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P L A T E XXXIV.
C H E L O N E R U E L L I O I D E S .
Scarlet Chelone,
C L A S S XIV. ORDER 11.
DIDYNJMU ANG10SPERML4. Two Chives longer. Seeds covered.
G E N E R I C
CALYX, rerianthium monophyllnm, quinquep
a r t i t u m , breviHimum, perfiftensj laciniis
eretìis, ovatis.
COROLLA monopetala, ringens; tubus cylindraceus,
brevifliraus; faux inflata, oblonga,
fupra convexa, infra plana; limbus claufus
parvus; labium fuperius obtufum, emargin
a t u m ; limbus inferius cum luperiori fere
acquale, lasviffime trifidum.
STAMINA. Filamenta quatuor, fub dorfo corollfe
recondita, quorum duo lateralia paulo Iongiora;
anthers incumbentcs.
Rudimentum quinti filamenti, mucronis
inflar, intra fuperius flaminum par.
PISTILLUM. Germen ovatum. Stylus filiformis,
fitu, et longitudine ftaminum. Stigma
obtufum.
PEKICAKPIUM. Capfula ovata, bilocularis, calyce
longicr.
SEMINA plurima, fub rotunda, margine membranaceo
cinña.
S P E C I F I C
Chelone foliis inferioribus fpathulatis, glabris;
. fuperioribus lanceolatis, oppofitis; corollis
cernuis, coccineisj labiis inferioribus barba
tis.
CH AKACTER.
EMPALEMENT. Cup one leaf, five divifions veiy
fiiort, permanent; fegments upright and
egg-ihaped.
BLOSSOM. One petal, gaping; tube cylindrical,
very fliort; mouth fvvelled, oblong, rounded
on the upper, and flat on the lower part;
border fliut, and fmall; upper lip blunt,
bordered; lower lip nearly as long as the
upper, ilightly divided into three at the end.
CHIVES. Threads four, hid under the upper
part of the bloffom ; of which the two fide
ones are a little longer than the others. Tips
fixed lidewaj's to the threads.
The rudiment of a fifth thread, like a ftarp
point is placed equal wi th, and between the
upper chives.
PoiNTAL. Seed-veffel egg-fliaped. Shaft thread-
Hiaped, of the fame length, and place as the
chives. Summit blunt.
SEED-VESSEL, Capfule egg-fliaped, two cells
longer than the empalement.
SEEDS many, nearly round, bound at the edge
by a thin Ikin.
C H A R A C T E R .
Chelone with fpathulate, fmooth leaves on the
lower part of the item; and lance-fliaped,
oppofite ones on the upper; bloffoms hangi
n g down, and fcarlet ; the lower lips bearded.
R E F E R E N C E TO THE PLATE.
1. A Leaf from the lower part of the Stem.
2. The Empalement.
3. A BioiTom cut open, to Ihew the fituation of the Chives, and the imperfeft rudiment s of a fifth.
•1. The Seed-veffel, and Pointai, (natural fize).
THE Chelone Ruellioides is a native of Chili, South America, and was introduced to the royal gardens
at Ke w in the year 1793, by Mr. Boutelow, the fon of the gardener to the King of Spain, who was
then in England purfning his botanical ftudies. It is (apparently) a hardy plant, and fit to endure
the open borders, but, as yet, we have not had a fufficient trial to afcertain it; hitherto it has been
treated as a greenhoufe plant. Being herbaceous, it is propagated by parting the roots, which fliould
b e done m fpring, about the month of March. The proper feafon of its flowering cannot well be
determined, as ,t has undergone fuch various treatment. The plant from which this figure was made
was in full bloom at the gardens of G. Hibbert , Efq. Clapham, in the mont h of June 1797 where it
was feen to flower, for the firft time in this country. The foil it feems to thrive in mofl, is a compofition
of loam, and rotten dung.
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