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PLATE DI.
HELLENIA ALLUGHAS.
Ceylon Hellenia.
CLASS I. ORDER I.
MONANDRIA MONOGYNIA. One Chive. One Pointal.
ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.
Calyx tubulosus, bifidus. Corolla tripartita, laciniarum apicibus cucullatis. Nectarium quadrifidum. Capsula globosa, et trivalvis, septo duplici inclusa, polysperma. Semina arillata.
Empalement tubular, two-cleft. Blossom three-divided; the points of the segments are hooded. Nectarium four-cleft. Seed-vessel round, and three-valved, enclosed in a double loculament, many-seeded. Seeds arillated.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.