PLATE CXIII. 



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Tiled-leaved Struthiola. 



CAT A. 



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CLASS 



IV. 



ORDER 



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TETRANDRTA MONOGYNIA. Four Chives 



One Pointal. 



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GENERIC CHARACTER. 



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.Calyx, nullusj nifi Ira^eas ful germine fro 

 calyce ajffiimas^ 



Corolla monopetala, marcefcens; tubus fili- 

 formis, elongatusj llmbus quadripartitus, 

 planus, tubo breviorj laciniis ovatis. 



Ncaarlum, glanduLie quatuor, feu o6lo, 



ovata?, fauci circumpofitae, penlcillo proprio 



cin£lac. 



Stamina. Filamenta quatuor, breviifima, intra 

 tubum ocultata. Antherae lineares. 



PjsTiLLUM. Germen ovatiim. Stylus filifor^' 

 mis, longitudlne tubi. Stigma capitatum, 

 hifpidum. 



Pericaepium coriaccum, ovatum, uniloculars 

 Semen unicum, acutiufculum. 



Empalement, nonej unhfs you take the floral 

 lea-ves at the hqfe of the fee d^ bud for the cup. 



Blossom one petal, withering; tube thread- 

 ihaped, lengthened; border of four divi- 

 fions, flat, fliorter than the tube; fegments 

 egg -fliaped. 



Honeycup, four or eight oval glands, placed 

 round the mouth of the bloifom, each being 

 furrounded by its brufh of hairs. 



Chives. Four threads, very fliort, hid within 

 the tube. Tips linear. 



Pointal. Seed bud egg-fhaped. Shaft thread- 

 fhaped, the length of the tube. Summit, a 

 hairy knob. 



Seed-vessel leathery, egg-ihaped, of one cell 

 Seed one, a little pointed. 



Struthiola follis ovato-acuminatis, concavis, im- 

 bricatis, glabris, marglne ciliatisj^landul^e 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 





quatuor fupra faucem. 





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Struthiola with oval leaves, tapering to a point, 

 • concave, tiled, fmooth, and hairy at the 

 edges J four glands upon the mouth of the 

 bloflbm. 



EEPERENCE TO THE PLATE. 



1. A Flower with its floral leaves, or cup. 



2. The floral Leaves or Cup, magnified. 



3. A Flower cut open, magnified. 



4. The Seed-bud, Chives^ a nd Pointal, magnified. 



'liilTZ'l^V^^c'' ^'Tu '^'" ^''' Species yet rnovvn,las been but llightly confidered. ^ Linn^us, 

 S eaa whit'..?"?' f 'r^"' ''^"" '' '' P^'^^^^-^ '' - t™^' the h-bits of S. virgata, and 

 1 J tf /ucl ^coir^l t "^'^ ^■""^'" '' '''' '■^-^ ^-^^ -^^ '^^ only two he had fet, might 

 kg plant and Xr ^.1 K^ l""' '""" '^'^^^^^ ^^ ^^^^^ - ^-^ '^---S^' all taken from Hv- 



Tn'IorT:^^^^^^ '^ brought forward in due courfe, we confider them! as perfeftly diftina, 



in rnef Id 1 ;. p, " ""'^^ '^' '"™^^^ '' ^^^^-^ The acute and diligent Willdenow. 

 lb Wil "^rfl^^^^^ %- from Thunberg, S.c, but lorn his notes of 



above named.' Th cha^^'; '.'^t^h k^'" ^""^ ^^ '"^'^ ^^^^^"^^"^ "^ ^"^^ ""''' ^'^ '^' 

 are, firft t cud of twT T ^'^ '"'^ ^^^'"^^ ^^"^ g^^"« to differ from Gnidia and Paflerina, 



fecondly the honevmn 7 ' ^^ ^'^^ ""^ *^^ bloflbm, and joined together at the bottom; 



feated, four or eH ^ m".^ ? T^'''' """^"^^ '' '^' -^^h of the flower, and upon which are 



plant, and very fubiea to bTdn^ au ^^^^^ '° '^^ ^"^^ ^ ^^9^' ^' '' ^ lender green-hoafe 



fummer, and kept in an a" ^^'f ^^ '^^^' therefore, fliould be proteded from too ranch rain la 



niouth of May or Jan^ J7/^'l/l ^f ^°"^^ '"^ '^^''ter. It is propagated by cuttings made ir *>-- 



loam. The fl';:;'rof ^1^ t'weli? fl " '^'^' '^"'^ ^^^^ "^^^^ ^^^ ^^^^ -^ ^^'^^ ^^ 



the 



evening 



peculiarity 



retting 



V. ^.^..^...^.j *.»grant in the 

 flavour till morning. An 



in partiaUar, is, that they flower twice TnTK . '"'''^''^ '"^ ^'' '^'"'^ ^^"^^^"^^ ' 



tember, in which month, kft year onr , ^'"'^ ""' "^^ '^"'^'^ ^^ ^^'''^' '''^ ' 



ronimoD. "^ ' ^^^ drawing was made, from the Hibtiertian colleai 



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