PLATE ecu. 



SAM YD A SERRULATA. 



Sawed-leaved Samyda. 



CLASS X. ORDER L 

 DECANBRIA MONOGVNIA. Ten Chives. One Pointal. 



GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Calyx. Perianthiuni monophyllum, interne 

 coloratum; tubus campanulatus, decemltri- 

 atus; limbus quinquefidus, laciniis ovatis 

 planis, patentiflimis, obtufis, duabus acu- 

 mine auftis. 



CoKOLLA nulla. 



Ncctarium monophyllum, conicum, trun- 

 catuni, dccemlb'iatum, longitudine fere ca- 

 lycis, ejufque limbo ad halin infertum, ore 

 o'btufe 10 ad 18-dentato. 



Stamina. Filamenta nulla. Antherae decern 

 ad ofto-decem, oblonga-, ereftae, parvae, 

 dentibus neiStarii infideiUes. 



PiSTiLLUM. German ovatum. Stylus fubulatus, 

 ere£hjs, longitudine neftarli. Stigma ca- 

 pitatum, obtufura. 



Pekicakpium. Capfula lubrotunda, quadrlful- 

 cata, coriacea. cralVa, unllocularis, quadri- 

 valvis. 



Semina pluriraa, fubovata, obtufa, bafi forarai- 

 nulo notata, valvulis affixa, obvoluta pelli- 

 cula pulpofa. 



Empalemext. Cup one leaf, coloured within; 

 tube bell-flinped, ten-llriped ; border five- 

 cleft, fegments fgg-fliaped, fmooth, very 

 much fpread, obtufe, two lengthened by a 

 pointed end. 



Blossom none. 



Hnneij-cup, one leaf, conical, appearing 

 cut (iff, ten-llriped, nearly the length of 

 the cup and fixed to it at the bafe of the 

 border, obtufely from 10 to 18-toothed at 

 the mouth. 



Chive?. Threads none. Tips from 10 to 18, 

 oblong, upright, fiiiall, fixed to the teeth of 

 honeycup. 



Pointal. Seed-bud egg-fliaped. Shaft awl- 

 fliaped, upright, the length of the honey- 

 cup. Summit headed, blunt. 



Seed-vessel. Capfule roundifti, four-furrowed, 

 leathery, thick, one-celled, four valves. 



Seeds many, nearly egg-fliaped, blunt, marked 

 with a fmall hole at the bale, fixed to the 

 valves, furrounded with a flight pulpy fkin. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



Samyda floribus rofeis, dodecandrisj foliisovato- 

 oblongis, ferrulatis. 



Samyda with rofy coloured flowers having twelve 

 chives ; leaves between egg-fliaped and ob- 

 long, flightly fawed. 



REFERENCE TO THE PLATE. 



1. The Empalement, with its honey-cnp, and the tips, cut and fpread open. 



2. The Pointal and feed-bud natural fize, the fummit detached and magnified. 



3. The Seed-bud cut tranfverfely and magnified, to fliew the number of valves 



and fituation of the feeds. 



The Sawed-kaved Samyda is an inhabitant of mol^ of the Weft India Iflands, but was received in 

 England, about the year 1 7Q5, from the Uland of St. Vincent ; tranfmitted from thence, by Mr. An- 

 derfon, curator of the Botanic garden, originally eftablillied there, under the fanftion of our govern- 

 ment, by Dr. Young. It is a very tender plant, grows to about three feet in height, making but few 

 fmall branches, and rather weak in the llem. Our drav.'ing was taken in July this year at the gar- 

 den of T. Evans, Elq. Stepney, who we believe firlt had it to flower in this kingdom. It is propagated 

 by cuttings ; muft be kept in the bark-bed of the hot-houfe, and fliould be planted in very rich mould. 



