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P L A T E XXVI.
CEASSULA ODORATISSIMA.
Sweet-fcentecl Craffnla.
C L A S S V. O R D E R Y.
P E N T A N D R I J I PE]STAGYNIU4. Fi v e Chives. Five Pointals.
G E N E R I C
CALYX. Perianthium pcntaphyllum; foliolis
lanceolatis, canaliculato-concavis, ereñis,
acutis, conniventibus in tubura, perfiftentibus.
COROLLA. Pétala quinqué, unguibus longis,
linearibus, redis, conniventibus, reflexopjtentibus.
Neilaria quinqué; fingulum fquamula
minima, emarginata bafi germinis exlrorfum
annesa.
STAMINA. Filamenta quinqué, fubulata, longitudine
tubi, unguibus corollse infarta.
Antherse fimplices.
PisTiLLUM. Germina quinqué, oblonga, acuminata,
definentia in ftvlos fubulatos, longitudine
ftaminum. Stigmata obtufa.
PERICAKPIUM. Capfulae quinqué, oblongas,
acuminatce, reñas, compreflk, longitudinaliter
introrlum dehifcentes.
SEMINA plura, parva.
S P E C I F I C
CrafTula foliis oppofitis, amplexicaulibus, ciliatis,
linearibus; floribus capitatis, odoratiffimis,
luteis.
C H A R A C T E R .
EMPALEMENT. Cup of five leaves; the fmall
leaves are lance-fliaped, concave and cliannelled,
upright, fliarp, formed into a tube,
and remaining.
BLOSSOM. Petals five, claws long, linear, upright,
joined together, bent back, and
fpreading. Honey-cufs five, each confifting of a fmall
fcale notched at the end, and fixed on the
outfide tlie bafe of each feed-bud.
C I I I V E S . Five threads, awl-fliaped, the length of
the tube, fixed into the claws of the blolîbra.
Tips fimple.
PoiNTAL. Seed-buds five, oblong, pointed, ending
in awl-fliaped ftiafts, tlie length of the
chives. Summits blunt.
SEED-VESSEL. Five capfules, oblong, pointed,
upright, prefled together, and opening inwards
along the feam.
SEEDS, many, fmall.
C H A R A C T E R .
CraiTula -with oppofite leaves that embrace the
ftem, fringed and linear; the flowers grow
in bunches, are fweet-fcented and yellow.
R E F E R E N C E TO THE PLATE.
]. The Empalement.
2. A BlolTom cut open to fliew the infertion of the threads.
3. One Petal of the bloflbm.
4. The five Pointals as they fl;and in the bloflbm, with their honey-cups attached to the
bottom of the Seed-buds.
5. One Pointal (magnified).
THE Craflula Odoratiflima is a native of the Cape of Good Hope, was introduced to our gardens about
the year 1/04, but did not flower till 1796. The fcent of this plant at night is fo very powerful,
that by many it may be deemed almofl ofFenfive, though by others it is confidered as moft agreeable;
the flavour is nearly affined to the tuberofe. This is not a very Ihewy plant, growing about a foot
high, and flowers from March, till May or .Tune. It is moil eafily propagated by cuttings, lives in
the common greenhoufe with very little care, and in almoft any fort of earth. This figure was taken
at MeiTrs. Lee and Kennedy's, nurferyraen, Hammerfmith, where the plant was firft raifed.
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