PLATE CXLIII. 



LIMONIA TRIFOLIATA 



Three-leqfletted Limonia. 



CLASS X. ORDER 1. 

 DECANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Ten Chives. One Pointal. 



GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Calyx. Perianthium monophyllimi, tri-feu 

 quinquefidum, acuUim, minimum, perfif- 

 tens. 



Corolla. Petala tria ad quinque, oblonga, ob- 

 tal'a, erefta, apice patentia. 



Stamina. Filamenta i'ex ad decern, fubulata, 

 erecla, corolla breviora. Antherae lineares, 

 eredte. 



Pistillum. Germen oblongum, superum. Sty- 

 lus cylindraceus, longitudine ftaminum. 

 Stigma capitatum, planum. 



Pericarpium. Bacca ovata leu globoi'a, trilo- 

 cularis; diffepimentis membranaceis. 



Semina lblitaria, ovata. 



Empalkment. Cup one leaf, three or five- 

 cleft, pointed, very fmall, and remaining. 



Blossom. Petals from three to five, oblon<\ 



obtufe, upright, fpreadirjg at the end. 

 Chives. Threads from fix to ten, awl fhapid, 



upright, ilioi tcr than the bloffom. Tips 



linear, and upright. 

 Pointal. Seed bud oblong and fuperior 



cylindrical, the length of the Chives. 



mit headed, and flat. 

 Seed-vessel. An oval, or globular berry with 



three cells; partitions lkinny. 

 Seeds folitary, and egg-lhapej. 



Shaft 

 Sum- 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



Limonia foliis ternatis; fpinis geminis, axilla- 

 ribus. 



Limonia with leaves compofVd of three leaflets; 

 lpines grow by pairs at the footftalka of the 

 leaves clofe to the ftcm. 



REFERENCE TO THE PLATE. 



1. The Empalement, magnified. 



2. The Chives and Pointal, magnified, as they ftand in the BlofTom 



3. The Pointal natural fize. 



4. The fame, magnified. 



5. A ripe berry. 



6. A Seed. 



This plant, a native of China, has fince its introdu&ion, as are moft plants coming from thence, 

 been cultivated with us as a hot-houfe plant ; but from every natural affinity, wc fhould be led to fup- 

 pofe it would endure our winters, in the green-houfe. As yet it is in t\\v collection., and fearce ; 

 therefore, till it becomes more plenty, it will, molt likely, not undergo that ordeal. Our drawing 

 was taken from a branch in high perfection, communicated by Mr. Anderfon, from the colleftion 

 of J. Vere, Efq. Kenfington Gore, laft year 1800, in the month of July; who informs us, he has 

 been enabled to propagate it by cuttings and that he keeps it in a mixture of loam and rotten dung. 



