertian Collection; where, likewise, we found the
variety of which a flower is given on the plate. Mr. Allen informs us,
he procured the Var. by approximating a plant of this species to the G.
tricolor; first impregnating the summits of the flower of G.
coronopifolium, with the pollen from the tips of the G. tricolor, a
method much practised of late for the production of varieties, in many
genera.
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PLATE CCCXXXIX.
LOBELIA CORONOPIFOLIA.
_Buck’s-horn-leaved Lobelia._
CLASS XIX. ORDER VI.
_SYNGENESIA MONOGAMIA._ Tips united. Flowers simple.
ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.
CALYX 5-fidus. Corolla 1-petala, irregularis. Capsula infera, 2-seu
3-locularis.
CUP 5-cleft. Blossom 1-petal, irregular. Capsule beneath, 2 or 3-celled.
See LOBELIA PINIFOLIA, Pl. CCLXXIII. Vol. IV.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Lobelia foliis lanceolatis, dentatis, glabris; floribus solitariis,
axillaribus; pedunculis elongatis; stigmatibus obtusis, pilosis.
Lobelia with lance-shaped leaves, toothed and smooth; flowers solitary,
from the base of the leaves; foot-stalks lengthened; summits blunt,
hairy.
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
1. The Chives magnified.
2. The Cup, Chives, and Pointal, the Summit detached, magnified.
The character of most of the Lobelias from the Cape, and elsewhere, is,
that they are either annual or biennial, and can scarcely be considered
as shrubs. Our present subject is a biennial from the Cape of Good Hope,
flowers the first year from the seed, if sown in March, and may be
preserved a second year; but, as it seeds so abundantly, it is scarce
worth the pains to preserve it, as the plants of one year’s growth are
so much handsomer than those preserved through the winter. It flowers
from July till October, and should be kept in sandy peat earth.
The L. coronopifolia was introduced to the Kew Collection in 1787, by
Mr. F. Masson, and is now in most collections.
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PLATE CCCXL.
LOBELIA GRACILIS.
_Slender-stemed Lobelia._
CLASS XIX. ORDER VI.
_SYNGENESIA MONOGAMIA._ Tips united. Flowers simple.
ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.
CALYX 5-fidus. Corolla monopetala, irregularis. Capsula infera, 2-seu
3-locularis.
CUP 5-cleft. Blossom one petal, irregular. Capsule beneath, 2 or
3-celled.
See LOBELIA PINIFOLIA, Pl. CCLXXIII. Vol. IV.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Lobelia foliis inferioribus ovatis, sinuatis, superioribus lanceolatis,
dentatis; petalis duobus minoribus barbatis; floribus spicatis;
stigmatibus bifidis.
Lobelia with the lower leaves egg-shaped and scollopped, the upper ones
lance-shaped and toothed; the two smaller petals bearded; flowers grow
in spikes; summits two-cleft.
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
1. A Blossom cut open, with the chives in their place, magnified.
2. The Cup, Seed-bud, Shaft and Summit; the Summit detached and
magnified.
This most delicate little plant, of which our figure represents the
whole, was raised in 1801, from Cape seeds, sent by Mr. Niven from
thence, for the Clapham gardens; where our drawing was made this year,
1803, in the month of August. It is an annual plant, producing its seeds
freely, as do most species of this genus, which should be sown in the
month of March, in light sandy peat, and transplanted about May.
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PLATE CCCXLI.
PHASEOLUS CARACALLA.
_Snail-Flower Kidney-Bean._
CLASS XVII. ORDER IV.
_DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA._ Chives in two sets. Ten Chives.
GENERIC CHARACTER.
CALYX. Perianthium monophyllum, bilabiatum; labio superiori emarginato,
inferiore tridentato.
COROLLA papillionacea.
_Vexillum_, cordatum, obtusum, emarginatum, reclinatum, lateribus
reflexis.
_Alæ_, ovatæ, longitudine vexilli, unguibus longis insidentes.
_Carina_, angusta, spiraliter contra solem revoluta.
STAMINA. Filamenta diadelpha, (simplex et novemfidum) intra carinam,
spiralia. Antheræ decem, simplices.
PISTILLUM. Germen oblongum, compressum villosum. Stylus filiformis,
spiraliter inflexus, superne pubescens. Stigma obtusum, crassiusculum,
villosum.
PERICARPIUM. Legumen longum, rectum, coriaceum, obtusum cum acumine.
SEMINA reniformia, oblonga, compressa.
EMPALEMENT. Cup one leaf, two-lipped, upper lip notched at the end,
lower three-toothed.
BLOSSOM butterfly-shaped.
_Standard_, heart-shaped, blunt, notched at the top, reclined, reflexed
at the sides.
_Wings_, egg-shaped, the length of the Standard, terminating in long
claws.
_Keel_, narrow, twisted spirally contrary to the sun.
