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issime puberulnm, 4-locnlare, loculis 4-ovulatis. Styli 4, 

 ultra medium connali, apice divergentes. Fructus carnosus, 

 obovoideiis, 4 — 5 lin. longus, obscure tetragonus, superficie 

 in sicco canescente et nullo modo setoso, pericarpio crasso in 

 valvulas 4 partibile, vix tamen ut videtur sponte deliiscit. 

 Semen abortu unicum, pendulum. — On the Kio Negro; 

 Schumburgk, n. 936. 



Gardner's n. 327, from the Organ Mountains, has nar- 

 rower leaves with more prominent veins, larger flowers, and 

 a somewhat downy inflorescence. With tlie exception of 

 the size of the flowers, it agrees with Presl's figure and de- 

 scription of his Adenobasium salicifolium. 



{To he continued^ 



VII. — Description ofQani^tYA, a new genus of Apocy^aceje 

 from the Copeo/Good Hope ; with Remarks on someother Cape 

 plants of that order. By the Honourable W, H, Harvey. 

 (Tab. XXI.) 

 Mr Ward and myself have long wished for the opportunity', 

 which the discovery of the present plant affords us, of paying 

 an affectionate tribute to the memory of our lamented friend, 

 William Christy, Jun., Esq., F.L.S., whose private worth 

 endeared him to a wide circle of friends, and whose ardent 

 attachment to Botany, and patronage of Botanical travellers, 

 entitle him to the respectful remembrance of Botanists. In 

 selecting a plant to bear his name, we had two objects par- 

 ticularly in view : to choose one that might be a desirable 

 addition to an English greenhouse, that thus the memory of 

 our friend, (whose chief pleasure, during a lingering and pain- 

 ful illness, arose from horticultural pursuits,) might pleasingly 

 awaken in the mind, fresh with the returning summer; and 

 by selecting one whose curious distinctional characters might 

 make it interesting to Botanists to weave a coronal fitting to 

 the urn of the departed man of science. The plant, about to be 

 described, possesses both these requisites in an eminent degree. 



