T A B . X X X V I I .
C A R O L I N E A PRINCEPS.
C H A R A C T E R GENERICUS.
CAL. Perìanthium raonophyllum, campanulatum, tmncatum, integerrilnura, breviffimum, deciduum.
COR. Pétala quinqué, enfiformia, longffima, creaiufcuìa.
STAM. Monadelpha.
Warnenta numcroflflìma, bafi connata, filiformia, longiffima. Amberà oblongiufcula;,
erefta:.
PisT. Germen Inferum, oblongum, cylindricum. Stylus filiformis, longitudiiK ftaminum.
Stigma fimplex.
PER. Pomum ovatum, quinquefiilcatum, biloculare.
SEM. gemina, alterum fupra alterum, ovata, gibba, introrilim planiuicula.
LIN. SuppL. PL. SYST. VEGET. edit, decima tertias, p. 51.
C H A R A C T E R SPECIFICUS, &c.
Carollnea foliis fubquinatis: foliolis ovato-lanceolatis. SYST. NAT. GMEL. 2. p. 1039.
Carolinea princeps. HORT. KEWENS. 2. p. 440.
G E N E R I C CHARACTER.
CAL. Perianth one-leaved, campanulate, truncate, perfeilly entire, very iliort, deciduous.
COR. Petals five, fword-ihaped, very long, fomewhat ere£t.
STAM. Monadelphous.
Filaments very niunerous, connate at the bafe, thread-form, very long. Anthers longlfli,
ere£>.
PiST. Germ inferior, oblong, cylindi'ic. Style thread-form, length of ftamens. Stigma fimple.
PER. Pome ovate, five-Rirrowed, two-celled.
SEEDS double, one upon the other, ovate, gibboie, flattlfli Inwards.
S P E C I F I C CHARACTER, &c.
Carolinea with fubquinate leaves: the leaflets ovate-lanceolate.
D i g i t a t e d Carolinea. HORT. KEWENS. vol. 2. p. 440.
THE magnificent vegetable figured on this Plate is a native of Mexico, Surinam, and Guiana,
where it chiefly grows in jjlaces which are liable to be overflowed by the ipray of the iea. It
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