■i 



their fidcii and attached tORetlte r bj" their pointed memhraitout npt : rmbr« r; 



of fructification, and on itirit infide toward* il* top having two yellow membranou* l*>o»U, 



connerlcd together by itieit back*, formed (o embrace the aiiihcnc in their natural bunion. 



Column or TUB HVCMPCiTlO* rather Ihortcr ilun tlte nectaries. G.-'«n«i two. fuiiciior. dif. 

 Unci, clofe together, final I. ovate, fn>ooth. green, fuirounuYd at die bale with a fimplc leriei 

 of numerous probably nectariferous gland.. St } itt two. wry fhort. united, villous ictminating 

 in one denfely vfllow, eotii<al. obtufc and not truncated body, on whoft fide* lUnd Gk gUndt, 

 alirmatr with tlic potion* of die nectary, dark purple, with one ■nmen on each We- A*tbv* 

 Iwo to each gland, curved upward*, divaricating, obovatc. pellucid, yellow, with fcatccly any 

 difccrniblc pollen. StigWI nbfoklc. 



OBSERVATIONS. 



In ilm natural Older the eflentW ptftl of fructification ate more than commonly obfeure. Thai 

 pfaM, ,f lay doc*, belong* to the Gynandria. u perhaps do all the true »M»t r, wtiofc anther* 

 indeed have a wonderful affinity, in appearance aa well a* in lirueiurc. with thofc of ihc Orchi* 

 tribe. I decline. huwever, all reformation a* to clab and order till tbcfc planit arc better 



undeifloecL 



Tlic garden* of the Eafl Indies bcofl a plant, cultivated for id agreeable fragrance, and commonly 

 called Uk W,j1 Gsjf Oitftr. Thb a extremely like our Chine fe one. fo aa fiarcely to be 

 deemed a variety, and wm brought to the Kcw garden about the fame lime ; nor dors it differ 

 from our*, except in having fomcwlut rounder leaves and more tawny towel*. For Indian 

 foramens of tlic lalt-mcnUOncd I am obliged lo my friend Dr. Roxburgh, who named ha 

 pUnt P. odoraiilbtna, a name 1 rcUm (or both kind*. That of P. torocWufa is not tenable. The 

 fpecimen in ll* herbarium of Uamm » Indeed our pl.i.t from China, from whence it appear* 

 10 have been bnwgln to the Uptd garden. To thi* belong* the delcriplion in the Mannfla, 

 where the team are. .** much amifs-defcribed as fmooth. but the fceofic chara-ler. and 

 place of growth. teUle lo a widely different plant, the Afclrpia* cordata of Forlkall [IW. S,mh. 

 !.»•.), whore leave, are dotted wiih extremely thick down (*i in the «*»*/•« ""barium) ; 

 and it appear* from rorlkall's defcnplion. in liit Hra A\vfl- *"** «• th " lbc A™*"* rf 

 i» llowen perfectly agree* with Afckpias. 



EXPLANATION or the FIGURE. 



i. Calyx. 



;. BofcoftlicCorolla. 



3, Corolla forcibly r.panded. 



4 Organ* of fructification furrounded by the ncclaries. 



5. Oik of the bodie* » hicii winpofr the external nefiary . 



6. 1 he fame magnified. 



7. A leaf of the Interna] nectary, magnified, (ccn externally. 



8. Tlic fame internally. 



0. Column o) ill.- fructification, 



10. ThetuBi 



11. Sun"... a 



is. Gcrmem runounded wlthgUnd*. 



