Volume 10 — PLATE DCXXXIII. LIATRIS ODORATISSIMA. Sweet-scented Liatris.

CLASS XIX. ORDER I.

SYNGENESIA POLYGAMIA ÆQUALIS. Tips United. Equal Polygamy.

ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.

Receptaculum nudum. Calyx oblongus, imbricatus. Pappus plumosus, coloratus.

Receptacle naked. Empalement oblong and tiled. Down feathery and coloured.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

Liatris foliis oblongis, sub-integerrimis, glabris, caulem amplexantibus. Caulis simplex, glaber. Flores paniculâ corymbosâ, divaricati. Calyx squamosus, lanceolatus, obtusus.

Liatris with oblong leaves nearly entire, smooth, and embracing the stem. Stem simple and smooth. Flowers grow in a corymbose panicle, straddling. The squamous empalement lanceolate and obtuse.

REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.

We received the specimen from which our figure is taken from A. B. Lambert, esq., in whose stove it has flowered for the first time in this country. It was brought to England last year by Mr. Fraser from South Carolina. Many attempts have been before made to introduce it, but without success, as the plants either perished on the voyage, or very soon after their arrival. It is, we think, a great acquisition to our collections, on account of the great fragrance of its leaves when dried, which very much resembles the fine perfume of the Tonquin Bean, (Dipterix odorata Linn. Willd.) but more powerful, and which they will retain for many years, as Mr. Lambert has shown us some which have been kept in a box above ten years, and are as highly scented as ever. It seems at present too tender to flower without the assistance of the stove.