CAPSULE 3-celled, many-seeded. See PHARNACEUM LINEARE. Pl. CCCXXVI. V. V. SPECIFIC CHARACTER. Pharnaceum foliis linearibus, verticillatis; umbellis inequalibus; calycibus albo-virentibus; caule decumbente. Pharnaceum with linear leaves, growing in whorls; umbels unequal; cups whitish green; stem bending downwards. REFERENCE TO THE PLATE. 1. A Flower. 2. The Cup and Chives. 3. The Seed-bud and Pointals, natural size. 4. The same, magnified. 5. The Seed-bud, cut transversely, magnified. We have given this variety of the linear-leaved Pharnaceum, at the same time with the orange-coloured, as being the only two Cape species, at present, in our gardens. It is equally tender and delicate with its fellow, is equally difficult to propagate; and was introduced, this last time, to the Hibbertian Collection in 1800, by Mr. Niven, with it. [Illustration] PLATE CCCXXX. NYMPHÆA STELLATA. _Starr’d Water-Lily._ CLASS XIII. ORDER I. _POLYANDRIA MONOGYNIA._ Many Chives. One Pointal. ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER. CALYX 4, 5, seu 6-phyllus. Cor. polypetala. Bacca multilocularis, truncata. CUP 4, 5 or 6-leaved. Bloss. many petals. Berry many-celled, appearing cut off at top. See NYMPHÆA CŒRULEA, Pl. CXCVII. Vol. III. SPECIFIC CHARACTER. Nymphæa foliis subrotundis, sinuatis, subtus purpurascentibus; lobis divaricatis, acutis; calyce tetraphyllo, petalis acutis cœruleis longiore. Water-lily with nearly round leaves, scollopped and purplish underneath; lobes straddling and pointed; cup four-leaved, longer than the pointed, blue petals. REFERENCE TO THE PLATE. 1. The Cup divested of the petals. 2. A Chive, natural size. 3. The seed-vessel, nearly arrived to maturity. 4. The same, cut transversely.