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_, Decanpria Pentacynia, 
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CorvLEpon corus ans ; foliis cuneato-oblongis acuminatis 
~ Marginibus crassis incurvatis, floribus umbellatim pani- 
culatis pendenti : 
LEDON coruscans ; ery oblongis subcuspidatis viridi- 
bus, ad solem_ undique micantibus marginibus sursum 
singulariter incurvantibus. Haworth Succ. Suppl. p.21. 
Coryiepon africana frutescens folio longo et angusto, flore 
—— Commel rar. 23. t. id C. spuriz proxima. 
_ Descr. Leaves te, flesh; ny, oblong, somewhat 
~~ €-8 , being broader at the base, andnarrowing up- 
, channelled on the upper surface, margins very thick 
) and incurved, terminated with a purple mucro. | Seape 
above a foot long, rounded, parila, nearly naked, having 
only three or four membranaceous scales or bractes. 
Flowers in an umbel- formed panicle, pendulous, orange-red, 
oming deeper with age. Calyx five-cleft : segments 
acute, closely embracing the base of the Corolla, which is 
‘Monopetalous, an inch and half long ; tube nearly cylin- 
drical: lacinie of the limb revolute, ‘lanceolate. Necta- 
iferous scales at the base of the germens, five, concave. 
s10: Filaments inserted at the bottom of the tube, 
hairy near their insertion. Anthers yellow, before dehiscence 
four-cornered, erect. Germens five, gradually narrowed 
into 
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