P L A T E CCXIV. 



WESTERINGIA ROSMARINACEA. 



Rofemary-lihe Wejleriiigia . 



CLASS IT. ORDER T. 

 DIAKDRIA MONOGYNIA. Two Cliivcs. One Pointal. 



GENERIC 



Calvs. Perianthium monophyllum, fub-cy- 

 lindricum, ereftum, perfidens, quinqueden- 

 tatum, a-quale; brafteis binis luftultum. 



Corolla monopctala; pptalum tubulatum ca- 

 lyce paulo longius; limbus patens, quinque- 

 partitus. Tub aequalis; laciiiiU duabus fiipe- 

 rioribus emarginatis. 



Stamina. Filamenta qiiatuor, filiformia, fiuci 

 tubi inferta, quorum duo luperiora lon- 

 giora, fertilia; duo breviora flerilia. An- 

 theras Icculis oblougis, diiae fuperiores de- 

 pendentes; duse iuferiuies erectm, lagiltatos, 

 rquauiiformcs. 



PisTiLLUM. Germen tetragonum. Stylus fili- 

 formis, parum curvatus, longiiudine tubi. 

 Stigma bifidum, reflcxum. 



Pericarpium nullum. Calyx in fundo femina 

 contin'^r.s. 



Semina quatuor, ovalia. 



CHARACTER. 



Empalement. Cup one-leaf, nearly cylindrical, 

 upright, remaining, five- toothed, equal; 

 lupported by two leaflets. 



Blossom one petal; petal tubular, rather longer 

 than the cup; border fpieading, five-di- 

 vided, nearly equal ; the two upper fcg- 

 ments notched at the end. 



Chive";. Four threads, thread-fliaped, inferfed 

 into the mouth of the tube, of which the 

 two upper ones are longer, and fertile; two 

 lliorter, and Iterile. Tips with oblong cells, 

 the two upper ones iiang down; the two 

 lo\^erare upright, arrow-fli.ipcd, and like 

 thin fcales. 



Pointal. Seed-bud four-lided. Shaft thread- 

 fliaped, a little curved, the length of the 

 lube. Summit two- cleft, reflexed. 



Seed-vessel none. Cup containing the feeds 

 at the bottom. 



Seeds f..air, oval. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



"Welieiingia foliis verliilllatis, fub-linearibus. 



acuiis, fubius fericeis; floribus ajLiilaribus, 

 fpicatis. 



Welleringia with leaves growing in whorls, 

 nearly linear, pointed and filky underneatli; 

 flowers grow from the bafs of the leaves 



dole to the ftcm, in f jikes. • 



REFERENCE TO THE PLATE. 



1. The Empak'ment, with the two props attached to the bafe. 



2. A Flower fpre.-jd open, with the chives in their place, magnified. 



3. The Pointal, natural fizc. 



4. The fame mngnifit-d. 



The prefent plant was introduced to our gardens, in the year ijgl, fmm New South Wales, by Meff". 

 Lee and Kennedy, Hammerfniith. It was firll named Cunila vertitillata, and, from what we can 

 judge, it might, without much forcing of the charaflers of the genus, have been fo continued; but our 

 opinions flial! always give way, when the decifion is pall from fuch fuperior talents as thofe of Dr. Smith ; 

 by whom it has been thought to poflefs a futticiency of dillintlive charader, on which to form a new 

 ge«us, under the title it here bears. It is a bufny llirub, grows to the height of three feet, the 

 branches ftanding out alnioft horizontally, in whorls, and the wliole plant bearing a great refemblance 

 to the Rofemary. It is propagated by cuttings made in March from the end of the (mall branches; 

 approves moft of light fandy peat, and is in flower from March till November. The whole plant is 

 fcentlels. 



