Honeycup, four or eight oval glands, placed round the mouth of the blossom, each being surrounded by its brush of hairs.
Chives. Four threads, very short, hid within the tube. Tips linear.
Pointal. Seed-bud egg-shaped. Shaft thread-shaped, the length of the tube. Summit, a hairy knob.
Seed-vessel leathery, egg-shaped, of one cell.
Seed One, a Little Pointed.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Struthiola foliis ovato-acuminatis, concavis, imbricatis, glabris, margine ciliatis; glandulæ quatuor supra faucem.
Struthiola with oval leaves, tapering to a point, concave, tiled, smooth, and hairy at the edges; four glands upon the mouth of the blossom.
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
1. A Flower with its floral leaves, or cup.
2. The floral Leaves or Cup, magnified.
3. A Flower cut open, magnified.
4. The Seed-bud, Chives, and Pointal, magnified.