Volume 8 — PLATE DXXXV.

TROPÆOLUM PINNATUM.

Winged Nasturtium.

CLASS VIII. ORDER I.

OCTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Eight Chives. One Pointal.

GENERIC CHARACTER.

Calyx 1-phyllus, calcaratus. Petala 4-5, inæqualia. Nuces 3, coriaceæ.

Empalement one-leafed, spurred. Petals 4 or 5, unequal. Kernels 3, coriaceous.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

Tropæolum foliis sub-peltatis: lobis obtusis, inæqualibus: floribus pinnatis: petalis quinque, cuneatis, apice dentatis.

Nasturtium with leaves nearly shield-shaped. Lobes obtuse, and unequal. Flowers winged. Petals 5, wedge-shaped, and toothed at the end.

REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.

1. A flower spread open. 2. Seed-bud, chives, and pointal. 3. Seed-bud and pointal.

This nondescript and beautiful species of Nasturtium we met with in the select collection of the Countess de Vandes at Bayswater. Our figure represents the entire plant; but by whom introduced, or whence a native, we have not been able to learn. It appears to succeed well with the treatment usual to other Tropæolums; and, if it should seed with us, will no doubt be abundantly cultivated for the brilliance of its elegant little blossoms. It flowers during the summer months.