PLATE CXXXIX. 



STRUTHIOLA CILIATA. 



Far. Jlore rubra 



Fringed-leaved Struthiola. Far. redjiowered. 



CLASS IV. ORDER 1. 



TETRASDRIA MONOGYN1A. Four Chives. One Pointal. 



ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Perianthium diphyllmn. Corolla tubulofa, 

 4-fida; Nedtarium, glandulae octo fauci cir- 

 cumpoiiue. 



Semen unum, lubbaccatum. 



Cup two-leaved. Blolibm tubular, 4-cleft; Ho- 

 ney-cup, 8 glands placed round the mouth 

 of the blolibm. 



One Seed, like a berry. 



See Struthiola imbricata, PI. CXIII. Vol. II. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



Struthiola foliis ovato-lanceolatis, mucronatis, 

 ciliatis, concavis, quadrifariam imbricatis; 

 glandula; octo fupra faucem ; corolla ru- 

 bra. 



Struthiola with leaves between egg and lance- 

 fhaped, pointed, fringed, concave and tiled 

 in four rows; eight glands upon the mouth 

 of the blolibm, which is red. 



REFERENCE TO THE PLATE. 



1. A leaf, natural fize, from one of the younger branches. 



2. A Blolibm, with its Cup, or floral leaves. 



3. The Cup, magnified. 



4. A Blollbni cut open, and magnified. 



5. The Seed bud, Shaft, and Summit, magnified. 



The two varieties of this fpecies of Struthiola, the other with a white flower being intended foi 

 our next number, were introduced at the fame time with the Struthiola imbricata, to which they 

 much affine, in general habit. But, the strong diftin&ion in the number and chara&er of the glands, 

 induced us to confider them of a diftincrt fpecies; in this, they are eight, in S. imbricata there are 

 but four; the leaves likewife not lb clofely fet upon the ftem, and they are much more fringed. 

 For the culture and treatment of this, we mult refer our readers to the directions, for managing the 

 above named plant. "We had our fpecimen, for the figure, from the Clapham collection in May 1800. 



