PLATS CCXIV. 
WESTERINGIA ROSMARINACEA. 
Rofemary-like Wefteringia. 
CLASS Il. ORDER I. 
DIANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Two Chives. One Pointal. 
GENERIC CHARACTER. 
Catyx. Perianthium monophyllum, fub-cy- Empacement. Cup one-leaf, nearly cylindrical, 
lindricum, ere&tum, perfiftens, quinqueden- upright, remaining, five-toothed, equal; 
tatum, zquale; braéteis binis fuffultum, — fupported by two leaflets. 
CoroLta monopetala; petalum tubulatum ca- Bxossom one petal; petal tubular, rather longer 
lyce paulo longius; limbus patens, quinque- than the cup; border fpreading, five-di- 
partitus, fub- — laciniis duabus fape- vided, nearly equal; the two upper feg- 
rioribus emargina ments notched at the end. 
Stamina. Filamenta a" filiformia, fauci Cutves. Four threads, thread-fhaped, inferted 
__tubi inferta, quorum duo fuperiora lon- into the mouth of the tube, of which the 
~ giora, fertilia; duo breviora fterilia. An- two upper ones are longer, and fertile; two 
‘there loculis oblongis, duz fuperiores de- fhorter, and fterile. Tips with oblong cells, 
pendéntes; duz inferiores ereétx, fagittate, | the two upper ones hang down; the two 
fquamife iformes. lower are upright, arrow-fhaped, and like 
i thin feales. _ 
Pistittum. iP tmen tetragonum. Stylus fili- : PoiwTat. : Seed-bud four-fided. Shaft thread- 
formis, he curvatus, longitudine tubi. | thaped, a little curved, the length of the 
Stigma bifidum, reflexum. . tube. Summit two-cleft, reflexed. 
Paincunnitte nullum. — in fundo = SEED-vEsseL none. Cup containing the feeds 
continens, a at the bottom. 
SEMINA quatuor, ovalia. — Brat So ‘SzEps four, oval. 
_ spEcrFic: ‘CHARACTER. 
; - Welteringia foliis verticillatis, “fab-linedribus, _ Wefteringia with leaves powlag 3 in whorls, 
; acutis, fubtus fericeis; floribus axillaribus, nearly linear, pointed and filky underneath ; 
{picatis. _ flowers grow from the bafe of the leaves 
to E clofe to the ftem, in fpikes. 
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE. 
xy age Empalement, with the two props attached to the bate. 
. A Flower fpread open, with the chives in their place, _— 
3. The Pointal, natural fs ize, 
4. The fame magnified. 
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Tue prefent plant was introduced to our gardens, i in the year 1791, from New South Wales, by Meff. 
Lee and Kennedy, Hammerfinith. - Tt was firft named Cunila verticillata, and, from what we can 
judge, it might, without much forcing of the chara@ters of the genus, have been fo continued; but our 
_ opinions thall always give way, when the cectien.i is pat from fuch fuperior talents as thofe of Dr. Smith; 
by whom it has been thought to. poffefs a fuffic of diftin@ive charaéter, on which to form a new’ 
_ genus, under the title it here bears. It isa se de fhrub, grows to the height of. three feet, the 
branches ftanding out almoft horizontally, i in whorls, and the whole plant bearing a great refemblance 
3 6 the Rofemary. It is propagated by cuttings made in March from the end of the imall branches; 
syprores molt of light fandy Peat, sak is in flower from March till November. The whole plant is 
tcentlefs. 
