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. MR. N. E. BROWN : NKW AND OLD 



TiiKible to see tlie style and fttigiuas that evening, tliey are descrihed as I saw 

 llHMn in tlie jiartly devoured flower, so llmt tliey may not be quite as they 

 were in the fully expanded flower or at maturity. 



M, FELiNUMj HllL In all the nionograplis of this genus tlie authority for 



thi 



IS name 



is credited to ITaworth ; there are, however, three much earlier 

 publications of the name, two o£ them being quoted by Haworth himself. 

 All authors have founded the name upon the plant figured by Dillenius as 

 quoted below, the correct citation for this species being as fo]lo\^s : — 



M, TET^TNUM, Hill, Hort. Kew. p. 155, name only (ITGD) ; Weston^ 



Univ. Bot. vol. i. p. 172, with 



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ILiw. Obs. p. 161 (1794); Misc. p. 31; 



Sjnop. p. 21G ; & liev. p. 8i) : Ait. Hurt. Keiv. eJ. 2, vol. iii. 

 p. 218 : DC. PL Grass, t. 152 (not 158 as quoted bj niitbors) ; & 

 Prod. vol. iii. p. 419 : Salm-l.)_yck, Mesonib. § 5. fig. 2 : Bon, Gen. 

 Syst. vol. iii. p. 128: Soiider in Fl. Cap. vol. ii. p. 397: Berger, 



Mesemb. 



p. 487 (: 



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fell 



Hort. Bitli. 



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South Africa. Locality and original collector unkno^vn. It ^vas, 

 howcA^er, also sent into this country about 18G0 1)}^ Mr. T. Cooper, who 

 did not remember where he collectetl it, but thouglit that it was somewhere 

 between the Port Elizabeth and Allianj^listricts, Avhere the Dillenian plant 

 was quite likely to have Ijeon collected. 



Miller, in his Dictionary, ed. 8, no. 40, has united this species (by 

 reference only, not by name) with M. rodralam^ Linn.^ so th:it it is probable 

 that he did not know either o£ these two utterly different species. I have 



reason 



to believe that South African botanists confuse M, fi 



M, tujrhium^ Haw. When seen growing side by side, the typical plants are 

 certainly very distinct and can be recognised at a glance, but there are 

 hybrids betw^een the two species or between M. thirinam ;ind some other 

 species raised from seeds in Europe and perluips who in SoTilh Africa that 

 vary immensely and have caused ihc names to be used indiscriminately. 



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side of the leaf, which is 



not quite so nuudi spotted as in iii. tigvimnn^ and is somewhat lanceolate in 

 outline, viewed from above. M. t'ujrivum has much broader leaves that are 

 somewdiat abruptly widened near the middle, with 0-12 teeth on each side, 

 and are conspicuously and thickly spotted with white. 



§ ROSTRATA. 



In this group it may be well to explain that when in late autumn and 

 winter the vegetating period commences, the first growth tliat develops 

 from the old pair of leaves is usually a flowering growth, and often has a 



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