( 2184 ) 
ZYGOPHYLLUM SESSILIFOLIUM, (a.) SESSILE- 
LEAVED Bran-Caper. 
FEAT IEE IEE HEI TE I eee ae 
Class and Order. 
Decanporia Monoeynia. 
Generic Character. 
Cal. 5-phyllus. Petala 5. Nectarium 10-phyllum, germen 
tegens, staminiferum. Caps. 5-locularis. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. | 
Zycoruyiiuo sessilifolium ; foliis conjugatis sessilibus : fo- 
liolis ovatis, caule fruticoso. 
ZyYGoruyiivo sessilifolium. Willd. Sp. Pl. 2. p. 563. Hort. 
Kew. ed. alt. 3. p. 41. Persoon Syn. 1. p. 463. 
(«.) foliis margine glabris, petalis rotundatis fructu obovata 
levi pends: Heic. n. 2184." 
Bien fulvum. Kniph. Cent. 3. f. 100? Sp. Pl. ed. 
. p. 386 7? 
(G.) petalis rotundatis, fructu oblongo acuto sulcato. 
Fasago flore luteo petalorum unguibus rubris, fructu sulcato 
oblongo acuto. Burm. Afr. p. 6. t. 3. f- 1. 
(y.) petalis basi angustatis apice incisis, a globoso. 
F'azaco capensis frutescens minor. Dill. Hlth. t. 116. f. 142. 
(3.) petalis obcordatis, fructu globoso-depresso. 
Fasaco africana arborescens flore sulphureo, fructu rotundo. 
Commel. rar. 10. ¢. 10. Fructus in descriptione casei- 
formis, in icone tamen acutus fit. 
See 
The above synonyms being all referred to in WiLLDENOoW’s 
species plantarum as belonging to the same; we have not 
ventured to te our plant from them; but from the 
remarkable difference in the shape of the fruit and of the 
petals, in the figures and descriptions referred to, we have 
divided them into varieties. A 
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