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PLATE CXIX.
STRUTHIOLA OVATA.
Oval-leaved Struthiola.

CLASS IV. ORDER I.

TETRANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Four Chives. One Pointal.

See Struthiola imbricata, Pl. CXIII. Vol. II.

ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.

Perianthium diphyllum. Corolla tubulosa 4-fida; nectarium, glandulæ octo fauci circumpositæ. Sem. 1. subbaccatum.

Cup two-leaved. Blossom tubular, 4-cleft; honey-cup, 8 glands placed round the mouth of the blossom. One seed like a berry.