PLATE LXXX. 



BUCHNERA FCETIDA 



Stinking Biichnera. 



CLASS 



XIV. 



ORDER 



II 



DinYNJMIJ JNGIOSPERMU. Two Chives longer. Seeds covered. 



GENERIC CHARACTER 



Calttx. rerianthium monophyllum, quinque- 

 dentatum, fcabrum, perfiftens. 



Corolla monopetala 5 tubus longiffimus, fili- 



forinis, arcuatus 5 limbus planus, quin- 

 quefidus^ gequalis 5 lacinlis duabus fnpe- 

 rioribus reflexis, tribus inferioribus corda- 



tis, fubaeqnalibus. 



Stamina. Filamf^nta qiiatuor, breviffima, in 



fauce corollx, quorum duo fuperiora extra 

 prominentia. Antherae oblongo^, obtufae, 



TisTiLLUM. Gernien ova to- obi on gum. Stylus 





filiformis, longitudlne tubi. 

 tufiim. 



Stigma ob- 



Pericarpium. Capfula ovato-oblonga, acumi- 

 nata, tecla, bilocularis, apice bifarium de- 

 hifcens; diflcplmentum contrarium. 



SemisJa numerofa, angulata. 

 Receptaculum medio dilTepimenti adnatum 



Empa LEMENT. Cup onc leaf, five-toothed, rough, - 



and remaining. 

 Blossom one petal; tube very long, thread- 

 fliaped, and arched; border flat, five-cleft, 

 equal J the two upper divifions reflexed, 

 the three under ones heart-fhaped, nearly 



equal. 

 Chivks. Threads four, very fliort, in the mouth 



of the bloffom, of which the two upper 



protrude without. Tips oblong, blunt. 

 Pointal. Seed bud oblong egg-ihaped. Shaft 



thread-fliaped, the length of the tube. 



Summit blunt. 

 Seeb-vessel. Capfule oblong-egg-fliaped, ta- 

 peredj covered, two cells, and fpllttingat 

 the point in two; the partition oppofite to 



the valves. 

 Seeds numerous, and angular. 

 Receptacle fixed to the middle of the partition. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER* 



Buchnera, foliis laclniatls, oppofitis, foetidif- 

 fimis; flores umbellulati, terrainales. 



Buchnera, with leaves appearing torn, oppo- 

 fite and very ftlnking; flowers terminate 

 the branches in fmall umbels. 



REFERENCE TO THE PLATE. 



1, The Empalement, 



2, A Flower cut open, to expofe the fituation of the Chives 



3. The Pointal magnified. 



4. A ripe Seed-veflel. 



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This fpecies of Buchnera is an annual, and a native of the Cape of Good Hopej from whence. It 

 was introduced to England in tlie year 1795, by MefTrs. Lee and Kennedy. It fhould be ralfed with 

 other tender annual'; in fpring, and kept, either to ornament the greenhoufe with them in pots, or 

 planted in a warm part of the flower border, about the beginning of June. It will begin to flower 

 about July, and generally has perfeaed feeds by September j although, it ^^ill continue to bloom till 

 deftroyed by the froft, as there is a conflant fuccefllon of bloflbms. 



