HIB S | es he 
ae profeffor Murray of Gottingea, and for fome time main- wedge-fha » {mooth, see > entire. ‘Petals thorter cham 
tained an able colleGtor at the Cape of Good Hope for the the calyx.— Native of Van Lewin’s Land, on the fouth 
purpofe of enriching his garden with living plants ; as well coaft of Hew Holland. Stem fhrubby, eight or nine » feet 
as on a and thofe of his friends, with dried fpeci- high, ereét, much branched. Leaves about an inch and half 
Andr. Repof. t. 126. Salif. a 73. (Candolléa; long, wedge-fhap ed, fometimes obfcurely lobed or wavy at 
Billard. Nov. Holl. v. 2. 33.)—Clafs and order, Polyan- the end. et not half fo large as the former, their 
dria Pentagynia. Nat. Ord. Multifilique, Linn. Ranuncu- petals mv-th fhorter than the calyx. Filaments united into 
lacee, Jull. Dillenea, Salif. five parcels, oppofite to the petals. Germens and /lyles lives 
Gea. Ch. Cal. Perianth inferior, of five equal, coriaceous, Seeds two im cach capfule 
ovate, permanent leaves. Cor. Pe roundifh, ob- 3. H. crenata. Andr. Repof. t.472. (Burtonia grof- 
tufe, with broadifh claws, deciduous. Stam. Filaments fularifolia; Salif. Parad. t. 73, the page fubfequently 
numerous, fometimes partially combined, much fhorter than changed for one with the name of /ibbertia grofjularifolia, eo 
“the corolla; anthers vertical, ereét, oblong, of two parallel we much prefer the original appellation, crenata, Curt. 
cells, burfting at the edges. iff. Germens fuperior, five t. 18.)—Ste: ent. aves roundifh, gH og ; 
or ten, fometimes more, feffile, ovate; ftyles one to ea Flower-ftalks elongated.—Native of the welt coalt of Ne 
, fomewhat plaited, a beneath, about an 1 inch aie, 
oo inferior, © coriaceous sn Flow r-ftalks twice or thrice that length, hairy, reddi 
Sais *potsle five, deciduous. Neétaries none. Capfules Flowers the fize, colour, and appearance of thofe of Poten= 
feveral, ovate, of one cell. Seeds feveral, tunicated. tilla fr Aerie? = a flight peste nt under the calyx, on 
volubilis. Andr. Repof. t. 126. ao yolue which Mr. Salifbury founded his genus Burtonia, but he has 
4s 
bilis Venten. Choix de Plantes, t. 11. D. {cand Willd. fince july perch that opinion. 
Sp. Pl. v. 2. 1251. D. fpeciofa; Curt. Ma es ? yr we 4. H. angufhi ‘ong a ne 4. hears procumbens ; 
Stem twining. Leaves obovate, acute; nearly entire. ee Billard. Nov. Holl. v. 2. t. 156.) —Stem decumbent. 
Leaves ea ncelae ie gas (92 by La Billar- 
s Land. The — us /lems are ra~ 
of the colony there, and plants raifed, according to Melirs. ther fhrubby 5, ipreading on the ground to the extent of a 
d about eis n1792. foot, and are ag? hed, bearing numerous {mooth, feflile, 
Mr. eee publifhed it in 13005 fo that the name he has_ thickifh, n lanc 
i dence o ly eligible Can- Flowers fulitary, "terminal, feffile, fm: 
sof La Billardiere, not — 806. This isa a round, > am to the calyx. Sieaioas ai feparate. "Styles 
aed green-houfe plant, = rapid grow om 
dily « moft le circumftance in the botanical hiftory 
is genus, is Mr. Curtis's miftaking the firit {pecies for 
ia indica of Linneus, D. jpeciofa of Thunberg, and 
twining, three or four feet high, ee do Mh 
air. fcattered, on fhort : v ree of Sm. Exot. Bot. t. 2, 3, though he actually quotes the _ 
inches long, fimple, obovate, a ve Hort. Malab. v. 3. t+ 38, 39» which is itrikingly 
dark green above, a _ filky tena, tee edges either different. This is fo unlike his ufual correctnefs, that we 
aes or flightly ed. Stipulas none Dioasers termi- prefume he did not turn to the book. é 
a the , oe Eas spi eg Le file HIBE, in Geography, a town of Hungary 16 milés 
s wide, bright yellow, with 4 ane 2 NE. of Rofenburg- 
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