The botanist's repository for new and rare plants; vol. 08 [of 10]

by active 1799-1828 Henry Cranke Andrews

ICOSANDRIA PENTAGYNIA. Twenty Chives. Five Pointals.

ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.

Calyx 4-5-fidus. Petala numerosa, linearia, basi cohærentia. Capsula carnosa, infera, polysperma.

Empalement 4-5-cleft. Petals numerous, linear, and united at the base. Fruit fleshy, below, many-seeded.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

Mesembryanthemum octogynum, caulescens: foliis sub-semiteretibus, elongatis, obliquis, nitidis, basi connatis: apicibus vel aduncorostratis vel ancipitibus, integris, obtusis.

Habitat in Promontorio Bonæ Spei.

Mesembryanthemum eight-styled, with a stem, and leaves nearly half-round, elongated, oblique, shining, and united at the base, with the points either like a hooked bill, or two-edged, entire, and blunt.

Native of the Cape of Good Hope.

REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.