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ANTHERICUM pomeridianum. 

 Postmeridian jlntkericvm. 



HEXANDBIA MOyOGYXf^. 



Nat, ord. Asphodeli. Jussieu gen, 51. Div. IL Flores spicati- 



Radix fibrosa. Calyx sexpartitus, basi staminifer. 



AsPHODELEiE. BrowH prod, !• 274- 



ANTHERICUM, Cor, sexpartita, patens^ aequalis, decidua. FiL 

 (omnia v. interiora) barbata. Anth, versatiles. Germ. loculis polyspermis- 

 Stytus filtformis. Stigma subpapulosum. Caps, subglobosa, 3-loc,, 3- 

 Taivis» valris medio sepliferis. Sent, pauca, augulata, umbilico nudo. 



Herbse scBpi annuw, VL^Axxfasciculato-Jihrosa, tariusve iuberosa. Folia 

 Imeariay canaliculata, ftcp^ eamosa, Racemi simplices, Pedunculi MoUtarii, 

 cum cahfce ariicuiaiu Flores erectly flam, Stam, sa^i declinata, . Fila- 

 mentorum barba laxa, Embryo in quiousdam rectus. Brown prod- 1, 276. 



Obs- Corolla 8(epi emarcido-persistens, Filamenta interdum nuda* 

 Germinis loculamenta modd disperma, Flores colore varii, Capsulanunc 

 oblonga. In Phalangio proximo antherfe etvctf^ ^ basi inserts, stylus 

 supenie versus incrascescenSt pedunculi infra calycem nequaqudm cum iilo 

 articulati. 



A, pomeridianum, foliis flaceidiusculis lato-subulatis, triquetro-canaliculatiA 



cum caring acut^, glaucis margine nervisque (sujh^) scabris; caule pani- 



culato-ramoso : filamentis imberbibus. 

 Anthericum pomeridianum. Nobis injoum, of science and the arts, 1* 181* 

 Scilla pomeridiana. Decand, hort, monsp. 143. n. 195. Redouti liliac. 8. 



t. 421. 



Rhizoma hulbiceps tunicisfmcis grossi^ fibroso-contexiit subvaginanttbus 

 vettitum. Folia radicalta^ sdrpoideo'triquttra^ lenta^ plura, ambientia, exte- 

 riora longiara, sesquirbipedaliay suprd glauca nervisgue scabris %triata^ nltimis 

 lateribus revotuta, subtOs glabra mreniia, Flores pomeridiani, fugaees^ 

 tcTierif convoluto-emarcescentes^ albi, tnodori, Pedunculi l-Jtori, virides, 

 teretes, alabri: corolla diametro subsesguiunciali^ sexpartitay recurvo-radi- 

 uta, infemh cannivens, tadniis linear i-liguhitisj obtusis, supeme distantibus, 

 vittS medid dorsali e viridi atone purpurea sordescenie notaiin, interiorbui 

 wblatioribvs obtusiorihusgue, Stam. corollas csqualia^ erecta-divergentia : fil. 

 basi laciniamm brevissime adnata^ fUiformi-subalata^ glabra, infemi subdila- 

 iata int^que subcanaliculata : anui. lineari-oblongay violaceo-juscat<E, pol- 

 line luteo. Germ. mridCf obhmgum, supemh angustatum, plurus brevius 

 stylo, rotundati 9-ganumt lineis 6 pallidioribus notatum, loculis subdispermis. 

 Stylus setaceus, cum curvo leni$ubascenden9^ siaminibus tEqualis,puncto $tig' 

 matoso emarginato terminatus. 



Recently introduced by Messrs* Colvill, with whom it 

 flowered last June in the greenhouse of their nursery in the 

 King's Road, Chelsea. The native place does not appear to 

 have been ascertained. It has been cultivated for some 



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