PLATE CCCLXXXIL. 
LIPARIA VILLOSA. 
Concave-leaved Liparia. 
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CLASS &Vi,* ORDER III. 
DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA, a ae ee Ten Chives. 
ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARAC TER. 
Catycis lacinia infima elongata. Ale inferius _. Tue lower segment of the empalement elon- 
bilobe. gated. The wings two-lobed on the lower 
margin. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER, &c. 
LiparzA, floribus fasciculatis, foliis subrotun-. 
dis concavis, extus tomentosis, intus vil- 
losis audisque. 
Liparta, with fasciculated flowers, leaves 
roundish concave, downy iad ad 
and villose or naked within. 
Lipanta villosa a. Willd. Sp. Pl. 3.11 a tthe synonymo: pbergit; quod ad varietatem £. 
2 potius pe pertinet, 
. Sp. Pl. 3. 1115. 
a. Gener aiticana tomentosa, folio cochleariformi, flore luteo. Seta ee it Lt 
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Tue Liparia villosa is a native of the Cape of Good Hope, and rises with a shrubby, but not much 
branched stem, to the height of two or three feet. The silvery wool which clothes the younger 
branches and leaves of the plant, gives it a very handsome appearance ; yet by age it sometimes acquires 
a somewhat rusty tint, The leaves are nearly round, and assume, particularly when dried, a deep con- 
cave form, and very much resemble in shape, small bivalve shells ; a circumstance noticed long since 
by the great naturalist Seba, as will appear on consulting the synonyms above given. The variety 8. 
of Willdenow has much narrower, and not concave leaves : 3 and is a very distinct species. 
The concave-leaved Liparia is propagated, but not readily, by cuitings; prefers the treatment of a 
green-house plant, a light, but good soil; and, like most woolly plants, is very liable to be destroyed 
haere Our figure swe wa taken in May lst at George Hier, esq. 
ARIA vestita, floribus capitatis, foliis ovatis concavis subtus Fanatis. Thunb. Prod. 124. et etiam 
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