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P L A T E IX.
ATUAGENE CAPENSIS.
Cape Atragene.
C L A S S XIIL ORDER VH.
POLYANDRIA POLYGYNIA. Many Chives. Many Pointals
G E N E E I C
CALVS Perianthium tetraphyllum ; foliolis
ovalibus, patentibus, obtulis, didduis.
COROLLA. Pétala duodecim, linearla, bafi anguftiffima,
obtufa, patula.
STAMINA. Filamenta plurima, breviffima. Antherie
oblonga:, acumenate.
C H A R A C T E R .
PISTILLUM. Germina plurima oblonga. Styli
villofi. Stigmata fimplicla, longitudme
antherarum.
PERICAKPIUM. Nullum.
SEMINA plurima, definentia in caudam pilofam.
EMPALEMENT. Cup four-leaved, which are oval,
fpreading, blunt, and deciduous.
BLOSSOM. Petals twelve, linear, narroweft at
bafe, blunt, and fpread open.
CHIVES, Threads many, very fliort. Tips oblong,
pointed.
POINTAL. Seed-buds numerous, oblong. Shatts
hairy. Summits fimple, the length of the
tips.
SEED-VESSEL. None.
SEEDS many, terminating in a hairy tail.
S P E C I F I C
Atragene, foliis ternatis; foliolis incifis, dentatis,
rigidis; flore incarnato, femipleno.
C H A R A C T E R .
Atragene, with three divifions; the fmaller divifions
jagged, toothed, and harih; the
flower fleih-coloured, and femidouble.
R E F E R E N C E TO THE PLATE.
of the Pointals; one tip magnified.
3. A Seed of the fize when ripe.
plant - b e e n c o n ^ e r e d b y i™m. 2 - a n . ^
to which genus it certainly may as eafily ^^ ^^ ¿ i , ^ his authority. It is
fcribed by Linn.us, b\ t at f o L confiderable diflance
(as the trivial name implies) a "^^ive ot i ^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^ ^^ ^^
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about March, or April.
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