PLATE LXXXII. 



ATA 



awed-leaved Banhjia, 



CLASS 



17 



ORDER 



I 



TETRANDRTA MONOGYNIA, Four Ch 



One Pointal 



GENERIC CHAKACTER. Schrch. Gen. Plant. IQl. 



Calyx. Perlanthlum nionophyllumj qaadrifi- 

 dtim, inferum. 



Corolla nionopetala; tubus cylindraceus, brc- 

 viflimns; limbus long'iffimus, quadriparli- 

 tus; lacitiiis linearibus, aplce lanceolatis, 

 interne foveola excavatis, acutls. 





EiMPALEMENT. Cup of oiic leaf, four cleft and 



beneath. 



Stamina. Filamenta nulla, Antherse quatuor, 

 lanceolatae, in foveola laciniarum corollse 



fefli 1 



es. 



I 



PiSTlLLUM. 



Gcmien fuperum, minutmi). Sty- 

 lus filtformis, rigidus, corolla longior. Stig- 

 ma pyramidatum^ acutum. 



Pericarpium. Capfula ovata, feu globofa, lig- 



nofa^ unilocularis, bivalvis. 

 Semina duo, obovata hinc convexa inde plana, 



ala menibranacea terminata. 



Blossom of one petal; tube cylindrical, and 



very fliort 3 border very long, of four divi- 



/ions 5 fegments linear, lance-fliaped at the 



ends, having fmali holes on the infide, 



which are hollowed out and fliarp. 



Chi\ 



ES. 



Threads none. Tips four, hince- 

 fliaped, fitting clofe vvithin the fmall holes 

 of the fegments of the bloffoni. 



PoiN 



TAL. 



Obs.^ In quibufdam fpeciebus feminibus inter- 

 jeaura eft diffepimentum liberum, figura 

 et magnitudine cavitatis loculamenti, co- 

 riaceo-lignofum, femibifidum, Grcetner dc 



frua. 





Seed-bud above and very fmalL 

 Shaft thread-fliaped, ftifF, and longer than 



the bloiTom. Summit pyramidal, and fharp 

 pointed. 



Seed vessel. Capfule egg-fliaped or globular, 



woody, one cell, two valves. 

 Seeds two, inverfely egg-fliaped, convex on the 



one fide and flat on the other, having a 



itinny wing at theend. 

 Obs. In fome fpecles there is found between the 



feeds a loofe partition, the Ihape and fize of 



the hollow of the ceil, tough, woody, and 



half cleft in two. Grcetner on fruits and 

 seeds. 



Bankfia folHs linearibus, in petiolura attenuatis 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



aeqiialiter fcrratis, apice truncatis cum 



mu- 



crone. 



Bankh'a with linear leaves, tapering to the foot- 

 ftalks, equally fawed at the'edge, appearing 

 cut off at the end with a Iharp point. 



1. 

 2. 



REFERENCE TO THE PLATE. 



A Flower, the fumnut not yet efcaped froui the Chives 

 The fame with the fummit relieved^ magnified, to fliew 

 petals, and the fingular fituation of the Chives. 



more clearly the Ihape of the 



3. The Pointal, natural fize. 

 -1. A ripe Seed. 



morityherc to^l^ell^Tl]"^ ^^^-' ^^^ the pre-eminence of fe- 



living' and de d tcte T ."" '"" '^^™'°^^^ ''^"^ ^^^^"-^ '^ Great^Britain. From the 



its difrcrcntl ;rrr:^'"" ^^""^-^' ^^^"' ^^^^ ^--- ^^^s fair to rival Protea in the number of 



hs dilTcrcnt fpecies ; from which, nature feems 'to hav 



e marked but a flight line for Generic diftinc- 



.,.., ...v^vv^u, **c uave lean inecimen* xiMr^T, i • . . ' —..^^^ ..^„.,y 



crcafed by cuttings, and will crow In ^1 T ''"''"^'* ^^ *^"^^'^ ^^^^' ^""^ '^°^^- '^ '' ''" 



fix-1, fomething refemble thofe of the Zue TZ 7^' ?^ ''"'' '^ ^^"'^ '^^ feed-vefl-els are 

 feeds are inclofed in capfulcs which .r...! / '"''''^ ^^'Ser, and the wood more hard: the 



intervals; the fpaces filled up with Zlh^l Tr " T^'^'f^' ^^^^^"^^ f-^" each other, at irregular 



P^^ Ub long harft. threads, and apparently abortive feed-veflbls. 



