8 NAPOLEONA. 
NAPOLEONA IMPERIALIS? 
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la — introduite d'Afrique the و موجه‎ htfrom Africa | über die von Whitfield aus Africa 
Whitfield, et qu'il croit by Mr Whitfield, and which the | eingeführte Narorzona welche er 
nia avec la N. menus de Dr gf? to be identical with | identisch mit der N. IPERIALIS 
Palissot de Beayoots, | . the Narorzoxa mperiatis of Palis- |. von Palissot de Beauvois glaubt. 
sot de Beauvois. 
« Among the most remarkable plants that 
have hitherto been discovered, ranks this rare 
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S “+ species, e Wed living plants have been la- 
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Ei Tim dim from Sierra Leone by Mr. Whit- 
EN 8. eld. eg ee collector نو‎ given 
tee me a dried specimen with a he 
4 " - Earl of Derby having most kindly نوی‎ in mg 
ج‎ hands a bottle containing the flowers in dif- 
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ced ferent states, an opportu Pr has arisen for 
pé a clearing up the history of one of the most 
232 obscure genera in the records of Systematical 
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« Napoleona wasso named by the late Mr. Pa- 
^lissot de Beauvois, who first found it in the 
kingdom of Oware, in Western Africa, where 
"it was ‘common, especially in the woods be- 
os hind. the King of Oware’s residence. From 
—' yg m that naturalist a good 
gur ppearance goes, 
was vine: vit de ی یام‎ à inaccurate 
he artist has Siet 
An ovule. 7. A ripe see 
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flower-bud just expanding. 2. The 
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FD and incomplete details. The flowers were re- 
; iris esented as being sky blue, with a sort of 
- i- 5-rayed star of a Pink colour in the middle, 
Es : and upon the whole the account which he 
333 gave of it was so unsatisfactory, that the very 
sg, ' existence of the plant has ag doubted by 
eii “some people. In what De Beauvois was right 
i: ` and in what wrong, the following description 
ER 3 will shew. » 
3 S- « It forms a bush about as large as a Camel- 
EH S lia, according to Mr. Whitfield. The wood is 
i* A soft, whitish, =. medullary rays, an 
228 تست نوی تن‎ f dot vessels, intermingled 
EEE with brittle یر‎ ie of we tissue, 
383 at is found in the germinating 
FEE radicle of a leu No hairs are to be found 
E E 3 TA SC on any part of the plant, » 
SE | ۱ ae Wrap: « The leaves are alternate, leathery, be- 
S E W gs wa tween three and six inches long, obovate- 
=. a, IE : lanceolate, tapering to an obtuse point, and 
3- IE at the base into a thick channelled 
petiole about Æ of an inch long; there is no 
trace of stipules. » 
« The flowers grow in threes, sessile in the 
axil of tlie leaves , and are surrounded at their 
base by several round imbricated scales, as in 
3. An ex 
of the ovary. 
The following are the parts 
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the outside 
