REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
1. A floral leaf.
2.The chives and pointal.
3.The pointal and summit magnified.
4. The seed-bud cut transversely
The villous-leaved Wachendorfia is not enumerated in Professor Willdenow’s new edition of Species Plantarum, and appears to be a new species. It is very closely allied to W. hirsuta, but differs sufficiently from that species in the shape of the leaves. It is likewise extremely near akin to W. graminea, which, however, is destitute of all pubescence, whilst ours is pubescent all over. Its flowers are yellow, like those of hirsuta and paniculata; it rises to the height of a foot and a half, prospers with the usual treatment of Cape Bulbs; and was communicated to us in flower, in June last, by W. Anderson, botanic gardener to J. Vere, Esq. Kensington Gore, where it flowers in great perfection, and increases pretty readily by the roots.[Pg 77]
PLATE CCCXCIX.
COMMELINA TUBEROSA.
Tuberous-rooted Commelina.
CLASS III. ORDER I.
TRIANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Three Chives. One Pointal.