PLATE LXXXVIII. 



ERANTHEMUM PULCHELLUM 



Blue -flowered E,r anthenium , 



CLASS 



II. 



ORDER 



I. 



DIANDRU MONOGYNIA. Two Chives 



One Polntal 



GENERIC* CHARACTER. 



Calyx. Perianthium quinquefidum, tubulo- 

 fum, ereftum, membranaceum; perfiftens. 



Corolla monopetala,infundlbuliformis; tubus 



filiformis, longiflimus. Limbus quinque- 



partitas, planus 5 laciniis obovatis, sequa- 

 libus. 



Stamina. Filamenta duo, ad bafin fpiralia, in 

 fliuce corollre. Antherae fubovatae, com- 

 prcflae, extra tubum. 



PisTiLtuM. Germen ovatum, compreflura. 



Stylus filiforrais, longitudine ftamlnum. 



Stigmata duo, inaequalia, ereda. ^ 

 PKKICARPIUM, Capfula fpathulata, compreffa, 



bivalvis, bilocLilaris, diffipimento valvulis 



Empalement. Cup five cleft, tubular, upright, 

 Ikinnj, and remaining. 



Blossom one petal, funnel -lliaped; tube thread- 

 fliaped, and very long. Border divided into 

 five, and flat; the fegments are inverfely 

 egg-fhaped, and equal. 



Chives. Two threads, fpiral at the bafe, at 

 the mouth of the bloflbm. Tips nearly egg- 

 fliaped, flattened, and without the tube. 



Poixtal. Seed bud egg-fhaped and flattened. 



contrano. 



Semina foHtarla, lentiformia. 



the length of the 





Shaft thread fliaped, 



chives. Summits two unequal, and upright. 

 Seed-vessel. Capfule fpatula fliape, flattened, 



two valves, two cells, the partition contrary 



to the valves- 

 Seeds folitary, lentil Ihape. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



Eranthcmum foliis lauceolato-ovatis, nervofis; 

 floribus fpicatis; bracteis lanceolatis, imbri- 



catis. 



Eranthemum w ith lance-fhaped, oval, and ftrongly 

 nerved leaves; the flowers grow in fpikes; 

 the floral leaves are lance -ftiaped, and tiled. 



1. 



2. 



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REFERENCE TO THE PLATE. 



The Empalemcnt, with its four imall leaflets. 



The Bloflbm cut open, to ftiew the part of infertion of the Chives. 



3. One of the Chives, (magnified.) 



4. The Pointal, (natural fize.) 



5. The fame, (magnified.) 



6. The Seed-bud. 

 7« A Seed. 



IriitZtn' '^^^;"Sl^ landing in our aiTcientel talJe^ as a name to different plants; mnft have 

 oecn, hitlierto, confidcved as a tlenrl U^f^^ :.. .ti , . . . ^ ., .- t.„.. u 



rpc< 



■IV 



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ipound 



Hf 



fpri 



tinues to bloifom till May- 



thk drcumftwT if, M Tr' ^'^''"•^^^^'^'^ «" h^ve feen but one imperfea fpecimen ; and from 

 R.,n:ir a!;^l:?^t\'r^!?.•■°."_°^'.''f ■:-''•««■=>. -^ fed, ,u\e dcLinea by future 

 Indeed, had rh#*rK^^oA„- z^. 



d accurate Schreber; 



• 



oportion 



, - . -- -.^ v/ii,in.L,u, iL wouiQ nave Deen as wen , nuv-v., - 



'^uai lunumts, (which mi-ht efcane oHl-rvntion ;,. . aa..^ A^Prhr^en. from 



the 



find 



Juflicia, to which it muclfaffi ' 1 • "^"''"^'""'^ l'^"^^ ^^t a ftronger Gcnerical dillinaion f 

 fituatJon of the chives Our T' }' ^'^^^'' ^^^ '■^S^^^r ihape of the limb of the blofTom, or 

 ^-n^ firft rccnvrd in feeds from n'^'^R ''i' """^"'^ ""^ ^^'^ ^''''^ "^ Coromandel. in the Eaft Indies, 

 moft defirable plant, for althoud/i/h i '?' "** *^^ ^°^^' S''^*^"^ ^^^«'' ^" tlie year 119^. It i« « 

 5U lowering and thriving there ".^^' ^"!l^"''" ^^^^" kept in tlie hot-houfe, we have no doubt from 



fid 



» « 



rnjwr inhabitant of the i c * "' ""J' "'"'"ion ; out tiiat it win loou u*. --- 



Our drawing was m.d. rT , ^^ '' ""''^^ ^^'^ Sreatcft eafe, and certainty, increafed 



g ^ made thxi month, from a plant in flower at the Hammcrfmith nuifciy. 



