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LI PARI A hirsute. 



Shaggy-stemmed Lipana 



DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA. 



LIP ARIA. C 



2-dentatus out indivisus lacinia interdiiin loiigissiinu petal o'ide&. Corolla 

 carina 2-petala, apice counivens. Anth. 3 % ceteris bicvius stipitatae in 



apice vaginae staminifers ex Lin. Stigma simplex. Leeumen ovatum. 



l-loc, 2-vaIv. ; sem. pauca. 



Frutices glabri habitu BoBBONIJS ant srrpius vi/losi; folia simplicity 

 sessitia, villosa aid glabra ; stipuise siibnuflai ; floras axil/ares ant ter- 



minates, solitarii aut sapius p/ures. 

 Lin. Jussieu. gen. 353. 



defi 



L. hirsuta, caule tereti, subsericee hirsuto ; racemis terminalibus scepius 

 geniinatis ; foliis obovato-oblongis, glabris, trinervibus. 



Liparia hirsuta. Thumb, prod. 124. l\ illd. sp. pi. 3. 111?. Ilort. 

 Kew. ed 2. 4. 318. (Nee vera Momchii in suppl. method. 58. ) 



Frutex 3-pedalis : caulis erect us, prolifer, infernc defoliatus, cicatrizatus ; 

 rami virgati, numerose foliosi, superni. Folia exstipulata, sparsa, patula 9 

 rigida (Jere ac Rusci), sessilia, obovato-oblonga, mucronato-acuta, Jere un- 

 cialia, interstitiis plus duplo longiora % periphceria obsolete cartilaginea. Ka- 

 cemi a foliis superioribas senslm in bracteas hirsutas abeuntibus tanquam ab 

 involucro cincti, toti hirsuti nisi corolla, erecti, mnltiflori imbricatim sparsi : 

 bracteas Jol'iacece, cali/ce breviores, appressce, cuspides phacelato-nigricante : 

 pedicelli inclusi. Cal. e basi intruso-obtusata urceolatus, 5-Jidus, segmentis 

 lanceolatis, 4 superioribas conniventibus, summis 2 brevius discretis, infima re- 

 mot iore majore, cuspide nigra. Cor. jtava y tola dc calijce erccto-rejlexa : pet. 

 subisometra : vexillum cor datum lobis subunidentatis, apice bifid um, margin?, 

 involution : alae dolabrifbrmes supra in margine injeriore subexciscc, inter se 

 carinam arrecto-cuspidatam a basi bijissilem obvoluto-velautes. Fil. diadelpha 

 (simplex et cequaliU r 9-partitum ) '. Germ. lanceolatum, hirsutum : stylus 

 longior, setaceo-continuus : stigma bifurcum dtnte antico hispido, postico 



glabro. 



Of this handsome species, we know of no figure extant 

 in any work yet published. It is a native of the Cape of 



Good Hope, and was introduced by Mr. Masson ID 171)2. 

 Our plant was about 3 feet high; .stem about the thick- 

 ness of a large pen, with many divided slender pliant 

 branches surrounding it at a point high above the root, 

 and where the white silky pubescence is conspicuously 

 thicker and longer; the branch lets are terminated by single 

 or double racemes, each bearing 8-12 scentless gold-coloured 

 flowers, parted by hairy bract es about 4 lines long, with 

 black sphacelate points : petals about half an inch Ion 



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