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P L A T E CCCCXXXI.
C ^ S U L I A AXILLARIS.
Axillarìj-flo~^ered Coesidia.
C L A S S XIX. ORDER I.
S Y N G E N E S I A POLYGAMLi -MqUALIS. Ti p s united, ^qual Polygamy.
I L S S E N T I A L GENERIC CHARACTER.
R E C E P T A C O L U M paleaceum, paleis semina iiivolventibus.
Pappus iiulJus. Calyx triphyllus.
R E C E P T A C L E chafFyj witli the chaff enveloping
the seeds. Down none. Empalement
three-leaved.
S P E C I F I C CHARACTER, &C.
C J E S U L I A , foliis lanceolalis basi attenuatis serratis
altérais, mild. Sp. PL 3. 17g6.
C-FFIIULIA, witli alternate lanceolate serrated
leaves attenuated at the base.
R E F E R E N C E TO THE PLATE.
1. A floret with its seed enveloped by the chaff.
2. The same divested of its seed and chaff.
3. The same spread open and magnified.
4. The seed-bud, pointal, and chaff.
5. and 6. Tlie same in different states.
N O V E L T Y , oddity, and a ver)' unusual appearance in every part, for a syngenesious plant, must in the
present subject compensate for its trifling flowers.
Few of our cultivating friends, except those who are the most botanical, will be inclined to add this
Caesulia to tlieir collections ; although a very rare, and, in many respects, an interesting species.
It was first described and figured by Dr. Roxburgh, as a new genus, and by the name it here bears,
in his sumptuous work on the plants of the coast of Coromandel, of which country it is a native;
and it-has since been taken up by Professor Willdenow, in his edition of Species Plantarum, and
has had a new species (the radicans), from Guinea, added to it by that botanist.
The axillary-flovi'ered Caesulia is quite new in the gardens, and is said to have a perennial root, by
•the parting of wliich we suppose it may be increased; and must be considered as a hot-house plant
in this countr}'.
Our figure was taken from a living specimen, obligingly communicated to us last summer by the
Marquis of Blandford, from Whi t e Knights, Berks; who, we believe, first raised it in this country,
from East Indian seeds.
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