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PLA TE CVI. CONTINUED.
brown and red alternately. The stem or trunk, included between the two lines first mentioned,
is shaded below by transverse lines, each like a figure 3 lying on its convex side ; then by
straight transverse lines, as far as where the two inner lines of the outline meet each other;
these transverse lines being interrupted at a point about midway of the vertical space occupied
by them, by three short vertical lines, making four little squares, of which the alternate ones are
colored red. From the base of the stem, on either side, project two smaller stems, each bearing
a pair of ovate lanceolate leaves on pedicels (opposite on one stem, alternate on the other), and
a petaled flower of a bell-shaped outline, its sepals colored red, its petals brown. Above these
project two blunt branches from the main stem, one on each side, nearly horizontally, but with a
slightly upward curve ; formed of a fine-lined outline shaded with transverse (vertical) strokes,
their rounded ends solid brown. Just above these, an ellipse with very wide border, within
which are three others concentric of fine lines ; the centre being covered by the stem ; and at the
top of the ellipse, two solid blunt projections on either side, a little longer than those below;
just above these, a pair of blunt branches like the first pair mentioned, but of the length of the
solid ones last mentioned ; then another ellipse of broad border, with three others, concentric,
within ; the latter not accurately drawn ; the top of the outer ellipse coinciding almost exactly
with the highest straight line of the shading of the main stem. Above this is another pair of
blunt branches, but curving downwards about the ellipse, their ends almost meeting those of the
pair last above mentioned, which they exactly resemble in structure. Out of each of them,
above, springs another petaled flower of bell-shaped outline, and a pair of ovate lanceolate
leaves ; differing from the other pair only in having a band of three fine brown lines about the
flower, just below its greater expansion. Near the lower end of each springs out a bell-shaped,
elongated, opening bud ; that on the right hand side larger than that on the left. Both these
upper flowers are shown in No. 857 ; and one of them in No. 858. The four flowers remind
one somewhat of the conventional rose of the Rhodian stamps ; and also of some species of
clematis.
On the left hand side (No. 857), near the above design, is a bird whose shape is seen in
the plate; the lower claw almost touching the lower ellipse above mentioned ; its bill is almost
brown and red alternately. The stem or trunk, included between the two lines first mentioned,
is shaded below by transverse lines, each like a figure 3 lying on its convex side ; then by
straight transverse lines, as far as where the two inner lines of the outline meet each other;
these transverse lines being interrupted at a point about midway of the vertical space occupied
by them, by three short vertical lines, making four little squares, of which the alternate ones are
colored red. From the base of the stem, on either side, project two smaller stems, each bearing
a pair of ovate lanceolate leaves on pedicels (opposite on one stem, alternate on the other), and
a petaled flower of a bell-shaped outline, its sepals colored red, its petals brown. Above these
project two blunt branches from the main stem, one on each side, nearly horizontally, but with a
slightly upward curve ; formed of a fine-lined outline shaded with transverse (vertical) strokes,
their rounded ends solid brown. Just above these, an ellipse with very wide border, within
which are three others concentric of fine lines ; the centre being covered by the stem ; and at the
top of the ellipse, two solid blunt projections on either side, a little longer than those below;
just above these, a pair of blunt branches like the first pair mentioned, but of the length of the
solid ones last mentioned ; then another ellipse of broad border, with three others, concentric,
within ; the latter not accurately drawn ; the top of the outer ellipse coinciding almost exactly
with the highest straight line of the shading of the main stem. Above this is another pair of
blunt branches, but curving downwards about the ellipse, their ends almost meeting those of the
pair last above mentioned, which they exactly resemble in structure. Out of each of them,
above, springs another petaled flower of bell-shaped outline, and a pair of ovate lanceolate
leaves ; differing from the other pair only in having a band of three fine brown lines about the
flower, just below its greater expansion. Near the lower end of each springs out a bell-shaped,
elongated, opening bud ; that on the right hand side larger than that on the left. Both these
upper flowers are shown in No. 857 ; and one of them in No. 858. The four flowers remind
one somewhat of the conventional rose of the Rhodian stamps ; and also of some species of
clematis.
On the left hand side (No. 857), near the above design, is a bird whose shape is seen in
the plate; the lower claw almost touching the lower ellipse above mentioned ; its bill is almost