PLATE CCXII. 



POGONIA DEBILIS. 



Slender-Jianed Pogonia. 



CLASS v. ORDER L 

 PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Five Chives. One Pointiil. 



GENERIC CHARACTEU. 



Calyx. Perianthium pentaphyllum perfiftens; 



foliolis lanceolalis, erefti?, acutis, apicibus 



reflpxis. 

 CoROLL.\ mnr.opetala, intLintlibiiliformis, tubus 



cylindricuh., longituciinc talyris, ore villis 



claufo; linibus feiiiiquinqiiehdus, laciniis 



coiicavis, ;icutis. 

 Stamina. Filameuta quinque, tuho fupra mc- 



dium inferla. Atuherse ereftce, fagittaUc, 



intia faucem. 

 PiSTiLLUM. GermeiT ovatum. Stylus filifor- 



mis, apice parum curvalus, longiludiue 



tuhi, perlillens. Stigma concavuni. 

 Pr.RicARriuM. Bacca ovata, coraprefl'i, cilyci 



accreta. 

 Semen. JCu't quaJiilocularis, putamine durilli- 



mo; nuclei obloiigi. 



Empalemi-nt. Clip five -leaved, permanent; 

 leaflets lauce-flinped, upright, pointed, and 

 reflexed at tiie ends. 



Blossom one petal, funnel-fliaped, tube cylin- 

 drical, tin kngtli of the cup, the mouth 

 clofed with Aift hairs; bf/rder half five- 

 ckft; (eijnicnts concave and po.uti-d. 



Chives. Threads five, inferted iiHo tli,e tube 

 above the m'ddle. Tips upright, arrow- 

 fliaped, within ihe niou'h. 



PoiNTAL Seed-bud egg-lliaped. Shaft thread- 

 fli ipcd, a lilt'.e curvd at the eiul, the length 

 of the tube, remaininfr. Summit concave. 



Seed-ves?el. An <gg-(haped, il.ittened berry, 

 growiiK^ to tliL- ct'p. 



SttD. A four-celled nut, ihe'.l very hard; ker- 

 nels oblong. 



SPECIFIC CHAKACTKR, 



Pt;goni.i foliis lanceolatis, apicibus faepe ferrula- 

 tis, diftichis; tioribus lolitariis, axillaribus, 

 ca;rulcis; cortice fcabroi'a. 



Pogouia with lance-fliaped leaves, often (lightly 

 lawcd at the ends, and puintin;; opjiofite 

 way-;; flowers folit.-irv, growiii^ from the 

 iiil'ertion of ilie leaves iuio the llcm, and 

 blue; bark rough. 



REFERENCE TO TIIE PLATE. 



1 . The Empaleraent. 



2. A Flower cut open, wi;h the Chiies as they Hand in the blolfom. 



3. A Chive, magnified. 



4. The Poiutal. 



5. Summit, with part of the Sh.if[. mni^nitied. 



6. The Cup, u ith the ripe i.erry, th- ihaft remaining, and the cup a little enlarged. 



7. A Berry cut tianfverflv, to fliew the fitualion of the kernels in the cells. 



The Pogonia h^■rf figured, is the only one of the genus we ai prelent polfffs ; it is a native of Port 

 Jackfon, Xew South Wales, and was firil iranfmitted to Enghnnl, by Col. Pa'erf n, in the year 17.0*. 

 It is a climbing plant, the brandies acquiring a confiderable lengifi, the bark being covered with 

 fmall tubercles, like glands, and the younger branches covered, their whole length, with bloiTbins. 

 Although this is not to be reckoned amongll the handfomell of tlic productions of that country, yet, 

 from the lively colour of the flowers, the profufion of them which the plant produces, and their con- 

 tinued I'ucicliion, from April, till Sepiemher, it muft be coufidered as a v.iin ible addition to the (mall 

 number of fc.mdtnt plants, as yet in our green -houfes; more paiticularly at the prel'tnt junClurc, when, 

 from falhion, a trellis has become a necellary appendage to them. It is propagated from the feeds, 

 which ripen in this country ; as well as from cuttings, which Ihould be made in May, and kept 

 in the heat of a cucumber-frame, or hot-houfe, till they are rooted. It is grr)wn befi in fandy peat. 

 Our figure was taken at the Haniiiierfmitli \urfery, where it was firll r.iilVd in this kingdom. The 

 name, Pogonia, is derived from the a;;)! :.rance of the mouth of the flower which is bearded; 

 Hayw/isy, fogonion, fignifying a little beard. 



