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lliret feet high, upiiglit but weak, round, flcfliy, marked 

 with hnc» of a docpor green, branching ; young branches 

 jiiintcd. /.<-/ii'!-/ fcatttrcd, generally pinnate ; pinnules ob- 

 long, tootli-galhed or entire, the end one largell. Jacquin. 

 rmnatiful or hallate, but more frequently ternate-pinnatifid; 

 the fegments lanceolate, fpreading very much, the two low- 

 ell dilliiict ; the finnfes rounded. L'Herit. Runcinatc, or 

 fomctimes fimply hallate, fituatid towards the fiimmit of the 

 branches and llem. Flowers white, or (lightly tinged with 

 red, in a loofe corymb; peduncles long. La Marck. Obf. 

 According to Jacquin, as quoted by ProfefTor Martyn, tlie 

 calvx is without incumbent fcales at the bafe, which would 

 make it a Kleinia; but Willdtnow, who had acccfs to a living 

 plant, continues it under cacalia. A native of the Cape of 

 Good Hope. S. C papilLiris, Linn. Sp. PI. (Kleinia Hort. 

 Clif. Cacalianthcmum Dill, elth.) "Stem befet with trun- 

 cated, pctiolary fpines; leaves lanceolate, plain." Perennial. 

 Stem about three feet high, cyhndric, befet on all fides with 

 apparently truncated tubercles, which arc the permanent pe- 

 tioles of fallen leaves. Leaves three or four inches long, 

 nearly cylindric, with a longitudinal furrow, glaucous-green, 

 fcattcred about the fnmmits of the branches. A native of 

 the Cape of Good Hope. y. C. KLiiiij, Linn. Spec. Plant. 

 .( Kleinia, Hiil.Ciiff. jiyj. Calcalianthenium Dill,elth.)" Stem 

 compound ; fears of the petioles obfoletc, leaves lanceolate, 

 flat; flowers corymbole." Stem thick, flelhy, cyhndric, 

 branched, fmooth ; the fears of the fallen leaves a little pro- 

 tuberant; branches fmaller at their infcrtion and feemingly 

 jointed. LciiViS four or five inches long, flelliy, pointed, 

 flightly furrowed on their upper furface, growing in tufts, at 

 the fummit.s ot the branches. Peduncles feveral, in the cen- 

 tre of the tuft of leaves, each fupporting a corymb of oblong, 

 pale-carnation coloured flowers. LaMarck./^fffjft/,jf/f narrow, 

 Iprinkled with obfolete papillx, naked, fmooth. Seeds ob- 

 long, nearly cyhndric, fmooth, rufcfcent ; down longer than 

 the calyx, of a filky whiteness; rays capillary, very minutely 

 denticulated. A native of the Canary Idands. By fome 

 gardeners it has been called cabbage tree, from the refem- 

 blance of its llalks to thofe of cabbage ; by others, carna- 

 tion tree from the fliape of the leaves and colour of the 

 flowers. Miller, lo. C. 0(/»;-(7, Willd. " Leaves lanceolate, 

 flat; flowers umbellate." Vahl. Symb. 3. p. 90. Perennial. 

 Stem erect, branched, fcarred, with three white, elevated lines 

 proceeding from each fear upwards and downwards. Leaves 

 at the iummils of the younger branches, fcfllle, fcattered, 

 thick, fmooth. Peduncles fix or feven, ereCl, forming an 

 umbel from the fnmmits of the branches, andfurniflied at their 

 bafe with a few lanceolate fcales. Calyx cyliiidric, five- 

 leaved, fmooth, with two linear leaves at its bafe. Vahl. 

 Found by Forlkal on the mountains of Arabia Felix. 1 1. C. 

 Anteuphorhhim, Linn. Spec. Plant. 11 68. (Kleinia, Hort. 

 Clif. AntCuphorbiuin, Bauh. Pin. ,587. Dod. pempt. J78. 

 Lob. ic. 2. p. 26. Moris. Hilt. 3. p. 345. tab. 3;. 

 fig. 10. Dill. elth. 63. tab. <,i^. f. 2,3.) "Leaves ovate- 

 oblong, flat, with a triple line 'at the bafe of the petioles." 

 Perennial. Stems feveral, three or four feet high, cylindric, 

 as large as a man's finger, irregularly branched. Leaves fuc- 

 tulent, pale green. It was formeriy elleemcd a fpecific 

 againll the poifonous cffeft of euphorbium. A native of 

 the Cape of Good Hope. It has been cultivated in Euro- 

 pean gardens fince 1370, but it very rarely flowers. The 

 flower figured by Dillenius was produced in the garden of 

 Mr. Blaithwait at Dirham in Glouccfterfliire. 12. C. rlglda, 

 Willd. " Leaves ovate, obtufe, flat." Thunb. Prod. 142. 

 Perennial. A native of the Cape of Good Hope. 13. C. 

 arbufculd, Willd. " Leaves lanceolate, flat, fmooth." Thunb. 

