PLAT E LXXXV. 



MAH 



RN 



A 



OD 



RATA. 



Sweet Maliernia, 



CLASS 



y 



ORDER 



V 



PENTANDRIJ PENTJGYNIJ 



Five Chives. Five Pointak 



GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Calyx. Perianthium monopetalum, quinque- 

 fidum, campanulatumj dentibus fubulatis, 

 longioribusj perfi'ftens. 



Corolla. Petala quinque, cordata, oblonga, 

 patentia, caljce duplo longiora. 



quinque, obcordata, pedicellata. 



Xe/t 



una 



germen cingentia, calyce breviora. 



Stamina. ^ Filamenta quinque, capillaria, nec- 

 tario iufidentla, calyce breviora. Antherae 

 oblongac, acurainatae, eredx. 



PiSTiLLUM. Germen fubpedicellatum, obova- 

 tuni, quinquangulum. Styli quinque, fe- 

 tacei, erca;, longitudine petalonim. Stig- 

 mata fimplicia. 



Pericakpium. Capfula ovata, quinquelocu- 



Jaris, quinquevalvis. 

 Semin-a nonnulla, reniformia. 



Empalement. Cup one leaf, five-cleft, bell- 



fhaped; the teeth awl-ihaped, and longer; 

 remaining. 



Blossom. Five petals, heart-fhaped, oblong, 

 fprcading, twice the length of the cup. 

 Honey-cup five, inverfely heart-fhaped, hav- 

 ing little foot-ftalks, embracing the feed- 

 bud, fhorter than the cup. 



Chives. Five threads, hair like, fitting on the 

 honey-cups, fhorter than the cup. Tips 

 oblong, tapered to a point, and upright, 



PoiNTAL. Seed- bud fupported on a very Ihort 

 foot-ftalk, inverfely egg fhaped, five-angled. 

 Shafts five, like briftles, upright, the length 

 of the petals. Summits finiple. 



Seed VESSEL. Capfule egg- fhaped, five cells, 

 five valves. 



Seeds a few, kidney- fliaped. 



l#„i • n- , SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



Mahernia folus lanceolatis, glabris, apice den- 



tatisi pedunculis biflonsi corollis luteis. 



odorauffimis. 



Mahernia 



toothed at the end j foot-ftalks bearing two 

 flowers; the bioflbms yellow and veryfweet. 



I. The cup, (natural fize). 



PREFERENCE TO THE PLATE 



2. 

 3. 



4. 

 5. 



The Chives, Honey-cups, and Pointals, as they ftand in the flower. 

 The nuue, wuh the Chives thrown back, as far as the flight jundion 



will permit, without tearincr ^ 



A Chive with its honey-cup, (magnified). 

 Ilie beed-bud and Pointals, (magnified). • 



of die honey-cup 



undoubtedly very ni^h .ffi^? ' u ''' ^^^" ^""'''"Sed as Herniannias, to which they arc 



bcint;. in this. ^ teed on Ton "" Z^ '^'"'^''''^ ^'^>^^"-' ^^^^ ^" '^^ ^^^^^^^^'- ^^ '^' '^''''' 



however of the innction nf H.-^r *'''^''' ? """^ vvantlng in the other; the fame natural appearance 



in clamfication- the 1.7k ^^/"'".^"'"^ '° °^»^ ^^^ificial fyftem, they are throw^n to a wide diftance 

 odoratais fr.>m WL'nf r 7'" '^^ ^^'^' '^^ ^^^er in the fixteenth clafs ! The Mahernia 

 » but a fliort-Hvcd rLnh r ^ ""''^ ^^' ^^""^ '" ^""^^^ *" ^"S^^"'^ ^^out the. vear 1792- ^^ 

 tingsi which fljould b^ made abcnr !h''v'"'? """^ ^^ '''^'^ ^"^^^ ^^° >^^^"' ^^ ^^'^^' ^""^"^ ""'' 

 %U1 by this means beconr<.l^ f V ,^'"'""^ ""^ ^^^'''^'' ^"^ P^^^^^ «" ^ g^"tle hot-bed, they 

 that of the Jonquil it contTmT 7^ ^ ^^' midfummer. The flavour of the bioflbms is exaaiy 



€oUc6Kons, although from it^ dtff ' '^"°"°^ '^^ ^'^""^^ 7"^^'' ^"^ ''' ^' Y^' »« ^« ^^""^ ^'^ ^"'^ 



earth, of old cow dunir and U f '''"'^^''^^"'^ ^^ have no doubt of feeing it foon in moft. Rich 



the nurfery Hammerfmith \nZT\'T '"^ ^"^ '^" ^""'^ '' "^^^ ^^'^'- ^^ ''^^^'^^g ''^' "'^'^^ "' 



