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SPHENOGYNE CRITHMIFOLIA. SAMPIRE- 

 LEAVED SPHENOGYNE. 



Class and Order. 



Syngenesia Polygamia Frustranea. 



( Nat. Ord. — Composite. ) 



Generic Character. 



Receptaculum paleis distinctis. Pappus paleaceus, sim- 

 plex. Stigmata apice dilatato subtruncato. Calyx imbri- 

 catus : squamis intimis (omnibusvej apice dilatato scarioso. 

 Brown. 



Specific Character and Synonyms. 



Sphenogyne* crithmifolia; fruticosa, foliis bipinnatifidis 

 pinnatifidisque laciniis subulatis mucronatis carnosis 

 verrucoso-glandulosis nitidis,, pedunculis terminalibus 

 longissimis unifloris, anthodio glabro, squamis interio- 

 ribus obtusis scariosis, exterioribus subulatis. 



Sphenogyne crithmifolia. Brown in Hort. Kew. ed. 2. v. 

 5. p. 142. 



Arctotis paleacea. Linn. Sp. PL p. 1307. Willd. Sp. PL 

 v. 3. p. 2359. 



Arctotis crithmoides. Berg. Cap. p. 326. 



Ursinia crithmifolia. Spreng. Syst. Veget. v. 3. p. 609. 



Descr. Stem woody, short, much branched ; branches red, 

 erect. Leaves erect, once, or rarely twice, pinnatifid, fleshy, 

 channelled both above and below, as well as the branches 

 glanduloso-verrucose, shining ; segments ascending, subu- 

 late, each terminated by a slighly hooked mucro. Pedun- 

 cles 



. * From a$w,a wedge, and yum, a female. Sir James E. Smith supposes 

 «i allusion to the wedge-shaped Stigma. 



