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PACHYPODIUM* tuberosum 





Tuberous Pachypodium. 



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PENTANDRIA DIGYNIA. 



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Nat. ord. Apocyne^e. 



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PACHYPODIUM, — Corolla hypocrateriformis, fauce tuboque esqua- 



matis ; laciniis limbi 5-partiti sequilateris. Stamina inclusa, medio tubo 



mserta; antherce sagiltatse, subsessiles. Ovaria duo; styli 2. Squamm 



^yP^&y^se nullae. Folliculi ovati. Frutices carnosi, spinis infra- 



petiolaribus bilobis trilobisve. ' Folia sparsa. Floras axillares v. Jer- 

 minales. ' \ i 



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P. tuberosum; caule basl tuberosa, spinis rectis subulatis, foliis oblongis 



8ubt]!is tomentosis. 



? Echites siicculenta. 'Thunberg. prodr. p. 37. ib. nov. act. Petrop. v. 14. 

 p. 505. t. 9. /: 2. W^zVZrf. sv. vl. 1. 1241. ROmer et Schulies. 4. 392. 



Spreng. syst. 1. 631. 



Caulis iasi sphcericus^ tuberosus, Icevis, ramis teretibuSy succulentis, divisis, 



rfra folia provenientibus 



sparsa, sessilia, oblongay obtusa, carnosa^ subtus tomentosa. Calyx z/j/J 



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foliolis ovatiSy acutis, pilosis^ imbricatis. Corolla hypo 

 tus pilosa^ tubo medio ventricoso^ intits infra antheras 



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nudd. Stamina medio tubo inserta; antheree sessiles, sagittatce^ longi- 

 tudinaliter dehiscentes. Ovarium didymum, polyspermum. Styli duo, 

 Squamse hypogynce nullce. 



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When Mr. Brown remodelled the order of Apocyneae in 

 1809, he pointed out the Echites succulenta and bispinosa, 

 two remarkable Cape plants, which he had had no oppor- 

 tunity of examining, as likely to constitute a distinct genus. 

 In this opinion, the plant now figured shews that he was 

 right. It evidently differs from Echites, in the segments of 

 the corolla being equal-sided, and in the want of hypo- 



From vcix,l(, thick, and jrovs Trt^a 

 stem and swollen root. 



