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( 1896 ) 
 LoBexra inictrou1a. HoLiy-Leavep 
: : - Lopeia. | 
JERE HHH eri ibe 
fi Class and Order, 
/ Pewranpria Monocynta. 
Generic Character. 
Cal. 5-fidus. Cor. 1-petala, irregularie, Anth. coherentes, 
Caps. infera, 2—3-locularis, 
Specific Character, - 
Loxexa ilicifolia; (glabra) caulibus simplicibus decum- 
bentibus, foliis ovatis undulato-dentatis rigidiusculis, 
pedunculis solitariis subterminalibus recurvis unifloris 
longissimis, | Es 
a 
Desc. Root creeping. Stems nearly simple, or some- 
times divided near the base, decumbent, smooth. Leaves — 
alternate, ovate, undulated and toothed in the manner of | 
holly, inclined to rigid, but not spinous, on short foot-stalks, 
smooth. Peduncle usually one, near the extremity, some- 
times two, or even three: on the same stem, axillary, solitary, a 
three times the length of the leaf, naked, recurved, one- 
flowered. Calyx 5-cleft : segments toothed, spreading, equal. 
Corolla irre 4 vesdllagic: the two upper lacinize (lower- 
most by the resupination of the corolla) narrow, acute, and 
very divaricate, the lateral ones obtuse, broad, the lower one 
(by resupination the uppermost) broader than the two upper. 
Unripe capsule globular, fleshy, two-celled. 
, erbaceous, greenhouse plant, and one of the smallest 
and least shewy in this too extensive genus, of which we do 
_ not find any notice has been hitherto taken. Propagated by 
Communicated by Joun Watxer, Esq. of Arno’s-Grove. — 
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dividing its roots. Native of the Cape of Good Hope, 
