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* DAUBENYA a.'uca. 



Golden Dauhcmja. 



HEXANDRIA MO^OGySlA. 



Nat. ord. AsPHODELACE^. (Introduction to the Xutural Si/ste,n of 

 Botany, p. 273.) -^ ^ 



DAUBENYA.—InJiorescentia umbellata, sessilis, cplgsea. Perian- 

 thiiim tubulosum, ovario arete appressum, limbo bilabiate, labio^'superiorc iiano 

 tridentato, inferiore majore tripartite : in fioribus radii maxiino, disci depauperate 

 Stamina 6 inaequalia basi laciniarum adnata, declinata, in floribus disci sajpe' 

 submonadelpba. Ovarium elongatum, subtriangulare angubs rotundatis, in stylo 

 angustatum; 3-loculare, loculis polyspermis aplce vacuis. Stigma simplex. 

 Bulbi capenses habitu omnino Massoniae. 



D. aurea. 



Massonia lutea. Hort. 



¥o\ia 2, oblong a, carnosa, sulcata, prostrata, umbellam sessilcm inidti- 

 floram e sinu suo emittentia. Flores lutei, dense aggregati ; radii hibio 

 exteriore {inferiore) 3-partito ; laciniis obovatis rotundatis lateralibus bre- 

 vioribus; disci laciniis omnibus angustis labii majoris acutis paulb elonqatis. 

 Stamina 6, basi laciniarum adnata, declinata, lacinice inferiori intermedice 

 oppositum cum eel altiiis connatum. Anthers dorso affixcE. Ovarium laciniis 

 nullis inter loculos. Ovula rotunda funiculo brevi placentce. adnata. 



A greenhouse bulb, native of the Cape of Good Hope 

 whence it was obtained by Messrs. Young of Epsom, under 

 the name of Massonia lutea. It flowers in June, and is very 

 pretty as well as singular, so long as its blossoms remain 

 expanded, which is for about three weeks; afterwards its 

 flaccid green leaves have little to attract attention. 



No trace of this plant is to be found in books, so that 

 it is probably some recent discovery made in the interior 

 of the Cape Colony. From Massonia, with which it remark- 



* We name this new and curious genus after Dr Charles Daubeny, Professor 

 of Botany at Oxford, whose interesting researches in Vegetable Chemistry have 

 materially conduced to improve our knowledge of the physiology of plants. 



