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GO & ) GAR& VIE 
Whofe particulat Cup is formed of feveral oval hollow’d Leaves. 
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CR OWN W ORT. 
Be Bee eee 
CharaGter of the Genus, 3 - | a 
The Head is oval. The general Cup is formed of two ranges of leafy Seg= 
ments ; which are foft, wavy, and fharp pointed. The feparate Flowers 
are tubular, with a {preading Rim cut ito fave fhort Segments. | 
Plate 44.0.4 5, 
Of this Genus we know but one Species. 
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Charaéter of the Species: ee ee E Se - Stoebe Aethiopica. 
The Leaves are linear, cluftered together on the Stalk, and drooping at 
their Points. ea 
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Tuts is a Perennial, native of the Cape of Good Hope; a very odd looking Plant, 
but of no great beauty; flowering in July and Auguft. It grows to two Feet and a 
half in heighth ; the main Stem is brown and woody ; the young Shoots are of a greyifh 
white; the Leaves are of a pale grey alfo, with fcarce any tinge of green. The Flowers 
are yellow. ‘They are not very confpicuous ; for neither they nor the Heads are large, 
but when clofely examined they are feen very prettily difpofed : they cover the exterior 
part. of the Head in little yellow fhining ftars, which are every where intermixed with 
{mall filvety fcales. Thefe are only little Films from the receptacle, fuch as may. be 
found in moftiof.the Aggregate. Clafs, feparating Flower from Flower ; but in thefe 
Plants, their large. fize and filyery appearance, makes them more obfervable. . Let none 
- wonder they aré not named in the character of the Genus; a Plant may be a true Stcebe 
without,them;:and in other inftances, their variations are fo great, and their prefence, 
or abfence' of fo little import,’ that they have no proper place in fuch characters : for the 
fhorter thefe are, fo they be perfectly diftinc,, the better, 
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