P L A T E CLXXXV.
CLASS XX. ORDER VI. ofLinn.Gen.Tlant, 1?64.
G Y N A N D R I A D E C A N D R I A . Chives on the Pointai. Ten Chives.
C O N T O R T A. Ne&arium duplex, genitalia involvens;
fquamula; exteriores quinqué, cufpídala;;
quinqué interiores, membranácea;,
fingida fquamula occultans fiarnina duo
a l t e r n a .
C O R O L L A hypocrateriformis.
S S E N T I A L G E N E R I C c h a r a c t e r.
ONTORT. Honey-cup double, concealing the
parts of fructification; the outer fcales are
five, and fpear-lbaped; the five inner are
Ikinny, each fcale covering two alternate
chives.
LOSSOM faiver-ihaped.
ERGULARIA MINOR, PI. C L X X X I V . Vol. I I I.
S P E C I F I C c h a r a c t e r .
Pergularia folds cordatis, fenioribus fubtomentofis;
laciniis corolla; margine revolutis,
tortis, linearibus, reflexis, viridibus.
Pergularia with heart-fliaped leaves, the older
ones rather downy; the fegments of the
blofibm rolled back at the margin, twilled,
linear, reflexed, and green.
R E F E R E N C E T O T H E p l a t e .
1. T h e Empalement.
2 . ABloflbm.
3. T h e fame, cut open.
4 . The parts of fructification, as they appear when covered by the honey-cups,
magnified.
5. T h e outer feale of t h e Honey-cup, magnified.
6. T h e i n n e r fcale of the Honey-cup, magnified.
7 . T h e two Scales, as they are connected together at t h e bafc.
8 . T h e Pointal, with the Chives; the Shaft, Summit, and Chives, with the
bodies connecting the Chives, detached and magnified.
T H I S fpecies of Pergularia is a native of China, from whence it was received in the year I / 8 9 , by
Lady H u m e ; in whole collection at W o rm ley bury, Herts, it tirll flowered in 1 7 0 1 . It is cultivated
and ihcreafed in t h e fame manner as t h e P. minor, and is equally fragrant. We have little doubt that
our two fpecies comprile four, of the different authors who have collated from each other] we (hall
t a k e lite lad, Willdenow. The P. glabra and P. Japouica as our P. minor; and the P. purpurea and
toiiientofii as our P. odoratillima. The P. cdulis of T h u n b e r g is certainly Cynanchum.
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P E R G U L A R I A O D O R A T I S S I M A.
Sweet Pergularia, or Chinefe Creeper.