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DlOSMA SPECIOSA. UMBEL-FLOWERED 

 DlOSMA. 



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Clafs and Order. 

 Pentandria Monogynia. 



Generic Character* 



Cor. 5-petala. Neclaria 5 fupra germen. Cap/, 3 feu 5, 

 coalitas. Sem. calyptrata. 



Specific Char abler and Synonyms, 



DlOSMA fpeciofa ; floribus terminalibus umbellatis, foliis 

 oblongo-obovatis fubtus pun&atis margine glandulofo- 

 crenulatis fubciliatis, petiolis bafi biglandulofis. 



DlOSMA unifiora. Bank/. Herb, ex Hort. Kew. 4 



(*) umbellis multifloris (1 — 12) ramis arcuatim afcendentibus. 



DlOSMA umhellata. Hortulanorum. 



(/3) umbellis paucifloris (1 — 2) ramis ere&is. 



DlOSMA rugofa. Bonn Hort. Cantab, vix Thunbergii. 



Desc. Stem a foot or a foot and half high : tranches 

 amending, rough with the veftiges of fallen leaves, reddifh 

 brown. Petals fhort, broad, with a pair of globular dark- 

 coloured glands at their bafe. Leaves fcattered, rather 

 crowded : lower ones reflexed, upper ones ereft, oblong- 

 obovate, fomewhat pointed, pun&ate underneath, fmooth 

 above, margins fumifhed with thinly fcattered hairs, fcarcely 

 revolute but fomewhat thickened by a row of glands, which 

 S»ve them an appearance as if minutely crenate, efpecially 

 towards their bafe. When bruifed, they have a ftrong aro- 

 matic fcent, without any of the difagreeable odour fo common 

 n l his genus. Flowers growing in terminal umbels from one 

 *° eight, large, fimilar to thofe of Diosma unifiora, No. 273, 

 ^aiyx 5-cleft ; leaflets lanceolate, red on the inner fide and 



dotted 



