( JSI ) 
Number, have their Bafes feparated very diftindly one 
from another-, and though they are reunited about the 
Middle, which makes them look as if they were of one 
Piece, yet they may be feparated without tearing, f dh, 
II. Ftg. 3, 
The Petals of our Oxyoidesd^rt equal, they are from 
three Lines to three and a half long, and towards the 
Extremity about a third Part as broad as they are long. 
They are lightly cut in like a Heart at their Extremi- 
ties. They are of a Lemon Colour, paler or deeper, 
according to the Moiflure or Heat of the Seafon. Each 
of them has a fmall Streak running through their Mid- 
dle Lengthwife. They are covered by their Empale- 
ment about two Thirds of their Height, and from 
thence they open in Form of a Bell. They are very 
tender, and laid but the Space of one Morning. 
The Empalement is one leaved ; It is two Lines 
high, and the half of this Height makes the Thicknefs 
of its Bafe. It divides a little below the Top into five 
Lobes, very (harp at their Extremities. It is pale- 
green ; it is regular, and a little hairy. 
The Chives grow from the Bafe of the Embryon, 
being twice the Number of the Petals, five of them 
being higher than the other five. The highefl: reach up 
to about the Middle of the Petals. Their Summits are 
of the fame Colour with the Petals, and the Chives 
of the fame with the Empalement, or a little brighter. 
The Ovary is very fmall and round, but a little 
furrowed into five Ribs, the Diameter of which is 
about one Third, or almoft half a Line. It is crowned 
by five Teeth, which form the Body of the Stile. 
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