P L A T E CCVIIL
L A S I O P E T A L U M FE11RUGINEUM.
Rufty Woolly-blojfom.
CLASS V. ORDER I.
PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Five Chives. One Pointal.
GENERIC C:
C A L Y X , Penanthium tripliyllum, foliolis fubu- i.|
latís, tomeotoiis, perfil! e n t i b o s , ferruginoiis.
C O U O L L A monopetala, rotata, lannginofa, quinquefida;
laciniis ovatis, apicibus acutis, inc
u r r a tis.
S T A M Í N A . Filamenra quinqué, brevia, erecta,
gcrminis bafi affixa. Antherae erecta;, dorio
biloba;, ápice poris duobus.
P I S T I L L U M . Germen ovatum, fuperum. Stylus
m i u u t u s , filiformis, erectus. Stigma obfoletum,
P E R I C A R P I U M . Capfula fubrotunda, fupera, trifuleata,
triloculariB, trivalvis, diffepimentis
e medio valvularum.
SEMINA numeróla, fubrotunda.
EMPALEMFAT. Cup three-leaved, leaflets awlthaped,
downy, permanent, and of a rufty
i r on colour.
BLOSSOM, one petal, wheel-lbaped, woolly, and
five-cleft; fegments e«g-thaped, iharp
pointed and incurved at the point.
C H I V E S . Threads five, ihort, upright, fixed to
t h e bale of the feed-bud. Tips upright, twolobed
at the back, and two pores at the
point.
P O I N T A L . Seed-bud egg-lliapcd, above. Shaft
filial], thread-ihaped, upright. Summit
obfolete.
SEED-VESSEL. Capfule roundilh, above, threefurrowed,
three cells, three valves, partitions
from the middle ot t h e valves.
SEEDS numerous, roimdilh.
S P E C I F I C CHARACTER.
Lafiopetalum folds fublinearibus, obtufis, ineq
u a l i t y finuatis, fupra glabris, fubtns lanugtnofis;
fioribus racemofis, axillaribus.
Woolly bloifom with nearly linear leaves, blunt,
unequally indented, fmooth above, woolly
b e n e a t h ; flowers grow in long bunches
from the infertion of t h e leaves into t h e Item.
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
1 . T h e Empalement.
2. T h e Bloifom.
3. T h e Chives and Pointal.
4. A Chive, magnified.
5. T h e Pointal.
6 . T h e fame magnified.
T H E Angularity of this plant recommends it to our notice, rather than its beauty. It is a native of
N e w South W a l e s , near Port J a c k km, and is found in inarihy g r o u n d s ; where its branches are l i en
t o extend many yards, embracing all t h e under flirubs they meet; they fcldom exceed the fize of
fnaall twine, but arc exceeding tough. The whole plant, when old, has a dirty or rufty brown appearance,
the leaves becoming very fmnll and narrow; although from c u l t u r e in this country, w e h a ve
feen the leaves, on fame plants, near an inch in breadth, and three in length. For t h e Generic and
Specific titles of this p l a n t we arc indebted to D r . Smith, P. L. S. Sec. and we do not think more approp
r i a t e ones could have been invented. The giving fpecific name* and characters to p l a n t s , where only
one ha* been difcovcred of the Genus, although a little from Linnrean principles, we mult confels
accords with our ideas; for, although, lo compare is neceflary to diftinctive difference; yet, if the
moll oltenfible, and novel appearance of the parts, are taken from t h e firlt difcovered plant, for
t h e fpecific character; there is no more danger of confniion, from any addition lo the Genus, than
if no fueh oblervations had been m a d e ; for, what mutt in future be taken as fpecific diftinction mult
arife from an oppofition to the firlt plant on which the Genus was founded: wherefore we have
adopted this manner, from t h e commencement of the work. This plant was Aril raifed at the Hamm
c i l i n i l h Nurfcry, from feeds received from N e w South Wales in l / Q l . It is propagated by cuttings
t a k e n from the young fhoots, in A p r i l ; fliould be p l a n t e d in very fandy peat earth, and kept very dry
in winter. It is iu flower nearly the whole year.
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