1. The empalement and receptacle.
2. A floret of the ray.
3. A floret of the disk, summit magnified.
4. Seed-bud and pointal.
The only figure of this syngenesious plant is in the new and rare plants of Ortega, who named it after D. Didaco Pascal, a Spanish physician. It is the only species of the genus yet known, and a fine living specimen of it was communicated to us by Mr. Lambert, who raised it from seed sent to him from Madrid by the late Cavanilles. It is perfectly hardy, and the roots so durable and spreading that they are not easily eradicated. It does not however bloom with equal facility, but seems to want a warmer sun to aid its flowers in their expansion.[Pg 115]
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PLATE DL.
HERMANNIA FLAMMEA.
Flame-coloured Hermannia.
CLASS XVI. ORDER V.
MONADELPHIA PENTAGYNIA. One Brotherhood. Five Pointals.
ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.