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Gnidia Simplex. Flax-Leaved Gnidia. 

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Clafs and Order. 



OcTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 



Generic Charatler. 



Cal. infundibuliformis, 4-fidus. Petala 4 calyci inferta. 

 Sew. 1. fubbaccatum. 



Specific Charatler and Synonyms, 



GNIDIA /implex ; foliis fubulatis pungentibus, floribus ter- 



minalibus feflilibus : petalis calycem sequantibus. 

 GNIDIA /implex 1 foliis omnibus linearibus acutis, floribus 



terminalibus feflilibus. Linn. Mant. 67. Syft. Veg. 



372. Reich. 2. p. 195- IVilld. Sp. PI. 2. p. 426. 



Hort. Kew. 2. 27. Mart. Mill. Dicl. 3. 

 GNIDIA /imple x ; foliis lineari-lanceolatis glabris, floribus 



capitatis, ramis eretiis. Thunli. Prod, 7. 

 GNIDIA viridis. Berg. Cap. 125. 

 THYMELjEA aethiopica foliis Paflerinse. Breyn. Cent, 10. 



1.6. 

 GNIDIA aurea* Hortulanis. 



Descr. Stem fhrubby, ere£t, tubercular from the veftiges 

 of the leaves, branched: branchlets hairy, growing in a whorl 

 near the extremity : centre one longeft. Leaves leflile, alter- 

 nate, fmall, imbricate, linear-lanceolate or awl-fhaped, acute, 

 pungent, keeled, margin cartilaginous : floral leaves or in- 

 volucre very little larger than the cauline, terminal, growing 

 Ml a whorl, fometimes hairy at the edges. Flowers terminal, 

 2 — 4, feflile, fmooth within and without, very little longer 

 than the involucre, yellow in every part, calyx, tube, and 

 anthers. Calyx funnel-fhaped; tube the length of floral leaves, 



dilating 



