Calyx simplex, 5-fidus. Petala 5, spiraliter cucullata. Filamenta lanceolata. Styli 5. Capsula 5-locularis, polysperma.
Empalement simple, 5-cleft. Petals 5, spiral and hooded. Filaments lance-shaped. Shafts 5. Capsule 5-celled, many-seeded.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Hermannia foliis cuneiformibus, apice dentatis: floribus ramos terminantibus, spicatis, laxis.
Habitat in Caput Bonæ Spei.
Hermannia flammea, Jacq. Hort. Schœn. vol. i. tab. 129.
Hermannia with wedge-shaped leaves, toothed at the end. Flowers terminate the branches in loose spikes.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
1. The empalement
2. A petal.
3. The chives and pointal.
4. A chive magnified.
5. Seed-bud and pointal magnified.
6. A transverse section of the seed-bud magnified.