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UROPETALON plaucum. 
Grey-leaved Uropetalon. 
HEXANDRIA MONOGYNI4. 
Nat. ord. Aspnopni. Jussieu gen. 51. Div. IV. Flores spi 
cati. Radix bulbosa. Cor. sexpartita, basi stami- 
nifera. ; 
AspnopELE& (includentes AspAracos plerosque Jus- 
sieuii). Brown prod. 274. 
UROPETALON. Zuccacnia. Bodin in Schrad. journ. fur 
die bot. 1.204. Dircapr. Usteri ann. der botan. St. 2. 13. — Inflor. 
scaposa, simplex, racemoso-spicata, bracteato-distincta. Cal. 0. Cor. 
infera, nutans, tubuloso-sexfida, limbo subduplici, dacinzis 3 includenti- 
bus intimas 3 erectiores seorsim conniventes, cunctis inferné connatis v. 
rarilis solis intimis, extimis reflexis et sepits caudatis, F%/. adnata, in- 
clusa: anth. verticales 4 medio affixw, mtrorsim verse. Stylus cras- 
siusculus, tereti-3-gonus, trisulcus, ex 3*filiformibus solubilibus coarc- 
tatis. Caps. erecta, membranacea, elliptica, trilobato-trigona, lobis 
alté compressis, 3-loc., 3-valv., valvis septiferis margini interne utrinque 
seminiferis. Sem. numerosa, cumulata, complanata, fes/d nigra, nitida. 
Bulbus tunicatus. Bractee simplices, membranose. Folia 
crasstuscula, varie lorata, ambientia, Genus inter ScitLAMm et 
CAM veniens; necnon hinc Drimim accedens. 
lura, 
LBU- 
U. glaucum, foliis lato-lanceolatis, erectis, scapo multd brevioribus; 
pedunculis longissimis. Burchell MSS. 
Bulbus ovato-globosus. Folia plurima (septena circa), sesuncialia ad pes 
dalia, 2-3-plo breviora scapo, basi convoluto-amplexa, erecta, lorato- 
oblonga, lanceolata, ac tota planta glauca, plana, exteriora latiora latere 
utroque subreflexa, interiora angustiora cuspidata. Scapus erectus, parim 
flexuosus, 2-3-nedalis, crassitudine feré penne scriptorie majoris, terminatus 
racemo spicatim educto, multifloro, irregularitér et remoté sparso, patentise 
simo; pedunculis sérictis, 1-floris, Jlore duplo longioribus magisve, suffultis 
bracted lineari-lanceolata sphacelata, Sreciosndlentats ad divaricatos. Cor. 
viridi-fulvescens, externé glauco rore canescens, unciam feré profunda, tubu- 
loso-campanulata, laciniis oblongis, obtusis, intis glabratis, ad medium usque 
conferruminatis, indé solutis, limbi extimi. reflexo-patentibus extra apicem 
parietis interne caudam educentibus ipsis equilongam crassam subulatam com 
pressam, limbi intimi erectitis conniventibus, patulis, ecaudatis. - Fil. brevis- 
sima, planiuscula: anth. oblonga, lute, mucronate, Sagittate. Germ. 3- 
sulcum. Stig. 3, replicata, inclusa. 
¢, a ae arr re ne Ray 
An unrecorded species found by Mr. Burchell near 
Klaarwater, a village beyond the Gariep or Orange river, 
at the Cape of Good Hope. By combining with it two 
species, to which we have added a third, its discoverer has 
