5. Summit, with part of the Shaft, magnified.
6. The Cup, with the ripe berry, the shaft remaining, and the cup a little enlarged.
7. A Berry cut transversly, to shew the situation of the kernels in the cells.
The Pogonia here figured, is the only one of the genus we at present possess; it is a native of Port Jackson, New South Wales, and was first transmitted to England, by Col. Paterson, in the year 1793. It is a climbing plant, the branches acquiring a considerable length, the bark being covered with small tubercles, like glands, and the younger branches covered, their whole length, with blossoms. Although this is not to be reckoned amongst the handsomest of the productions of that country, yet, from the lively colour of the flowers, the profusion of them which the plant produces, and their continued succession, from April, till September, it must be considered as a valuable addition to the small number of scandent plants, as yet in our green-houses; more particularly at the present juncture, when, from fashion, a trellis has become a necessary appendage to them. It is propagated from the seeds, which ripen in this country; as well as from cuttings, which should be made in May, and kept in the heat of a cucumber-frame, or hot-house, till they are rooted. It is grown best in sandy peat. Our figure was taken at the Hammersmith Nursery, where it was first raised in this kingdom. The name, Pogonia, is derived from the appearance of the mouth of the flower which is bearded; Πωγωνιον, Pogonion, signifying a little beard.[Pg 276]
PLATE CCXIII.
IXIA COLUMNARIS. Var. latifolia.
Columnar-chived Ixia. Broad-leaved var.
CLASS III. ORDER I.
TRIANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Three Chives. One Pointal.
ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.