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Sanseviera Guineensis. African 

 Bow-String Hemp. 



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Generic Characler. — A?<£ Afr, 739. 

 Obs. Gwkj mm Drac^na proxima affinitate caharens. G. 



Specific Character and Synonyms. 



SANSEVIERA guineenfis ; (rbizoma Jblido-carno/um, craffum 

 horizontaliter prorepens, articulatum nee in 

 candkem affurgens ;) foliis radicalibus, plu- 

 rimis, ambienter fafciculatis, ab ortu convo- 

 luto-compafto ere&o-patulis, ligulato lanceo- 

 latis, involnto - concavis, coriaceo - craffis, 

 rigidiffimis, nitidis, corrugatione minuta den- 

 fa implicita lev iter inferiptis, (fafciis tranf- 

 ver/is undatis dentato-marginatis Jaturatioribus 

 diluticribus alternantibus variegatis^ vel his in 

 vetujiioribus obfolefcentibus fubconcoloribus,) car- 

 tilagine gracili in mucronera exeunte ter- 

 minalem marginatis, extimis brevioribus ; 

 .caule centrali, teretiufculo, infra foliolis 

 diflitis ftipato; racemo compofito, fpicatirrt 

 elongato, e floribus divergenti-ereftiufculis 

 brevi-pedicellatis, bra61eolis acuminatis inter- 

 ftin&is, atque in fafciculos paucifloros fefliles 

 fparfos parum remotos fegregatis ; corollas 

 laciniis ligulatis, obtufulis, fubsequalibus, 

 revoluto-divaricantibus, tubum fulcato-tere- 

 tem bafi tumidiufculurn aequantibus ; ftylo 

 his longiore, {lamina patentia fatis exfupe- 



„ rante : ftigmate capitellato, puberulo. G. 



* guineenfis. Willd. Sp. PL 2. 159. (exclufo Tbunb. prod.) 



^ALMIA fpicata. Groan, ic. 3. 24. /. 246. 



-JLETRIS guineenfis. Jacq. HorL Vindb. v. 1. p. 36. /. 84. 



A LETRIS byacintheides. (3. (guineenfis.) Lin. Sp. PL ed. 2. 



. . 1. 456. HorL Kew. 1. 464. 



A ^OE guineenfis. Jacq. enum. Stirp. Vinab. app. 308. 



A. foliis 



