CLASS IV. ORDER I. _TETRANDRIA MONOGYNIA._ Four Chives. One Pointal. GENERIC CHARACTER. CALYX, nullus; _nisi bracteas sub germine pro calyce assumas_. COROLLA monopetala, marcescens; tubus filiformis, elongatus; limbus quadripartitus, planus, tubo brevior; laciniis ovatis. _Nectarium_, glandulæ quatuor, seu octo, ovatæ, fauci circumpositæ, penicillo proprio cinctæ. STAMINA. Filamenta quatuor, brevissima, intra tubum ocultata. Antheræ lineares. PISTILLUM. Germen ovatum. Stylus filiformis, longitudine tubi. Stigma capitatum, hispidum. PERICARPIUM coriaceum, ovatum, uniloculare. SEMEN unicum, acutiusculum. EMPALEMENT, none; _unless you take the floral leaves at the base of the seed-bud for the cup_. BLOSSOM one petal, withering; tube thread-shaped, lengthened; border of four divisions, flat, shorter than the tube; segments egg-shaped. _Honeycup_, four or eight oval glands, placed round the mouth of the blossom, each being surrounded by its brush of hairs. CHIVES. Four threads, very short, hid within the tube. Tips linear. POINTAL. Seed-bud egg-shaped. Shaft thread-shaped, the length of the tube. Summit, a hairy knob. SEED-VESSEL leathery, egg-shaped, of one cell. SEED One, a Little Pointed. SPECIFIC CHARACTER. Struthiola foliis ovato-acuminatis, concavis, imbricatis, glabris, margine ciliatis; glandulæ quatuor supra faucem. Struthiola with oval leaves, tapering to a point, concave, tiled, smooth, and hairy at the edges; four glands upon the mouth of the blossom. REFERENCE TO THE PLATE. 1. A Flower with its floral leaves, or cup. 2. The floral Leaves or Cup, magnified. 3. A Flower cut open, magnified. 4. The Seed-bud, Chives, and Pointal, magnified.