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P L A T E DCXXXIV.
P E L I O S A N T H E S HUMILIS.
Humble Peiiosanf/ies.
CLASS.VI. ORDER I.
IlEXANDRIA MONOGYNIJ. Six Stamens. One Style.
GENERIC
CALYX nullus. Corolla 6-partita, subrotata;
laciniis lato-ovatis, obtusis. Nectarium corolla
triplo brevius, incrassatuirij integrum.
Stamina sub ore nectarii afBxa. Filaraeuta
subnulla. Stylus brevissinius, obtuse trigonus.
Stigma depressum. Germen inferura,
3-loculare; loculls dispermis. Bacca?
subovata, carnosa.
CHARACTER.
Cup none. Blossom 6-parted, nearly wheelshaped
; the segments broadly ovate, blunt.
Nectary three times shorter than the corolla,
fleshy, entire. Stamens affixed under
the mouth of the nectary. Filaments scarcely
any. Style short, bluntly three-sided. Stigma
depressed. Germen below, three-celled;
the cells two-seeded. The fruit fleshy,
nearly oval.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
PELIOSANTHES foliis elliptico.lanceolatis subseptemnerviis
scapo longioribus ; bracteis
fiores aequantibus ; racemo subovato.
PELIOSANTHES with elliptic-lanced seven-nerved
leaves longer than the scape; the bracts
equalling the flowers in length, and the
bunch ovate.
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
1. A segment of the flower magnified.
2. Seed-bud and pointal.
3 . Seed-bud cut transversely, magnified.
THIS is one of the species referred to in our description No. 605, and flowered last November in the
collection of T. Evans, Esq. at Stepney; where we were informed, that it grows naturally in shady
woods in Pinang, or Prince of Wales's Island, and was introduced to this country in 1808. Its beauty
is certainly far inferior to the Bengal species, with which however it agrees very well in essential characters
; but the nectary here nearly resembles a little cup, and is not contracted above, as in that species.
The height of the plant above ground is only about two inches.
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