PLATE. CCCKXIV. 
ITEA SPINOSA. 
Thorny Itea. 
CLASS Vs 
ORDER I. 
PENTANDRIA ( MONCET Rann © egg One Pointal. 
GENERIC CHARACTER. 
Perianthinnt monophyllum, quinque- 
fidum, erectum, acuminatum, minimum, 
fiftens, laciniis acutis, coloratis. 
Corotta. Petala eR lanceolata, = 
ferta. 
i 
Sramina. Filamenta quinque, fubulata, erecta 
ongitudine corollz, ae. inferta. An- 
there fubrotunde, incumbentes 
PisTILLUM. men ovatum. Stylus cylin- 
— perfiftens, longitudine ftaminum. 
i obtufam 
Reccsarvun. Capfula ns gece matiftods 
muco unil sa gc) bi- 
-valvis ex ddan sania. apice dehifcens 
- Serna numerofa, minima, oblonga, nitial. 
Ewearenest. Cup one-leaf, five-cleft, up- 
right, tapered, very fmall, remaining, fog: 
inted, coloured. 
-Buossom. Petals five, lance-fhaped, long, in- 
ferted into the cup. 
Curves. Five threads, awl-fhaped, upright, the - 
le loffom, inferted into the cup. 
Tips poate laying on the threads 
Poinrat. Seed-bud egg-fhaped. Shaft ‘cylin-- 
1, — the length of the chives. 
Sabet ob tufe. 
:D-VESSEL. Capfale egg-fhaped, much longer 
than the cup, tapering into 
celled, two-valved of two joined, tplitiog 
at to 
Rados DuteroUs, 1 very fon oblong, fhining. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. : 
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