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P L A T E CXXXIX.
STRUTHIOLA CILIATA.
Frmged-leaved Struthiola. Var. reiflon^ered.
C L A S S IV. ORDER I.
TETRANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Four Chives. One Pointal.
E S S E N T I A L GENERIC CHARACTER.
P e r i a n t h i qm diphyllum. Corolla tubulofa,
4-fida; Neaarium, gianduia; oilo fauci circurapoiitae.
Semen uuum, lubbaccatum.
Cup two-leaved. Bloflbm tubular, 4-cleft; Honey
cup, 8 glands placed round the mouth
of the blolTom.
On e Seed, like a berry.
See STKUTHroLA imbkicata, PI. CXI I I . Vol. II.
S P E C I F I C CHARACTER.
Struthiola foliis ovato-lanceolatis, mucronatis,
ciliatis, concavis, quadrifariam imbricatis;
glandulae ofto fupra faucera; corolla rubra.
Struthiola with leaves between egg and lance-
Ihaped, pointed, fringed, concave and tiled
in four rows; eight glands upon the mouth
of the blolTom, which is red.
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
1. A leaf, natural fize, from one of the younger branches.
2. A Bloflbm, with its Cup, or floral leaves.
3. The Cup, magnified,
4. A Bloflbm cut open, and magnified.
5. Tlie Seed-bud, Shaft, and Summit, magnified.
T h e two varieties of this fpecies of Struthiola, the other with a white flower being intended for
our next number, were introduced at the fame time with the Struthiola imbricata, to which thev
much aiSne, in general habit. But, the strong diftinaion in the number and charaaer of the glands
mduced us to confider them of a diftina fpecies; in this, they are eight, in S. imbricata thLe are
but four; the leaves likewiie not fo clofely fet upon the flem, and they are much more fringed
For the culture and treatment of this, we muft refer our readers to the direaions, for manar ins the
above named plant. We had our fpecimen, for the figure, from the Clapham colleaion in May 1800
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