ATRAGENE - CAPENSIS. 
ee oe | | Cape Atragene. 
CLASS XIll. 
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ies Perianthium tetraphyllum; foliolis 
us, patentibus, obtufis, diciduis 
Potala _ linearia, bafi an- 
a, obtufa, p: 
| Seats. “Filieacah bei, breviffima. An- 
_. theree oblong, acumenatz. 
LUM. Germina plurima oblonga. Styli 
fi. fimplicia, longitudine 
ov: 
: _ Conora. 
/definentia in caudam pilofam. 
one = aS 
y may as eafily be 
land; whence it requires a 
: eae eae! 
-POLYANDRIA POLYGYNIA. Many Chives. Many Pointals. 
GENERIC CHARACTER. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER, 
ternatis; foliolis incifis, dentatis, Atragene, with three divifions; the fmaller di- 
os to, femipleno. vifions jagged, toothed, and harfh; the 
flower fleth-coloured, and femidouble.— 
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mare, 5 TO THE PLATE. 
ie. 
d by Burmann, Hermann, and other Cape botanifts, as an Anepent, a 
) referred as Atragene: but as it has been clearly de- 
poet by Linus, under that genus, we have not‘hardinefs enough to difpute his authority. It is 
as the trivial name implies) a native of the Cape of Good Hope, but at fome confiderable diftance 
berg dry ftove to preferve it, fuffering much from damps. It is only 
the yee, 1795, that this plant has been found in our greenhoufes; being then introduced by 
Lee and Kennedy, nurferymen, where it has flowered and perfected feeds; which feems | 
only means of propagating it: ba a al vering 
ORDER VII. 
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Empatement. Cup four-leaved, which —— 
preading, blunt, and deciduous. : 
Biossom. Petals twelve, linear, narroweft at 
bafe, blunt, and fpread open. 
Cuives. Threads many, very fhort. Fl 
, pointed. 
Wrerss: Seed-buds numerous, oblong. q 
hairy. Summits fimple, the length 
tips. 
Srep-vesseL. Non 
SzEps many, siihivaiied ina hairy tail. 
bry 
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is a mixture of peat and loam; Howe 
