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ASPALATHUS CARNOSA. FlESHY-LE AVEB 

 ASPALATHUS. 



Qlafs and Order. 



DlADEiPHIA DfiCANDRIA. 



Generic Character. 



Lai. 5-fidus : lacinia fuperiore majore. Legum. ovatum, mu- 

 seum, fubdifpermum. 



Specific Character and Synonyms. 



AbPALATHUS carnofa ; foliis fafciculatis carnofis teretibus 

 glabris, floribus lateralibus terminalibufque, 

 calycibus bra£teatis. 7 hunk Prod. 127. 



A<!PATAT mud. sp. pi. z . />. 957. 



^arALATHUS carnofa; foliis fafciculatis teretiufculis ob- 

 tufis, calycibus fubpubefcentibus acutis, 

 corollis glabris. Man/. 261. Syfl. Vegetab. 



ASP a t a ^ 646 * Rekk . Sp ' PL 3 * 41U 



A ^iiiLATHUS carnofa; foliis fafciculatis carnofis teretibus 



glabris furfum incraffatis obtufis, floribus 



quaternis terminalibus. Berg. Cap. 216. 



The genus of Asp a lath us, as at prefent conftituted, con- 

 tains a great many very diffimilar plants. This is the third 

 jpecies figured in the Botanical Magazine (vide N os> 344 and 

 ° 2 9)> neither of which appear to have much affinity with each 

 other. o ur prefent plant was communicated by Meffrs. Lod- 

 d ice« and Sons, under the name of A. crajfifolia ; but is 

 certainly different from the one figured in the Botanift's Repo- 

 utory, which has its leaves terminated with a fort of arifta. It 

 a Ppears to anfwer in mod refpecls to the defcription of A. car- 

 n °fa in the Mantifla above quoted, and correfponds with the 

 J niperfe6l fpecimen from the Linnean Herbarium, preferred in 

 at °f* Sir Joseph Banks. It is a pretty little fhrub, native 

 oi l he Cape of Good Hope, and muft be kept in a greenhoufe 

 during the winter months. Flowers in May and June. 



