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) ee PENTANDRIA ‘TRIGY NIA. Five Chives. Three Pointal. — $ 
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a . GENERIC CHARACTER. # 
ay mete "Stanton pentaphyllum; foliolis EmpaLementT. Cup ive-\devedl leaflets nearly ¢ 
_— ° fubovatis, concavis, patentibus, zequalibus, egg-fhaped, concave, fpreading, equal, per- 
- perfit entibus, intus coloratus, margine te- ‘ manent, coloured within, witha thin edge. 
bs 
3 bine calycis | mak tenuis et || Bossom none 3 hence the edge of the cup is 
calyx interne coloratus. thin and the infide of it is coloured. 
- * - Seaman, Filamenta quinque, fubulata, lon- Curves, Five-threads, awl-fhaped, the length 
us oe gitudine calycis. Anthere bafi bifide. ofthe cup. Tips cleft at the bafe. 
as * x Pistiuta. . oven, tigonte. Styli Porntats. Seed-bud egg-fhaped, three-fided. _ 
xg - fot mes, long un Stig- Shafts three, thread-fhaped, the length of 
mata obtufa. the chives. Summits blunt. 
a oe Capfala ovata, obfoleté bist, || Sggep-vesset. Capfule egg-fhaped, bluntly 
tecta, trilocularis, trivalvis. three-cornered, covered, Lahore three 
t valves. e 
tofa, nitida, orbiculata, deprefla, SEEDs numerous, fhining, 0 orb salar, flattened, 
ocinéta, farrounded by a fharp rim. a 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. . 
a ptarilaceath foliis HtheariDie, verticillatis ; um- Pharnaceum with linear leaves, growing in 
fe 
: __ bellis ae <<" aurantiis ; whorls; ; umbels unequal; cups orange co- 
a caule decumbe loured ; ftem bending downwards, ee, 
ty % ; Re REFERENCE TO THE PLATE. ae | Ye j 
ee 1, The Cup, fhewn from the front, with the chives, — “ar 
2. The fame, fhewn from the hind part attached to the ta ti 3, ~ 
3. The Seed-bud and Pointals, natera® fize. a 
4. The fame, magnified. Tet cane Pn i 
5. The Seed-bud, cut — magnified. Bic ale . ° 
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the damps of our winters, It fhould be placed in the airyett part of the greenhoufe, and kept 1D 
a fandy loam. To propagate it, the cuttings fhould be put in, about the month of March, in a 
heat of a gentle hot-bed, or the bark-bed of the hot-honfe; the feeds are fometimes perfected. +t 
has been often introduced to us, but as often loft; as it is not a plant of much fhew, no great ‘ne 
~ pains | has, hitherto, been taken for its prefervation. Our drawing was taken from —_ ae 
 Hibbertian ColleGtion, in the month of snl 1802. 
