( 4087 ) 

 Greenovia aurea. Golden Greenovia. 



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Class and Order. 



DODECANDRIA PoLYGVNIA. 



( Nat. Ord. — Crassulace.e. ) 



Generic Character. 



Calyx crateriformis, multifidus, laciniis Iinearibus. Pe- 

 tala plurima angusta. Stamina numero petalorum dupla. 

 Squama perigynae nulls. Ovaria receptaculo ad dimidium 

 immersa, placentis horizontal bus, ovulis superioribus erec- 

 tis, inferioribus pendulis. Carpidia plurima follicularia, 

 compressa, ad medium usque cum receptaculo connata, 

 superne libera, medio horizontaliter ad placentas dehiscen- 

 tia. — Herbae Canarienses subacaules, propaginibus scepe ad- 

 auctai ; foliis sessilibus, crassis, rosulatis, integris; corollis 

 aureis. P. B. Webb. 



Specific Character and Synonyms. 



Greenovia aurea; foliis obovato-spathulatis submuticis 



glaucescentibus, pedicellis glanduloso-pubescentibus. 



P B Webb. 

 Greenovia aurea. Webb, Phytogr. Canar. Sect. 1. p. 199. 



pro parte et tab. 36 quoad figg. 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 8 bis, 9, 



10, 11, 12. 

 Sempervivum aureum. Chr. Smith in Hort. Berol. p. 57. 



Hornem. Hort. Hafn. Suppl. p. 60. Link, Enum.p. 



20. D C. Prodr. 3. p. 412 



w. u u. froar. a. p. <±ra. 

 oempervivum calyciforme. Haw. Suppl. p. 69. Bot. Reg. 



tnh 8QQ 



tab. 892. 



The Genus Greenovia was founded in the Phytographia 

 Canariensis upon the present species of House-leek, discov- 

 ered originally in the Canary Islands by Christian Smith. 

 ■The name was given in honor of George Bellas Greenough, 

 ksq ■> the celebrated Geologist and enlightened patron and 

 promoter of useful knowledge. As those of Buckland, 



Delabeche, 



