PLATE CXXIX. 



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A 



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A. 



Superb Gloriofa. 



CLASS 



V. 



ORDER 



I. 



HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Six Chives. One Polntal 



GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Calyx nullus. 



Corolla, Petala fex, oblongo-lanceolata, un- 



dulata, longiflima, totaliter reflexa. 

 Stamina. Filamenta fex, fubulata, corolla bre- 



viora, refto-patula. Antherae incumbentes. 





PisTiLLUM. Gernien globofum. Stylus fili- 

 formis, flaminibus longior^ iriclinatus. Stig- 

 ma triplex, obtufum, 



Pericarpium. Cnpfula ovalis, triloba, trllocu- 



laris, trivalvis. 

 Semina plura, globofa, baccata, duplici ferie 



difpofita. 

 Ols, Affinia Erythronio, 





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Empalement, none* 



Blossom. Petals iix, oblong-lance-fhaped, waved, 

 very long, totally bent back. 



Chives. Six threads, awl-rtiaped, Ihortcr than 

 the bloirom, fpreading out at flraight angles 

 from the feed-bud. Tips lidevi^ays on the 

 threads. 



PoiNTAL. Seed-bud globular. Shaft thread- 

 fhaped, longer than the threads, inclined. 

 Summit triple, blunt. 



Seed-vessel. Capfule oval, three-lobed, three- 

 celled^ three-valved. 



Seeds many, globular, like berries, difpofed in 

 two rows. 

 Ols. The genus has an affinity to Erjthro- 

 niura, or Dog's-tooth Violet. 



SPECIFIC CHAEACTER. 



GlorloAi foliis cirrhiferls. 



Il Gloriofa with tendril-bearing leaves. 



REFERENCE TO THE PLATE. 



1. A leaf of the Bloffbm, with its Chive, as they are fixed together at the bafe 



2. The Seed-bud, Shaft and Summit; the petals of the bloflbm being cut off. 



The Gloriofa fuperba, a native of Guinea, as well as the coaft of Malabar in the Eafl Indies, is faid 

 to be every part poifonous. It is herbaceous, and the roots, which are formed upon the decay of the 

 old one, fliould be taken from the pot in November, and kept in dry fand till the end of February, 

 when they muft be planted in rich earth, corapofed of one part old rotten dung, and two parts leaf 

 mould or peat earth, then plunged in the bark-bed of a hot-houfe which is kept at pine heat, to 

 infure their flowering the enfuing Auguft, 



Having received a mod beautiful branch, of this magnificent plant from the colleaion of the Hon. 

 the Marchionefs of Rockingham, at Hillingdon, near Uxbridge ; the impulfe was too ftrohg to be 

 refifted, of giving a figure of it in the Bot. Rep. although againfl our general propofals, as this is 

 certainly, neither a new, or rare plant j having been introduced fo early as 1690, by Mr. Bentick. 

 \\e therefore beg the indulgence of our friends, in this Inftance; for although the flower is common, 

 and there are many figures of It, in different works, as, Rheede's Hort. Malab. Vol. 7. frut. fcand. lO/. 

 t. 57. Plukenefs alma. 249. t. 116. f. 3. Commelins hort. 1. p. 69. t. 35. &c. &c.j yet, as thefe may 

 not be lu the pofleffion of many of the purchafers of our work, we hope it may prove agreeable. 



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