Volume 4 — PLATE CCLXXXIII. POGONIA GLABRA. Smooth-leaved Pogonia.

CLASS V. ORDER I.

PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Two Chives. One Pointal.

ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.

Corolla monopetala; tubus ad faucem pilosus. Stamina supra medium corollæ inserta. Stigma concavum, declinatum. Nux quadrilocularis.

Blossom one petal; tube hairy at the mouth. Chives inserted into the middle of the blossom. Summit concave, declined. Nut four-celled.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

Pogonia foliis eliptico-lanceolatis, glabris; floribus pendulis, minutis, albis.

Pogonia with leaves eliptically lance-shaped, smooth; flowers hanging down, small and white.

REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.

1. The Empalement, magnified.

2. A Blossom cut open, with the Chives in their place.

3. A Chive, magnified.

4. The Pointal and Seed-bud, natural size.

5. The same magnified.

This plant from New Holland, is rather more delicate than most of those we possess from that country; as it is apt to lose its leaves if exposed either to damps, or much cold. It was first raised in the year 1790, by the late Mr. Robertson, of Stockwell; is easily propagated by cuttings, and flowers in January, or February. The other species figured in this work, Plate 212, and our present plant, are the only two yet known of this genus. They require a very light sandy loam, or peat soil, to make them flourish. The P. glabra does not grow more than three feet high and flowers the first year from cuttings. Our figure was taken at the Hammersmith Nursery.