 Prod. 142. A native of the Cape of Good Hope. 14. C. 



lomrntofa, Linn. Sup. 35;. "Leaves fcfllle, lanceolate, 

 toothed, tomentous beneath." Perennial. Found by Thun- 

 berg at the Cape of Good Hope. 15. C. nfclepiadea, Linn. 

 Sup. ^^1. " Stem tomentofe ; haves petiolcd, ovate-lan- 

 ceolate, entire, very fmooth above, tomentofe beneath, re- 

 volute at the edge, panicles terminal." Perennial. Stems 

 upright, flraight. Leaves oppofite, fpreading at the bafe, 

 and gradually drawn to a point, veined, the confillence of a 

 bay leaf ; petioles roundifli, tomentofe. Panicles fmall, 

 crowded. Calyx with few flowers ; the fcales at its bale 

 rather large, it has the habit of an afclepias. Found by 

 Mutis in South America. 16. C. appendiculata,lJmn.S\\Y>^ 

 " Stem tomentofe ; leaves ovate-heart -fliaped, acute, angular, 

 tomentofe beneath ; petioles with leafy appendages." Peren- 

 nial. Stem angular, hoary. Leaves higher than the llem, 

 on long petioles, a little angular, nerved, veined ; appen- 

 dages three pair of very fmall, oppofite, entire, petiolcd leaf- 

 lets ; the largell pair lituated the farther from the leaf. 

 Pedicles furniihed with a bracle. Flowers yellow. Found 

 by MalTon in watery places of the ifland of TenerifF. Ano- 

 ther plant was found by him on the mountains of the fame 

 ifland which he judged to be a ditlinct Ipecies, butthcyounger 

 Linnaens thought it only a variety with a very Imooth llem, 

 and leaves cordate-oblong, a little toothed, and not angular. 

 17. C. reticulata, Willd. " Leaves heart-fhaped, roundilh, 

 embracing the ilem, toothed ; flowers corymbofe." Vahl 

 Symb. iii. 91. Perennial. Stem branched ; branches from 

 the nerves of the dccurrent leaves, angular, fmooth, thicken- 

 ed at the joints under the kaves. Leaves refembling thofe 

 of borhonia crenata, alternate, about an inch long, fmooth, 

 reticulated with veins ; teeth, as well as the edges of the 

 reflexed leaves, thickened ; nerves of a blood colour at the 

 bafe. Corymb fomewhat falligiate ; peduncles and pedi- 

 cels fmooth, with a fmall leaf at the bafe of the pedxels. 

 Calyx fimple, fmooth ; leaflets twelve, linear, lanceolate, 

 equal. Down fimple, the length of the calyx, Vahl. 18. C. 

 procumbcns. Martyn's Miller, ( Rumph. Amb. t. 103. f. 2.) 

 " Stem iomewhat flirubby, procumbent ; leaves ovate-lan- 

 ceolate, flightly ferrated, flefhy ; racemes elongated, inter- 

 rupted." Lour. Cochinch. 485. Perennial. Stems nine feet 

 high, procumbent, round, equal, fmooth, fucculent, branched. 

 Leaves bright green, fmooth, alternate, petiolcd. Calyx 

 cyhndric, even. Florets gold-coloured, few, long, with the 

 fegments of the border erctt. A native of China and Co- 

 chinchina, where it is ufed as a pot-heiix. 

 ** Stems herbaceous-. 

 J9. C. acaiiUs, Linn. Sup. 353. " Leaves femicolumnar ; 

 fcapes one-flowered." Thunb. Prod. 142. Perennial. A 

 native of the Cape of Good Hope. 20. C. lutea. Miller. 

 " Leaves five-parted, acute, glaucous beneath ; flowers 

 terminal, on very long peduncles." ScaJ>e about eight 

 inches high, terminated by fix or eight yellow flowers, form- 

 ing almoli an umbel. I^eaves cut into five or fix long, acute 

 fegments'almoll to the midrib ; fegments acutely cut in two 

 or tluee places. A native of St. Helena, whence it was 

 fent to Mr. Miller. 21. C. radicals, Linn. Sup. 354. 

 " Stem creeping, taking root ; kaves round-ovate, flelhy." 

 Thunb. Prod. 142. Perennial. Cape of Good Hope. 2Z. 

 CfemJiervirensiWAld. (Seinperviva, Vovik. and La Marck.) 

 " Stem ereft ; leaves flelhy, lanceolate, obtufe ; peduncles 

 generally tv\-o, terminal, one-flowered." Perennial. Stem 

 fcarcely a foot high. Leaves crowded together at the bafe 

 of the ftem, fcfllle, two inches long, fmooth, fliining, flat, 

 keeled beneath. Peduncles llraight, fmooth, fprinkled with 

 white dots, befet with linear fcattered fcales. Calyx red, 

 or ucariy violet, with thirteen teeth and thirteen furrows. 

 Florets near fixty. A native of Arabia Felix, on mountains. 



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