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CLASS XIX. 
LATE Fz. 
SPECIOCISSIMUM. 
“Largeft flowering Everlafting Flower. 
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ORDER i. 
= YNGENESIA POLYGAMIA SUPERFLUA. Tips united. Superfluous Pointals. 
- Canrx. Communis imbricatus; fquamis lan- 
ceolatis, quarum intime difco longiores, 
membranacez, nitide, radium conftituen- 
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tes, 
Conoxs.. ~ Compofita inaequalis; corollule 
hermaphrodite plurimz, tubulofé in difco. 
eminez pauciores, tubulatz, in ambitu. 
Propria hermaphroditis infundibuliformis, 
calyce longe brevior; limbo quinquefido, 
patulo, 
Femineis tubulofa, longitudine hermaphro- 
diti, quinquefida, minus equalis. 
| Stamina. Hermaphroditis filamenta quinque, 
. Anthere cylindracea, tubu- 
lofa, longitudine fere corollule. 
Pistittum. Hermaphroditis germen breve. 
Stylus filiformis, ftaminibus longior. Stig- 
ma bifidum. 
Femineis germen ut in hermaphroditis. 
Stylus filiformis, longitudine hermaphrodi- 
torum. Stigmata duo, oblonga reflexa. 
‘Penicarrium nullum. Calyx vix mutatus. 
 Semina oblonga, corona’ 
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= SPECIFIC 
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GENERIC CHARACTER. 
EmpaLcemMent. Common tiled; fcales fpear- 
fhaped, the inner ones longer than the ditk, 
fkinny, fhining, and forming the ray of the 
flower. 
Brossom. Compound, unequal; florets with 
chives and pointals numerous and tubular 
in the diik. Female florets fewer, and tu- 
bular in the circumference. 
Individuals with chives and pointals funnel- 
fhaped, much fhorter than the empalement; 
border with five clefts, fpreading. 
Individuals with only pointals, tubular the 
length of the hermaphrodites, five cleft, 
and rather fmaller. 
Cuives. The threads in the hermaphrodites are 
fiye, and very fmall. Tips forming a cylin- 
der, tubular almoft the length of the florets. 
Pointat. Seed-bud of the hermaphrodites 
fhort. Shaft thread-fhaped, longer than 
the chives. Summit cloven. 
Seed-bud of the female florets the fame as 
the hermaphrodites. Shaft thread-{haped 
the length of the hermapirodites. Sum- 
mits two, oblong and bent back. 
SgED-vEssEL none. Empalement. fcarcely 
changing. 
SeEps oblong, and crowned with a feather. 
Recerracre naked, flatifh, and dotted. 
CHARACTER. 
Everlafting flower with an upright fhrubby fiem ; ; 
leaves embracing the ftem, lance-fhaped, 
and three-nerved; brancheswith one flower, 
and nearly naked. 
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REFERENCE TO THE PLATE. 
1. An Hermaphrodite floret, (natural fize). 
2. The Chives, Pointal, and Seed-bud, (magnifie 
3. The Pointal, and Seed-bud from a female aR  congnified. 
neverthelefs, a very fearce plant, being 
i The blot- 
