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peduncles, —" calyx, and corolla are as stated, more or less 
viscoso-pu t 
CG. Wanton Harvey, J.c. There is a type of this plant in 
. Harvey’s herbarium from Wallich, apse 8 T.. Cooper, no. 1586, 
District of Uitenhage; A. Rehmann, no. 2825, Hex River Valley ; 
and H. aoe no. 5160, in carroideis in valle "um. Hex River, are 
the sa 
C. gracias Haw. Suppl. 1819, p. 26. Harvey (Fi. Cap. 
p. 878) canes a C. gracilis, but many years earlier a 
described a species bearing the same name, to which Harvey makes 
no refer rence. Haworth’s description runs :— 
“©, (slender) foliis lanceolato- linearibus carnosis caule florifero 
terminali, laxe subpaniculato, 8-5-floro, debiliter decumbente, folioso; 
rope tna ‘pentaphyllis, foliolis sublanceolato-acuminatis brevissime 
ramentaceo-subciliatis, corolla triplo brevioribus. Foret estate. 
utetia, a Dom. Williams, accepit Dom. Colvill, or 
m 1800, quo 
credidi varietatem Cot. spurie; at magis affinis C. purpure® ; sed 
differt foliis omnino opnatibeies acutioribus, et potissimum im 
foliolis calycinis lineari-acuminatis obsolete ramentaceo-subciliatis. 
olia 3-4-uncialia, latitudine subtrilinearia. Caulis floriferus fere 
pedalis decumbens, bracteis numerosis alternis erectis foliiforniiays 
superioribus sensim sensi e minoribus at supremis 8-4-linea 
bus; et lente parce ramentaceo-pilosulis, uti pedunculi fliformes 
pear i calycesque. Corolla 5-fida laciniis tubo triplo solum 
re 
‘*Oss.—Caulis floriferus cme albidus; et angulatus e decur- 
sione laterum foliorum. Exem mplu um bene siceatum solum possideo, 
& quo pos aemptinie! elaboray 
There is n men in Ha worth’s herbarium, and we are not 
able 1“ seuia to darminn the position of the species. 
C. venrricosa Burm. Prodr. p. 18 (1768). This species is widely 
spread in carroid districts, and i ny in cultivation in Dr. Schonland’ ; 
garden, Grahamstown. When eaten by cine it is suppose 
rie uce a nervous disorder known as “ Nenta.” This sppostion 
seems to be confirmed by experiments oe out by Veterinary 
gts ny Borthwick. 
atprna Harv. Fl. Cap, ii. p. 876. A type of this variety 
is in eevee s herbarium—the peduncle is not straight, a8 in 
Burman’s figure of the type, but somewhat zigzag. Squame longer 
than broad—2 mm. long, 1 mm. broad 
Hab. Elandsberg, Dr. Wallich. 
C. remtoutara Thunberg, Prod. Fl. Cap. i. p. 83 (1794). There 
pf specimen from Masson in Herb. Mus. Brit. ‘‘ Herb. ie “58 
icanum, no. 1861. campis gieaat um Maye 
fontein, legit MacOwan.”’ on 
C.? dichotoma Haworth, Suppl. Pl. Succ. p. 27 (1819), . 
apparently chai ahs with the above; ~~ a parvula Burchell, 
vels, i, p. 219 (1822), of which ther specimens from 
Burchell in Fier. Kew. The following is Burchell 3 diagnosis i— 
