PLATE CXXVI. 



HTBBERTIA VOLUBILIS 



Twining Hibbertia. 



CLASS 



xiir. 



ORDER 



V. 



POLYJNDRIA PENTAGYNIJ. Many Chives. Five Pointals* 



GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Calyx. Perianthium pentaphyllum; foHolis 

 coriaccis, fub-ovatis, concavis, acutis, per- 



fillentibus. 

 CoROtLA. Pctala quinqucj obcordata, calyce 



longiora. 

 Stamina, Filamenta numerofa, filiformia, re- 

 ceptaculo fruftlficationis inferta. Antheroe 

 lincares, cre£tae, emarginatae, 



PistillA. Germlna qulnqiie, ovato-oblonga, 

 delinentia in ftylos flexuofos, longitudine 

 fere ftaminum. Stigmata fimplicia, apice 

 concava. Corpiifculam fubulatum^ mem- 

 branaceum in medio germinum, eorumque 

 longitudine. 



Tericarpium. Capfulae qulnque ovatx, tri- 

 gonse, unlloculares, diftin^Sla?. 



Semi N A pjnrinia, lubrotunda. 



Empalement* Cup five leaves; leaflets touglij 

 nearly egg-fliaped, concave, fliarp, and re^ 



maining. 

 Blossom. Five petals, inverfely heart. lhaped> 



longer than the cup. 

 Chives. Threads numerous, thread-fliaped, 

 fixed Into the receptacle of the fru^lifica- 

 tion. Tips linear,, upright, notched at the 



ends. 

 PoiNTALS* Five feed-buds, between oblong 

 and egg-fliaped, terminating in zig-zaggcd 



the length of the chives. 

 Summits, fimple, and hollowed at the top. 



A 



lliafts, nearly 





fmall awl-fliaped, Ikinny fubthmcein the 

 .__tddleof the feed-buds, and of their length. 



Seed-vessel. Five capfules, egg fliaped, three- 

 fided, one celled, and dittind. 



Seeds many, roundiflu 



STECIFIC CHARACTER. 



Ilibbertia follis obtufe-ferratl'?, obovato-lanceo- 

 latis, floribus foHtariis, feiniibus, foetl- 

 diliimis. 



Plibbertia with obtufely fawed leaves, between 

 lance and inverfely egg fhapedj flowers^grow 



folitary, fitting clofe on the ftera; very fcetid. 



REFERENCE TO THE PLATE. 



1. 

 2. 



The Empalcment. 

 A leaf of the blolTom. 



3. The Ch 



and Pointals. 



1. One Chive, magnified. 



.'5. 



Pointals apart, as they ftand in the center of Chi 



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6. Tlip Pointals fpread open, with tlie fkinny fubftance which ftands In tlieir center 

 7- One of the Pointals, magnified. 



8. A Seed-bud, cut tranfverfely. 



9. A half ripe feed, magnified. 



The Hibbertia volubilis. (as are the three fpecies of which we have feen fpecimens,) is ^'^^^]^^^ 



Holland, near Port Jackfonj was raifed from feeds in many different colletftions near London in 

 year 1792. It is a hardy green honfe plant, and makes a very handfome climber, for ^'^^^^}^'^' 



or 



hothoufe 



jjillars in a confervatory. ' Its growth is very rapid, and its flowers which are very brilliant and ipe- 

 ciods, conliunc in fucceffion from May till September. The increafe is certain and eafy ^'j'^ *^'! * 

 tings, made in the month of May, and placed on a gentle hotbed, or plunged in the bark-bed ot tn^ 

 u„»k„.,r^ It delights in a light fandy peat foil. Our drawing was made from a plant, in the collec- 

 tion 01 the Hon. Lady Dowager De Clifford, Paddington. n. i |. 

 As hitherto this tribe of Plants has not been given to the public by any truly eftabhlhed na-ne, 

 (the different fpecies having been erroneoufly titled Dillenias, which have many pointals,) and as w 

 find it to differ, from any yet defcribed Genus, we have named it after G. Hibbert, Efq. ^^^y^^'^^Z. 

 Common, Surryj whofe knowledge and fen'or in botanical purfuits, as well as liberalit}' '\ r^" of 

 vours to enrich our colleaions, from every quarter of the globe, but efpecially from ^^^f^''I* _ 

 Good Hope, has not been exceeded by any j and we are well affured, no name deferves a place, 

 Hotauical record, more than that of Hi bseet. 



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