P L A T E CLXI.
H E R M A N N I A PULVER ATA.
Powdered Hermannia.
C L A S S XVI. O R D E R II.
MONAD ELPHIA P E N TA N D RI A. Threads united. Five Pointals.
C H A R A C T E R .
E M P A L E M E N T , Cup one leaf, five-cleft, roundith
and Swelled o u t ; Segments t u r n e d inwards;
r e m a i n i n g .
B L O S S O M , five petals, f p i r a l ; claws t h e l e n g th
of t h e c u p , widened on both fides by a fradii
l k i n n y i u b l l a u c e forming a h o n e y - b e a r i n g,
cowl-fliapcd t u b e ; border fp r e a d i n g , b r o a d i i n ,
b l u n t
C t u v x s . Five t h r e a d s , b r o a d i t h , n i g h t l y j o i n ed
a t the bafe into one body. Tips upright,
t a p e r e d , and approaching each other.
P O I N T A L . Seed-bud r o u n d i l h , five-fided, fivea
n g l e d . Shafts five, thread-Shaped, clofe
t o g e t h e r , awl ibaped, longer t h a n t h e Chives.
Summits fimplc.
S E E D VESSEL. Capfula r o u n d i i h , five-fided, fivecelled,
fplitting at t o p.
S E E D S , many, Small.
G E N E R I C
C A L Y X . P e r i a n t h i um monophyllum, q u i n q u e -
fidum, fubrotundum, inflatum; lacinulia
i n f l e x i s ; peiiiltens.
C O K O I . L A p e n t a p c t a l a , Spiralis; ungues l o u g i t u -
d i n e calycís, nlrin<¡ue aucti membranula
c o n n i v e n t e in t u b um e u c u l l a t um ncctarif
e r u m ; limbus patens, latiufeulus, obtufus.
S T A M I N A . Filamenta q u i n q u é , l a t i u l c u l a , inferné
levillime in unum corpus eoalita.
A n l h e n e creche, acuminata?, conniventes.
P I S T I L L I ' M . Germen fubrotundum, pentagon
u m , q u i u q u a n g u l a r e . Styli q u i n q u é , filiformes,
a p p r o x i m a t e fubulati, ftamimbua
longiores. Stigmata fimplicia.
P E R I C A R P I U M . Capfula fubrotunda pentágona,
q u i n q u e - 1 o c u l a r i s apice dehifcens.
S E M I N A p l u r i m a , parva.
S P E C I F I C C H A R A C T E R.
H e r m a n n i a foliís bipínnatifidís, fcabriufculis,
a l b i c a n t i b u s ; pedunculis biiloris, longifí
i m i s ; corollib í b r d i d é luteis.
H e r m a n n i a w i t h doubly wing-cleft leaves, r a t h er
r o u g h and w h i t i l h ; flower-ftems twoflowered,
very long; blolfoms of a dirty
yellow.
R E F E R E N C E T O T H E P L A T E .
1 . T h e E m p a l e m e n t.
2 . A leaf of t h e Blotlbm, to Shew its i n c u r v e d c h a r a c t e r at the bafe.
3 . T h e Chives, magnified, w i t h t h e p o i n t a l s remaining, to fhew their length w i t h regard
to t h e Chives.
4. T h e Seed-bud, Shafts, Summits, magnified.
T H I S plant appears to Hand an i n t e r m e d i a t e c h a r a c t e r , b e t w e e n M a h e m i a and H e r m a n n i a : t h e general
habit afiines m o d to t h e former, and indeed, the lliape of the t h r e a d s , on w h i c h the elfcntial gener
i c a l diltiuctiou relis, approaches very near to thofe in M a h e r n i a ; for, although they h a v e not abfoh
i t i l y foot i t a l k s , they are m u c h larger, above t h e middle, than is ufual in H e r m a n n i a , as m a y be
f e e n o t i the p l a t e ; where thefe parts are fhewn, magnified. It has likewife t h a t lingular!)- curious
c h a r a c t e r , ieen in M a h e r n i a , of the two bloflfoms w h i c h terminate the nower-ftems, each t a k i n g a
c o n t r a r y direction, in i t , (piral twift, to t h e o t h e r . As a greenhoofe p l a n t , it is r a t h e r tender in r e g a rd
t o damp, t h o u g h not to c o l d ; therefore, lhould be k e p t in the moll airy part of the houfe. It is a
n a t i v e of the Cape, from w h e n c e it was i n t r o d u c e d in t h e year 1/90, to the Royal Gardens, Kew.
Ey c u t t i n g s m a d e in the m o n t h of A p r i l , it may be preferved, and increafed, as it is n o t a long-lived
p l a n t . Loam, with a Small portion of old r o t t e n dung, it thrives in moll. Our d r a w i n g was taken,
a t t h e N u r f e r y , HammeriVmth, in J u n e 1S00.