Curroriane. -N. O. Asclepiadez. 
TABS, DCV., VI. 
Scyrantuvus Currorr. Hook. 
Gen. Cuar. Scytanthus, Hook.—Cal. 5-partitus. ese rotata, tubo 
-pa 
brevissimo, limbo maximo dilatato concavo membranaceo nervoso obso- 
lete 5-lobo, lobis dente aristiformi termi — “sti Fructiftcationis 
inclusa. Corona staminea duplex; ezteri or quinquefida, lobis rotun- 
datis erecto-incurvis obtusis bifidis, laciniis denteque in sinu inflexis ; Fs 
interior pentaphylla, foliolis e basi gibbosa sa oblongis obtusis in summi- 
tatem columne arcte adpressis, laciniis exterioribus alternantibus. 
Anthere apice simplices, obtuse. ollinia basi 
Sti muti 
utrinque acuminati, tae, _ 
multangulate ramose 
eo Bay, West 
mountains, but sparingly, at sitios ge s Bay, Wes 
Coast of Africa, Dr. A. B. Curr .N. 1840 
_ have already, a the London Journal of Botan tng . 2,p. 166, ‘taken 
iscovery, by Mr. Burke, on eke banks of the 
Orange river, South Africn , of that 
deratum 
ens; and it was with no small degree of pleasure 
dat I received from Dr. Curro: ; 
between two and three inches, the barren 
. The whole plant is full of 
Ke h. The 
s name is = —_ liment to its : 
oi many: int es i rsa get who has 
Staminal crown 3 side view, D2 2. The : 
i 3 ent of th same, seen from above. 
Pollen "Seen gment of the inner crown, with anther and pollen-masses; f.4 
