Part 67

POINTAL. Seed-bud roundish, in the bottom of the cup. Shaft thread-shaped, the length of the tube. Summit two-cleft.

SEED-VESSEL. A roundish berry, with two cells.

SEEDS, two, hollow on the inside, and angled without.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

Ixora foliis obtusis, undulatis, petiolatis, floribus fasciculatis, odoratis, sordide luteis.

Ixora with blunt, waved, leaves, having foot-stalks; flowers grow in bunches, are sweet scented, and of a dirty yellow.

REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.

1. The Empalement, (magnified). 2. A Blossom with the seed-bud attached, (natural size). 3. The same with the Empalement, (magnified). 4. The Pointal, (natural size). 5. The same, magnified.

To the Lady Dowager de Clifford are we indebted, for the introduction of this new species of Ixora, a native of the East Indies; her Ladyship having received it from thence, in the year 1796. It is a tender hot-house plant, growing to the height of a foot, or more, and very bushy; the bunches of flowers are very large, covering nearly the whole upper part of the plant, and are exceedingly fragrant. The blossoms begin to expand about the beginning of August, and continue to blow in succession, till the end of October. The only plant we have yet heard of, in England, is in her Ladyship’s collection at Paddington; where it has flowered for the first time this year, and where our drawing was made. It is propagated like the other species of Ixora, by cuttings, and should be kept in rich earth.

PLATE LXXIX.

CROWEA SALIGNA.

Willow-leaved Crowea.

CLASS X. ORDER I.

DECANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Ten Chives. One Pointal.

GENERIC CHARACTER.

CALYX. Perianthium monophyllum, quinquepartitum, laciniis ovatis.

COROLLA. Petala quinque, ovata, sessilia, erecto-patula.

STAMINA. Filamenta decem, plana, subulata, pilis intertextis connexa, pistillum obvolventia. Antheræ longitudinaliter filamentis e parte interiori adnatæ.

PISTILLUM. Germen superum. Stylus erectus, cylindricus, brevissimus, e basi germinis. Stigma capitatum.

PERICARPIUM. Capsulæ quinque, ovato-acuminatæ, extrorsum coalitæ, apicibus distantes.

SEMINA solitaria, reniformia, glabra, arillata.

EMPALEMENT. Cup one leaf, with five divisions, the segments egg-shaped.

BLOSSOM. Five petals, egg-shaped, sitting close in the cup, upright and spreading.

CHIVES. Ten threads, flat and awl-shaped, interwove together by hairs, covering the pointal. Tips growing longitudinally from the inner part of the threads.

POINTAL. Seed-bud above. Shaft upright, cylinder-shape, and very short, growing from the base of the seed-buds. Summit a knob.

SEED-VESSEL. Five capsules, pointedly-egg-shaped, joined on the outside, and distant at the ends.

SEEDS solitary, kidney-shape, smooth, and covered by an elastic coat.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.