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than the terminal one, they iffue from two leafy brafles or 
{pathes, the outermoft of. which is. fimilar to the leaves but 
far {maller yet longer than peduncles, inner-o@ne minute, ovate, 
rigid, concéaled ‘within the cohvolute petioled bafe of the 
outermoft. Flower-fafcicles. 8-13 ‘flowered, expanding their 
bloffoms in fucceffion, each of which is fupported by a pedicle 
that raifes it clear of the valves; thefe are alternately oppofed, 
clofely conduplicate, one to each pedicle, outermoft one of 
the involucre generally fplit half way down and as well as that 
. oppofed to it green, inner ones whitifh, diaphanous, and very 
thin, the whole form an acutely ovate comprefled head or 
fafcicle, refting upon the end of the peduncle, which is fome- 
what enlarged. Corolla upright, fcentlefs, rotate, about three 
quarters of an inch in diameter, fegments obovate, obtufe, 
inner ones narroweft, all diftinét down to the glandular difk 
that covers the germ, through which. the ftyle paffes and on 
which the fiamens ftand, thefe are upright, fomewhat patent, 
twice fhorter than corolla, anthers deep yellow, oblong-linear, 
longer than the filaments, and rather taller than the ftigmas; 
ftyle triquetral, twice fhorter than the ftigmas, which are quite 
ftraight, turbinately divergent, and if clofely examined will be 
found to be tubular or a kind of follicles ventricofely enlarged 
towards their middle ending in fmall hiant, fhaggy mouths; 
- germ trigonal; attenuated downwards with a flattifh uncovered 
{ummit. Corolla decays by, rolling inwards and {oon falls‘offs — 
expands with us about funfet.in Marchand April, and lafts 
Ae about three or four hours. In Jamaica, where Swartz found 
it on the weftern afpeéts of mountainous paitures, it: flowers 
the year round about four in the afternoon. Se ee” A PEE 
Gathered by Masson at St, Chriftopher’s, by Avaverin . 
Cayenne ;_andaccording to Cavanriies by others in’St. Do- — 
mingo. Requires the treatment of atender ftove plant. Dr. 
Dryanper, who has feen the fpecimen of SisyrincHIUM 
palmifolium in the Herbarium of Linnzvs, is convinced o 
that: being a different dpecies from the prefent, and »confisims 
Wi) epenow’s oblervation. 24. 45-.. Gee -oacccnsted quo 
Cultivated by Minter im1739 0 9 we oto 
~ Our drawing was taken at Mefirs. Grixwoop and WvxkEs’s, 
Kenfington, who received it from Jamaica. RE ES hig 
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