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DycKIA RARIFLORA. FrEW-FLOWERED 
DyckIA. 
Class and Order. 
Hexanpria Monoeynia. 
2 ( Nat. Ord.—BrometiAcez. ) 
Generic Character. 
Cal. triphyllo-tripartitus ; lacinia (v. foliola) subequales, 
erect, (nunquam spirales,) elliptice, concave. Cor. urce- 
olato-subeampanulata ; petala erecta (nec spiraliter sibi in- 
cumbentia), crassiuscula, obovato-rhomboidea, basi nuda. 
Filam. lanceolata, acuminata, ad 1—% in cylindrum basi 
petalorum adnatum connata. Anthere erecte, ovato-lan- 
ceolate, basi sagittato-emarginata affixe. Germen pyra- 
midali-oblongum, trilobum, tripartibile, triloculare, tri- 
valve ; loculis polyspermis, apice vacuis, valvulis eoncavis, 
coriaceis, marginibus introflexis dissepimenta formantibus ; 
ovulis angulo interno loculorum biseriatim affixis. Styl. 
brevissimus v. subnullus (?) tripartibilis. Stigmata 3, pa- 
tentia, apice bifida. Schult. fil. im Martius Fl. Brasil. ined. 
Specific Character and Synonym. , 
Dycx1a* rariflora ; foliis lineari-subulatis recuryo-paten- 
tibus, spica rariflora, bracteis membranaceis adpressis, 
calyce acutiusculo dimidio brevioribus. ‘ 
Dycxra rariflora. Schultes fil. in Syst. Veget. 7. 1195. 
We received this plant, which is a native of Brazil, from 
the liberal conductors of the Botanic Garden, Berlin, in 
1832. 
* So named in honor of the Prince de Satm Dyck, distinguished for his. 
- knowledge of Succulent Plants, and his noble Collection of them in a living 
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