PLATE DCXXXIII. 



LIATRIS ODORATISSIMA. 



Sweet-scented Liatris, 



CLASS XIX. ORDER L 



SYNGENESIA FOLYGAMIA MQUALIS, Tips United. Equal Polygamy. 



ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Receptaculum nudum. Calyx oblongus, im- 

 bricatus. Pappus plumosus, coloratus. 



Receptacle naked. Empalement oblong and 

 tiled. Down feathery and coloured. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER 



Liatris foliis oblongis, sub-integerrimis, gla- 

 bris, caulem amplexantibus. Caulis sim- 

 plex, glaber. Flores panicula corymbosa, 

 divaricati. Calyx squamosus, lanceolatus, 

 obtusus. 



Liatris with oblong leaves nearly entire, 

 smooth, and embracing the stem. Stem 

 simple and smooth. Flowers grow in a co- 

 rymbose panicle, straddling. The squamous 

 empalement lanceolate and obtuse. 



REFERENCE TO THE PLATE. 



1 . The empalement. 



2. A flower. 



3. The feathery down magnified. 



4. A blossom spread open magnified. 



5. Seed-bud and pointal. 



6. A radical leaf. 



We received the specimen from which our figure is taken from A. B. Lambert, esq., in whose stove it 

 has flowered for the first time in this country. It was brought to England last ) ear by Mr. Fraser 

 from South Carolina. Many attempts have been before made to introduce it, but wiihout success, as 

 the plants either perished on the voyage, or very soon after their arrival. It is, we think, a great ac- 

 quisition to our collections, on account of the great fragrance of its leaves when dried, which very 

 luuch resembles the fine perfume of the Tonquin Bean, {Dlpterix odorata Linn. Willd.) but more 

 powerful, and which they will retain for many years, as Mr. Lambert has shown us some which have 

 been kept in a box above ten years, and are as highly scented as ever. It seems at present too tender 

 (o flower without the assistance of the stove. 



