P L A T E CCXII.
P O G O N I A D E B I L I S.
Slender-fiemed Pogonia.
CLASS V. ORDER I.
1'ENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Five Chives. One Pointal.
C A L Y X . Perianlhium penlapbylluni perfiftens;
foliolis l a n c c o l a t i s , erect i s , a c u t i s , apicibus
reflex is.
C O R O L L A monopetala, infnndibulifnrinis, tubus
c y l i n d r i c u s , lungitudiiie calycts, ore villis
c l a u i b ; limbus femiquinquehdus, laciniis
concavis, acutis.
S T A M I N A . Kilamcnla q u i u q u e , tubo fupra med
i um i n f e r t a . AnlhenK e r t c u v , fagitlata:,
i n t r a faucem.
1 ' I S T I L L U M . Germen ovatum. Stylus riliformis,
iiptce p a r um curvatus, lnngiludiiic
t u b i , p e r l i l l c n s . Stigma concavum.
P K I U C A K P I U M , Baeca ovata, eomprelfa, calyci
accreta.
8 n H I < Nux quadriloctilaris. p u t a n i i n e dnriflin
i o j nuclei oblongi.
EUFALBUSHT. Cup five - leaved, permanent;
leaflets lance-fliaped, u p r i g h t , pointed, and
reflexed at t h e ends.
B L O S S O M one petal, funnel-fliaped, tube cylindrical,
the l e n g t h of the cup, the mouth
clofed with foft hairs; border half fivec
l e f t ; fegmcnts concave a n d pointed.
C H I V E * . Threads five, iiilerted into the tube
above the middle. Tips upright, arrow-
Ihaped, w i t h i n the mouth.
P O I N T A L . Seed-bud e g g - i h a p e d . Shaft threadfliaped,
a l i t t l e c u r v e d at t h e end, the l e n g th
of t h e tube, remaining, Summit concave.
S E F D - V E S S E L . An egg-fliaped, flattened berry,
g r o w i n g to t h e c u p .
S B E D . A ibur-cclled n u t , fliell very h a r d ; kernels
oblong.
S P E C I F I C CHARACTER.
Pogoma foliis lanccolatis, apicibus ficpe ferrulat
i s , d i f t i e b i s ; rloribus foHtariis, axillaribus,
cajrulcis; cortice fcabrofa.
Pogonia with lance-fliaped leaves, often ilrghtly
fawed at the snds, and pointing oppolite
ways; flowers folitary, growing from the
i n f e r t i o n of the leaves i n t o the ftem, and
b l u e ; b a r k rough.
R E F E R E N C E TO T H E PLATE.
1. T h e Empalement.
2. A Flower cut open, w i t h t h e Chives as they fiand m t h e b l o tW
6. A Chive, magnified.
4. T h e Pointal.
5 Summit, w i t h part of t h e Shaft, magnified,
0 The Clin with the r i p e Berry, the fliaft r e m a i n i n g , and t h e cup a l i t t le enlarged,
7! A Berry cut tranfverily, to m e w the fitualion ot the k e r n e l s 111 t h e cells.
T H E Pogonia h e r e figured, is t h e o n l y o n e o f t h e genus we at prefent pollefs; it is a n a t i v e of Port
TackIbn, N e w South W a l e s , and was firlt tranl'mitted to E n g l a n d , by Col. I'aterfon, in the year lfa$.
I t is a c l i m b i n g p l a n t , the branches a c q u i r i n g a contiderable l e n g t h , t h e bark b e i n g coveted with
fontll tubercles, l i k e g l a n d s , and the y o u n g e r branches c o w e d , their whole length, with blollbms.
A l t h o u g h this is not to be reckoned amonglt the handfumcft of the productions of that c o u n t r y , yet,
f r om t h e lively c o l o u r o f t h e flower-, the profulion of t h em which t h e plant produces, a n d t h e i r c o n t
i n u e d fticceliioii, from April, till September, it m u l l be f o u n d e r e d as a valuable addition to the (mall
n u m b e r of fcandent plants, as yet in o u r g r e e n - h o u f e s ; more p a r t i c u l a r l y at the prefent j u n c t u r e , when,
f r om fafliion, a t r e l l i s has become a ncceilary a p p e n d a g e to them. It is propagated from the feeds,
w h i c h ripen in this c o u n t r y ; as well as from cuttings, which lhonld be made in May, and kept
in t h e h e a l of a c u c u m b e r - f r a m e , or hot-hemic, till they a r e rooted. It is g r o w n bell in l a n d y peat.
O u r figure was t a k e n at t h e H a m m e r f m i t h \ u r l c r y . where it was firlt railed in this kingdom. The
n a m e , Pogonia, is derived from the appearance of the month of the flower which is bearded;
n t r / w t W i Pogunion, l i g n i t y i n g a l i t t l e beard.