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CURCULIGO plicala. ;S. 



Stnooth phiited'leaved CurcuUgo 



HEXANDRIA J^OXOOYm^. 



. Nat. ord. Asphodeleje. lirown prod. I. 274. Div. Genera inter As- 



^ phodeleas et AtnaryJlideas media. /. c. 288. 



CURCULIGO. Cor. supera. Twiw stylo occretue, perslstens. Lm- 



bus 6-partitus, planus, deciduus. Oerm. 3-Ioculare, loculis polysperrats. 



Stigmata 3, angulia styJi adnata (r. rard distincta.} Bacca obJonga, tubo 



corollce coronata. Semma pulp4 carnosS (strophiolisn dititincta, unibilico- 



laterali rostelliformi, 



Hypoxidi, nee Gethyllidi, proximum gems. Processus lateralis 

 Gffirtneri est umbilicus verusf sinus inter quern et seminis extrcmitatem tuperi- 

 orcm,^ ubi radicula papilla indicata existitf repletus est came albo, ab axi peri- 

 carpii ortum ducente et pro stropkiola umbilicalt kabendo. Heec struclura in 

 CuncuLioiNs ensifoliae/ brevifoliS observata; reliquas species Indies Orien- 

 talis nondum examini subjeci* In Cuhculiqine plicat^ umbilicus quoipie 

 lateralis esse videtur : scd superiore extremitate magis approximatus, et adpressus 

 nee rostrum efficierts. Brovn loc. cit. 289. 



C. pUcata, fuliis lineari-8ubu)atis, floribus scssiltbus. Vryander in Jfort, 



Kevo. ed. 2. 2. 253. 

 Curculigo pHcata. Nobis in linea penultim^ obs. ad char, gen, Gethtllidis. 



in Curtis's magax.Jol. 1088. 

 Gethyllis pUcata. Jacq. hart, schcenb. 1. 4. 2. t. %Q. WiUd. sp. pi. 2. 105. 

 Hypoxia plicata. Lin. suppl* 197. Tkimb.prod. &). 

 Fabricia plicata. Thunb. tn Fabricii it. norveg. 29. 

 («) foliis subpubescentibus ciliatir 

 ifi) foliis nudis margine glabro. 



Bulbiu depressuSf aveilanS major, albidus, tanicS cinereS reticulata vestitus. 

 Foil, radicalia, pauca, ab 1 ad 6, Hneari-ensiformia, plicatula^ acuta, integer- 

 rima, infiore erecta et plus minus i-unciatiaf utrinque hirtula, ad basin vagina 

 spathaceeB inclusa, (denuZ ad 8 v, 10 uwias elonganda). Ftores sessiles, pauci, 

 modoriy radicati. Spaths pauca pallida et metnbranacea basin corolla cir- 

 cumdant, Corollae tubus scapum meniitur, ex quo diJUulter extricatur Btylai. 

 himhi supri kavissimi lacinim 3 alterna forts cum virore JIavent, 3 reliqua 

 subtiis virent. Til Jlavent. Anth. sunt lutea. Stylus albtdusy lupemd luteus 

 nti et stigma. Fructus e terr^ attolluntuTt Colchici more, CoroUte tubus 

 longissimus, JUiformis, triangularis, erectiusculus. Limbi 6'fdi lacinia: Ian- 

 ceolata, acuminatay planay striaiula, patentissima, auarum 3 aUerna paulb 

 breviores et angustiores. Fil. brevissima, erecta, subulata. Anth. obtusa, 

 magna, bisidcata, erecta. (Jerm. Uneare, 3-angulare, compressum. Stylus 

 cnpillaris, creclus, supra corolla iubum incrassatus. Stigma semitrijidum, 

 laciniis ercctiusculis lineartbus aciiiis. Jacq. loc. cit. 



The species whicJi at present compose the genus are 

 found in the East Indies, New Holland, and at the Cape of 

 Good Hope ; those of the latter region were first incorporated 

 with those of the former by Mr. Dryander in the last edition 



