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Othonna amplexicaulis. Leaf-clasped 



Othonna. 



Cfo/) fl»i/ Order. 

 Syngenesia Necessaria. 



Generic Character. 



Cat. l-phyllus, multindus, fubcylindricus. Rccept. nudum. 

 Pappus fubnullus. 



Specific Character and Synonyms. 



OTHONNA amplexicaulis s radice tuberofa, foliis amplexi- 



caulibus, pedunculis unitloris. 

 OTHONNA amplexicaulis : foliis amplexicaulibus oblongis 



integris, caule frutefcente. 'Tbunb. Prod. 167. 



Wilid. Sp. PL 3. p. 2378. 



The items of this plant, though of a woody texture, are not 

 properly frutefcent, as they die down annually. It has much 

 affinity with Othonna bulbofa or pinnata ; for we are per- 

 fuaded that the two laft-named plants are the fame, and repent 

 that we did not keep the name of bulbofa to the pinnated va- 



riety, figured at No. 768. 



The Othonna amplexicaulis is a verv rare plant and we 

 have never feen nor heard of its being in any collection in 

 this country, but at Mr. Knight's Nurfery in the King's- 

 Road, Chelfea, where our drawing was taken. 



Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 



Propagated by feeds, and probably by cuttings of the root. 

 Flowers in May and June. 



