se [496]. 
HELIOPHILA ARABIOIDES. CxiuB-PoINTED 
_. HELIOPHILA. | 
TE ETE ETE EE EE IE I 
Cla/s and Order. ; 
‘TETRADYNAMIA SILIQUOSA. 
Generic Charaéier. 
NeGaria duo recurvata verfus calycis bafin veficularem. 
; Specific Characer. 
HELIOPHILA arabioides, filiquis teretibus torulofis clavato- 
mucronatis; foliis line&ribus carnofis triden- 
tatis fimplicibufque. 
This pretty little annual, which is known in feveral of the 
more curious colleGions about town, under the name of © 
Heliophila integrifolia, is a native of the Cape of Good 
Hope, from whence feveral other fpecies of Heliophila have 
been imported into Europe, all of which; we believe, might | 
be very readily charaéterifed by the different figure of the 
filiqua ; but for want of a proper attention to this moft effential 
part, much confufion has arifen in the fynonomy of thofe . 
{pecies which have been already defcribed. ‘The true in- 
tegrifolia is a much larger plant, with lanceolate leaves all 
entire; the filiqgua is compreffed, which marks it to be a 
diftin& fpecies. Our plant cannot be referred to any yet 
defcribed, although in many refpeéts it refembles what has 
been figured by Jacquin, asa remarkable variety of integri- 
folia, in his Jcones Rarior. t. 506. It differs, however, fo 
materially, that we cannot venture to quote this figure as a 
fynonym. It has been, therefore, neceflary to give it a new 
{fpecific name, and we have formed a character, which, from a 
careful infpe€tion of all the fpecies preferved in the Herbarium 
of Sir Jostrpn Banks, appears fufficient to diftinguifh it. — 
The flowers, which are of a very brilliant colour, expand 
about noon and remain open but a few hours, Our figure 
_ was drawn from a plant raifed by Mr. Lopprncz, of Hackney. 
It is to be raifed in the fpring, in the fame manner as other 
tender annuals.—S. a ee 
