Massonia.] Litracez (Baker). 417 
Enum. iv. 297; Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xi, 391. M. grandi- 
Jlora, Lindl. Bot. Reg. t. 958. 
Sourn Arrica: without locality. 
Known to me only from the figures cited. 
XXIV. DAUBENYA, Lindl. 
Perianth gamophyllous; tube cylindrical ; limb oblique, the outer 
half elongated, especially in the outer flowers of the capitulum; 
Segments more or less unequal, some oblong-unguiculate, others 
lanceolate or deltoid. Stamens 6, inserted at different heights near 
the base of the periauth-segments ; filaments short, filiform ; anthers 
oblong, dorsitixed, dehiscing introrsely. Ovary sessile, 3-celled ; 
ovules several in each cell, superposed ; style cylindrical; stigma 
capitate. Capsule and seeds unknown. 
Habit of Massonia, from which it differs by its irregular flowers. 
Distris. Endemic. 
Capitulum subsessile : 
Flowers yellow ... ra sti ee On, sha Aaa aurea, 
Plowers bright. 700 oo aed ds ee a oe eee: 
Peduncle 2-4 in. long wae vee : tee oe w+ (8). fulva. 
1. D. aurea (Lindl. Bot. Reg. t. 1813) ; leaves thin, rather fleshy 
oblong, glabrous, 4 in, long, 2 in. broad, many-ribbed ; peduncle 
very short; capitulum globose, 3 in. diam. ; outer bracts several, 
oblong, membranous; flowers nearly sessile, bright yellow, outer 
very irregular, with three subequal oblong-spathulate segments 
longer than the tube and three small lanceolate inner segments ; 
stamens half as long as the outer segments; inner flowers with all 
the segments linear and shorter than the stamens. Kunth, Enum. 
iv. 301; Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xi. 394, 
Sours Arrica: without locality. : 
Figured from a plant cultivated by Messrs. Young, of Epsom, in June, 1835. 
2. D. coccinea (Harv. ex Baker in Journ. Linn. aoe xi. 395) ; 
leaves oblong, glabrous, firm in texture, 4-5 in. long, 13-17 in. broad, 
conspicuously ribbed vertically, crenulate on the margin; capitulum 
subsessile ; outer bracts obovate, membranous, an inch long; flowers 
bright searlet, the outer ohes 3 in. long, with the et ap read 
segments of the lower lip 1}-1} in. long, the other three linear tae 
very small; stamens only ;,—} in. long; central flowers wi 
ascending, unequal, linear segments. 
Sourn Arrica: without locality, Harvey / : 
_ Described from a specimen gathered by Dr. Harvey, now in the Herbarium of 
Trinity College, Dublin. : 
3. D. fulva (Lindl. Bot. Reg. 1839, t. 53); leaves oblong, thin 
but fleshy, glabrous, many-ribbed, 4-5 in. long, with inflexed a 
towards the base; peduncle 2—4 in. long; capitulum globose, 23- 
