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BURCHELLIA BUBALINA. CAPE BuRCHELLIA. 



Class and Order. 



Pentandria Monogynia. 



Generic Character. 



Cajo^M/Mminvolucratum. Cor. clavato-infundibuliformis: 

 limbo 5-fido abbreviate* fauceque imberbi ; aestivatione 

 mutuo imbricata contorta. Stamina supra medium tubi 

 inserta ; antheris subsessilibus, inclusis. Stigma cla- 

 vatum. Bacca calyce alte 5-fido coronata, bilocularis 

 polysperma. Brown in Bot. Reg. 



Specific Name and Synonyms. 



Burchellia bubalina. 



Burchellia capensis. Brown in Bot Reg. 466. 

 Lonicera bubalina ; capitulis terminalibus pedunculatis, 

 foliis oblongis integerrimis glabris. Lin. Suppl. p. 146. 

 Ceph^elis bubalina. Persoon Syn. p. 202. n. 12. 

 Bupfel-Horn. Colonis batavis. 



In the Supplementum Plantarum of the younger Linn^us 

 this plant was referred to the genus Lonicera ; but as it 

 belongs to the natural order of Rubiacece it will by no 

 means associate with that genus. Persoon joined it with 

 Swartz's Ceph jslis the Tapocomea of Aublet and Jussieu ; 

 but Mr. Brown, not finding it to accord with any esta- 

 blished genus, has considered it as distinct from any, 

 and given it the name of Burchellia in honour of Mr 

 Burchell, a very enterprising traveller in Southern Africa, 

 who has favoured the public with an interesting account 

 of his travels in that country. And, certainly, persons 

 who, in spite of deprivations and difficulties, spend a large 

 portion of their valuable time in such hazardous under- 

 takings, for the promotion of science, merit this only re- 

 ward 



