P L A T E CCLXVII.
JATROPHA PAND URiE FOLIA.
Fiddle-leaved Phyfic-Nuf.
CLASS XXL
ORDER VIII.
lives andPointalsfeparatc. Threads united.
CHARACTER.
MONOECIA MONA DELPHI A. CI
G E N E R I C
MascuH flores.
C A L Y X . Perianthium vix manifeltum.
C O B O L L A monopetala infundibulifurmis; tubus
breviiiimus; limbus quinquepartitus, laciniis
fubrotnndis, patenübus, convexis, fubtus
concavis.
S T A M I N A . Filaments decern, i u b u l a t a , in medio
a p p r o x i m a t a , quinqué alterna breviora,
crecía, bati connexa. Anthcraj fubrotund.T,
verfa t i l e s.
P J S T I L L C M . Rudimenlura debile in fundo floris
l a t e t .
Fem'tnei Jlorcs in eadem umbella c u m Mafculia.
C A L Y X nullus.
COROLLA pentapctala, rofacea.
P I S T I L L U M . Germen fubroluudum, trifulcatnm.
Styli tres, biridi. Stigmata fimplicia.
P E R I C A R D I U M . Capfula fubrotunda, tricocca,
t r i l o c u l a r i s ; loculis bivalvibui.
S E M I N A fulitaria, fubrotunda.
s p E C i p r c
J a t r o p b a calyeulata; foliis pamlurxformibus,
apicc acutis, bail inequaliter acutè-lobalis;
rloribus a tro-cocci neis.
Male flowers.
E M F A L E M E N T . Cup fcarcely perceptible.
BLOSSOM one petal, f u i r . i c l - i h a p e d ; tube very
i h o r t ; border five-parted; fegmcntsioiindifh,
fpreading, convex, concave beneath.
C H I V E S . Ten threads awl-fliaped, clofe together
in t h e middle, the five alternate ones
ihortcr, upright, connected at the bafe.
Tips roimdiih, veriatile.
P O I N T A L . A weak rudiment lies hid in the
b o t t om of t h e flower.
Female flowers in the fame umbel with the
males.
EMPALEMENT none.
BLOSSOM flve-pelallcd, rofiiceous.
P O I X T A L . Seed-bud roundiih, three furrowed.
T h r e e ihafts, two-cleft. Summits Ample.
SEED- V E S S E L . Capl'ule roundiih, three-feeded,
three celled; cells w i t h two valves.
SEEDS folitary, roundifh.
CHARACTER.
Pbyfic-Nnt with a flower cup; fiddle-fliaped
leaves, fliarp-pointcd at the end, and unequally
ibarp-lobed at the bafe; flowers
deep crimfon.
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
1. T h e Cup and Pointal of a female flower.
2. T h e Cup and Chives of a male flower.
3. The Pointal and Seed-bud of a female flower, without the cup.
T H I S plant, a native of the Ifland of Cuba, was imported from thence, by Mr. J . Frafer, King"s
l l o a d , Cheliea, in the year 1 SOi. It is, unqueftionably, as handfome a plant as any at prefent cultivated
in our hot-houfes, and its c o n t i n u i n g t o produce frefh umbels of flowrrs, d u r i n g at leaft nine
mouths of t h e year, renders it, perhaps, t h e moft dcfirablc. It grows to the height of near three feet,
p r o d u c i n g but few branches. The leaves are extremely irregular in their form, and, when the plant
is in a fickly ftatc, the older ones are fubject to be flightly blotched, on t h e under fide. Few tropical
plants t h l t thrive w i t h lb liltle heat, or c a r e ; nevertbelcfs, we have not any hopes, of its ever becoming
3 proper fubject for the grccn-houfe; but as yet our experience on i b a t ' p o i n t will not permit us to
decide upon i t . It fhould be planted in a m i x t u r e of leaf mould, rotten dung, and l o a m ; and may
be propagated b y c u t t i n g s . From a plant at t h e Hammcrfmith nurferv, ripe feeds have lu-en procured
this year ; they have the exact appearance of the feeds of the I d l e r Palma Chrifti, but rather fmaller
in flzc and have the fame oily character. Indeed, t h e r e is lb little difference between fume fpeciesof the
Genus Ricinus, and Jatre.ph.-i, t h a t botanifts have been puzzled where to place them. Our drawing
was made from a plant in the collection of the Right Hon. the Marquis of Blandford, W h i t e Knights,
B e r k l h i r e .
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