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GNIDIA pinifolia. u. 

 White jir-leaved Gmdia. 



OCTANDUIA MONOQYNLA, 



GNIDIA. SuprcLfol. 2. 



G. pinifolia ^ foliis sparsis, acerosis, camosulis, floralibus plurimis Ian- 

 ceolato-extenuatis, capitulo brevioribus; corolla extus villosa, squa- 

 mulis 4 sericeo-hirsutis limbiun stellato-dccassantibus. 



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Gnidia pinifolia. Lin. sp. pi. 1. 512. Berg. cap. 122. Mill. diet. ed. 

 8. n. 1. Thumb, prod. 7(i. IVilld. sp. pi. 2. 424; (excl. Lin. iuppl. 

 cum sect ione ultima adject & notce, fy II end/, quoad locum cit.). An- 

 drews reposit. 52. llort. Ken. ed. 2. 2. 412. 

 G. radiata. IVendl. obs. \5. t. Q.f. 12. 

 Rapunculua foliis nervosis linearibus, floribus argcuteis DOO galcatis. 



Burm. afric. 112. t. 41. f. 3. 

 Valerianella aethiopica frulescens, Rosmarini folio, fl. alba. Seba. t/tcs. 



2. 32. t. 32. f. 5. 

 (a) flos candidus : squanuilee laciniis 3-pIo minores. 

 (/S) tlos sub-ochroleucus : squamulse laciniis subaequales. 



Frutex proliferus, pedalis, vix cuhno avenaceo crassior, glaber, inferne 

 cicatrizatus, hide numcrose sparsim fy patenter folios us ; rami subsimplices. 

 Folia 3 partes unci ce longa plus v. minus, rigida, linearia 9 obesius carinato- 

 triquetra, a supino planiusctda, a prono carinato-convexa, mucronata, brevis- 

 sime petiolata ; flor alia plurima, bis-ter latiora, erectiuscula v. radiato-vcrti- 

 cillata. Flores plurimi, sessiles f apice ramorum aggregati. Cor. tubata 9 

 gracilis, subuncialis ; tubus in faucem parum dilatatus, obtuse quadrangularis 

 acute tamen infrustrogerminitego infra articidum, ubi etiam gtabcr* limbus 

 cruciato-explanatus, intus nudus ; lac. obi on gee 9 obtusu/ce y tubo 2-3 breviores : 

 squamulae petalodes, concolores, oblongo-lanceolatee. Fil. adnata : anth. 

 ftdvee, oblongce, 4 emicantes preecociores, 4 detitescentes. Germ. glabratum> 

 ovatum, basi angustatum ; stylus situ laterali generis, imas antheras non attin- 

 gens : stigma hispidum. 



A native of the Cape of Good Hope, cultivated in the 

 Chelsea physic-garden, by Philip Miller, in 1768. The 

 bloom is of a pure white, with little scent chirk 



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than a foot high. The foliage reminds us of that of some 

 of the firs, and is much more numerous and close in the 

 spontaneous specimens we have seen, than in the garden 

 ones. Requires to be kept in the greenhouse; will do with 

 the same treatment as the hardier Cape-shrubs; and is 

 readily increased by cuttings. Blooms freely in February 

 and March, and lasts long in flower. The Gnidia pinifolia 