CHIVES. Threads in two sets, (simple and nine-cleft,) within the keel,
spiral. Tips ten, simple.
POINTAL. Seed-bud oblong, flattened, hairy. Shaft thread-shaped,
spirally bent inwards, downy above. Summit blunt, thickish, hairy.
SEED VESSEL. A long pod, straight, leathery, blunt with a point.
SEEDS kidney-shaped, oblong, flattened.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Phaseolus caule volubili; vexillis, carinaque spiraliter convolutis.
Kidney-bean with a twining stem; standards and keel spirally twisted
from the left to the right.
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
1. The Cup.
2. The Standard.
3. One of the wings, shewn from the outside.
4. One of the wings, shewn from the inside.
5. The Keel.
6. The Chives.
7. The Pointal.
As a singular vegetable production, we have given a specimen of this
most curious flower, but not as a novelty, as it is, certainly, rather
common, the seeds having frequently been brought to us from Portugal,
(to which country it was first introduced from Brasil in South America),
ever since the year 1690. It is a climbing plant and must be kept in the
hot-house, is propagated by seeds or cuttings, grows to the height of 12
or 14 feet, and should be planted in rich earth. The flowers are
produced about August; they are very fragrant, but have not much
duration, and the plant has much the resemblance of the common scarlet
kidney-bean.
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PLATE CCCXLII.
COBBEA SCANDENS.
_Climbing Cobbea._
CLASS V. ORDER I.
_PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA._ Five Chives. One Pointal.
GENERIC CHARACTER.
CALYX. Perianthium monophyllum, semiquinquefidum; laciniis cordatis,
mucronatis, patentibus, persistens.
COROLLA monopetala, campanulata, versus basin arctata, quinquefida;
laciniis concavis, trilobis, ciliatis; squamulæ quinque lanatæ, ad basin
sinus tubi, conniventes.
_Nectarium_, corpus carnosum, quinquangulare, decem sulcatum, germen
cingens.
STAMINA. Filamenta quinque, squamulis corollæ orta, declinata. Antheræ
incumbentes.
PISTILLUM. Germen ovatum, sulcatum. Stylus filiformis, declinatus,
staminibus longior. Stigmata tria, plana, recurvata.
PERICARPIUM. Capsula oblonga, trilocularis, trivalvis.
SEMINA plurima, valvulis affixa, compressa, imbricata.
EMPALEMENT. Cup one-leaf, half five-cleft; segments heart-shaped, ending
in a point, spreading, persistent.
BLOSSOM one-petal, bell-shaped, narrowed towards the base, five-cleft;
segments concave, three-lobed, fringed; five woolly scales at the base
of the bosom of the tube closing upon each other.
_Honey-cup_, a fleshy body, five-angled, ten-furrowed, embracing the
seed-bud.
CHIVES. Five threads, arising from the scales of the blossom, declined.
Tips lying upon the threads.
POINTAL. Seed-bud egg-shaped, furrowed. Shaft thread-shaped, declined,
longer than the threads. Summits three, flat, turned back.
SEED-VESSEL. Capsule oblong, three cells, three valves.
SEEDS many, fixed to the valves, flat, tiled.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Cobbea foliis conjugatis, cirrhosis; floribus solitariis, pedunculis
longissimis; caule scandenti.
Cobbea with conjugate leaves terminating in a tendril; flowers solitary,
foot-stalks very long; stem climbing.
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
1. A Blossom cut and spread open, with the Chives in their place.
2. The Empalement, Honey cup, Seed-bud, Shaft and Summits.
The specimen, from which our drawing was taken, was communicated by Mrs.
Long, from the Collection of the Honourable Charles Long, of Bromley
Hill, Kent; where, we believe, the only plant of this fine Genus is at
present to be found in Britain; and where it has flowered, for the first
time, this year, in the month of September, 1803. It is a native of the
East Indies, and must be kept as a hot-house plant; is propagated by
cuttings, and thrives in rich earth; will grow, if permitted, to the
height of twenty feet or more, and is still in flower this present month
of November.
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PLATE CCCXLIII.
BLANDFORDIA CORDATA.
_Heart-shape-leaved Blandfordia._
CLASS V. ORDER I.
_PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA._ Five Chives. One Pointal.
GENERIC CHARACTER.
CALYX. Perianthium monophyllum, semiquinquefidum; laciniis concavis,
ovatis, obtusis, erectis; persistens.
COROLLA. Petala quinque, oblongo-linearia, subtruncata, patentia, calyci
inserta.
_Nectarium_ urceolatum, membranaceum, germen cingens; limbo
quinque-lobo, laciniis clavatis, capitatis.
STAMINA. Filamenta nulla. Antheræ quinque, subrotundæ, didymæ; nectarii
margini, inter lacinias limbi, affixæ.
PISTILLUM. Germen subrotundum. Stylus brevissimus, erectus. Stigma
obsoletum.
PERICARPIUM. Capsula oblonga, unilocularis, bivalvis.
