C 1463 ] 



Gnidia imberbis. Smooth-scaled 

 Gnidia. 



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Clqfs and Order, 



OCTANDRIA MoNOGYNIA. 



Generic Character. 



Gil. 0. Cor. 4-fida. SqiiamuU 4, vel 8 fupra faucem. Nux 

 (ubdrupacea. 



Specific Character and Synonyms. 



GNIDIA imberbis ; foliis fparfis triquetro-linearibus acutis : 

 fioralibus lineari-lanceolatis capitulo brevioribus, fquamuhs 

 0Q0 imberbibus. Dryand. in llort. Kew. edit. alt. v. »« 

 p* 4ts. 



GNIDIA pinifolia. Wendl Obf. 15. t. 2./ 11. 



GNIDIA Jimp lex. Bot. Repof. 70. — nee Linnaei. 



This pretty little fhrub has been known feveral years in mod 

 61 our extenfive collections of Cape plants, where it was 

 generally miitaken for Gnidia [implex of Linnaeus, till a 

 figure of the latter was publifhed in this work (No. 812). In 

 the fame manner Wend land miftook this fpecies for pinifolia, 

 and applied the name of radiata to the latter. 



A tolerably hardy greenhoufe fhrub. Native of the Cape of 

 Good Hope. Flowers raoft part of the fummer. Propagated 

 by cuttings. Introduced about the year 1792, by Mr. Francis 

 Masson. 



