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PENEA squamosa. 
Scaly Penea. 
TETRANDRIA MONOGYNI4A. 
Nat. ord. Puanrm incertm sEp1s. Monopetale germine supero. © 
Jussieu gen. 419, ia 
PENA. Cal. 2-phyllus. Cor. campanulata. Stylus 4-gonus . 
(v. filiformis.) Caps. 4-gona, 4-loc., $-sperma. Willd. sp. 1. 626. 
Frutices sempervirentes, rigentes, ; ey 
P. squamosa, foliis yhombeo-cuneiformibus carnosis. Lin. mant. $31. 
Pena squamosa. ‘Linn. sp. pl. 1. 162. Thunb. prod. 30. Willd. 
sp-pl. 1.628. Hort. Kew. 3. in add. 485. Ed. 2. 1. 248. 
Penza tetragona. Berg. cap. 36; (synonymon certum, etst nusquam. 
aliubt assumpium.) : Pac , 
Frutex rigidus, proliferus ; caulis rotundatus, cicatricibus tumidis scaber 3. 
rami foliosi tetraquetri, recéns enatt gummoso-unctuosi v. vernice diaphand 
obducti, seepints rubentes. Folia oppostta, decussata, sessilia, patentissima, 
plana, duplo longiora interstitirs, semuncialia v. circitér, crassa, rigida, 
PE oat ote acumine lato brevi, pruinata papillis atomoideis, opaca, nervo 
medio depresso, stipulata squamulis 4? parvis dentiformibus badiis, gummi 
limpido immersis, transeuntibus faciem supinam baseos folit ab extra utroque 
latere. Flores 2-5, terminales, aggregati, arctati, sepiis 5 in quincuncem or= 
dinati, involucrati bracteis foliaceis, imbricato-conniventibus, pallido-virentibus, 
cuneatis, convoluto-concavis, gummoso-unctuosis, superné ciliatis, acumine 
recurve, majoribus quam folia. Cor. subsesquiuncialis, tubulosa, 4-fida, 
stricta ; tubus obtuse 4-gonus, pallidus, diametro penne corvine majore ; 
limbus 4-partitus, cruciatus, equalis, patens, reflexus, roseo-lucens, laciniis 
ovato-ellipticis, obtusis. Stam. limbo @qualia, ore tubi postta, laciniits al- 
terna, erecta, robusta, papillosa ; fil. latiis ligulata, concava, dorso convera. 
sanguinea ; anth. sublongiores, lanceolato-oblonge, gi 
ant ngio z integerrima, adnate re- 
ceptaculo distincto verticalt crassiusculo roseo, extrorsim carinato, introrsim 
Jano loculigero atque supra basin infra loculos incumbente apice Jjilamenti ; 
joctli 2 breviores areola receptacult, lineares, verticales, contigui, ni ricantes, 
versits stigma dehiscentes fissurd. media longitudinali 3 pollen 5 globulis minu- 
tissimis granuiatum. \Pist. equans stamina; stylusfiliformis, gracilis, rec We 
ruber; stig. atro-sanguineum, capitato-4-gonum, obsolete Alban glabrum, 
nitidum. it ' 
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‘A _scarce-and remarkable plant; native of the Cape of 
Good Hope, and belonging to a genus of so distinct a na- 
ture from that of the others of any known tribe, that the’ 
points by which it connects in affinity with the general 
scheme of vegetables are yet to be determined. In Jussieu’s 
arrangement it stands in the reserve of unplaced genera, 
such as await either until the species wanting to combine 
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