H E B E N S T R E I T I A A U R E A.
Golden-flowered Hebenßreitia.
CLASS XIV. ORDER II.
DIDYNAMIA ANGIOSPERMIA. Two Chives longer. Seeds covered.
G E N E R I C CHARACTER.
C A L Y X . Perianthium monophyllum, tubulofum,
m e m b r a n a c e u m , e m ; i r g i n j t u m , fubtus
l o n g i t u d i n a l i t e r dehifcens.
C O R O L L A monopetala, uniluhiata 5 tubus cylindricus,
calvce longior, latere infcriore ad
diraid i o m dehifcens; Jimbus unilabiatus,
adfcendens, planiofcnlus, quadrifidus, fubosqualis.
STAMINA. Filamenta q u a t u o r , horum dúo priora
fub fauce margíni c o r o l l a infería, extant
i a ; dúo feriora, interiora, inferiora, reflexa
ad latera. Antherae lunares, coinprefiae,
extrorfum truncatae.
P I S T I L L U M . Germen mínimum. Stylus filiformis,
per fiífuram corolla; reflexus. Stigma
íimplex.
P E R I C A R P Í U M . Capfula oblonga, unilocularis,
bi val v i s .
S E M I N A dúo, oblonga, hinc convexa, trifulca,
i n d e plana.
E M P A L E M E N T . Cup one-leafed, tubular, membranaceous,
notched at the end, fplitting
lengthways from beneath.
BLOSSOM one-petalled, one-lipped ; tube cylindric,
longer than the cup, fplitting from
t h e lower fide half way; border one-lipped,
afcending, flattilh, four-cleft, the cltfu
n e a r l y equal.
C h i v e s . Threads four, of which the upper
pair is inferted i n t o the edge of t h e bloffom
under the throat, Handing o u t ; the lower
anterior pair is bent back to t h e fides. Tips
crelcent-fliaped, flattifli, appearing cut off
on the outfide.
P O I N T A L . Seed-bud very fmall. Shaft threadlhaped,
bent back through the filfure of
t h e blofibm. Summit fimple.
S E E D - V E S S E L , Capfule oblong, one-celled, twovalved.
SEEDS two, oblong, convex on one fide, threefurrowed
and flat on the other.
S P E C I F I C CHARACTER.
H e b e n i t r e i t i a foliis l i n e a r i b u s , integris, fub-teret
i b u s , obtufis, glabras; floribus congeflis,
racemolis, aurantiis.
Hebenftreitia w i t h linear leaves entire, roundith,
b l u n t , fmooth; flowers grow crowed toget
h e r in long bunches, of a gold colour.
R E F E R E N C E TO THE P L A T E.
1. A flower,
2. T h e Empalement magnified.
3. A Blofibm cut open with t h e chives remaining attached, magnified
4. T h e Pointal n a t u r a l fize.
5. T h e fame, magnified.
T H E Hebenflreitias may all be reckoned as r a t h e r biennial plants than perennial fhrubs- they muft be
i n e r e a i e d every year to keep up a fucceffion, which is a m a t t e r of no difficulty; as, if c u t t i n g s of anv
of the fpecies a r c put inlo feparate fmall pots, and kept from t h e air by a hand-glafs, for about a month
t h e y will become flowering plants by September, if the c u t t i n g s are made in May. Our prefent plant
was i n t r o d u c e d in 1 7 9 6 b y Meifrs. Lee and Kennedy, Hammerfmith, at whole nurfery the drawing
was made tins year in the m o n t h of M a r c h . They moftly flower in fpring, and autumn • the flowers
are very fragrant at n i g h t . They are natives of t h e Cape of Good Hope.