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PLATE 



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Creeping Epigcea 



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CLASS 



X. 



ORDER 



I. 



DECJNDRIJ MONOGYNIJ. Ten Chives. One Pointal. 



GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Calyx, rerianthium duplex, approxlmatum 



pe 



iTiftciH, 



P. extcrius tripliyllum j foliolis ovato-lance- 

 olatisj acuminatis] exteriore majore. 



P. hterlus qninqnepartitum, ere6lura, ex- 

 teriore paalo longius; foliolis lanceolatis, 

 acuminatis- 

 CoROLLA mouopetalajiypocratcriformis; tubus 

 cylindricus, intus hirfutus; limbus patens, 

 quinqucpartitus, lobis ovato oblongis. 





Stamina. Filamenla decern, filiformia, longl- 

 tudine tubi. Antherae oblongse, acutae. 



PisTiLLUM. Germenglobofumjvillofum. Stylus 



filiformis, longitudiae ftaminum. Stigma 



obtufum, fubquinquefidum. 

 Pericarpium. CapfuJa fub-globola, depreffa, 



pcntagona, qulnquelocularis, quinquevalvis. 



Semina plurima, fubrotunda. 



Receftaculum magnum quinquepartitum. 



Empalement. Cup double, clofe together, and 

 remaining. 



Outer cup three-leaved; leaflets between 

 lance and egg-fhape, pointed; the outer 



one the largeii. 



Inner cup of five divifions, upright, a litde 



longer than the outer; leaflets lance-fliaped 



and pointed. 



Blossom one petal, falver-fliaped; tube cylin- 

 drical, hairy within; the border fprcading 

 with five divifions, the fegments of an ob- 

 long egg-fliape. 



Chives. Ten thread-fhaped threads the length 

 of the tube. Tips oblong, and tapered. 



PoiNTAL. Seed-bud globular and hairy. Shaft 

 thread-fhaped, the length of the chives. 

 Summit blunt, and flightly five-cleft. 



Seed-vessel. Capfule nearly globular, flattened, 

 five-fided, five cells, and five valves. 



Seeds man}% roundilh. 



Receptacle large, of five divifions. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



Epigoea caulibusprocumbentibus; foliis cordate - 

 ovatis, Integerrimis, reticulatis; corolhs hy- 

 pocratcriformibus. 



Epig^a with ftems that lay on the earth; leaves 

 between heart and egg-fhape, quite endre, 

 and netted; blofToms falver-fliaped. 



REFERENCE TO THE PLATE, 



1. The two Cups of the Empaleraent. 



2. The inner Cup, difengaged from the outer. 



3. A Fjloilom cut open, to flicw its hairy interior. 



4. The Chives and Pointal, as tliey ftand in the BloiTom 



5. The Pointal, (magnified). 



The Creeping Epigaia is Uie only fpecies of the genus yet in Britain ; it was firft Introduced by P. Col- 

 W^C^t^vr^ ;^,^oA r„..^xT ._ . . .^. .-^ ., ^_^,_, z^..,^ Virginia, as far Dortb as 



linfon, Efq. in I 

 Canada. The flower 



March 



uati 



bicd 



perijh from themoifture, or changcablenefs of atmofpher 



fubjeft 



occafional 

 i». Tli 



i>feaai 



during 





'^rv'} "->" "UL uccn procured trom America, the plant mult, long ere uiib, ua»v- • 

 foil whirh appears bell adapted for its prefervation, is a light fandy loam: if pla 



intiic 



- . . '" — — ^v* "^.uauuu, on a cry Doraer; Dut ine moit jiKciy n^^^-* i .^j 



*. br keeping u a^ a gvceulicr.fe plant. It is with ditSculty increafed by cuttings, but may be d.v^ 

 H.mm"^ 7»^^."«^ceLs, In March. Our figure was made at the nurfery of MelT. Lee and Kenoeu), 

 Hfimmrrsn.uh, this year, in the month of April 



