; | PLATE. oF 
CODON ROYENIL. 
ea gop inte 
CCCXXV. 
Prickly Codon. a: 
at = © 6 TAG CLASS XI ORDERI. 
» .- .° DODECANDRIA MONOGYNIA. — Twelve Chives. 
Sot ar GENERIC CHARACTER, 
_Catyx.  Perianthium monophyllum, duode- | Emparement. Cup one-leaf, twelve-divided; 
One Pointal, 
_ cempartitum; foliolis fubulatis, perfiften- 
- tibus, ereétis, alternis brevioribus. 
leaflets aw]-fhaped, remaining, upright, the 
c . alternate ones fhorter. 
oe _ CoRoLLa monopetala, campanulata, bafi toru- Brossom one petal, bell-fhaped, rather {welled | 
‘A : lofa; limbo duodecimpartito, aquali. at the bafe; border twelve-divided, equal, , 
Nectarium duodecim loculare ex fquamis 
12, unguibus ftaminum infertis, conniven- 
Honey-cup twelvye-celled, confifting of 12 
{cales, inferted into the claws of the chives, 
tibus, receptaculum tegentibus. approaching, covering the receptacle, " 
.* Stamina. Filamenta duodecim, longitudine Cuives. Twelve threads, the length of the j 
corollz. Antherz crafiz. bloffom. Tips thick. a 
" Pistittum. Germen fuperum, conicum. Sty- PorntaL. Seed-bud above, conical. Shaft fim- ° 
a ee lus fimplex, longitudine ftaminum.  Stig- ple, the length of the chives. Summits a 
tae mata duo, longa, fetacea, divergentia. two, long, like briftles, ftraddling. j 
fie Hy - Pericarrium. Capfula bilocularis. Seep vesseL. Capfule two-celled, 
ey _ Semrna plurima, fubrotunda, nigra, SEEDs numerous, roundifh, black, 
a ee SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
Lo Codon foliis alternis, cordato-ovatis, acumina- || Codon with alternate leaves, between heart- ' 
ea tis, fetaceo-fpinofis; floribus fubcapitatis, | thaped and oval, tapered to the point, with : 
i. ' terminalibus, fpine-like briftles; flowers grow nearly in 
heads, terminating the branches. 
ee ; 
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE. 
1. The Empalement. 
2. A Bloffom fpread open, with the chives in their place. 
3. The fame fhewn from the outfide. : 
4. The Sced-bud, Shaft and Summits. 
5. The Seed-bud, cut tranfverfely. 
eee ; Ka Asan interetting defideratum, this plant has ftood long amongft botanical collectors ; but till the sa | 
hens lg 1801, it was never feen, in a vegetating ftate, in Britain; at which period, it was py oe." * a 
gardens, by Mr. Niven, from the Cape of Hope. It is not, we believe, (although confidered hit a : 
as fuch,) an annual; but rather, a half woody. fhrub, eafily deftroyed by moifiure. As the fall 
appears to ripen freely, although there feems no other mode of perpetuating the pagel page 
fland in no danger of lofing it; its attractions are, indeed, not great as to beauty, sag ea eee 
to fingularity; fince we have no plant to which it affines int general habit. The feeds _ 
fown on a gentle hot-bed, in March, and tranfplanted when about two inches high, cai hae : 
flower, which they will do about September. Our drawing was made at the Hammerfmith Ne fi 
Having had the opportunity of examining the flowers, of more than twenty plants; We cae ts 
_ vineed it has been wrong placed by Van Royen to decandria; for although many flowers of 100 
- found, even on the fame plant, fome with eight, others with ten chives, yet at leaft gO out oy Hae 
_ have twelve; wherefore we have, without feruple, placed it to dodecandria, 
