P L A T E CLXXVI1I.
F E R R A R Í A PAVONIA.
Mexican Ferraría.
C L A S S XVI. ORDER I.
MO NAD E L PHI A TR IANDRI A. Threads united. Three Chives.
G E N E R I C CHARACTER. Schreb. Gen. Plant. V. II. f . 4 5 l .
C A L Y X . Spa thi c bina ; , a l t e rna ; , c a r i n a t t e , invoSh
e a t h s two , a l t e r n a t e , ke e l ed,
l u t e , uniflora:.
C O R O L L A monopetala, fupera, i e x p a r t i t a : lae.iniis
ohlongis, crefto-paieiilibu*,, undulalocrifpatis,
macula t i l ] tribus a b e n d s exterior!
bus latioribus.
S T A M I N A . Filainenta tria, in t u b um cylindraeeum,
corolla brevioretn, connata, fupcrnc
diitin6ta, Anthersc fubovaLe, didym.e.
P I S T I L I . U M . Germen oblongnm, Iriquctrum,
obtumm, inferum. Stylus filiformis, Ion
g i t u d i n e ntbi-
S T I G M A T A tria profunde bifida.
P E R I C A K P I U M . Capfulaoblonga Iriquetra, t r i -
l o c u l a n s , trivalvis ; diifcpimi-niis c o u t r a r i i s.
S E M I N A numeróla, fubroiunda, pulpa involuta.
involute, one-flowered.
OSSOM one petal, above, fix divided; fegmcnts
oblong, upright ipreading, crilpwaved
and fpotted; the three alternate outer
ones the liroadell.
C H I V E S . Threads three, in a cylindrical tube
I h o n e r than the blodbm, joined together,
f e r r a t e at the top. Tips nearly cgg-lhapcd,
double.
P O I N T A L . Seed-bud oblong, three-fided, blunt,
beneath. Shaft thread ihape.d, the length
of t h e tube.
SUMMITS three, deeply two cleft.
S E E D VESSEL Caplulc oblong, three-fided, threecelled,
three-valved ; partitions contrary.
SEEDS many, rouudilh, covered with a pulp.
S P E C I F I C CHARACTER.
F e r r a r í a c o r o l l i s f u b campamilatis, fpeciohihum;
laciniis planis, tribus intcrinribus hailatis,
u e a a r i f c r i s ; folds p l i c a t i s , baii fpathaceis.
F e r r a r i a with bloffoms nearly bell-lhaped and
very thewy; fegments plain, t h e three inner
ones are hslbert-lbaped, and have honeycups,
leaves plaited, Iheathing at the bale-
R E F E R E N C E TO THE PLATE.
1. T h e two Sheaths of the, Empalcment.
2. An outer Petal of t h e Flower.
3. An inner Petal of t h e Flower.
4. T h e Chives and Pointal.
5. T h e Chives fpread open. '
6 . T h e Pointal complete, one of the fummits magmned.
This is, w i t h o u t d o u b t , t h e Mexican plant given in t h e 2 n d . Vol. t. 3 1 , f. 2. o f Swertius's F h r i l e g i u m,
publinVd in IU'12; by F. Hernandez, in his N'ov. Plant. &<•. Mex, Hill. p. 2 7 6 , in 1049} a n d o i ' M u i i s,
u n d e r t h e t i t l e it h e r e bears, in his Flo. Amer. 1. t. 15 • from whom it has been copied i n t o the Suppl.
P l a n t , of the younger Linnanis, p . ¿ 0 7 . and continued by Profelior M a r t y n in his Mill. Die. A r t . Ferraria
2 . This Genus, which was o r i g i n a l l y formed on t h e Ferraria ondúlala of t h e Cape, and placed
t o the d a i s Gynandria b y Linnaeus, has been fo continued by Martyn, 8tc. tint upon what grounds, we
a r e unable t o d e t e r m i n e ; unlets t h e m i l t a k e a r o l e from t h e impracticability of d i v i d i n g t h e t u b e o f t he
chives, from the ihaft, in a dried tpecimen; which, in Inch tranfitory flowers as thofe of Ferraria,
SilYriitchiiim. Galaxia, ice. all o f t h i s elafs, feem, in that lime, to foim a perfc& unifon. Schrebcr
has referred I befe Genera, in hi, Ed. of Linn, Cíen. Plant, to where they certainly mult Irand, to MoniKelphia.
But, a l t h o u g h we h a t e c o n t i n u e d the plant u n d e r t h e t i t l e by which it is generally known,
i r om an adherence to o u r original principle ; yet do we think, it equally necotfary to fíate our opinion,
wbv we r o u n d e r its geneiical reference t o have been as ill t a k e n up, as t h e Genus h i d been ill claflilied.
This plant, as may be feet: from our dilfections, is much nigher alHnetl lo Sifyrinrhiuin, as it
wants every e d e n t t a l c h a r a c t e r of Ferraria, luch a s a (heath of one leaf, undulated crilped petals,
hooded and fringed fummits, &c. for we do not con filler the length of the t u b e of tiie blolfom of any
moment, as it is not contl.int. Xoiv, every d i f t i n g u i t h i n g feature " f Sifyiiuchium a r e h e r e e x t a n t , viz.
a flieath of two leaves, flat or plain petals, fummits neither hooded or f r i n g e d ; but our figure will
b e l t e r e x p l a i n , than words, thefe i t r o n g marked ditferences. II indeed we were t o give a n opinion, it
c e r t a i n l y would not be in coincidence w i t h T h u n b e r g , by placing the whole Genus to Morasa; but to
c r e a t e a n ew one f r om this p l a n t ; u hole w h o l e t i r u e h i r e , but efperi.iily from the Nectaria or honeycups
upon the margin of the inner petals. Hands eminently diflinguiihed from all others.
T h i s moll dill 1 n g 11 t i h e d p l a n t , Wtl litll i n t r o d u c e d to this c o u i i n y bv Mrs. H o d ( on of Manchertcr,
about the year 1JÜ7; but is n ow found in moll collections round the. Metropolis. It is increafed by
t h t feed, which ripens in this c l i m a t e , a n d ftom t h e root, which m .kes a b u n d a n c e of offsets. T h e flowers
expand in rotation, three or four upon each Hem at the interval of a lew days ¡ the Hem growing to
t h e h e i g h t of S t o u t t w o feet. So very rapid is t h e progrefs of t h e blolfom in its decay, from the time
of its o p e n i n g , which is generally about feven o'clock in the morning j that before twelve, the luflre
i s g o n e , a n d it is q i i t e decayed by t h r e e , or four. Our d r a w i n g was made a t t h e Hammerfmilh Nnrfery
in J u l y ; and Hill there were a number of flower Hems, which had not, as yet, made an appeara
n c e of flowering. It is belt grown in peat e a r t h.