Hermannia foliis bipinnatifidis, scabriusculis, albicantibus; pedunculis bifloris, longissimis; corollis sordidé luteis. Hermannia with doubly wing-cleft leaves, rather rough and whitish; flower-stems two-flowered, very long; blossoms of a dirty yellow. REFERENCE TO THE PLATE. 1. The Empalement. 2. A leaf of the Blossom, to shew its incurved character at the base. 3. The Chives, magnified, with the pointals remaining, to shew their length with regard to the Chives. 4. The Seed-bud, Shafts, Summits, magnified. This plant appears to stand an intermediate character, between Mahernia and Hermannia: the general habit affines most to the former, and indeed, the shape of the threads, on which the essential generical distinction rests, approaches very near to those in Mahernia; for, although they have not absolutely foot-stalks, they are much larger, above the middle, than is usual in Hermannia, as may be seen on the plate; where these parts are shewn, magnified. It has likewise that singularly curious character, seen in Mahernia, of the two blossoms which terminate the flower-stems, each taking a contrary direction, in its spiral twist, to the other. As a greenhouse plant, it is rather tender in regard to damp, though not to cold; therefore, should be kept in the most airy part of the house. It is a native of the Cape, from whence it was introduced in the year 1796, to the Royal Gardens, Kew. By cuttings made in the month of April, it may be preserved, and increased, as it is not a long-lived plant. Loam, with a small portion of old rotten dung, it thrives in most. Our drawing was taken, at the Nursery, Hammersmith, in June 1800. [Illustration] PLATE CLXII. VERBASCUM FERRUGINEUM. _Rusty-flowered Mullein._ CLASS V. ORDER I. _PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA._ Five Chives. One Pointal. GENERIC CHARACTER. CALYX. Perianthium monophyllum, quinquepartitum, parvum, persistens; laciniis erectis, acutis. COROLLA monopetala, rotata, sub-inæqualis; tubus cylindraceus, brevissimus; limbus patens, quinque-partitus; laciniis ovatis, obtusis. STAMINA. Filaments quinque, subulata, corolla breviora. Antheræ subrotundæ, compressæ, erectæ. PISTILLUM. Germen subrotundum. Stylus filiformis, longitudine staminum, inclinatus. Stigma crassiusculum, obtusum. PERICARPIUM. Capsula subrotunda, bilocularis, bivalvis, superne dehiscens. Receptacula dimidiato-ovata, dissepimento affixa. SEMINA numerosa, angulata. _Obs._ In plerisque stamina inclinata sunt, villisque coloratis interne vestita. EMPALEMENT. Cup of one leaf, with five divisions, small, remaining; segments upright, sharp pointed. BLOSSOM one petal, wheel-shaped, rather unequal; tube cylindrical, very short; border spreading, five divisions; segments egg-shaped, blunt. CHIVES. Threads five, awl-shaped, shorter than the blossom. Tips roundish, flattened, upright. POINTAL. Seed-bud roundish. Shaft thread-shaped, the length of the chives, bent downward. Summit rather thick and blunt.