PLATE DLXXV. 



M ARTYNIA 



Diandrous 



IA 



uma. 



RA 





CLASS XIV 



ORDER II 



DIDYNAMIA ANGIOSPERMIA. Two Chives longer. Seeds covered. 



ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Calyx 5-fidus. Corolla ringens. Capsula IW. 



nosa, corticata, rostro hamata, 4-locularis> 

 4-valvis. 



I 



Calyx five-cleft. Corolla gaping. Capsule woody, 

 covered, with a hooked beak.; 4 divisions, 

 and 4 openings. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



Martynia caule ramoso, foliis oppositis, corda- 

 tis, dentatis, floribus diandris. mild. Sp 



PL 



Maktynia with the stem branching, leaves oppo- 

 site, heart-shaped, and toothed, and flowers 

 diandrous. 



REFERENCE TO THE PLATE. 



1. The empalement. 



2. The chives. 



3. Peed-bud and pointaL 



4. The capsule. 





V/s are glad to have an opportunity 

 with in our collections. Martvnia , 



kept in the hothouse, or a glass frarn€ . with . ^ £ ^ ~»' *« <*«. »d quires to be 



«he Martynia proboscidea. Of the feores t |,a, hZ h f k mU ' the Sam ° ddica * e '"""" ° 



Hortus Schoenbrunnensis, vol. iii pS , T f t" J"" PUb " SlKd ° f '"' ** ° f J ^ Ui " " * 



A. R T,, m h„. ... :_ C, • P ' a ' e 289 ' ,s *>y far the best. A specimen was communicated bjr 



Lambert 



winter, and f rom which the present figure is taken. 



annuals. 



Mai 



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