obtusiuscula, plana, trinervia, quadrifariam imbricata, 
mz 8, didyme, parve, erecte, ad sinus limbi. Stamina 8, e 
biserialia, subsessilia: 4 superiora exserta, 4 inferiora inclusa. Stylus tubo 
hirsutum. * 
and silky a pubescence, that no portion of the surface even 
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GNIDIA denudata. 
~ Smooth-leaved Gnidia. bet ay 
OCTANDRIA MONOGYNI4. — 
Nat. ord. THYMELRE. Brown prod. 1. 358. 
GNIDIA, Supra vol.1, fol. 2. } 
G. denudata, foliis ovato-oblongis quadrifariam imbricatis pilosis trinervibus: 
nervis denudatis, floribus terminalibus villosis : villis sparsis patentibus. . 
Suffrutex erecta, gracilis, ramis teretibus villosis. Folia’ 
Folia ovato-oblonga, 
ciliata, sessilia, bast 
villosa, adulta utrinque glabriuscula (pube rara adspersa); nervis denudatis. 
Flores terminales, lutet, foliis longiores, villis longts patentibus confertis, 
ovarii albis, corolle nigrescentibus, tecti. Tubus gracilis, subarcuatus, cla- 
vatus. Limbus patens, quadrifidus, laciniis ovalibus, intus glai is, Squa- 
cla, ovata, 7 
brevior, usque ad stamina inferiora tantum attingens. Stigma acutum, sub- 
This species of Gnip1a is nearly related to the Gnrp1a 
imbricata of Linnzeus; but we think it decidedly distin-_ 
guished from that species by the differences we have pointed 
out in the specific character. In G. imbricata the leaves are 
oblong, very blunt, and covered all over with so very dense 
of the midrib is exposed; and the flowers are in like man- 
ner protected by a similar covering of closely pressed pu- 
bescence. In this species, on the contrary, the leaves are 
ovate-oblong and nearly acute, and the hairs upon the leaves 
same time. 
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are principally in the form of cilize at their edges; the three 
nerves of their lower surface being quite naked and dis- 
tinct; and the hairs upon the flower few in number, 
long, spreading, and of a blackish colour when care- 
fully examined. We are informed by Mr. Sweet, that 
when the flower has been expanded for some days, its co- 
lour, which is at first pale yellow, changes to a brownish 
orange, becoming darker daily: so that the plant has upon 
it blossoms of several shades of orange and yellow at the 
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Our drawing was made at Mr. Coly 
Nurser , in the 
