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P L A T E XXXIII.
DIOS:MA LATIFOLIA.
Broad-leaved Diojma.
C L A S S V. ORDER I.
PENT^NDRIA MONOGYNIJ. Five Chives. One Pointal.
G E N E R I C
CALYX. Perianthium quinquepartitum ; laciniis
tenuibus, acutis, perfiftentibus; bafi plana.
C 0 K 0 1 . L A . Pétala quinqué, ovata, obtufa, feffilia,
ereflo-patula.
ÌScCiarium coroníe forma, excavatum, quinquefidum,
obtulam, germini impofitum.
STAMINA. Filaraenta quinqué, fubukta. Antlierae
fubovata:, ereños.
P I S T I L L U M . Germen coronatum neflario. Stylus
fimplex, longitudine ftaminum. Stigma
obfoletura.
P E E I C A K P I U M . Capfulse quinqué, ovato-acuminatae,
compreife, margine introrfum coalitae,
apicibus diltantes, futura fnperiori deli
i teen tes.
S E M I N A folitaria, oblonga. Arilluí elafticus, hinc dehifcens; fingulum
involvens femen.
S P E C I F I C
Diofma, foliis oppofitis, ferratis, ovalibus, latiiSmis
; floribus terminalibus, albidis, fefiilibns.
C H A R A C T E R .
EMFALEMENT. CLIP of four divifions; fegments
tliin, iliarp, and permanent; fmooth at the
bafe.
BLOSSOM. Five petals, egg-fliape, blunt, fitting
clofe, ereft, and open. Hmey-cup crown-fliaped, hollow, with five
divifions, blunt, fixed on the feed-buds.
CHIVES. Five threads, awl-fliaped. Tips nearly
egg-fliaped, upright.
P O I N T A L . Seed-bud crowned by the honeycup.
Shaft fimple, the length of the chives.
Summit blunt.
SEED-VESSEL. Five capfules, egg-fliaped, pointed,
flattened, joined together by the inner
edge, the points Handing apart, fplitting
at the upper fLiture.
SEEDS folitary, oblong.
Seed-coat elaftic, fplitting from hence, and
incloiing a fingle feed.
C H A R A C T E R .
Diofma with oppofite leaves, fawed, oval, and
very broad; flowers terminal, white, and
fitting clofe to the branches.
R E F E E E N C E TO THE PLATE.
1. A Bloffbm complete.
2. The Chives and Pointal, with the furrounding Seed-buds and Honey-cups.
3. The Pointal, natural fize, with the Empalement attached.
4. The fame magnified.
5. A Seed taken from its coat.
T H E K E are few genera of plants more defendng our notice than Diofma; the fragrance of the leaves
of moft of the fpecies, and the beauty of the flowers of others, has rendered them fo common, (being
eafily propagated by cuttings) that few colleilions but have a number of the dilFerent fpecies. They
are all very hardy greenhoufe plants, the prefent fpecies excepted; this, requiring a dry fituation, and
rather more warmth than the reft. It was fent to the royal gardens at Kew, about the year 1791, by
Mr. F. Maflin, to whofe indufl:ry botany ftands fo much indebted. Of all the Diofmas this is the
higheft grower, afpiring to three or four feet, or more, if encouraged; delights in peat earth, and
flowers about the month of Augufl:.
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