PLATE CCXXXVIII.
R O Ë L L A D E C U R R E N S.
T>ecurrent-leaved Roella.
CLASS V. ORDER I.
PENTANBRIA MONOGYNIA. Five Chives. One PointaL
G E N E R I C C H A R A C T E R.
C A L T X . Perianthium monophyilnm, turbina,
t u m , q u i n q u c p a r t i t u m , periiftens; lacinüs
l a n c e o l a l í s , m u t i s , d e n t a t i s , magnís.
C o i t o i. LA monopetala, i n f u n d i b u l i f o n i m , dccid
u a ; tubits a r i j o s paulo breviorj ltmbus
e r e c t o - p a t e n s , q u i n q u e p n r t i t u s , calyce l o u -
gíor.
Nectar'ntm e f o o i m i l q n i o q o e , connivent
i b u s , in t u n d o corulla:.
S T A M I V A . Filamenta quinqué, iuhul.it,i, nect
a r io inliilcntia. Antlwrae fubulalu.-, conniv
e n t e s , longitud!ne filanientorum, altitudine
calycis.
P I S T I L L U M . Germen oblmigom, inferum. Styl
u s fiüfnrmis, longitudine l i a i u i n u m . Stigmata
dúo, oblonga, deprefla, pateo t í a .
PEitieAKPii'M. Capiula cylindracea, ealyce b r e -
v i o r , c o r o n a t a c a l y c e p a l e n l i u i a j o r c q u c tacto,
bilocularis.
S I Í M I N A p l u r i m a , angulata.
Obi", C a m p á n u l a : valde añHnis.
E M P A L E M E N T . Cup one leaf, top ihaped, fivedivided,
r e m a i n i n g ; fegmcnts lance-thaped,
p o i n t e d , toothed, large.
B L O S S OM one p e t a l , funnel-ihaped, deciduous,
t u b e a little thorter than the c u p ; border
between upright and fpreading, five-divided,
longer than t h e c u p .
Honey-cup formed of five fcales, approachi
n g , at t h e b o t t om of t h e blotlbm.
C H I V E S , Five threads, awl-tbaped, placed upon
t h e honey-cup, T i p s i w l - m a p e a , approachi
n g t h e l e n g t h of t h e t h r e a d s , t h e h e i g h t of
t h e cup.
P O I N T A L . Seed-bud oblong, beneath. Shaft
t h r e a d - i h a p e d , the l e n g t h of t h e chives.
Summits two, o b l o n g , flattened, fprcading.
SEED-VESSKL. Caplule cylindrical, Ihorter than
t h e cup, crowned with t h e fpreading c up
which has become larger, t w o c e l l e d .
SEEDS many, angled.
Obf. This Genus is v e r y nigh affined t o campan
u l a .
S P E C I F I C C H A R A C T E R,
Ro ë l l a folii;. —l an c eol a t i s , c i l i a t i s , i n t e g e r r imi s , ,| Ro e l l a wi t h l a n c e - f l i a p e d j e a v e s , f r i n g e d , q u i t e
d e c u r r e n l i b u s ; floribus folitariis, p e d u n c u hs
longiihmis, axillaribus.
e n t i r e , decurrent; flowers folitary, footiialks
very long, growing from t h e bafe of
t h e leaves clofe to t h e item,
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 , Chives, and P o i n t a l , t h e bloflbra removed.
2 A Bloffom cut o n o n e fide, a n d fpread open.
3 . O n e o f t h e fcales of t h e H o n e y c u p , w i t h its Chive magnified,
4. T h e P o i n t a i , cleared of t h e other parts of fructification.
A s « annual, this is a moll beautiful l i t t l e p l a n t ; b u t , a l t h o u g h the ^^Se^T^t t i m e s from the C a p e of Good Hope, where it is n a t i v e ; and firft at t h e Royal Gardens Aew, m
, - 8 7 f e n t b y A l , F Maffon; yet, h a . i t never been fee,, t h e feeond year; owing we fnppofe, to
he m p e . S b i S y of p r o c u r i n g ripe feeds in o u r c l i m a t e . Perhaps f u t u r e trial, b j ^ d l r t a t ^ t m e n .
m a v n e e t with a h a p p i e r ill!.?. The figure was l a t e r , at t h e C l a p h am Garden, in A u g u l t 1 8 0 0,
w l e , T e n a had a p p a r e n t l y a t t a i n e d its greater! p e r f e a i o n ; but u n t o r t u n a t e l y no feeds; r i p e n e d;
a n d at prefer,!, we believe, there is n o vcflige of the plant in B r i t a i n . It appears to d e l i g h t in faudy
p e a t , and t o b e k e p t u n d e r cover, even in t h e fummer feafon.