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Plate 2407. 



HETEROPYXIS CANESCENS, OUv. 



Lytiirace.e. 



H, canescens, OJiv. {sp, nov,) ; arbuscula. ramuHs novellis inflorescen- 

 ;iaque leviter cauo-pubesceiitibus, foliis elongato-ovalibus acumiatis 

 )btusiusculis basi in petiolum angustatis margine angustissiine incras- 

 ?atis subrevolutis utrinque prrecipue subtus in costa parce pilosubs 

 nox supra glabratis parce pellucido-punctatis, cymulis compactis in 

 3aniculis breviter pedunculatis terminalibus et in axillissuperioribus folio 

 nulto brevioribus dispositis, floribus brevissime pedicellatis 4- v. 5- 

 aieris, capsula vix aut leviter exserta^ 



Hab. Transvaal, Barberton, at Rimer's Creek, Galpin (No. 518). 



Arhuscula 25-pedalis, Folia 3^-6 poll, longa, |-lj poll, lata; 

 petiolus J poll, longus. Calyx breviter campanulata, dentibus obtuse 

 Jeltoideis. Pelala rotundata, subsessilia, leviter concava, parce pellu- 

 nde punctata, sestivatione late imbricata. Stamina medio calycis 

 tubi inserta, petala superantia ; filamenta subulata, glabra, exserta. 

 Ovarium turbinatum, apice depressum, biloculare ; stylus oyario 

 equilongus ; stigma capitellatum, Capsula subglobosa, locullcide 

 bivalvis, valvis latis retusis. Semina ^Vwimn.^ angulata. 



Hitherto this interesting genus, which Professor Baillion approximates 



Crypt 



the late Professor Harvey (Thes. Cap.pl. 128). Mr. Galpin's excellent 

 specimens just received have much in common with //. natalennSy 

 llarv., differii)g in the ampler foliage, with the lateral looping primary 

 veins of the leaves directed forward at an acute angle, the slight 

 indumentum canescent in young shoots and inflorescences, more sessile 

 rotundate petals, and in the very slightly exserted capsule. — D. Olivkr. 



i'ig. 1. Portion of leaf-margin. 2. Plower. 

 •emored. 4. Petal, 6. Fruit, euclobcd iu calyx. 

 All enlarged. 



3. Same laid open, the petals 

 6, Vertical section of ovary. 



