PLATE XXVI. 
CRASSULA ODORATISSIMA. 
Sweet-fcented Craffula. 
ChAGS VY. ORDER V. 
PENTANDRIA PENTAGYNIA. Five Chives. 
Five Pointals, 
GENERIC CHARACTER. 
Caryx. Perianthium pentaphyllum; foliolis 
anceolatis, canaliculato-concavis, ereétis, 
acutis, conniventibus in tubum, perfiften- 
; tibus. 
Corotra. Petala quinque, unguibus longis, 
‘linearibus, re@tis, conniventibus, reflexo- 
patentibus, 
NeGaria quinque; ; fingulum fquamula 
minima, emarginata bafi germinis extror- 
um annexa. 
|‘ Sramiwa. Filamenta quinque, fubulata, Jon- 
gitudine tubi, _ unguibus corolle inferta. 
Anthere fi 
Pistiztum. Germina quinque, oblonga, acu- 
‘Minata, definentia in ftylos fubulatos, lon- 
gitudine ftaminum. Stigmata obtufa. 
Penicareium. Capfule quinque, oblonge, 
acuminate, rete, comprefi, longitudi- 
naliter introrfum dehifcentes, 
Semina plura, parva. 
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SPECIFIC 
Craffula foliis oppofitis, Seaimahtin cili- 
atis, linearibus; floribus capitatis, odora- 
_ tiffimis, luteis. 
EmpaLeMeNnT. Cup of five leaves; the {mall 
leaves are lance-fhaped, concave and chan- 
nelled, upright, fharp, formed into a tube, 
Petals five, claws long, linear, up- 
right, joined together, bent back, and 
fpreading. 
Honey-cups five, each confifting of a fal 
{cale notched at the end, and fixed on the 
outfide the bafe of each feed-bud. 
Cuives. Five threads, awl-fhaped, the length of 
the tube, fixed into the claws of the bloffom. 
Tips fimple. 
Pointat. Seed-buds five, oblong, pointed, end- : 
ing in awl-fhaped fhafts, the length of te & 
chives. Summits blunt. 
Seep-vesseL. Five capfules, oblong, pointed, — 
upright,. preffed together, and opening in- 
wards along the feam. 
Seeps, many, {mall. 
CHARACTER. 
Craffula with oppofite leaves that embrace the 
ftem, fringed and linear; the flowers grow 
in bunches, are fweet-fcented and yellow- 
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~snertocagdel TO THE PLATE. 
t: The Empalement. 
Se A Bloffom cut open to — the infertion of the threads. 
3. One Petal of the bloffom 
4. The five Pointals as they fand in the bloffom, with their honey-cups attached to ie | 
: bottom of the Seed-b 
5. One Pointal (magnified). 
Tue Craffala Odoratiffima is a nati 
the year 1794, but did not flowe 
_ that by many it may be deemed 
‘the flavour i 1s nearly affined to the tuberofe. 
ed and flowers from March, 
the common greenhoufe with vy 
at Meffts, Lee and Kennedy's, wader 
till May or June. 
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ive of the Cape of Good Hope, was introduced to our gardens about 
r till 1796. The fcent of this plant at night is fo very pow 
almoft offenfive, though by others it is confidered as moft agreeable; 
This is not a very fhewy plant, growing about 4 
It is moft eafily propagated by cuttings, lives — 
and in almoft any fort of earth. ‘This figure was ™ 
Hammerfmith, where the plant was firft raifed. © 
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