PLATE XXXIV. 



CHELONE RUELLIOIDES. 



Scarlet Chelone. 



CLASS XIV. 

 DIDYNJMU ANG10SPERMU. 



GENERIC 

 Calyx. Ferianthium ruonophyllum, quinque- 

 partitum, breviflimum, perullens; laciniis 

 ere&is, ovatis. 

 Cokolla monopetala, ringens; tubus cylin- 

 draceus, brevillimus; faux infiata, oblonga, 

 fupra convexa, infra plana; limbus claufus 

 parvus; labium fupcrius obtufum, emargi- 

 natum; limbus inferius cum luperiori fere 

 sequale, loevillime trifidum. 

 Stamina. Filamenta quatuor, fub dorfo corollse 

 recondita, quorum duo lateralia paulo Ion- 

 giora; anthers incumbentes. 



Rudimentum quint! filamenti, mucronis 



inltar, intra fupcrius ftaminum par. 



Pistillum. Germen ovatiim. Stylus filifor- 



mis, fitu, et longitudine ftaminum. Stigma 



obtufum. 

 Pehicakpium. Capfola ovata, bilocularis, calyce 



longior. 

 Semina plurima, fub rotunda, margine mem- 



branaceo cincta. 



SPECIFIC 



Chelone foliis inferioribus fpathulatis, glabris; 

 fuperioribus lanceolatis, oppofitis, corollis 

 cernuis, coccineis; labiis inferioribus bar- 

 batis. 



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ORDER II. 



Two Chives longer. Seeds covered. 



ARACTER. 



Empalement. Cup one leaf, five diviiions very 

 fhort, permanent; fegments upright and 

 egg-fhaped. 



Blossom. One petal, gaping; tube cylindrical, 

 very fliort; mouth fuelled, oblong, round- 

 ed on the upper, and flat on the lower part; 

 border fhut, and fmall; upper lip blunt, 

 bordered; lower lip nearly as long as the 

 upper, flightly divided into three at the end. 



Chives. Threads four, hid under the upper 

 part of the bloflbm; of which the two (ide 

 ones are a little longer than the others. Tips 

 fixed tideways to the threads. 

 The rudiment of a fifth thread, like a lharp 

 point is placed equal with, and between the 

 upper chives. 



Pointal. Seed-venel egg-fliaped. Shaft thread- 

 fhaped, of the fame length, and place as the 

 chives. Summit blunt. 



Seed-vessel. Capfule egg-fhaped, two cells 

 longer than the empalement. 



Seeds many, nearly round, bound at the edge 



by a thin (kin. 

 ARACTER. 



Chelone with fpathulate, fmooth leaves on the 

 lower part of the ftem; and lance- fhaped, 

 oppofite ones on the upper; blofl'oms hang- 

 ingdown, and fcarlet; the lower lips bearded. 



REFERENCE TO THE PLATE. 



1. A Leaf from the lower part of the Stem. 



2. The Empalement. 



3. A Bloflbm cut open, to fhew the fituation of the Chives, and the imperfect rudiments of a fifth. 



4. The Seed-veflel, and Pointal, (natural fize). 



The Chelone Ruellioides is a native of Chili, South America, and was introduced to the royal gardens 

 at Kew in the year 1/93, by Mr. Boutelow, the fon of the gardener to the King of Spain, who was 

 then in England purfuing his botanical ftudies. It is (apparently) a hardy plant, and fit to endure 

 the open borders, but, as yet, we have not had a fufficient trial to afcertain it; hitherto it has been 

 treated as a greenhoufe plant. Being herbaceous, it is propagated by parting the roots, which mould 

 be done in ipring, about the month of March. The proper feafon of its flowering cannot well be 

 determined, as it has undergone fuch various treatment. The plant from which this figure was made 

 was in full bloom at the gardens of G. Hibbert, Efq. Clapham, in the month of June 1/Q~, where it 

 was feen to flower, for the firft time in this country. The foil it feems to thrive in mod, is a compo- 

 fition of loam, and rotten dung. 



