mts ; and that which was originally referred to this species 

 belonging, as we have already stated^ to lEi.fragrans. 



That our plant is identical with the'E. capensis of Lin- 

 naeus we have fortunately been enabled to ascertain by the 

 aid of thcBanksian Herbarium^ in which specimens both of 

 E. afncamis and E. capensh^ compared with the Linnoean 

 Herbarium, are preserved. On what authority Linnoeus 

 describes his plant as having yellow flowers we are unable 

 to judge, nalcss, indeed, the species was cultivated in the 

 Upsal garden. In our plant the flowers are certainly nearly 

 white. 



It docs not very obviously appear, from the characters 

 either of Linnaeus or Tliunberg, in what the essential cha- 

 ractet of E. Lychnidea^ as distinguished from E. aft'icanuSy 

 consists ; we have therefore made a slight alteration in the 

 specific character, so as to indicate what seems to us to be 

 the most important point of difference, the pubescent tube 

 of E. Lychnldea. In all the specimens of E. africanus 

 which we have examined, that part was perfectly destitute 

 of pubescence. 



Stem two feet high, erect, round;, pubescent. L 



pubescent. Sv 



toothed 



brocid ovate-lanceolate, toothed hractece. Calyx sessile, 

 the length of tlie bractese, 5-toothed, bipartite, erect, ob- 

 tuse, broader at its base. Corolla pale yellow, very sweet- 

 scented. Tube filiform, three times as long- as the calyx. 

 Lhnh 5-parted ; the lobes cleft halfway, obovate, unequal. 

 Stamens in two pairs. Anthers, two, in the mouth of the 

 tube ; two of them below the orifice. Germen superior. 

 Style filiform, the length of the tube. 



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