PLATE LXXIX. 



CROWEA SALIGNA. 



Willow-leaved Crowea. 



CLASS X. ORDER I. 

 DECANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Ten Chives. One Pointal. 



GENERIC 

 Calyx. Perianthium monophyllum, quinque- 



partitum, laciniis ovatis. 

 Corolla. Petala quinque, ovata, feffilia, erec- 



to-patula. 

 Stamina. Filamenta decern, plana, fubulata, 



pilis intertextis connexa, pilUllum obvol- 



ventia. Antherae longitudinaliter filamen- 



tis e parte interior! adnata:. 

 Pistillum. Germen fuperum. Stylus erec- 



tus, cylindricus, brevillimus, e bafi ger- 



minis. Stigma capitatum. 



Pericarpium. Capfula? quinque, ovato-acu- 

 minatae, extrorfum coalitar, apicibus dil- 



tantes. 

 Semina folitaria, reniformia, glabra, arillata. 



SPECIFIC 

 Crowea, foliis lanceolatis, utrinque glabris, in- 

 legerrimis; fioribus folitariis, axilaribus. 



CHARACTER. 



Emtale.ment. Cup one leaf, with five divifions, 

 the fegments egg-fhaped 



Blossom. Five petals, egg-fhaped, fitting clofe 

 in the cup, upright and fprcading. 



Chives. Ten threads, flat and awl-tliaped, in- 

 terwove together by hairs, covering the 

 pointal. Tips growing longitudinally from 

 the inner part of the threads. 



Pointal. Seed-bud above. Shaft upright, cy- 

 linder-fhape, and very fliort, growing 

 from the bale of the feed buds. Summit 

 a knob. 



Seed-vessel. Five capfules, pointedly-egg- 

 fliaped, joined on the outlide, and diftant at 

 the ends. 



Seeds folitary, kidney-fliape, fmooth, and co- 

 vered by an elaftic coat. 



CHARACTER. 



Crowea, with lance-fliaped leaves, fmooth on both 

 tides, quite entire; flowers grow folitary from 

 the bottom of the leaves clofe to the ftem. 



REFERENCE TO THE PLATE. 



1. The Empalement. 



2. The Chives. 



3. One Chive detached, natural fize. 



4. The fame magnified to (hew the fituation of the Tip. 



5. The Pointal, natural lize. 



6. The fame magnified. 



7. A ripe Seed. 



The number of handfome flowering plants from New Holland, already figured in the BotanilVs R< - 

 pofitory leads us to hope, the firft, and indeed molt generally prevailing opinion, that the infigmli- 

 cance of the flowers produced by the plants of that country, rendering them fcarcely worth cult.vat.on 

 for ornament; mutt be nearly, if not quite done away: and we have reafon to think, when larther 

 explored few countries will be able to Hand a competition with it, tor the Angularity, variety, or 

 beauty of its vegetable produaions. The Willow-leaved Crowea we conlidcr as one amonglt the 

 many ftrong arguments, to favour our opinion; it is rather a delicate plant, and fliould be kept 

 in a dry and warm part of the greenhoufe. where it will flower from the month oi July, till No- 

 vember; growing three feet high, if planted in light fandy peat; and is calily propagated by cut- 

 tines. Although, this is the only fpecics at prefent, in cultivation with us; there is little doubt 

 from the number of handfome fpecimens of other fpecics, which we have teen, ui the different her- 

 bariums from Botany Bay; and from the charader of the feeds, much refembling thu.e of tl,e Diofina, 

 which are not fubject to rapid decay; but we lliall very loon be pofleffed of many more ot this very 

 beautiful Genus. Our drawing was made from the nuriery at Hamnu rfmith, where it was raited 

 from feeds, in the year \7cjO. The generic title of this plant, is derived from the .nunc ot an EngUO» 

 botanilt at Norwich, Mr. James Crowe, F. L. S. fee Linn. Tran. Vol. IV. page 224. 



