PLATE CXCI.
P L A T Y L O B I U M S C O L O P E N D R U M.
Scolopendra-like fiemmed Flat-Pea.
CLASS XVII. ORDER IV.
D I A D E L P H I A D E C A ND It I A . Threads in two Sets. Ten Chives.
C A L Y X . Perianthinm, campamilatum quinqued
c n t a t um ; laciiiiis tribus inferioribus neul
i s , patentibus ; duahus fuprcmis maximis,
ni)!tilis, obovatis, vexillo adpi-cllis.
C O R O L L A papilionacea.
Vexillum, obcordatum.emarginatum, ereetiini,
maximum.
Alie vexillo brcviores, o b t u f x , femi-obcordatte,
bafi dcnticulatai.
Carina oblula, comprcna, longitudinc et
figura alarum.
S T A M I N A l i b u m i t a decern, cualita in v.igiuam,
ftipra feminifam, ápice libera, xqualia,
.iili.i' iit,.i. Anihcrte fubrotuuda:, verlatiles.
PiSTtLLUM. Germen lineare, pilofum. Stylus
incurvatus, glaber. Stigma fimplcx.
P E I Í I C A R I ' I C M . 1 e g u m e n pt-diccllatum, comp
n i l u n t , obtui'um, mucrunalum, unÜocularc,
dorfo ala t u m .
S E M I N A , plurima, compreila, reniformia.
EMI'ALEMEVT. Cup bcll-lhaped, five-toothed ;
the three lower Segments pointed, (bread -
i n g ; the two upper very large, oblule,
prelTcd to tlie ftandard.
BLOSSOM butterfly fliaped.
Standard, iuverfely beart-fliaped, notched
at t h e end, upright, very large.
H'ings Ihortcr than the llamlard.obtuie, half
invcrltily heart-fhaped, toothed at the bate.
Keel, obtufe, flattened, the length and iliape
of the wings.
C H I V E S . Ten threads, united into a (heath,
half cleft on the upper fide, feparale at
the top, equal and turned upwards. Tips
round i(h, verfatile.
P O I N T A L . Seed-bud linear, hairy. Shaft turned
inwards, fiuooth. Summit iimple.
SEKD-VESSKI.. Pod w i t h a foolftalk,flattened,obtufe,
with a fmall point, one-celled, winged
along the back.
SLEDS many, flattened, kidney-lhape.
Platylobium folds ovatis,
lifquc comprellis, ala
Us, floribus folitariis.
S P E C I F I C CHARACTER,
l a b r i s ; ramis ramu- II Flat-pea w i t h egg-(haped fmooth leaves, larger
,s, margine, cicatril?.- I and fmaller branches flat, winged and
|| hatched at the e d g e s ; flowers folitary.
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
1. T h e Empalement, natural fize.
2 . The Standard of the bloffom.
3. One of the Wings of the blofibm.
4. The two petals of the Keel.
5. The Chives and Pointal, with part of the cup, magnified,
fj. The S e e d - t u d magnified.
T H I S Genus of plants was firft named by Dr. Smith, in the Linn. Trans. Vol. I I . 350, from the
P. formofum, which he afterwards figured in the New-Holland fpecimens, Tab. VI. Our fpecies
was introduced, to Britain, in the year 1 7 0 2 , by Meffrs. Lee and Kennedy. It is a hardy greenhoufe
p l a n t ; but has not, hitherto, been increafed in this country. It mull be planted in very fandy
pent earth, and not moch watered, in winter, as too much wet is apt to dettroy it. The young
branches, which in the old plant appear much more like leaves, (as feldom any leaves are produced
from the upper part of the plant, after a c e r t a i n age,) are very tender; but in time become as tough
as leather, and are almoft equally pliable. Our drawing was taken in May 1 7 9 9 , from a plant,
we believe, the firft that (lowered in England, in the H i b b e r t i a n Colle&ion.