PLATE CXXIX. 



GLORIOSA SUPERB A. 



Superb Gloriofa. 



CLASS V. ORDER I. 

 HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Six Chives. One Pointal. 



GENERIC 



Calyx nullus. 



Corolla. Petala fex, oblongo-lanceolata, un- 



dulata, longiffima, totalitcr reflexa. 

 Stamixa. Filamenta fex, fubulata, corolla bre- 



viora, re&o-patula. Anthers incumbentes. 



Pistillvm. Germen globofum. Stylus fili- 

 formis, ftaminibus longior, inclinatus. Stig- 

 ma triplex, obtnfum. 



Pericarpium. Caplula oralis, triloba, trilocu- 

 laris, trivalvis. 



Semina pi ura, globofa, baccata, duplici ferie 

 difpolita. 

 01$. AfEnis Erythronio. 



CHARACTER. 



Empalemeni, none. 



Blossom. Petals fix, oblong-lance-fhaped, wavei' 

 very long, totally bent back. 



Chives. Six threads, awl-fhaped, fhorter than 

 the blouom, fpreading out at ftraight angles 

 from the feed bud. Tips fideways on the 

 threads. 



Pointal. Seed-bud globular. Shaft thread- 

 fhaped, longer than the threads, inclined. 

 Summit triple, blunt. 



Seed-vessel. Capfule oval, three-lobed, three- 

 celled three-valved. 



Seeds many, globular, like berries, difpofed in 

 two rows. 

 Qbs. The genus has an affinity to Erythro- 

 nium, or Dog's-tooth Violet. 



Gloriofa foliis cirrhiferis. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



|| Gloriofa with tendril-bearing leaves. 



REFERENCE TO THE PLATE. 



1. A leaf of the BIofTom, with its Chive, as they are fixed together at the bafe. 



2. The Seed-bud, Shaft and Summit; the petals of the blolTom being cut off". 



The Gloriofa fnperba, a native of Guinea, as well as the coaft of Malabar in the Eaft Indies, is laid 

 to be every part poifonpus. It is herbaceous, and the roots, which are formed upon the decay of the 

 eld one, fhould be taken from the pot in November, and kept in dry fand till the end of February, 

 when they muft be planted in rich earth, compofed of one part old rotten dung, and two parts leaf 

 mould or peat earth, then plunged in the bark bed of a hot-houle which is kept at pine heat, to . 

 infure their flowering the enfuing Auguft. 



Having received a mofl beautiful branch, of this magnificent plant from the colleftion of the Hon. 

 the Marchionefs of Rockingham, at Hillingdon, near Uxbridge; the impulfe was too ftrong to be 

 refitted, of giving a figure of it in the Bot. Rep. although againft our general propofils, as this is 

 certainly, neither a new, or rare plant; having been introduced fo early as \6go, by Mr. Bentick. 

 We therefore beg the indulgence of our friends, in this inftance; for although the flower is common, 

 and there air many figures of it, in different works, as, Rheede's Hort. Malab. Vol. 7. frut. fcand. WJ. 

 t. 67. PlukerSP alma '24g. t. 1)6. f. 3. Commelin s hort. 1. p. 69. t 35. fce. &rc; yet, as thefe may 

 not be in the pollellion of many of the purchafers of our work, we hope it may prove agreeable. 



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