P L A T E CXLIX.
S T R U T H I O L A CI L I ATA.
Fringed-leaved Struthiola.
C L A S S IV. ORDER J.
TE TRA ND RI A MONO G YNIA. Four Chives. One Pointal.
E S S E N T I A L G E N E R I C C H A R A C T E R.
C U P t w o - l e a v e d . Bloflbm t u b u l a r , d - c l e f t ; Hon
e y - c u p , 8 g l a n d s p l a c e d r o u n d the m o u th
of t h e bloiTom. One feed l i k e a b e r r y.
Sec S T R U T H I O L A I M B H I C A T A , P I . C X I I I . Vol. I I.
S P E C I F I C C H A R A C T E R.
S t r u t h i o l a w i t h leaves b e t w e e n egg and lancefliapcd,
pointed, f r i n g e d , concave, t i l e d in
f o u r rows, t u r n e d i n w a r d s at the p o i n t;
bloflbm w h i t i l h.
P E R I A N T H I U M d i p h y l l u m . Corolla tubulofa,
4 - f i d a ; N e & a r i u m , glandulae o£to fauci c i r -
cumpofita?. Semen u n u m , f u b b a c c a t u m.
S t r u t h i o l a foli'is o v a t o - l a n c e o l a t i s , m u c r o n a t i s,
c i l i a t i s , concavis, q u a d r i f a t i am i m b r i c a t i s,
a p i c e i n c u r v i s ; corolla fubalbida.
R E F E R E N C E T O T H E P L A T E .
1 . A leaf l l i e w n fide-ways that t h e i n c u r v a t u r e of t h e u p p e r p a r t may b e feen.
2 . A flower c o m p l e t e.
3 . T h e t w o l e a v e s of t h e E m p a l c m e n t , magnified.
4. A b l o f l bm cut open, to expofe t h e f i t u a t i o n of t h e chives, at t h e m o u t h of t h e tube,
m a g n i f i e d .
5. T h e P o i n t a l , a l i t t l e magnified.
T H I S is t h e v a r i e t y of S t r u t h i o l a c i l i a t a p r o m i f e d in t h e laft n u m b e r . It varies from t h e oilier in the
l a r ^ e n e f s a n d i n c u r v a t i o n of t h e leaves, and colour of t h e flower, as w e l l as, in t h e g r o w t h of the
Pla°nt • in t h i s , t h e ftem rifes t o t h r e e f e e t ; in t h a t , it f e l d om exceeds one. W i t h r a t h e r lefs difficulty
i t is increafed and p r e f e r r e d than the red v a r i e t y , and makes a very h a n d i o m e figured plant,
flowering in t h e m o n t h of A u g u f l , at w h i c h feafon, laft y e a r , o u r d r a w i n g was t a k e n f r om a p l a n t in
t h e H i b b e r t i a n Collection. This Var. has t h e a d v a n t a g e of the o t h e r , in h a v i n g the bloflbms
e x t r e m e l y f r a g r a n t , in t h e e v e n i n g.