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PLATE CXLIIL 



LIM^ONIA TRIPOLI AT A. 



Three-leafletted himonia. 



CLASS 



X 



ORDER 



I 



DECJNDRIA MONOGYNIA. 



Ten Chives 



One Pointal. 



GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Calyx. 



Penanthium monopbyllum, tri-feu 

 quinquefidum, acutum, minimum^ perfif- 

 teris. 



Corolla. Petala tria ad quinque, oblonga, ob- 



tufa, ereda, apice patentia. 



Stamina. Filamenta fex ad decern^ fubulata, 



ere6la, corolla breviora. Antherae lineares, 

 erc<9:ae. 



PisTiLLUM. Germen oblongura, superum. Sty- 

 lus cylindraceus^ longitudine llaminum- 

 Stigma capitatum, planum, 



Pericakfium. Bacca ovata feu globofa^ trilo- 

 cuhuris; diffepimentis menibranaceis. 



Semixa folitaria, ovata. " 



Empalement. Cup one leaf, three or five, 

 cleft, pointed, very fmall, and remaining. 



Blossom. Petals from three to iive, oblong. 



obtufe, upright, fpreading at the end. 

 Chives. Threads from fix to ten, awl-fliaped, 



upright, Ihorter than the bloflbm. Tips 



linear, and upright. 



Pointal. Seed bud oblong and fuperior. Shaft 

 cylindrical, the length of the Chives. Sum- 

 mit headed, and flat. 



Seed-vessel. An oval, or globular berry with 

 three cellsj partitions Ikinny. 



Seeds folitary, and egg-lhaped. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



Limonia foliis ternatis; fpinis geminis, axilla- 



ribus. 



Limonia with leaves compofed of three leaflets; 

 . fplnes grow by pairs at the footftalks of the 

 leaves clofe to the flem. 



REFERENCE TO THE PLATE. 



1. The Empalement, magnified. 



2. The Chives and Pointal, magnified/as they fiand in the BlolTom 



3. The Pointal natural iize. 



4. The fame, magnified. 



5. A ripe berry. 



6. A Seed. 



This P^|*^t^a native of China, has fince its introduaion, as are moft plants coming from thence. 



«^A. V TJ 1 1-^^-1, uuL ±iuiii cvciy lujunai amniry, we mould be Jed to lap- 



fher f n1 •!".'' °''' ^'''''''' '" '^'' Sreen-houfe. As yet it is in few collections, and fcarce,- 



irfl f r™? "'"'■' P^'"'>'^ '' '"^"' "^^^ ^''^^^y' "°^ ""^^'■So that ordear Our drawing 



was taken from a branch m high perfedion, communicated by Mr. Anderfon, from the colledion 



hJnl^UA. ^""^^"Ston Gore, laft year 1800, in the month of July; who informs us, he has 

 been enabled to propagate it by cuttings, and that he keeps it in a mixture of loam and rotten dung. 



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