PLATE DLXVIII.
LIPARIA SPHÆRICA.
Round-headed Liparia.
CLASS XVII. ORDER IV.
DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA. Two Brotherhoods. Ten Chives.
ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.
Calyx quinquefidus, lacinia infima elongata. Corollæ alæ inferius bilobæ. Filamenta alternatim breviora. Legumen polyspermum.
Calyx 5-cleft, the lower segment very long. Wings of the blossom two-lobed on the lower side. Chives alternately shorter. Pod many-seeded.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Liparia floribus capitatis; foliis lanceolatis, nervosis, glabris. Willd. Sp. Pl. vol. iii.