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HESPERANTHA CINNAMOMEA. THE CINNA- 
MON EVENING-FLOWER, 
TERE RE IRE EE EE 
Cla/s and Order. 
HeExANDRIA MonocGyYNIA. 
Generic Charaiter.—Vid. New- 790, et in Annals of Botany, 
Vv. 1. p. 224, et General dndex, p. 38. 
Specific Charafter and Synonyms. 
HESPERANTHA cinnamomea ; foliis falcato-enfatis, inferi- 
oribus crifpatis ; fpatharum valva extima 
~herbacea, naviculari-conduplicata, ftriata 3 
corolla ereéta; limbo rotato-patente ; an- 
. theris vibratilibus ; ftigmatibus ufque ad 
tubum difcretis, infra ftamina (quibus 
brevioribus) effufis. G. 
HESPERANTHA cinnamomea. Nobis, Ann. of Bot. 1. 225+ 
IXIA cinnamomea. Thunb. Diff. de Ixia, n. 9. cum tab. Prod. 
Linn, Suppl. 92. Willd. Sp. Pl. 1. 
199. Vabl Enum. 2. 56. 
This very rare plant can only be diftinguifhed from its con- 
gener falcata (fupra No. 566) by the curling or undulation 
of the lower leaves, by having ftigmas much fhorter inftead of 
equal to or longer than the ftamens, in being altogether a 
fmaller plant than that, and in having a different kind of 
fragrance, which to us appears to refemble that of the oil of 
cloves. In all other refpeéts the defcription and what relates 
to falcata, as given above (No. 566), will entirely apply to 
cinnamomea. 
Our drawing was made from a fpecimen imported this yeat 
from the Cape of Good Hope, by Meffrs. Lez and KenNneDYs 
of Hammer{mith, with whom it flowered very probably for the 
firft time in Europe. Fa/cata has been perpetually miftaken 
for the prefent fpecies ; and, perhaps, after all they are mere 
varieties of cach other. G, 
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