PLATE 



XC. 



SEPTAS CAPENSIS 



Cape Sept as 



CLASS 



vn. 



ORDER 



lY 



HEPTJNDRIA HEPTJGYNU. Seven Chives. Seven Pointals 



GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Calyx. Ferianthium feptcmpartltura, patens, 

 acutnm, pcrfiftens. 



Corolla. Petala feptem, oblonga, sequalia, 



calycc duplo longiora. 

 Stamina. Filamcnta feptem, fubulata, longl- 



tudine caljcis. Antherae fubovatae, ereaae. 



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PisTiLLUM. Germina feptem, oblonga, defi- 

 nentia In Itylos fubulatos, longltudine fta- 

 minum. Stigmata obtufiufcula, 



Peuicarpium. Capfulafeptem^oblongse.acuta^, 



parallelspj univalves. 

 Semina plurlma. 



Empalement, Cup of feven divifions, fpread- 

 ing, Iharp-pointed, and remaining. 



Blossom. Seven petals, oblong, equal, twice 

 the length of the cup. 



Chives. Seven threads, awl-fhaped, the length 

 of the cup. Tips nearly egg fhaped, and 



upright. 



PoiNTAL. Seven feed buds, oblong, and end- 

 ing in awl-ll^aped Ihafts, the length of the 

 Chives. Summits bluntifh. 



Seed-vessel, Seven capfules, oblong, iharp- 

 pointed, parallel, and of one valve. 



Seeds 



many 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



Septas, foliis fubrotundis, crenulatis, oppofitis^ 

 glabrisj radice tuberofa. 



Septas with roundiih leaves, flightly fcoUoped 

 oppofite and fmooth 3 root tuberous. 



REFERENCE TO THE PLATE 



I. The Empalement, 



The Chives, and Pointals, (magnified). 



2. 

 3. 



fize) 



We arc happy in having procured for the entertainment of our botanical friends, a fpecimen of fo 

 lingular a plant as the Septas : %vhich, from the conformity of its conftituent generic charafters in 

 point of numbers, has given it the title it bears and forming for itfelf an order of plants, in whic) 

 Itands alone. No plant is better known t..K^f.r,;(>= fj,.„ c ,_ , .^ .. .t,„„„ »v 



ifts 



Mantiffa of Plukenet, tab. 340: 



fig. 9. The firft plants feen of Septas in England, were purchafed in ro. 



nl ; °' "'•'' ^^ ^^'^''' ^^^ ^"^ ^^""^^>- Hammerfmith. The beginning < 



r^J^fr'l T !f '" ^'"""^ ' P'^"^ ^^ '^' ^°"^a^°" ^^ G. Hibbert, Elq. Clapham 

 Halved fome fine bulb, of it. ^n ,.. ..... r..„„ ..-_ _.„ . . , ' \J^,, f^w plants 



under the 

 of Auguft 

 he hav- 



rhnlTr r v!^"' ^f^ ""''''' ^" '^' ^P^"^"S' ^'-^^ ^^ -°"^^or at the- 



iu a ibte ^f fn'^"'^ that are of equal fize, it is herbaceous, fliould be removed trom its pot wucu 



cf re^v^^'r;:^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^"^^^ -y ^e cut, or parted at'he time 



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