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_PENZA squarhosa, 
Scaly Penea. 
. TETRANDRIA MONOGYNIA. : 
Nat. ord. PLANT INCERTA sepis, — Monopetalre germine supero. © 
Jussieu gen. 419. er Fn 
i PENA. Cal. 2-phyllus. Cor. campanulata. Stylus 4-gonus- 
(v. filiformis.) Cups. 4-gona, 4-loc., S-sperma. Willd, sp. 1. 66.” 
Frutices semper virentes, rigentes. ' 
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P. squamosa, foliis rhombeo-cuneiformibus carnosis. Lin. mant. 331. — 
Pena squamósa. Linn. sp. pl. 1. 169. Thunb. prod. S0. Willd. 
sp. pl. 1.628. Hort, Kew. 3. in add. 485. Ed. 2. 1. 248. ‘ 
Pensa tetragona. . Berg. cap. 36; (synonymon certum, etù nusquain 
: aliubi assumptum.) . . 
. Frutex rigidus, preliferus ; caulis rotundatus, cicatricibus tumidis scaber y 
rami foliosi tetraguetri, recóns enati gummoso-unctuosi v. vernice diaphaná 
obducti, sepids rubentes. Folia opposta, decussata, sessilia, patentissima, 
plana, duplo longiora interstitiis, semuncialia w. circitár, crassa, rigida, 
Phombeo-olovata acumine lato brevi, pruinata papillis atomoideis, opaca, nervo 
medio depresso, stipulata squamulis 4? parvis dentiformibus bedi, gummi 
limpido immersis, transeuntibus faciem supinam baseos folii ab extra utroque 
latere. Flores 2-5, terminales, aggregati, árciati, sepins 5 in quincuncem or-' 
dinati, incolucrati bracteis foliacess, imbricato-conniventibus, pallido-virentibus, 
cuneatis,  comvoluto-concavis, gummoso-unctuosis, | supernd ciliatis, acumine. 
recurvo, majoribus quàm folja. Cor. subsesquiuncialis, tubulosa, A 
stricta ; tubus obtúsë 4-gonus, pallidus, diametro penne corvina: majores 
limbus 4-partitus, ¿ruciatus, eyualis, patens, reflexus, roseo-lucems, laciniis 
ovato-ellipticis, obtusis; Stam. dimbo «qualia, ore tubi posita, laciniis al- 
terna, erecia, robusta, papillosa; fil. latins ligulata, concava, fora, CORDES, 
sanguinea ; anth. ngiores, lanosolat longa, i ime, adnate re- 
erplaclo d distincto verticali Sarin ifie roseo, Fororsits arido Sufrorsim 
igero aique supra n infra looulos incumbente apice filamenti ; 
Toeuli 2 Presiores aneold receptaculi, lineares, verticales AM 
versis stigma dehiscentes fssurá medió longitudinali; pollen é globults minu- 
tissimis granulatum. Pist, equans stamina; stylus rmis, gracilis, rectus, 
ruber; stig. airo-sanguineum, capitato-4-gonum, obsolete 4dum, glabrum, 
nitidum. 
A scarce and remarkable plant; native of the Cape of 
Good Hope, and belonging to a genus of so distinct a na- 
ture from that of the others of any known tribe, that the 
points by which it connects in affinity with the general 
scheme of vegetables are yet to be determined. In Jussieu's 
arrangement it stands in the reserve of unplaced genera, 
such as await either until the species wanting to combine 
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