PLATE XXVI. 



CRASSULA ODORATISSIMA. 



Sweet-fcented Crqfiula. 



CLASS V. ORDER V. 

 PENTANDRIA PEJSTAGYNIA. Five Chives. Five Pointals. 



GENERIC CH 



Calyx. Perianthium pentaphyllum; foliolis 

 lanceolatis, canaliculato-concavis, ereftis, 

 acutis, conniventibus in tubum, perfiften- 

 tibus. 



Corolla. retain quinque, unguibus longis, 

 lincaribus, rec"tis, conniventibus, reflexo- 

 patentibus. 



Ncdaria quinque; Unguium fquamula 

 minima, emarginata bafi germinis extror- 

 fum annexa. 



Stamina. Filamenta quinque, fubulata. lon- 

 gitudine tubi, unguibus corolla; inferta. 

 Anthers limplices. 



Pistillum. Germina quinque, oblonga, acu- 

 minata, definentia in ftylos fubulatos, lon- 

 gitudine ftaminum. Stigmata obtufa. 



Pericarpium. Capfulae quinque, oblongs, 

 acuminata;, rettae, compreflae, longitudi- 

 naliter introrfum dehifcentes. 



Semina plura, parva. 



SPECIFIC CH 

 CralTula foliis oppofitis, amplexicaulibus, cili- 

 atis, linearibus; floribus capitatis, odora- 

 tiffimis, luteis. 



ARACTER. 



Empalbment. Cup of five leaves; the fmall 

 leaves are lance-lhaped, concave and chan- 

 nelled, upright, fharp, formed into a tube, 

 and remaining. 



Blossom. Petals five, claws long, linear, up- 

 right, joined together, bent back, and 

 fpreading. 



Honey-cups five, each confifting of a fmall 

 fcale notched at the end, and fixed on the 

 outfide the bale of each feed-bud. 



Chives. Five threads, nwl-fhaped, the length of 

 the tube, fixed into the claws of the blolfom. 

 Tips fimple. 



Poixtal. Seed-buds five, oblong, pointed, end- 

 ing in awl- fliaped fhafts, the length of the 

 chives. Summits blunt. 



Seed-vessel. Five capfules, oblong, pointed, 

 upright, prefled together, and opening in- 

 wards along the feam. 



Seeds, many, fmall. 

 ARACTER. 



CralTula with oppofite leaves that embrace the 

 ftem, fringed and linear; the flowers grow 

 in bunches, are fwect-fcented and yellow. 



REFERENCE TO THE PLATE. 



1 . The Empalement. 



2. A Blolfom cut open to fliew the infertion of the threads. 



3. One Petal of the bloflbm. 



4. The five Pointals as they ftand in the blolfom, with their honey-cups attached to the 



bottom of the Seed-buds. 



5. One Pointal (magnified). 



The Craflula Odoratillima is a native of the Cape of Good Hope, was introduced to our gardens about 

 the year 1794, but did not flower till 1796. The fcent of this plant at night is fo very powerful, 

 that by many it may be deemed almoll oftenfive, though by others it is confidertd as mod agreeable; 

 the flavour is nearly affined to the tuberole. This is not a very fliewy plant, growing about a foot 

 high, and flowers from March, till May or June. It is molt eafily propagated by cuttings, lives in 

 the common greenhoule with very little care, and in almoft any fort of earth. This figure was taken 

 at Meffrs. Lee and Kennedy's, nurferymen, Hammeifmith, where the plant was firft raifed. 



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