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GNIDIA pinifolia. «. 
White fir-leaved Gnidia. 
OCTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
GNIDIA. Supra fol. 2. 
G, pinifolia, foliis sparsis, acerosis, carnosulis, floralibus plurimis lan- 
ceolato-extenuatis, capitulo brevioribus; corolla extis villosa, squa- 
mulis 4 sericeo-hirsutis limbum stellato-decussantibus. 
Gnidia pinifolia, Lin, sp. pl. 1.512. Berg. cap. 122. Mull. dict. ed. 
8.n.1. Thunb. prod. 76. Willd. sp. at 2, 494; (excl. Lin. suppl. 
cum sectione ultima adjecte note, & Wendl. quoad locum cit.). An- 
drews’s reposit. 52. Hort. Kew. ed. 2. 2. 412. 
G. radiata. Wendl. obs. 15. t. 2. f. 12. pels 
Rapunculus foliis nervosis linearibus, floribus’ argenteis non galeatis. 
Burm. afric. 112. t. 41. f. 3. 
Valerianella ethiopica frutescens, Rosmarini folio, fl. albo. Seba. thes. 
2. 32. t. $2. f. 5. 
(a) flos candidus: squamulz laciniis 3-plo minores. 
(8) flos sub-ochroleucus : squamule laciniis subzquales. 
Frutex proliferus, pedalis, viz culmo avenaceo crassior, glaber, inferné 
cicatrizatus, indé numerose sparsim & patentér foliosus 3 rami subsimplices. 
Folia 3 partes uncie longa Ps v. minus, rigida, linearia, obesits carinato- 
triquetra, a supino plantuscula, a prono carinato-convexa, mucronata, brevis- 
stmé petiolata ; floralia plurima, bis-ter latiora, erectiuscula v. radiato-verti- 
cillata. Flores plurimi, sessiles, apice ramorum aggregati. Cor. tubata, 
gracilis, subuncialis ; tubus in faucem pariim dilatatus, obtuse qundrn gua tis 
acuté tamen in frustro germinitego infra articulum, ubi etiam glaber ; limbus 
cruciato-explanatus, intds nudus; lac. oblong@, obtusule, tubo 2-3 breviores : 
squamule petalodes, concolores, oblongo-lanceolate. Fil. adnata: anth, 
JSulve, oblonga, 4 emicantes precociores, 4 delitescentes. Germ. glabratum, 
ovatum, basi angustatum ; stylus situ laterali generis, imas antheras non attin- 
gens: stigma hispidum. 
_ A native of the Cape of Good Hope, cultivated in the 
Chelsea physic-garden, by Philip Miller, in 1768. The 
bloom is of a pure white, with little scent during the day, 
but sweet by night. We have never seen a plant of it more 
than a foot high. The foliage reminds us of that of some 
of the firs, and is much more numerous and close in the 
spontaneous specimens we have seen, than in the garden” 
ones. Requires to be kept in the greenhouse; will do with 
the same treatment as the hardier Cape-shrubs; and is 
readily increased by cuttings. Blooms freely in February 
and March, and lasts long in flower. The Gnivra pinifolia 
