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S T A C H Y S COCCINEA.
Scarlet Clownheal.
C L A S S XIV. ORDER L
D I D Y N A M I A G Y A I N O S P E R M I A . TWO Chives longer. Seed naked.
GENERIC C
C A L Y X . Perianthium monophyllum, tubulatum,
angulatura, femiquinquefidum, acuminatum,
perliftens; dentricuhs acummatis,
fubulatis, fubiniequale. _
COKOLLA monopetala, ringens; tubus breviffimus;
faux oblonga, ad bafin deorfum gib
ba; labim» Juferius ereaum, lubovatum,
fornicatum, fsepe emarginatum; hibmm inferius
majus, trifidura latenbus reflexum;
lacmula ¿tómWrà maxima, emarginata, replicata.
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S T A M I N A . Filamenta quatuor, quorum duo
breviora, fubulata, ad latera taucis recurvata.
Anthers fimplices.
P I S T I L L U M . Germen quadripartitum. Stylus
filiformis, fitu et longitudine ftammum.
Stigma bifidum, acutum.
P E K I C A K P I U M nullum. Calyx vix mutatus.
S E M I N A quatuor, ovata, angulata.
HARACTER.
E M P E L E M E N T . Cup one-leaf, tubular, angular,
five lliallow cleñs, taper, permanent; toothlets
taper, awl-fliaped, nearly equal.
BLOSSOM one petal, gaping; tube very fliort >
moulh oblong, hunched downwards towards
the bafe; «/.per/¿p upright, rather
efftr-iliaped, arched, often notched at the
eSd; low^r lip large, three-cleft, fide ones
leflexed; the middle fegment, which is the
largeil, notched at the end, and folded back.
C H I V E S . Four threads, of which two are fliorter,
awl-iliaped, bent to the fides of the mouth.
Tips fimple. o. A.
P o i N T A L . Set d-bud with four divifions. Shaft
thread-fliaped, of the length and fituation
of the chives. Summit cloven, iharppointed.
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S E E D - V E S S E L none. The cop fcarce changed.
S E E D S four, egg-fliaped, angular.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Stachys verticillis fexfloris ; foliis ovato-oblongis,
bafi cordatis, crenatis ; floribus coccineis.
Clownheal with fix flowered whorls; leaves
oblortg-egg-fliaped, heart-ihaped at the
bafe, fcolloped; flowers fcarlet.
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
1. The Cup, natural fize. . . , . ,
3 The Bloifom cut open, with the chives in their place.
3. The Seed-buds and Pointal, the fummit detached, magnified.
4. The Seed-buds, magnified.
A -P«NIIRH this fnecies of Stachys muft be confidered as an herbaceous plant, yet the flem if kept >u
A L T H O U G H this Ipecies or Ata y therefore, as it is too tender to bear our winters, in the open
the g'-f It is ; native of South America ; is eafily propagated by
S i ~ e ? s T n fhl mon^^^^^^^^^ or Auguft, and thrives in rich mould The figure was taken
C f plantin thè colleaion of J. Vera, Efq. Kenfington Gore, where, we believe, it flowered for
the firft time in Britain.
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