PLA TS COOnH. 
ASPALATHUS CRASSIFOLIUS. 
Thick-leaved Afpalathus. 
CLASS XVII. ORDER’ IV. 
DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA. Threads in two sets. Ten Chives. 
GENERIC CHARACTER. 
Catyx. Perianthium monophyllum, femiquin- EMPALement. Cup one leaf, ‘half-five- meas. 
quefidum —— a Ree aS zequalibus, ee ue tapered, equal, the upper 
ethers furs 
Corotta papillion Bichean “piliter rfly-fhap 
extllum sanageettiins adfcendens, obova- Standard compreffed, afcending, inverfely 
_ tum, a feepius hirfutum, obtufum egg-thaped, often hairy on the outfide, ob- 
cum tufe with a point. 
Ale late: obtufee, patulze, vexillo bre- Wings half-moon- tae ie serge {preading, 
“viores. fhorter than the ftan 
Carina bifida, alis conformis. . Keel two-cleft, like the ing. 
Stamina. Filamenta decem, connata in vagi- Cuives. Ten t threads, nice into a fheath, 
nam, fuperne dehifcentem longitudinaliter, gaping ‘Steg tvaammaed at top, afcending. 
adfcendentia. Antherz oblon Tips ob 
Pistirtum. Germen ovatum. Stylus fimplex, | Porntat. Sell bud egg- ate Shaft fimple, 
adfcendens. sae acutum, afcending. Summit 
Pericarrium. Legumen ovatum, muticum. SEED-vessEL. Pod egg- uae: beardlefs. 
_ Semina fepius duo, Sia, Sreps frequently two, kidney-fhaped. 
Oxs. Singulare huic sunt foliaex eadem gemma | Oss. This genus is singular in having several 
plura in planta frutescente. : leaves from the same bud, on a shrubby 
plant. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
Afpalathus foliis fafciculatis, carnofis, teretibus, gee: with Sete bundled, flefhy, cylin- 
glabris, apicibus fetaceis; floribus capita- 
tis, terminalibus; calycibus bra¢teatis. Sere oie in heads at the end of the 
branches; cups with floral leaves. 
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE. 
1. The Cup. 
- The Standard. 
3. One of the Wings. . 
: The Keel. 
. The Chives and Pointa 
6 The Chives, aren no and magnified. 
7. The Pointal. 
From the number of fpecimens in the herbarium of G. Hibbert, Efq. which we fhould refer to o this 
genus; it ftands fair to rival, in number of see every other, natives of the Cape of Good Hope; with 
the exception of Erica, Geranium, and Protea. This fpecies ‘has many varieties, and we are in or 
igo this is not one from the A. earnofa, or A. egels of Thunberg; for although, the cup, in the 
ne, may differ, in having the fegments deferibed as pointed; and in the other, the leaves ert : 
‘eather three-fided; yet, may our plant be no more than a flight variation from either of them: : - 
this we cannot decide without living plants of each, for dried fpecimens would not. determine the fa 
This plant was introduced to the Hibbertian Colletion, in 1800, by Mr. Niven, from the etait 
It is a tender green-houfe plant, grows to the height of eighteen inches, very bufhy, and covers 1 rs 
with flowers about July; in which month, 1803, our drawing was taken. It has hitherto put the 
ability of Mr. Allen, which is not. often the cafe, to a ftand for a method to propagate it; but we 
have hopes, as moft of the fpecies do, that it will ripen its feeds in this country. 
