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PLATE CXXXIX. 



STRUTHIOLA CILIATA. 



Far. Jlore tuIto, 



Frhlged'leaved Struthiola, Far. redjlowered. 



CLASS 



IV. 



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ORDER 



I. 



TETRANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Four Chives. One Pointal 



ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTEK. 



Perianthium diphjllum. Corolla tubulofa, 



4-fida3 Ne£tariumj glandulse o£lo fauci cir- 



cump 



ofit 



ae. 



Semen ununij fubbaccatum. 



Cup two-leaved. Bloffom tubular, 4-deft3 Ho- 

 ney-cup, 8 glands placed round the mouth 

 of the bloffom. 



One Seed, like a berry. 



See Struthiola imbricata, PI, CXIII. Vol. IL 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER^ 



Struthiola foliis ovato-lanceolatis, mucronatis, 

 ciliatis, concavis, quadrifariam imbricatisj j 

 glandulae o6to fupra faucerxi} corolla ru- 

 bra. 



Struthiola with leaves between egg and lance- 

 Ihaped, pointed, fringed, concave and tiled 

 in four rows; eight glands upon the mouth 

 of the bloffom, which is red. 



REFERENCE TO THE PLATE 



1. A leaf, natural fize, from one of the younger branches 



2. A Bloffom, with its Cup, or floral leaves. 



3. The Cup, magnified. 



4. A Bloffoai cut open, and magnified. 



5. The Seed bud, Shaft, and Summit, magnified. 



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The two varieties of this fpccies of Struthiola, the other with a white flower being intended for 

 our next number, were introduced at the fame time with the Struthiola irabricata, to which they 

 much afline, in general habit. But, the strong difl:in(Slion in the number and charafter of the glands, 

 induced us to confider them of a diftind fpeciesj in this, they are eight, in S. imbricata there are 

 but four; the leaves likcwife not fo clofely fet upon the ftem, and they are much more fringed. 

 For the culture and treatment of this, we muft refer our readers to the directions, for managing the 



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above named plant. We had our fpccimen, for the figure, from the Clapham colle£tion in May 1800. 



