22 ICONES PLAXTAI?UM. 



antlieris linearl-oblongls versatilibns ; tertiurn sterile sqnarase forme 

 deltoidenm. Ovarium triloculare, stylo subulato capitato. Cajjsida ignots,. 

 Herha hulbosa Jiabitu Gagece, scapo nudojfoliis 1-2 synanthiis linearihus 

 glahris, umhelUs'Q-VIfloriSy spathm valvis lanceotatts memhranaceis* 



A. euspidata, Haw. MSS.^ s;pecies unica, 



Hab. Coquimbo, Cbili, Br, Harvey. 



Bidhns oYoidens, 8-9 lin. crassus. Folia linearia subpedalia carnoso- 

 berbacea glabra, medio 3-4 b"n. lata, veiiis immersis. Scajnis debilis 

 iiudu3 sesquipedalis vel bipedab's. UmheUa 6-12 flora, pedicellis 1-4 

 poll, longis apice cernuis. Perianthium 10-11 lin. longum, segmentis 

 exterioribus 3 lin. latis. Stamina perfecta 2 lin, longa- 



Of tbis interesting novelty we bave in tbe Kew berbarinm, in addi- 

 tion to Dr. Harvey's specimens, a drawing from tbe life, of wliicb tbe 

 plate is a copy, and a detailed description drawn up by its discoverer, 

 John Buchanan, Esq., of Coquimbo. He says that 'it flowers in July 

 and August, growing on sandy and stony soil, usually under cactus- 

 bushes and otlier sbrubs, and tbafc it is very common in the nciglibour- 

 bood of Guayacan.* — J. G-. Baker. 



Fig. 1. Flower (Opened out. 



Plate 1228. 



LANDOLPHIA CAPENSIS, OUv 



Apocynacejg, Tribe Cahisse.^. 



L. capensis, OUv.sp, nov, Frutex scan dens, ramnlis ultimis puberulis 

 mox glabratis, foiiis coriaceis pollicatibus ovato- rel oblongo-ellipticis 

 obtusis basi plus minus rotundatis puberulis vel supra glabptis, 

 pedunculis apice multifloris interdum breviter 2-fidis ramosisve floribns 

 sessilibus, calyce dense ferrugineo-hirsuto, corolla) tube birto calyce 

 3-plo longiore segmentis patcntibus oblaneeoluto-oblongis obtnsis, 



Hab. Transvaal, near Pretoria, Mr, MrZea ; . Macalisberg Mountains, 

 Mr. Burhe; also amongst tbe 'Diamond Fields' plants of JL. W. Tuck. 



Folia |-1^ poll, longa, 4-8 Kn. lata, coriacea plana subtus plus 

 minus puberula venulls arete sed ssepe inconspicue articulata; petiolus 

 1-2 lin. longus. PedmicuU terminales v. laterales interdum cirrbiformes, 

 1-2 poll, longi, Flores f-1 poll. Liti odorati. 



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