PLATE XXXIII. 



DIOSMA LATIFOLIA. 



Broad-leaved Diofma. 



CLASS V. ORDER I. 

 PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Five Chives. One Pointal. 



GENERIC 



Calyx. Perianthium quinquepartitum; laciniis 



tenuibus, acutis, perliftentibus; bad plana. 



Corolla. Petala quinque, ovata, obtufa, fef- 

 filia, erecto-patula. 



Ne&arium corona? forma, excavatum, quin- 

 quefidnm, obtufum, germini impofitum. 



Stamina. Filamenta quinque, fubulata. An- 

 therae fubovatae, erecfae. 



Pistillum. Germen coronatum nectario. Sty- 

 lus fimplex, longitudine ftaminum. Stigma 

 obfoletum. 



Pericarpium. Capfuloe quinque, ovato-acumi- 

 natae, compreiThe, margine introrfum coali- 

 tae, apicibus diftantes, futura fuperiori de- 

 hifcentes. 



Semina folitaria, oblonga. 



Arilhis elafticus, hinc dehifcens; Unguium 

 involvens lemen. 



SPECIFIC 

 Diofma, foliis oppofi;i«, ftrratis, ovalibus, la- 

 tillimis ; floribus terminalibus, albidis, fef- 

 filibus. 



CHARACTER. 



E.mpalement. Cup of four divifions; fegments 

 thin, fharp, and permanent; fmooth at the 

 bale. 



Blossom. Five petals, egg-fhape, blunt, fitting 

 clofe, erect, and open. 



Honey-cup crown-fhaped, hollow, with five 

 divifions, blunt, fixed on the feed-buds. 



Chives. Five threads, awl-fhaped. Tips nearly 

 egg-fliaped, upright. 



Pointal. Seed-bud crowned by the honey- 

 cup. Shaft fimple, the length of the chives. 

 Summit blunt. 



Seed-vessel. Five capfules, egg-fhaped, point- 

 ed, flattened, joined together by the inner 

 edge, the points Ifanding apart, fplitting 

 3t the upper future. 



Seeds folitary, oblong. 



Seed-coat elaftic, fplitting from hence, and 

 inclofing a fingle feed. 



CHARACTER. 



Diofma with oppofite leaves, fawed, oval, and 

 very broad; flowers terminal, white, and 

 fitting clofe to the branches. 



REFERENCE TO THE PLATE. 



1. A Bloflom complete. 



2. The Chives and Pointal, with the furrounding Seed-buds and Honey-cups. 



3. The Pointal, natural fize, with the Empalement attached. 



4. The fame magnified. 



5. A Seed taken from its coat. 



There are few genera of plants more deferving our notice than Diofma; the fragrance of the leaves 

 of molt of the fpecies, and the beauty of the flowers of others, has rendered them fo common, (beino- 

 eafily propagated by cuttings) that few collections but have a number of die different fpecies. They 

 are all very hardy greenhoufe plants, the prefent fpecies excepted ; this, requiring a dry fituation, and 

 rather more warmth than the reft. It was fent to the royal gardens at Kew, about the year 1791 , by 

 Mr. F. Marlon, to whofe induftry botany Hands fo much indebted. Of all the Diofmas this is the 

 higheft grower, al'piring to three or four feet, or more, if encouraged; delights in peat earth, and 

 flowers about the month of x\uguft. 



