PLATE LXXIX. 



CROWEA SALIGNA 



Willoiv 'leaved Crowea. 



CLASS 



X, 



ORDER 



I. 



DE CANDRIJ MONOGYNIA. Ten Chives. One Polntal. 



GENERIC CHAKACTER. 



Calyx. Perianthium monophyllum, qumque- 



partitura, laciniis ovatis. 

 Corolla. Petala quinque, ovata^ feflilia^ erec- 



to-patula. 

 Stamina. Filamenta decera, plana, fubulata, 



pilis intertextis connexa, piftillum obvol- 



ventia. Autherae longitudinallter fikmen- 



tis e parte interior! adnatae. 

 PisTiLLUM. Germen fuperuni. Stylus erec- 



tus, cylindricus, breviffimus, e bafi ger- 



minls. Stigma capitatum. 



1 



Pekicarpium. Capfnlac quinque, ovato-acu- 



minatae, extrorfum coalitae, apicibus dif- 

 tantes, 



Semina folitaria^ reniformia, glabra, arlllata. 



II 



Empalement. Cup oneleaf, with five divilions, 

 the fegments egg- fliaped. 



Blossom. Five petals, egg-ihaped, fitting clofe 

 in the cup, upright and fpreading. 



Chives. Ten threads, flat and awl-ihaped, in- 

 terwove together by hairs, covering the 

 pointal. Tips growing longitudinally from 

 tlie inner part of the threads. 



Pointal. Seed-bud above. Shaft upright, cy- 

 linder- fhape, and very fhort, growing 

 from the bafe of the feed buds. Summit 

 a knob. 



Seed-vessel. Five capfules, pointedly-egg- 

 Ihaped, joined on the outfide, and diftant at 

 the ends. 



Seeds folitary, kidney-fiiape, fmooth, and co- 

 vered by an elaftic coat. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



Crowea, foliis lanceolatis, utrlnque glabris, in- 

 tegerrimlsj floribus folitariis, axilaribus. 



Crowea, with lance-fiiaped leaves, fmooth on both 



fides, quite entire 3 flowers grow folitary from 

 the bottom of the leaves clofe to the ftem. 



REFERENCE TO THE PLATE. 



1. The Empalement. 



2. The Chives. 



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3. One Chive detached, natural fize. 



4. The fame magnified to ftiew the fituation of 



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5. The Pointal, natural fize. 



6. The fame magnified. 



7. A ripe vSeed> 



the Tip 



The number of handfome flowering plants from New Holland, already figured in the Botanift's Rc- 

 pofitory 5 leads us to hope, the firft, and indeed moft generally prevailing opinion, that the infignifi- 

 cance of the flowers produced by the plants of that country, rendering them fcarcely worth cultivation 

 for ornament; muft be nearly, if not quite done awayr and we have reafon to think, when farther 



beauty 



. of Its vegetable produaions. The Willow-leaved Crowea we confider as one amongft the 

 many ftrong arguments, to favour our opinion; it is rather a delicate plant, and ihould be kept 

 m a dry and warm part of the greenhoufe, where it will flower from the month of July, till No- 

 vember; growmg three feet high, if planted in light fandy peat; and is eafily propagated by cut- 

 tings Although, this IS the only fpecies at prefent, in cultivation w^ith us; there is little doubt 



^7.1.%"^^ r^^°"'' ^^'"^"^'"^ ""' °^^^^ fP^^'^^' ^^'hi-h we have feen, in the different her- 

 banums from Botany :Bay ; and from the charader of the feeds, much refembling thofe of the Diofma, 



h^ZxcT ^ n 'T^^^ '^'''^' '^' ^^ ^^^^^ ^^-7 foon be pofleffed of many more of this very 

 W fee' ;n?H ^"^I'-^^^^^g^^^ ^^^e from the nurfery at Hammerfmith, where it was raifed 



^tlfn'T^ T\ '^f • ^^' ^'"'"^ '"^^ °^ '"^^ P^^"t' - d-ived from the name of an EngHflx 

 Dotaniit at Ixorwich. Afr Torv.^^ n t:. ,- ^ ^ , . _ 



