PLATE CXLV. 



HILLIA LONGIFLORA. 



hong-flowered Hillia. 



CLASS VI. ORDER L 

 HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Six Chives. One Pointal. 



GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Caltx. Perianthium hexaphyllum; foliolis ob- 



longis, acutis, eretlis. 

 Corolla monopetala; tubus cyliudricus, lon- 



giirimus; limbus fexfidusj laciniis oblongis, 



planis. 

 Stamina. Filamenta fex, breviflima. Antherae 



oblongae, ereftae, intra faucem coroUae. 

 PisTiLLUM. Germen inferum, oblongum, ob- 



folete hexagonum. Stylus filiformis, loii- 



gitudine tubi. Stigma capitatum. 

 Pericarpium oblongum, comprelTura, bilocu- 



lare. 

 Semina numerofa, minima. 



Empalemekt. Cup fix-leaved; leaflets oblong, 



fharp pointed and upright. 

 Blossom one petal, tube cylindrical, very long; 



border fix-cleft; legmen ts oblong, flat. 



Chives. Tiireads fix very fliort. Tips oblong, 

 upright, within the mouth of the blolFoni. 



Pointal. Seed-bud beneath oblong, flightly 

 fix-fided. Shaft thread-fliaped, the length 

 of the tube. Summit headed. 



Seed-ve3sel oblong, flattened and two celled. 



Seeds many, very fmall. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



Hillia corollis fexfidis, laciniis lanceolatis, fupra 

 convexis; foliis ovatis, acutis, glabris. 



Hillia with bloffoms fix cleft, fegments lance- 

 fliaped, convex above; leaves egg-fliaped, 

 pointed and fmooth. 



REFERENCE TO THE PLATE. 



1 . A flower cut open, to expofe the number and fituation of the Chives. 



2. The Shaft and its fummit, natural fize, placed by the flower, to Ihew its proportional 



length to the tube. 



3. The Seed-bud, with the leaflets of the Euipalement attached, cut IranlVerlely, to fliew 



the divifion of the cells in the center. 



This fpecies of Hillia was firft introduced to our gardens in the year I'Sg, from the Ifland of Bar- 

 badoes, fent in plants, by Mr. J. Elcock, to Meflrs. Lee and Kennedy, Hammerfmith. Originally 

 this flirub was fpecifically termed, parasitica by profeflbr Jacquin, when he firft formed, and titled 

 the Genus, after Dr. J. Hill, of voluminous memory; from a fuppofition that it was to be found 

 growing, only, upon fome other plant: a circumftance, which being denied by Swartz, he has altered 

 it to longiflora. We have followed the latter name that ours may go in unifon with the author of 

 the laft Species plantarum now publifliing by WiUdenow, as well as profelfor Martyn, who in his 

 edition of Miller's Diaionary has followed Swartz; they appearing to be the nioft accurate, as well as 

 the mort read and followed of any modern Botanical authorities. It is a tender hot-houfe plant, ftrikes 

 ealily from cuttings, thrives in rich mould and flowers about the end of February. To tlie Right 

 Hon. Lord Vifcount Valentia we are indebted, for the fpeciraen from which our figure was taken, 

 fent from his Lordfliip's famed colieftion at Arley near Bewdley, Stalibrdlhire; where, we believe, it 

 has flowered for the firft time in England. 



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