CLASS XX. ORDER I.
GYNANDRIA DIANDRIA. Chives on the Pointal. Two Chives.
ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.
Nectarium monophyllum, concavum, pedicellatum, intra petalum infimum.
Nectary one-leafed, concave, on a pedicel, upon the lower petal.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER, &C.
Limodorum, floribus racemosis imberbibus. Ait. Hort. Kew. 3. 302.—Gmel. Syst. Nat. tom. 2. p. 60.
Limodorum, with beardless racemose flowers.
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
1. A miniature figure of the plant.
2.The spathe.
3.The honey-cup.
4. The parts of fructification as they stand in the plant. The upper part of the same with its lid elevated, and one chive detached and magnified.