. The Botanical register consisting of coloured figures of . e, lower one 3-flowered, upper ones 1-flowered,several times shorter than the corolla. Flowers an inchand half long, some with only stamens, some with sta-mens and pistil, viscously tpmentose, tricoloured, the reddots predominating in the hue. Cali/x membranous palerthan the corolla, cyHndrical, somewhat swollen, 3 timesshorter than the 2 longest petals, 5-toothed, teeth short,broad, unequal, rounded, one larger than the rest. Corolla4-petalled, varicosely veined, dotted with minute darkpurple viscous glands: 2 outer petals opposite,
. The Botanical register consisting of coloured figures of . e, lower one 3-flowered, upper ones 1-flowered,several times shorter than the corolla. Flowers an inchand half long, some with only stamens, some with sta-mens and pistil, viscously tpmentose, tricoloured, the reddots predominating in the hue. Cali/x membranous palerthan the corolla, cyHndrical, somewhat swollen, 3 timesshorter than the 2 longest petals, 5-toothed, teeth short,broad, unequal, rounded, one larger than the rest. Corolla4-petalled, varicosely veined, dotted with minute darkpurple viscous glands: 2 outer petals opposite, upright,equalling the ungues of the two interior ones, with a cordateround pointed lamina: 2 inner petals upright, connivent,linearly spatulate, with a small obcordately round laminaslanting forwards. Stamens 7, inclosed, the length of theshorter petals, unequal; filaments woolly haired: antherswith orange-coloured pollen. Pistil equal to the stamen^:gennen oblong, hirsute, white: sti/le thicker than the fila-ments, covered with a purple downy 311 ALBUCA fugax. FugaciouSJlowered Alhuca^ HEXANDRIA MONOQYNIA. Nat ord, AsFHOn^Li. Jussieu gen, 51. Div, IV, AsPHODELEiE. Broxvu jjrod, 27^*ALB UCA. Siiprhfol, 277. Div. Corollis cequaliter patentibus, foliis numerosis, subtrigono-filiformibus, subulatis, duplo brevio- ribus scapo, erectis: stylo declinato, fragrans. Jacq. hort, schcenb. I. 45. t, 86. Willd, sp. pi, 2. 135, Hort. Kevo. ed, 2. 2. 266. Bulbus siibrotundus, compacto-squamosus, sordescens, Fol. numerosa,eredOpatula, Jasciculato-ambientia, carnosa, semitereti-linearia, subulata,obsolete et obtuse subtrigona, kmc planiora, recta, semipedalia^ crassitudineJere pennce corvince, non glauca, vagina radicali nulla, Scapus pedalisultra, teres, erectus, glaucus, plurimum crassior foliis, racemo terminali,laxiusculo, multifloro, patente, semipedali v, ultra. Pedunculi patentesybreviores Jlore, semunciales, Bracteee breviores pedmtculis, membran
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