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In the ei<rluh species the stem is subdivided smooth; bninchlets pubescent: the leaves li- 



iiito narrow branches : the leaves pressed close, near-awl-shaped, grooved, spreading, half an 



almost imbricate, opposite, bhint, grooved un- inch long, on appresscd petioles scarcely half a 



derneath, a line in length ; the flowers are on the line in Tength : the flowers axillary, and of a 



extreme branchlets, one, two, or three together, deep red colour. It is a native of the Cape, 



and upright, of a yellow colour. The whole flowering at various seasons, 

 plant being covered with shining golden or The fifteenth species has the branches filiform, 



silvery flowers is very beautiful and ornamental, ramentaceous, long, ferruginous: the leaves very 



It is a native of the Cape of Good Hope. It narrow, upright, pressed close : the flowers um- 



varies with yellow or white flowers. belled, of a purple colour. It is a native of the 



The ninth is a lofty shrub with purplish Cape of Good Hope, flowering in July, 

 branches : the branchlets subtomenlose and The sixteenth has the stem shrubby, smooth- 

 white : the leaves crowded vrcy much, even, ish, with pubescent branches : the leaves linear, 

 ru""<red about the edse. obtuse, erect, channelled underneath, the length 



But according to Thunbcrg, the stem is of the joints, hispid or subscabrous: the flowers 

 smooth, rui'ged, brown, flexuose, decumbent, are umbelled, dispersed on the upper twigs, and 

 strict, a span high : the branches alternate, di- of a flesh-colour. It is a native of the Cape, 

 varicate, like the stem : the leaves in threes, flowering from February to May. 

 lanceolate, acute, smooth, flat above, convex The seventeenth has a brown stem, smooth 

 beneath, with a slender groove, spreading. It below, hispid at top, erect, a foot high: the 

 is a native of the Cape ofGood Hope, flowering branches dichotomous, brown at bottom, and 

 in May and June. It is distinguished from the smooth, above ash-coloured, hirsute, erect, fas- 

 other sorts by the size of the flowers. tigiate: branchlets scattered all over the branches, 



la the tenth the stem is erect, pubescent leaf- filiform, frequent, hairy-rough, wand-like: the 



less, two feet high : the branches scattered, fre 

 quent, spreading, covered with leaves, very short 

 simple : the leaves in threes, ovate, obtuse, con 



leaves are linear-subulate, entire, smooth, flat 

 above,convcx beneath, with a very slender groove, 

 incurved, from erect spreading: the flowers soli- 



vex beneath, with a longitudinal groove, flat tavy, or two or three together, on very short 



above, entire, imbricate, smooth, scarcely a line 

 in length : the flowers solitary, nodding, on pu- 

 bescent reflex peduncles large and white. It is 

 a native of Africa. This is one of the most 

 •beautiful plants of this beautiful genus. 



The eleventh species has a frutescent stem, 



drooping peduncles, ash-coloured, tomentose. 

 It is a native of the Cape. 



The eighteenth species has an erect stem, 

 branched : the leaves linear, bluntish, rugged 

 on , the edge, longer than the intcrnodes, on 

 white petioles : the flowers terminating, in threes. 



dcterminately branched, with white, awl-shaped, or thereabouts, nodding, the size of a pea, on 



decurrent lines under the sears of the leaves; purple peduncles, with alternate, remote, flesh- 



which are linear, even, pressed close, scarcely coloured braeles. It is a native of the Cape, 



longer than the interstices : the flowers termi- flowering in April and May. 

 natinsr, subumbclled, on peduncles the length of Theninetecnthhasashrubby, compound stem t 



the flowers. It is a native of the Cape of Good the leaves linear, smooth : the flowers terminat- 



ing, sessile, of a purple colour. It is a native 

 of the Cape, flowering in August. 



The twentieth species has a brown, rugged, 

 stem, a foot high : the branches in whorls, like 

 the stem, flexuose-erect : branchlets tvichoto- 



Hope. 



In the twelfth the stem is fluxuose-ercct, 

 ash-coloured, two feet high : the branches op- 

 posite, or in tlirees, ciiiereous-villose, wand-like: 

 branchlets filiform, scattered, frequent, wand- 

 like: the leaves are in threes, linear-lanceolate; mous and dichotomous, like the branches : the 

 beneath grooved Iron; the rcvolute margins, to- leaves in sixes, oblong, obtuse, incurved, above 

 mentose-whitish, from erect spreading, curved a three-cornered, flat, beneath grooved, rugged, 

 little: the flowers flesh-coloured. It is a native especially underneath, very finely ciliate, im- 

 of the Cape of Good Hope, flowering in May brieate, a line in length : the flowers aggre- 

 and June. gate, in whorls, m the middle and at the ends 



It varies with flowers very hirsute and hairy, of the branchlets of a blood-red colour. It 



red, and whitish flesh-coloured. flowers in April and May. 



The thirteenth species has the leaves three- The twentv-first species has the stem scldonj 



fold oval, dovvny-vi liite underneath : the flowers erect, commonly decumbent, smooth, flexuose, 



ovate, conic, it is a native of the Cape of filiform: the branches filiform, flexuose, villosc r 



Good Hope. branchlets eapillarv, frequent, tomentose: the 



In the fourteenth the brauehcs are round and leaves ovate, spreading, rough, with long hairs r 



