PLATE X.
ARISTEA CYANEA.
Blue-flowered Aristea.
CLASS III. ORDER I.
TRIANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Three Chives. One Pointal.
GENERIC CHARACTER.
Calyx. Spathæ bivalves, laceræ, persistentes.
Corolla, hexapetala, oblonga, æqualia, obcordata, persistentia, patens.
Stamina. Filamenta tria, erecta, subulata. Antheræ sub-simplices, magnæ.
Pistillum. Germen inferum. Stylus filiformis, erectus. Stigma trifidum, concavum, reflexum.
Pericarpium. Capsula oblonga, triquetra, trilocularis, loculis compressis, trivalvis.
Semina plura, compressa, scabrida, sub-semicircularia.