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BRUNSVIGIA toxicaria. 



Fan-leaved Brunsvigia. Poison-bulb. 



HEXANDRIA MONOQYNU, 



Nat. ord. Narcissi- Jussim 54. Div. IL Germen ioferum. 



Amaryllideje. Brown mod. 1, 296. Sect. L Radix 

 bulbosa. Flores spathacei umbellati, rard solitarii- 



BRUNSVIGIA. Supra voL Z. fol 192; (uH pro " filamenta iu- 

 clusa, legendum '* filamenta inclusa vel exaerta"). 



B. toxicaria, umbella crebra, floiifera bemisphKiica conferta; fructifera 



sphserica laxa scapum subexcedente ; coroM infundibultforini regular!; 



foliis pUrimis erectis lorato-elongatis acuminatis obliquis glaucis margioo 



laevi ; staminibus erecto-divaricatis subexsertis, 



Brunsvigia toxicaria. Nolns mprd ml 2. foL 139, pag. 3, in notd: et vol 3, 



fol 192, pag, 4. in spec. enum. 

 Haemanthus toxicarius. fforL Kew. \. 405. ed. % % 208- Thunb. prod, 59- 

 Willd, sp. pi 2, 27. Jacg, fragm, 36, n. 116. tahb. 39 et 40. Jig, 1.; 

 (Jigg^ i speciminibtts spontaneis siccatis demmptm). Nobig in Curtis^s 

 magaz. 1217- Lichtenstein reise in sudl. afr. 2. 321, 

 Amaryllis disticha. Zinn, mppl 195. Patersati's travels 51; cum icone 

 pessimd. Burckell cat. geogr. 4194. 



Bulbus tunicatui, ovato-ob&ngvs^ integwmeniis innumeris tenuibusjibroso- 

 membranaceis corticatO'Compactis vestitus, diametro nunc brachii vel duplo 

 majorCi scapo altior. Fofia bifaria, plurimd^ erecto-divergmtiaj loratm- 

 elongafa, lanceolato-acuminata^ glauca^ oblhjuata, ftore tardiora. Scapus 

 foliiH pr^eocior, robustnSf vix umbelld lar^ior^ tereti-eampresms hincguc 

 planior, glauco-pallescens. Spatha numero$iflora^ bivalvis, pedunculis 

 <e^ualis, valvis ovato-oblongist acumijiatis, recurvandis : yeduncmi bracteis 

 tenuissimis distincti, triquetro-^HfarmeSy pennd passerina paulo crassiores, 

 virentes, nitidis cam germine clavata-continuiy noriferi 2unciales v. parum 

 longioreSy fructiferi 4-Q-unciales. Flores cameo-pallentes, fcenum re{^ns 

 grat& redolentes: cor. 1^ undm pariim exmperans, revoluto-mfundibuK- 

 formis^ regularis; tnhas strictusy rectus, crassus ( diametro ferh penrnt $crip^ 

 tori^E mediae magnitudinis), chlorolencus, germini mbmqualis. Umbo pirn 

 duplo brevier ; limbus 0-partitus, turbinato-revolutns, laciniis stellato-distan- 

 tibus^ angttste Hgulatis, {tqniUmgis, acutis, exter. 3 subangtistioribus convo- 

 luto-canaliculatis, hamato-mucronatis mucrone basi subpubente, inter, plani- 

 oribus obsolete mueronatis. Stam. exserta, mqaalia^erecto-patentiayCnrvula^ 

 fil- aWa, subulato-filijfamiia, tubtim prominentir decurrentia : B.nih- versalili- 

 incumbentes, angusto-oblongattB, primo carneo-rubentes, defloratis purpureo- 

 fuscescenfilms ; pollen ochroteacum. Stylus staminibus ^equilony us ^ sesquiuji- 

 daUs, I Umgior corolla^ albicans, inclinato-erectfts, gracilis, triqvetro-JiH' 

 formis; stigma apex incanspicims siniplicissimus. Germ- angusti turbina- 

 turn V. trig&ao-clavaium angulis acute compressis, estriatum, lev quaterve 

 peduncuto brevius, loculamentis collaterali-(biseriato-Jdispermis ovulis albis 

 rotundis. Caps, bulbisperma^ seminibus tuberoso-laxatis xubrotundis albidis 

 ^agnitndinejere Pisi, 



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