GYNANDRIA DECANDRIA. Chives on the Pointal. Ten Chives.
ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.
Contorta. Nectarium duplex, genitalia involvens; squamulæ exteriores quinque, cuspidatæ; quinque interiores, membranaceæ, singula squamula occultans stamina duo alterna.
Corolla hypocrateriformis.
Contort. Honey-cup double, concealing the parts of fructification; the outer scales are five, and spear-shaped; the five inner are skinny, each scale covering two alternate chives.
BLOSSOM salver-shaped.
See Pergularia minor, Pl. CLXXXIV. Vol. III.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Pergularia foliis cordatis, senioribus subtomentosis; laciniis corollæ margine revolutis, tortis, linearibus, reflexis, viridibus.
Pergularia with heart-shaped leaves, the older ones rather downy; the segments of the blossom rolled back at the margin, twisted, linear, reflexed, and green.