7 PLATE XXXII. 
DIOSMA LATIFOLIA. 
— Broad-leaved Diofma. 
| CLASS ¥. COR DER: 4, 
PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIZA. Five Chives. One Pointal. 
GENERIC 
~ Caxyx. Perianthium quinquepartitum; laciniis 
tenuibus, acutis, perfiftentibus; bafi plana. 
Corotta. Petala quinque, ovata, obtufa, fef- 
ia, ereCto-patula. 
ectarium corone forma, excavatum, quin- 
_ quefidum, obtufum, germini impofitum. 
Stamina. Filamenta quinque, fubulata. An- 
therz fubovate, ereétx.” . 
Pistiztum. Germen coronatum neétario. Sty- 
lus fimplex, longitudine ftaminum. Stigma 
obfoletum.. 
Pericarrium. Capfulz quinque, ovato-acumi- 
nate, compreffz, margine introrfum coali- 
te, apicibus diftantes, futura fuperiori de- 
hifcentes. 
CHARACTER. 
EmpaLemMent. Cup of four divifions; fegments 
thin, fharp, and permanent; fmooth at the 
bafe. 
Biossom. Five petals, egg-fhape, blunt, fitting 
clofe, erect, and open. 
Honey-cup crown-fhaped, hollow, with five 
divifions, blunt, fixed on the feed-buds. 
Cuives. Five threads, awl-fhaped. Tips nearly 
egg-fhaped, upright. 
Ponta. Seed-bud crowned by the honey- 
cup. Shaft fimple, the length of the chives. 
Summit blunt. 
Seep-vesseL. Five capfules, egg-fhaped, point- 
ed, flattened, joined together by the inner 
edge, the points ftanding apart, fplitting 
at the upper future. 
= Semrna folitaria, oblonga. : Seeps folitary, oblong. 
Arillus elafticus, hinc dehifcens; fingulum Seed-coat elaftic, fplitting from hence, and 
Pg involvens femen. inclofing a fingle feed. 
SPECIFIC 
~ Diofma, foliis oppofitis, ferratis, ovalibus, la- 
tiffimis ; floribus terminalibus, albidis, fef- 
filibus. 
1. A Bloffom complete. 
CHARACTER. 
Diofma with oppofite leaves, fawed, oval, and 
very broad; fiowers terminal, white, and 
fitting clofe to the branches. 
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE. 
2. The Chives and Pointal, with the furrounding Seed-buds and Honey-cups. 
3. The Pointal, natural fize, with the Empalement attached. 
4. The fame magnified. 
5. A Seed taken from its coat. 
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, of moft of the fpecies, and the beauty of the flowers of others, has rendered them fo common, (being 
_ eafily propagated by cuttings) that few colleétions but have a number of the different fpecies. They 
Yather more warmth than the reft. It was fent to the royal gardens at Kew, about the year 1791, by 
_Mr. F. Maffon, to whofe induftry botany ftands fo much indebted. Of all the Diofmas this is the 
s about the month of Auguft. 
= ‘Tare are few genera of plants more deferving our notice than Diofma; the fragrance of the leaves ° 
are all very hardy greenhoufe plants, the prefent fpecies excepted; this, requiring a dry fituation, and - 
: higheft grower, afpiring to three or four feet, or more, if encouraged; delights in peat earth, and ; 
