PLATE CLXI. 



HERMANNIA PULVERATA 



Pozvdercd Hcrmaiin'ia. 



CLASS XVr. ORD ER IL 

 MONJDELPHIJ PEJSTAKDRIJ. Threads united. Five Pointals. 



GENERIC CH 

 Calyx. Perianthium monopliyllum, quinque- 

 tidum, rubrotundum, inflatumj lacinulis 

 inflexis; peiliftens. 

 CoKOLLA pentapetala, fpiralis; ungues longitu- 

 dine calycis, utrinque aufti membraiiula 

 connivente in tubum cucuUatum nectari- 

 ferum; limbus patens, latiulculus, obtulus. 



Stamina. Filamenta quinque, latiufcula, in- 

 ferne levillinie in unum corpus coalita. 

 Antherse ereiSlse, acuminatae, conniventes. 



PisTiLLUM. Germen fubrotujidum, pentago- 

 num, quinquangulare. Styli (juiiique, fili- 

 formes, approximati, lubulati, Itaminibus 

 longiores. Stigmata firaplicia. I 



Fericakpium. Capfula fubrotunda; pcntagona, 

 quinque-locularis, apice dehifcens. 



Semina plurima, parva. 



ARACTER. 



Empalement. Cup one leaf, live-clett, roundifli 

 and fwelled out; legments turned inwards; 

 remaining. 



Blossom, five petals, I'piral ; claws tlie length 

 of the cup, widened on both fides by a fmall 

 Ikinny fubllance forming a honey-bearing, . 

 cowl-lhaped tube; borderfpreading,broaclifli, 

 blunt 



Chives. Five threads, broadilh, fjightlv joined 

 at the bafe into one body. Tips upright, 

 tapered, and ajiproachiiig each oilier. 



PoiNTAL. Seed-bud roundilh, five-fided, five- 

 angled. Shafts five, thread-fliaped, clofe 

 together, awl Ihaped, longer than the Chives. 

 Summits fimplc. 



Seed vessel. Capfula roundifli, five-fided, five- 

 celled, fplittiiig at top. 



Seeds, nianv, fmall. 



Hermannia foliis bipinnatifidis, fcabriufculis, 

 albicantibus: pedunculis bifloris, longif- 

 fiinis; eorollis fordide lutei; 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



Hermannia with doubly wing-cleft leaves, rather 

 rough and whitilli ; flower-ftems two- 

 flowered, very long; blolToms of a dirty 

 yellow. 



REFERENCE TO THE PLATE. 



1. The Empalement. 



2. A leaf of the Bloffom, to fliew its inrurved character at the bafe. 



3. The Chives, magnified, with the poinials remaining, to fliew their length with regard 



to the Chives. 



4. The Seed-bud, Shafts, Summits, magnified. 



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This plant appears to ftand an intermediate chara6ter, between Mahernia and Hermannia : the general 

 habit affines moft to the former, and indeed, the fliape of the threads, on which the eflential gene- 

 rical difiinftion refts, approaches very near to thole in Mahernia; for, althougii they have not abfo- 

 lutely foot fialks, they are much larger, above the middle, than is ufual in Hermannia, as may be 

 feen on the plate; where thefe parts are fiiewn, magnified. It has likewife thai lingularly curious 

 character, feen in Mahernia, of the two blofioms which terminate the flower-items, each taking a 

 contrary diretlion, in its fpiral twift, to the other. As a greenhoufe plant, it is rather tender in regard 

 to damp, though not to cold; therefore, fliould be kept in the moli airy part of the houfe. It is a 

 native of the Cape, from whence it was introduced in the year 1796, to the Royal Gardens, Kew. 

 By cuttings made in the month of April, it may be preferved, and increaled, as it is not a lung-livcd 

 plant. Loam, with a fmall portion of old rotten dung, it thrives in moft. Our drawing was taken, 

 at the,Nurfery, Hammerfmith, in June 1 800. 



