Volume 2 — PLATE LXXXIV. BUCHNERA PEDUNCULATA. Solitary-flowered Buchnera.

CLASS XIV. ORDER II.

DIDYNAMIA ANGIOSPERMIA. Two Chives longer. Seeds covered.

ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.

Calyx quinque-dentatus. Corollæ limbus quinquefidus, æqualis; lobis cordatis. Capsula bilocularis.

Cup five-toothed. The border of the blossom five-cleft, equal; the lobes heart-shaped. Capsule two-celled.

See Buchnera Fœtida. Pl. LXXX.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

Buchnera, foliis dentato-sinuatis; floribus solitariis, pedunculis longissimis.

Buchnera, with leaves that are indentedly toothed; flowers solitary, with very long foot-stalks.

REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.

1. The Empalement. 2. A Flower cut open, magnified. 3. The Pointal. 4. A Capsule.

This is another beautiful little species of Cape Buchnera, and which, we can consider as little better than biennial; much similar, to some species of different genera from thence; such as, Hebenstreitia, Mahernia, &c. For although they produce woody stems, yet the plants seldom last beyond the second year. From their short duration, it is necessary to keep up a succession yearly; which is done, by making cuttings of them early in spring. Our drawing represents the branch of a plant, in the collection of R. James, Esq. Grosvenor-place, taken in the month of July 1799. It is a very shewy greenhouse plant, and should be plotted in rich mould; if kept free from damps, will continue to flower till the end of November.

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