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P L A T E
L I P A R I A
C C C L X X X I I .
V I L L O S A .
Concave-leaved Uparía.
C L A S S XVn. O R D E R III.
DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA. Two Brotherhoods. Ten Chives.
E S S E N T I A L GENERIC CHARACTER.
CALYCIS lacinia infima elongata. Alae inferius
bilobae.
THE lower segment of the empalement elongated.
The wings two-lobed on the lower
margin.
S P E C I F I C CHARACTER, &C.
LIPARI A, floribus fasciculatis, foliis subrotundis
concavis, extus tomentosis, intus villosis
nudisque.
LIPARIA, with fasciculated flowe-s, leaves
roundish concave, downy outwardly,
and villose or naked within.
LIPARIA villosa a. IFilld. Sp.Pl.3. I I17. excluso synonymo Thunbergiì; quod ad varietatem ,6.
potius pertinet.
LIPARIA vestita, floribus capitatis, foliis ovatis concavis subtus lanatis. Thunb. Prod. 124. et etìam
Willd. Sp. Pl.3. 1\15.
GENISTA africana tomentosa, folio cochleariformi, flore luteo. Sela Thes. l.p. 38. tal. 24. f. 1.
R E F E R E N C E TO THE PLATE.
1. The erapalement.
2. The banner.
3. One of the wings.
4. The keel.-
5. The chives and pointal.
6. The seed-bud.
THE Liparia villosa is a native of the Cape of Good Hope, and rises with a shrubby, but not much
branched stem, to the height of two or three feet. The silvery wool which clothes the younger
branches and leaves of the plant, gives it a very handsome appearance ; yet by age it sometimes acquires
a somewhat rusty tint. The leaves are nearly round, and assume, particularly when dried, a deep concave
form, and very much resemble -n shape, small bivalve shells ; a circumstance noticed long since
by the great naturalist Seba, as will appear on consulting tlie synonyms above given. The variety /3,
of Wihdenow has much narrower, and not concave leaves ; and is a veiy distinct species.
The concave-leaved Liparia is propagated, but not readily, by cul tings; prefers the treatment of a
green-house plant, a light, but good soil; and, like most woolly plants, is very liable to be destroyed
by damps. Our figure was taken in May last at George Hibbert's, esq.
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