P L A T E CCII.
S A M Y D A S E R R U E A T A.
Sawed-leaved Samyda.
CLASS X. ORDER I.
DECANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Ten Chives. One Pointat.
C A L Y X . Pcrianfhium monophvllum, interne
c o l o r a t u m ; tubus c a m p a n u l a t u s , decemftria
t u s ; limbus quinquefidus, laciniis ovatis
p l a n t s , patentitlimis, obtulis, duabus acumine
n net is.
C O R O L L A nulla.
Xectarium nionophylluni, conicum, trunc
a t u m , tlccemftriatum, longitudine fere calycis,
ejnfque limbo ad bafin iiifertum, ore
obtufí.' l O a d 18-dentato.
S T A M I N A , Filamenta nulla. Anthera: decern
ad octo-decem, oblonga;, erectre, parva;,
d e n t i b u s neótarii infidentes.
PisTiLLUM, Germen ovatum. Stylus fubulatus,
erecius, longitudine nectarii. Stigma cap
i t a t u m , obtufum.
P E B I C A B P I C M . Capfula fubrotunda, quadrifulcata,
coriácea, crafta, uní I o c u l a r is, quadrivalvis.
S E M I N A plurima, fnbovata, obtufa, bafi foramin
u l o notata, valvulis afiixa, obvoluta pellicula
pulpóla.
E M P A I . E M E N T . Cup one leaf, coloured within;
t u b e bell-fhapcd, ten-ftriped; border fivecleft,
fegments egg-lhaped, fmooth, very
much fpread, obtufe, two lengthened by a
pointed end.
BLOSSOM none.
Honey-cup, one leaf, conical, appearing
cut oft", ten-ltripcd, nearly the length of
the cop and fixed to i t at the bafe of t he
border, obtuiely from 10 to 18-toothed at
the mouth.
C H I V E S . Threads none. Tips from 10 to 18,
oblong, upright, fmall, fixed to t h e teeth of
honcycup,
P O I N T A L . Secd-bud egg-lhaped. Shaft awl-
Ihaped, upright, the l e n g t h of the honeycup.
Summit headed, blunt.
SEED-VESSEL. Capfule r o u n d i l b , four-furrowed,
leathery, thick, one-celled, four valves.
SEEDS many, nearly egg-lhaped, blunt, marked
with a fmall hole at the bafe, fixed to t he
valves, furrounded with a flight pulpy i k i n.
S P E C I F I C CHARACTER.
Samyda flori bus rofels, dodecandris; folds ova t o - ¡1 Samyda w i t h rofy coloured flowers having twelve
oblongis, ferrulatis, chives; leaves between egg-lhaped and o b -
II long, llightly fawed.
R E F E R E N C E TO THE P L A T E.
1. T h e E m p a l e m e n t , with its honey-cup, and the tips, cut and fpread open.
2. The Pointal and feed-bud natural fize, the fummit detached and magnified.
3. T h e Seed-bud cut tra n fverfely and magnified, to fliew the number of valves
and fituation of t h e feeds.
T H E S a w e d - h a v e d Samyda is an i n h a b i t a n t of moft of the Weft India Itlands, but was received in
England, about the year 1~Q5, from the Illand of St. V i n c e n t ; tranfmitted from thence, by Mr. Andert'on,
c u r a t o r of t h e Botanic garden, originally eftablillicd there, under t h e fanctiou of o u r government,
by D r . Y o u n g . It is a very tender plant, grows to about three feet in h e i g h t , m a k i n g b u t few
fmall branches, and r a t h e r weak in t h e Item. Our drawing was taken in J u l y this year at t h e garden
of T . Evans, Eiq. Stepney, who w e believe firft had it to flower in this k i n g d o m . It is propagated
by c u t t i n g s ; mult be kept in the bark-bed of t h e liot-houfe, and Ihould be planted in very rich mould.