The botanist's repository for new and rare plants; vol. 03 & 04 [of 10]

Comprising Colour’d Engravings of New and Rare Plants ONLY With Botanical Descriptions &c. —— in —— Latin and English , after the Linnæan System. by H. Andrews Botanical Painter Engraver, &c.
HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Six Chives. One Pointal.
GENERIC CHARACTER.
Calyx. Perianthium hexaphyllum; foliolis oblongis, acutis, erectis.
Corolla monopetala; tubus cylindricus, longissimus; limbus sexfidus; laciniis oblongis, planis.
Stamina. Filamenta sex, brevissima. Antheræ oblongæ, erectæ, intra faucem corollæ.
Pistillum. Germen inferum, oblongum, obsolete hexagonum. Stylus filiformis, longitudine tubi. Stigma capitatum.
Pericarpium oblongum, compressum, biloculare.
Semina numerosa, minima.
Empalement. Cup six-leaved; leaflets oblong, sharp pointed and upright.
Blossom one petal, tube cylindrical, very long; border six-cleft; segments oblong, flat.
Chives. Threads six very short. Tips oblong, upright, within the mouth of the blossom.