The botanist's repository for new and rare plants; vol. 01 & 02 [of 10]

by active 1799-1828 Henry Cranke Andrews

PLATE LXX.
GNIDIA SIMPLEX.
Heath-leaved Gnidia.

CLASS VIII. ORDER I.

OCTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Eight Chives. One Pointal.

ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.

Calyx infundibuliformis, quadrifidus. Petala quatuor, calyci inserta. Semen unicum, subbaccatum.

Empalement funnel-shaped, and four-cleft, Petals four, inserted into the empalement. One seed, something like a berry.

See Gnidia pinifolia, Plate LII.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

Gnidia, foliis linearibus, acutis, lævibus; floribus terminalibus, sessilibus, luteis.

Gnidia, with linear, pointed, smooth leaves; flowers terminating the branches, sitting close upon them, and yellow.