ee. "Te cockex. 
XYLOPHYLLA FALCATA. 
Cinvars ap d-leaved Xylophylla. od 
CLASS XXI. ORDER III. 
GENERIC CHARACTER. 
* Masculi B fiero * ee 
Satyx. Perianthium monophyllum, eo gape Cup one leaf, three divided, 
cot _titum, coloratum; laciniis ovatis, patulis, ured ; fegments¢ egg-tha aped, fpreading, 
at Ov = 
Corotta. Petala tria, ovata, concava ate g Petals three, egg-fhaped, concave. 
‘Sramina. Filamenta tria, breviffima, bafi ap- Curves. Threads three, very fhort, and ap- 
proximata. Anthere fubrotunde, didy- peeening at the bafe. Tips roundith, dou- 
* Fenale flowers in the fame tuft with the males, 
_ * Feminei flores in eodem fafciculo cum mafculis. 
EMPALEMENT. ee as in the male. 
- Caryx. Perianthium ut in mare, 
gee <= Aut in mare. — as in the male. : 
: aeiere m corpufculis glandulofis germen ey-cup is formed of eee glandular 
fentibos. a bodies frfoundig the feed-b 
Pisri.0m. en fubrotundum, trifulca- PoInTAL -bud roundith, is jardile 
tum. Styli tres, patuli, bifidi. Stigmata Shafts three, tier’ Summits blunt. 
Psnicanrrom. Capfula — trifulca, tri- SzEp-vesseL. Capfule three-fided, three-far- 
is; loculis bivalvib rowed, three cells; cells tw o-valy ed 
: Semin Golititte, " Sxreps folitary. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
yan yo oe Peay falcatis, cre- Xylophylla with leaves fcattered on the ft 
Fee aie: -floribus entire, cymitar-fhaped and {colloped ; the 
i soalior “iftant, < having the flowers on 
em; flowers r 
a 
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE. | 
1. A male flower, magnified. 
2. The bloffom of male flowers, fpread open, with the honey-cups. 
3. A Female flower, magnified. 
4, The Germ from a female flower, cut tran{verfely, magnified. 
Et eee 
Ir fhould eer that this Genus has not been obferved with fufficient accuracy, at leaft thofe plants 
known to us, and which have been treated of as belonging to the clafs Pentandria. The prefent one, 
for ms which is unqueftionably the plant defi igned by Swartz, Commelin, Seba, &c. and is ac 
eine ed by Swartz to be triandrous and moneecious, we that it fhould be continued in Oe 
beg shoei lants bear under their true Clafs and Order, San sake any 
Sa ees falcata is a native of the Weft India_ 
_ houfes; fo long ago as the year 1739. Itisa er plant, anc 
eof the bark-bed; is eafily propagated 2h cuttings ; grows 4 beft in fandy peat, an 
ees ing was made at the aa mith Nurfery. 
Sry 
MON@CIA ae eel Chives and Pointals ee. Three Chives. 
