abortiens. Fem. Umbell. univers. ut in mare pedunculis crassioribus. Par- 
tial. sepissimé 4-flora, raro 5-flora, floribus sessilibus. Invol. univers. ut in 
mare, sed latius et longitudine pedunculorum. Partiale 1-phyllum erectum | 
glabrum viride marginibus purpureum umbellula longius, 4-5-partitum pro 4 
numero flosculorum; lacinie ovate extis carinate, intis concave acuminate, 
apice pungenti-spinoso et flavescente, 5-fide, laciniis utrinque binis subulatis 
minoribus. Cal. proprius 5-phyllus corolle similis. Cor. 5-petala cum calyce 
alternatim margini germinis inserta equalis. Pet. ovata minutissima erecta 
acuta incarnata. Fil*.0. Anthe.0. Germ. sertiforme glabrum. Styli 2 — 
basi crassi intus sulcati extis convexi apice divaricati subulati albi lineam 
longi corollé multd longiores. Stig*. simplicia, obtusa, fuscescentia. Thunb. 
].c. apud Reem. et Schultes 1. ec. 
This singuler little species is the sole member of its 
genus, and we believe the only one of its Natural Family 
that ranks in this Class and Order of the Linnean system. 
It appears to have excited peculiar interest in Professor 
Thunberg, who has recorded it in the Flora of the Cape of 
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