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&F THE -GENUS UU&CUTA. 
Thism C. Africaner, a. Dregdl C . Afriema, Ecklen^Zeyhef! 20,. 77, H, and .21,1, n. a Runmamii, -Ohoisy! 
Cuse. 177, and DC. Prod- IX. 454, is the same plant, as .1 .have -satisfied/myself fey a carefiE examination of the original- 
specimen in Bb. Delessert. . This specimen is further interesting asit'hears, the inscription “ C. Americana” it would 
seem, in Tlmnberg’s handwriting. This-magritherrftee.be the -original :plant,vwMoh Thunb^g first took for Jinnmis’ 
C. Americana, and afterwards named C. Africana, so that 0. mtvAa wofild be the true Thunhergian' 'Africana ; but 
even Uthis be so, it will be better toleave *tbe nomenclature a&at present.-'establishal^especially-»as quite probably 
Thuhberg confounded both species. .Another fact bearing, on this question .is, that in -Jussieu’* Herb., now in the 
Museum of the Jardin dee Plantes, a specimen of C Chinensis Is preserved, IsMled~“ G. Americana, Thmib. C. R Sp. 
Thunberg ded? 1 So it seems that >at one time Thunberg himself‘took G. Chmmsis, for his Americana; 'but as,-so-far as 
known, this plant does not occur at the Cape, ibis quite'possible that he brought this specimen from India or China, 
and confounded alktbese plants under one name. He does not mention C.Ghinensis •«* any^nther Omenta from those 
regions. 
€. nitidsa seems? to be one of the commonest -species at the; Cape of Good Hof>e, and ,shas ; %een collected there by 
almost every botanist. Dr. R. C. Alexander communicated sa specimen with firmer, .red stems:; some*of .Erege’s 
specimens exhibit, a granulated, somewhat-scabrous, calyx. 
V/ lb. m. Africana, Thunbergl FI. Cap. 568 and Phyt. BL 17- ; '-ChoisyD Cfcw&176* add DC. Prod. IX. 454 pro 
parte.—'I have above stated my doubts about the Identity of Thuriberg’s plant, an^iny treasons, nevertheless, for 
retaining-his name for this species. The dlder, botanists also seem’to acknowledge this for G. Afrimrm; asT find a 
specimen thus labelled in Willdenow’s Herb. nro.’3161. Uhoisy’s description >enti]^ly refers: to Ihis:^laiit, tboitgb-one 
of the specimens%e cites- belongs to (7. angulata.. 
It is welbeharacterizdd by the very loose iiMoyescenee, the long rpedicMs, the capillary stpes^WMch are? much 
longer t(often tmore than twice as long) than the oMong/arid thick divergent stigmata.^ calyx short, lobes broad, 
obtusish, verrueose, imbricate; lacinise ,1 inear-oblong, obtnsish, involute at the margin and at %, erect or spreading:; 
scales large, often longer than the tube, incurved.;, capsules, in the orily specimen in which I coiild find 
any, Almost baccate, or opening very late, with the, corolla persistent ;»at base, mostly.with a single globose pl76b(2t)] 
seed, 0.7 lines'long; flower 1-l.j lines long. — C. Americana, Thunb. Prod/’32, not of Lkmseus, is the 
same as his later C. Africana.— Our plant was .collected by Bregdl 7010, and labelled%y Mm C. Africana , d;Itvis 
EclMnmrid^eyher’s! 22, 70, 10. Schrebeta schmoides, L. Sp. 1662, is—as the figure4a Ke?. Act. Ups. I. .t. -5,ff, 1, 
shows — this species parasitic on Myrica Africana. C.'fusiformis, Willd. Rel. in R. and S. VI. 269, referred here by 
^hbisy,'?a misprint for C. funiformis, as spOlt in Willd. Herb. nro. 3156,4s not a Gudmta^^m^ a Gassyte, from tbeOape, 
ns Seklechtendai bas^long since stated. 
C. Capensis , Choisy ! Cusc. 175, t. 1, f. 4, arid DC. Prod. IX. 454,4s a large form of this species; lowers 2|~2§ 
'lines long ; calyx smoother and shorter ; laeiriise longer, somewhat acutisfr..; scales smaller. It bears the same relation 
Tn/oZii does to C.<Epithymum. —..Dregel 7833, Dr. Thom! Dr. Alexander! 
Sect. 5. EUGRAMMICA. 
Styles of unequal ^length, siibhlatexTr cylindric:; stigmata capitate; capsrile bursting transverselyiimoire 'otHess 
cregdlarly, in C. Jalapensis regulaMy eircumeeiseSle; seeds-often oily one or twain each capsule, roui^ed?oit flattened, 
truncate at base, or hooked; hilum forming a transverse 'or oblique, rarely*a perpendicular line, often «very-short,- or 
©reduced to a point. 
The inflorescence isquite variable, forming Few^flowered loose cymes, or compound ^racemose or umbelliform 
- cymes with pedicelled flowers, or compact Clusters with subsessile flowers, with bracts at the base of each, or at least 
the primary pedicels or ^flowers. The corolla remains at the base? or on the top of the capsule, or completely 
envelops it. 
Most species of this section Inhibit South America, the West Indies, and Mexico. OneS(C. extends 
cinto the southwestern parts of the United States, ands twof(U odsniolepis and C. applanata) are peculiar to that region; 
-.two others are natives of Asia,- one extending to New Holland, the other to eastern Africa. 
§1. Subrilatae. 
Styles thick arid short, snbulate?from a' 1 broad base ; flowers mostly'large and of a firm texture ;• scriles .wanting in 
■ onev(the first) species; corolla enveloping the whole or the greater part of the ripe cgpsulein ; capsule 
opening readily by more or less regular cireumscission. 
r * Lobes of erfyx orbicular, imbricate. [477 s (27)] 
\/ 19. C. grandiflora/H^K. ! N. Gen. Sp. III. 123, t. 21 a; DC. ProdJlX. 457; not Wallich - Cat._This 
beautiful and striking species is so well described by Kunth that it is not necessary to add a singe line. §He 
already mentions: (as he-also does in regard to G. Popayanensid) tiie circnmscissile opening of .the capsule,^:i^iored 
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