PLATE DLX.
VEREA ACUTIFLORA.
Pointed-flowered Verea.
CLASS VIII. ORDER IV.
OCTANDRIA TETRAGYNIA. Eight Chives. Four Pointals.
ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.
Calyx 4-phyllus. Corolla hypocrateriformis, 4-fida: tubo ventricoso, Nectaria 4, ad basin germinum. Capsulæ 4, superæ, 1-loculares, polyspermæ.
Empalement 4-leaved. Blossom funnel-shaped, 4-sided: tube bellied. Nectaries 4, at the base of the seed-buds. Capsules 4, above, one-celled, many-seeded.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Verea foliis lato-lanceolatis, oppositis, crenatis, crassis: floribus paniculatis, terminalibus: corollis albentibus: laciniis oris acutissimis.
Verea with leaves broadly lance-shaped, opposite, scolloped, and thick. Flowers paniculated and terminal. Blossom whitish: segments of the border very pointed.
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.