﻿IlarvcyaiKE. N. O. Paronjxhiere 



TAB. LXXXIIL 



PhARNACEUM ? SEMIOUINQUEFIDUM 



Anniium, caulibus erecto-patentibus siiperne paniculatis, foliis 

 pseudo-verticillalis angusto-linearibus planis radicalibus sub- 

 spatbulatis, stipulis fimbriato-Iaceratis albidis, calyce turbin- 

 ate quiiiquelobo, anniilo hypogyno nullo. 



Hab. 



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B,adix gracilis, parva, annua, longe descendens. Caules 4—5, 

 vel plures, ex eadem radice, graciles, teretes, glabri, erecto- 

 patentes, palmares, superne paniculati, rarais primariis oppo- 

 sitis, reliqnis dicbotomis- Folia pollicaria, glabra, pseudo- 

 verticillata: radlcalia anguste spatbulata; canlina angustelm- 

 earia, plana, acuta. Calyx turbinatus, monopbyllus, persistens, 

 vix ad medium fissus in lobis 5 rotundatis, margm.bus latis 

 albis petaloideis. Corolla nulla. Stamina 5, uiclusa, prope 

 basin calycis inserta, lobis alternantia, inclusa. Gcrmn ova e, 

 glandula bypogyna nulla: Stigmata 3, erecta, sessiba, l^reu - 

 sima. Capsula o.^Ws, 3-locularis, S-valvis, valv.s medio sep- 

 tiferis. Scmina numcrosa, in placentam columnarem centia 



demum liberam affixa. • jj,g 



I do not find this plant any Avhere noticed, not ^'''^ 

 copious list of Cape plants lately published by Ekion ana j 

 I presume it should be referred to Fharnaceuni, L. and 

 Ginginsia, DC. But our plant differs from ^^«^--;^^^;,, 

 having a 5-cleft (not 5-partite) calyx, no annular 

 germen, and a decidedly 3-valved capsule. 



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Fig. 1. Flower. / 



/ 3. Stamen 



away from the placenta i^magnijied. 



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