PLATE LXXX. 



BUCHNERA FCETIDA 



Sthiki)ig Buchnera. 



CLASS XIV. ORDER IT. 



DID Y KAMI A ANGIO S PE R M I A. Two Chives longer. Seeds covered. 



GENERIC 



Calyx. Perianthiura monophyllum, quinque- 

 dentatum, fcabrum, perfiftens. 



Corolla monopetala ; tubus longiflimus, fili- 

 formis, arcuatus ; limbus planus, quin- 

 quefidus, sequalis; lacintis duabus fupe- 

 rioribus reflexis, tribus inferioribus corda- 

 tis, fubaequalibus. 



Stamina. Filame.nta qualuor, breviffirna, in 

 fauce corollx, quorum duo fuperiora extra 

 prominentia. Antherae oblongae, obtufa?. 



Pistilli'm. Germen ovato-oblongum. Stylus 

 filiformis, longitudine tubi. Stigma ob- 

 tufum. 



PEKiCARriuM. Capfula ovato-oblonga, acumi- 

 nata, te£la, bilocularis, apice bifarium de- 

 hifcens; diffepimentuin contrarium. 



Semina numerofa, angnlata. 

 Receptaculum medio diirepimenti adnatum. 



CHARACTER. 



Empalement. Cuponeleaf, five-toothed, rough, 

 and remaining. 



Blossom one petal; tube very long, tliread- 

 fliaped, and arched; border flat, five-cleft, 

 equal ; the two upper divifions reflexed, 

 the three under ones heart-fhaped, nearly 

 equal. 



Chives. Threads four, very fhort, in the mouth 

 of the blofiom, of which the two upper 

 protrude without. Tips oblong, blunt. 



Pointal. Seed bud oblong egg-fhaped. Shaft 

 thread-fhaped, the length of the tube. 

 Summit blunt. 



Seed-vessel. Capfule oblong-egg-fhaped, ta- 

 pered, covered, two cells, and fplitting at 

 the point in two; the partition oppofite to 

 the valves. 



Seeds numerous, and angular. 



Receptacle fixed to the middle of the partition. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



Buchnera, foliis laciniatis, oppofitis, foetidil- 

 fimis; florcs umbellulati, terminales. 



Buchnera, with leaves appearing torn, oppo- 

 fite and very ftinking ; flowers terminate 

 the branches in fmall umbels. 



REFERENCE TO THE PLATE. 



1. The Empalement. 



2. A Flower cut open, to expofe the fituation of the Chives. 



3. The Pointal magnified. 



4. A ripe Seed-vefiel. 



This fpecies of Buchnera is an annual, and a native of the Cape of Good Hope; from whence, it 

 was introduced to England in the year 1J"95, by Meffrs. Lee and Kennedy. It fhould be raifed with 

 other tender annuals in fpring, and kept, either to ornament the greenhoufe with them in pots, or 

 planted in a warm part of the flower border, about the beginning of June. It will begin to flower 

 about July, and generally has perfected feeds by September; although, it will continue to bloom till 

 'leftroyed by the froft, as there is a conftant fuccellion of bloffoms. 



