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ALBUCA fastigiata. 

 Level'tojyped Alhuca. 



HEXANDRIA MONQGYNIA. 



Nat, ord. Asphodeli, Jussien gen, 51, Div. IV, Flores spicatL 



Radix bulbosa. Corolla sexpartita, basi staminifera. 

 AsPHODELEiE- Brovou prod, 274. 

 ALBUCA, Cor. sexpartita, laciniis 3 interioribus ssepe erecto^conni- 

 ventibus, varius omnibus stcllato-patentibus, apice semper fornicatis* 

 Sti^lus triqucter, crassus v- robustus. Stigma hirtum. Sem, plana, alata. 



nigra- 



Difjert Ornithooalo laciniis coroll^e alternis apice fomicalo-incurvis 

 atque incrassatis * stf^lo triqudro quasi ex tribus coadnnatis ; stigmate glandu' 

 loso-pubc^cente ; Antherico ob radicem sdido-bulbosam. Nob. in Curt- 

 Magaz. foil, 871 ec I0i6. 



D/tj. Staminibus omnibus fertitibus, 



A,J(tsii^^iata^ petalis interioribus apice foroicatis, foliis glabris, pedunculis 

 longissiniis. Dryandcr Avt, hnlm, 1784, 2D6- 



Albtica fastigiata- ThitnL prod, 65, HorU Keixi. 1. 436. ed, 2. 2. 250. 

 fVilULsiu pi, 2, lOI. Aiidrecv^'s reposlL 450. Redoute liliac, 474- 

 Fol, linearin, primiim canaliculata, dein planiuscula^ sesquipedalian itnciam 



lata, Scapus Jf)fiis dimidio brevior crassitie penme anserintE. Racemus 

 Jasiifriatus longihtdine scapi. Pedunculi sub anthesi palenteSy post JloreS' 



ce/itiam erecli iri- v- qiiadriunciales, liractea; viembranaceie kyaliiKB dorso 



rttfeaceules semiuncinles, Flores albi' Petala exteriora liueari-oblonga apice 



zitcrassafa unda breviorat interiora ovali^oblonga apice Jbrnicata^ exterioribtis 

 pnu(o brevior a, Filanienta omnia fert ilia ^ tria allerna patdb brevioruj exliis 

 convexar intiis cnnuUcnlata ; stylus prismaticus sulcalus germine paido lougior^ 

 staminibus paulo allior, lectus ramcntis brevissimis pr^cipue versits apicem^ 

 viridis sulcis Ittleisy terminalus stigmaCe ex angulis styli apice roiundatis* 

 Drj'and- 1- c. 



A genu s confinina: with Orxithogalum, from which it 

 differs in teclinical character by having the ends of tlie al- 

 ternate seg-nients of the corolla arched inwards, a prisinati- 

 cally3-si<ied style, and a glandnlarly pubescent t^ti^ina; dif- 

 ferences that arc coinbhied with others in the g'cneral habit, 

 the bnlb being nearly solid, and formed of nnich thicker 

 fleshier laminte than in that of Ornithogalum, and the 

 foliage is less succulent than there. At other points it ap- 

 proaches Drimia and Anthkricum. All the recorded species 

 b<!long to the Cape of Good Hope, except perhaps that which 

 lias obtained the name of ah/sshica, the true country of 

 which seems doubtful- The present was introduced by Mr- 