SEMINA plurima, minuta, glabra.
EMPALEMENT. Cup one leaf, half-five-cleft; Segments concave, egg-shaped,
blunt, upright; remaining.
BLOSSOM. Five petals, oblong-linear, appearing rather cut off at the
ends, spreading, inserted into the cup.
_Honey-cup_ pitcher-shaped, skinny, surrounding the seed-bud; border
five-lobed, segments club-shaped, and headed.
CHIVES. Threads none. Tips five, roundish, double; fixed, between the
segments of the border, upon the margin of the honey-cup.
POINTAL. Seed-bud roundish. Shaft very short, upright. Summit obsolete.
SEED-VESSEL. Capsule oblong, one cell, two valves.
SEEDS many, small, smooth.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Blandfordia foliis cordatis, reticulatis, crenato-dentatis, floribus
spicatis.
Blandfordia with leaves heart-shaped, netted, and between scolloped and
toothed; flowers grow in spikes.
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
1. The Cup, natural size.
2. The same, magnified.
3. A Petal, magnified.
4. The Honey-cup, with the Chives, magnified.
5. The same, spread open, shewn from the outside.
6. The same, shewn from the inside.
7. The Seed-bud, natural size.
8. The same, magnified.
The Blandfordia cordata was first observed by Mr. J. Fraser, in the year
1786, on the banks of the Savannah river, near its source, in Georgia,
North America; but was not introduced to us until the year 1800, when it
was brought to England, amongst many other novelties, by that gentleman.
It is, as are most of the plants of that country, rather too tender to
resist the severity of our winters; and should be protected, either in
the green-house, or in the coolest and shadiest part of the hot-house;
where, if it is kept the year through, it will flourish, and flower
about the month of June. It is increased by parting the roots about
April; delights in moisture and shade; thriving most in a light peat
soil, with a small mixture of sandy loam. This plant, from its general
habit, would at first sight be taken for a species of Tiarella, or
Heuchera, to both which it bears great resemblance, being all, likewise,
natives of the same clime; but the strongly differing characters, in the
parts of fructification, prevent its being placed to either of those
genera. The honey-cup, it is true, might, perhaps, with reason, be
considered as the connected threads of ten chives, and what we take to
be the segments of its border, set down as so many sterile ones to make
up this number. Thus, the plant would be transmuted to the XVI class;
but, from our best judgment, we have placed it, as above, in the V.
Our figure is from a specimen communicated by the Right Hon. the Marquis
of Blandford, from his magnificent gardens at White Knights, near
Reading, Berks. Little need be urged for the propriety of our naming a
plant from the Marquis of Blandford; and thus, dedicating this small
part of our labours to his lordship; as few, at present, patronize the
science, through all its branches, with so much vigour and liberality,
or who have equal knowledge in its theory and practice.
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PLATE CCCXLIV.
EPIDENDRUM ENSIFOLIUM.
_Sword shaped-leaved Epidendrum._
CLASS XX. ORDER I.
_GYNANDRIA DIANDRIA._ Chives on the Pointal. Two Chives.
ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.
NECTARIUM turbinatum, obliquum, reflexum.
HONEY-CUP top-shaped, oblique and reflexed.
See Pl. XIII. Vol. I. EPIDENDRUM COCHLEATUM.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Epidendrum scapo tereti, lævi; foliis ensiformibus; petalis lanceolatis
glabris; labio lanceolato, recurvato, maculato.
Epidendrum with a round smooth stem; leaves sword-shaped; petals
lance-shaped, smooth; lip lance-shaped, recurved and spotted.
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
1. The lip, detached from the flower.
2. A Flower from which the lip has been separated.
The Sword-shaped-leaved Epidendrum is a native of China and Japan, was
cultivated, before 1792, in the gardens of the Marchioness of
Rockingham, at Hillindon, Middlesex. It has more the habit and character
of Limodorum than Epidendrum, to which genus it was first placed; and,
like the Epidendrum sinense of this work, Plate CCXVI. Vol. III.
requires but little heat to keep it in health; preferring a sandy loam
to any other matter, for its nourishment. It, like the forenamed, and
several other species of this genus, or rather of the genus Limodorum,
not being thick-leaved, or parasitic, where indigenous, are of
consequence much easier preserved and increased than those of that
description. Its flowers, which are produced in September or October,
are very fragrant, particularly in the evening, continue in perfection
above a month. It is propagated by parting the roots in the month of
May.
Our drawing was made from a plant in the Hibbertian Collection.
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PLATE CCCXLV.
HYACINTHUS CORYMBOSUS.
_Linear-leaved Cape Hyacinth._
CLASS VI. ORDER I.
_HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA._ Six Chives. One Pointal.
GENERIC CHARACTER.
CALYX nullus.
COROLLA monopetala, campanulata; limbus sexfidus, reflexus.
_Nectarium_; pori tres melliferi ad apicem germinis.