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ARTHROPODIUM cirratum. 

 New-Zealand jirthropodium. 



HEXANDRIA MONOOYNIA. 



NaLord. AsPHODELEJE* Brmm prod. 1.274. 



ARTHROPODIUM. Cor, sexpartita, patens, laciniis ioterioribus 

 mai^ne undulatis t. iimbriatis: decidua. J^'*. barbata. Anthera basi 

 eraardnate insertae. Germ, loculis polyspennis* jSfylH« filifonnis, Stwma 

 hispiaulum. Caps* sobglobosa, 3-loc., S-Taht, ralris medio septiferis. 

 Sem^, pauca, Bubangulata, umbilico nudo. Rmbrgo curratus. 



Herbae glabra. Radix foMciculata, « bm&is mptc pediceUatu Jibriive 



&assis. Folia Imearia, ftaccida, Racemi Ion. Fedicelli aggregativ. $t>- 

 litariij medio artiaUatL Floras pendnU, purpuratcmtet v. aifit: eoroUi 

 post anikesin conniventi et bmge ante fntctm maturitaiem dedduA, ban eg- 

 athiformi emarcidd remaaerUe. Antherae purpurea r. a/&jcaiifei. Anthe- 

 Rico proximum genus. Brown prod, 1. SS76. 



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A. cirratum; racemo diviso, bracteis foliaceis, pecUcellis fasdculatis* peta- 

 lis interioribus integerrimis, tilamentonim dimidio barbato basi bii^tpen- 

 diculato, fotiis laQceoIato-ensifonnibui. Brown in Curtii$ magax. 28fi0. 



Anthericum cirratum. Font. prod. n. f-W. WiUd. sp. pL 2. 146. 



We have to regret the having been unable to avail our- 

 selves of the opportunity of adding a*^etailed descr^tion 

 of this interesting species ; amply distinguishable from its 

 congeners by several striking peculiarities, but most curi- 

 ously by the tw^o downy curled appendages that spring 

 from the lowermost termination of the upper bearded por- 

 tion of each of the filaments. The anthers are greenish, 

 and coil themselves backwards so as ultimately to form a 

 complete circle. 



The plant belongs to New Zealand, and bad been origi- 

 naliy observed by Sir Joseph Banks and Dr. Solander, 

 during their well-known voyage. There is a figure of it in 

 Mr. Brown's collection, done by the draughtsman who ac- 

 companied that expedition ; but the species was only known 

 to the public by the short record we have cited from ForsteKs 

 work, till now introduced into our gardens by the way of 

 New Holland, where the seed had beeu carried from New 

 Zealand. 



