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P L A T E CXXIX.
G L O R I O S A SUPERBA.
Superb Glorio/a.
C L A S S V. ORDER L
HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Six Chives. One Pointai.
G E N E R I C CHAKACTEK.
CALYX nullus.
CoiiOLLA. Petals fex, oblongo-lanceolata, undulata,
longiflima, totaliter reflexa.
STAMINA. Filamenta fex, lubulata, corolla breviora,
re6to-patula. Anthera; incumbentes.
PisTiLLUM. Germen globofura. Stylus filiforraisj,
ftaminibus longior, inclinatus. Stigma
triplexj obtufum.
PERICAHPIUM. Capfula ovalis, triloba, trilocularis,
trivalvis.
SEMINA plura, globofa, baccata^ duplici ferie
difpofita.
Ols. AfBnis Erythronio.
EMPALEMENT, none.
BLOSSOM. Petals fix, oblong-lance-iliaped, waved,
very long, totally bent back.
CHIVES. Six threads, awl-fliaped, fliorter than
the bloflbm, fpreading out at ftraight angles
f r om the feed-bud. Tips fide ways on the
threads.
POINTAL. Seed-bud globular. Shaft thread-
Ihaped, longer than the threads, inclined.
Summit triple, blunt.
SEED-VESSEL. Capfule oval, tiiree-lobed, threecelled
three-valved.
SEEDS many, globular, like berries, difpofed in
two rows!
Obs. The genus has an affinity to Erythronium,
or Dog's-tooth Violet.
Gloriofa foliis cin'hiferis.
S P E C I F I C CHAKACTEE.
Il Gloriofa with tendril-bearing leaves.
E E F E R E N C E TO THE PLATE.
1. A leaf of the Bloflbm, with its Chive, as they are fixed together at the bafe.
2. The Seed-bud, Shaft and Summit; the petals of the bloffom being cut o f f .
THE Gloriofa fuperba, a native of Guinea, as well as the coaft of Malabar in the Eaft Indies, is fiiid
to be every part poifonous. It is herbaceous, and the roots, which are formed upon the decay of the
old one, fliould be taken from the pot in November, and kept in dry fand till the end of February,
when they muft be planted in rich earth, compofed of one part old rotten dung, and two parts leaf
mould or peat earth, then plunged in the bark-bed of a hot-houfe which is kept at pine heat, to
i n f u r e their flowering the enfuing Auguft.
Having received a moft beautiful branch, of this magnificent plant from the colleQion of the Hon.
the Marchionefs of P.ockingham, at Hillingdon, near Uxbridge; the impulfe was too ftrong to be
refitted, of giving a figure of it in the Bot. Rep. although againft our general propofals, as this is
certainly, neither a new, or rare plant; having been introduced fo early as tOgo, by Mr. Bentick.
W e therefore beg the indulgence of our friends, in this inftance; for although the flower is common,
and there are many figures of it, in different works, as, Rheede's Hort . Malab. Vol. 7. frut. fcand. J 07.
t . i7. Plukenet's alma. 240. t. 116. f. 3. Commelin's hort. 1. p. 6g. t 35. K:c. &c.; yet, as thefe may
not be in die poffeffion of many of tlie purchafer s of our work, we hope it may prove agreeable.
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