PLATE CCH. 
SAMYDA SERRULATA. 
Sawed-leaved Samyda. 
CLASS KX ORDER. 1 
DECANDRIA MONOGYNIA. TenChives. One Pointal, 
GENERIC CHARACTER. 
Catyx. Perianthium monophyllum, interne eae mre one one leaf, coloured within; 
coloratum; tubus campanulatus, decemftri- tube bell-fhaped, ten-ftriped; bordex five- 
atus; limbus quinque = laciniis ovatis pore fergucis egg-fhaped, fmooth, very 
planis, patentiffimis, obtufis, duabus acu- much fpread, obtufe, two lengthened by a 
mine auctis, pointed end. 
Corotta nulla. Bossom none. 
Nectarium monophyllum, conicum, trun- Honey-cup, one leaf, conical, appearin 
catum, decemftriatum, longitudine fere ca- cut off, beaded, nearly the length of 
lycis, ejufque limbo ad — infertum, ore the cup and fixed to it at the bafe of the 
obtufe 10 ad 18-dentat : alee obtufely from 10 to 18-toothed at 
: uth. 
Sramina. Filamenta nulla. Anthere decem Curves. "Threads one. Tips from 10 to 18, 
oblong, erectx, parve, oblong, epright, fmall, fixed to the teeth of 
dentibus nettarii Godidientes: ho 
Pistrtium. Germen ovatum. ere en Pointat, Seed-bud d egg-fhaped. Shaft awl- 
err a Tongitudine nectaril. Stigma ca fhaped, upright, the length of the honey- 
obtufum cup. Summit headed, blunt, 
be citahovoms Capfula feos aco quadriful- Sgep-vessex. Capfule roundith, four-furrowed, 
ca coriacea, craffa, uni aris, quadri- ~ leathery, thick, one-celled, four valves. 
iia 3 piri, fubovata, obtufa, bafi fora SEEDs many, nearly egg-fhaped, blunt, marked 
with a fmall hole at the bafe, fixed to the 
valves, furrounded with a flight pulpy kin. 
a, valvulis affixa, obvoluta valli. 
cula ag 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
Samyda Pee — = yaaa 3 foliis ovato- Samyda with rofy coloured flowers having twelve 
oblongis, ferrulat ives; leaves between egg-fhaped and ob- 
long, flightly fawed. 
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE. 
1, The Empalement, with its honey-cup, and the tips, cut and fpread open. 
2. The Pointal and feed-bud natural fize, the fummit detached and magnified. 
3. The Seed-bud cut tran{verfely and magnified, to thew the number of valves 
and fituation of the feeds, 
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_ Tue Sawed-leaved Samyda is an inhabitant of moft of the Weft India Hands, but was received in 
England, ~— the year 1795, from the Ifland of St. Vincent; tranfmitted from thence, by Mr. An- 
derfon, curator of the Botanic garden, originally eftablithed there » under the fanétion of our govern- 
tender plant, grows to about three feet i in height, making but few 
nches, and rather weak in the ftem ur drawing was taken in July this s year at the gar- 
den of T Evans, Be Stepney, who we believe firft had it to flower in this kingdom. It is propagated 
by cuttings; muft be kept ir in the bark-bed of the hot-houfe, and fhould be planted in very rich mould. 
