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* DAUBENYA aúrea. 
Golden Daubenya. 
= Zu 
HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Nat. ord. AsPHODELACEX. (Introduction to the Natural System of 
Botany, p. 273.) 
DAUBEN Y A.—Inflorescentia umbellata, sessilis, epigea. Perian- 
thium tubulosum, ovario arcte appressum, limbo bilabiato, labio superiore nano 
tridentato, inferiore majore tripartito : in floribus radii maximo, disci depauperato. 
Stamina 6 insequalia basi laciniarum adnata, declinata, in floribus disci sepé 
submonadelpha. Ovarium elongatum, subtriangulare angulis rotundatis, in stylo 
angustatum ; 3-loculare, loculis polyspermis apice vacuis. Stigma simplex. 
Bulbi capenses habitu omnino Massonie. 
D. aurea. 
Massonia lutea. Hort. : 
Folia 2, oblonga, carnosa, sulcata, prostrata, umbellam sessilem multi- 
floram e sinu suo emittentia. Flores lutei, densé aggregati ; radii labio 
exteriore (inferiore) 3-partito ; laciniis obovatis rotundatis lateralibus bre- 
vioribus; disci laciniis omnibus angustis labii majoris acutis paulo elongatis. 
Stamina 6, basi laciniarum adnata, declinata, lacinie inferiori intermedia 
oppositum cum ed altius connatum. Anthere dorso affize. Ovarium laciniis 
nullis inter loculos. Ovula rotunda funiculo brevi placente adnata. 
A greenhouse bulb, native of the Cape of Good Hope, 
whence it was obtained by Messrs. Young of Epsom, under 
the name of Massonia lutea. It flowers in June, and is very 
pretty as well as singular, so long as its blossoms remain 
expanded, which is for about three weeks; afterwards its 
flaceid green leaves have little to attract attention. 
No trace of this plant is to be found in books, so that 
it is probably some recent discovery made in the interior 
of the Cape Colony. From Massonia, with which it remark- 
* We name this new and curious genus after Dr Charles Daubeny, Professor 
of Botany at Oxford, whose interesting researches in Vegetable Chemistry have 
materially conduced to improve our knowledge of the physiology of plants. 
