OCTAND. MONOG. 796. Dirca. 797. Gnidia. 637 
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Flowers, in pairs, terminal, felTile: leaves elliptic-lanceo- 
late, glabrous. 
Crete. Uchreb, dfc i 3. t. 7. Alp. exct. t. 43; 
Flow'ers aggregate, terminal, felFle : leaves lanceolate, 
villous underneath : fegments of the corol obtufe. 
Crete. VahL Symh, l. p. 28. Lamarck, encycl. 3. p. 424. 
Flowers fafcicled, terminal : leaves obovate, obtufe, quite 
glabrous above, villous underneath. 
•Italy. Curt, magax.. t. 428. Smith fpicil.t, l8. 
796. DIRCA. Calyx o: core/ tubular, with the bor- 
der obfakte; longer than the tube : drufe 
i-feeded. 
Dirca. 
Virginia. Amesn. acad. 3.^. 12. t, \ .f. 7. 
Shrub with oval pale yellowilh leaves : Jhfwcrs axillary, 2 or 3 on 
each peduncle, greenilh white. 
797. GNIDIA. Calyx k\nx\c\^(oT\r\, iSf-cMf. petals 
inferted on the calyx: nut fomewhat drupaceous. 
Leaves fcattered, triangular : llowers in umbelkd heads. 
The Cape. Andr.bst. rep t. 52. Wendl. ohf. 15. t. 2. f. 1 1. 
Lea'ves linear, pointed, ottufe, carinate: calyx white. 
Leaves fubulate, 3-fided, acute: heads terminal, feffile, ra- 
diate : bradtes lanceolate. 
The Cape, Wendl. ohf. 15. t. i. f. 12. 
Leaves elliptic-ovate, glabrous, approximate : flowers in 
heads: filament- capillaiy. 
The Cape. Heads of flowers lolicarj', feflile. 
Leaves lanceolate, obtofe, carinate, glabrous : flowers in 
heads. 
The Cape. Thunb. prodr. 76. Willd. 1. p. ^zc^. 
Leaves lanceolate, acute, rough : flowers in heads. 
The Cape. Thunb. prodr. 76. Willd. z. p. 426. 
All the leaves linear, acute : flowers terminal, feflile, 
Ttie Cape. Andrenxs Lot. repo/, t, 70. Breyn. cent, t, 6. 
Leaves fcattered, lanceolate, glabrou*: flowers in heads, 
furrounded with bractes : peduncle naked. 
The Cape. ItrJoUicre 8-lcaved, lanceolate, equal. 
Leaves oppofite, ovate, glabrous: flowers terminal, in a 
fort of head. 
The Cape. Wendl. obf. 17. t. z.f 14. Andrenxs lot. repof, t. 8g. 
Leaves fcattered, lanceolate, glabrous; flowers lateral, in 
pairs : branches divaricate. 
The Cape, Thunb, prodr. 76, Wtlld. 2, p. 427. 
raemosa. 
