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CURCULIGO latifolia. 

 Pulo'Pinang Curculigo. 



HEXANDRIA MONOOYNIA. 



Nat. ord. A«HODELE^. Brown prod. 1. 274. Div. Genera ioter A$- 



mfodeleaa et AmaryUideas mediA. 

 CURCULrOOi.'J9kprd vol. 4. fol. 345. 



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Chtifolia^ foliis ellipmiii. oapitulosessili tubo floris (gerinihis collo iiofr.^ 



Tix longiore limbo.. X^ in Hart. Kew. ed. % 3. Sisa 



Curculigo latifolia. (Mf^k^^^az. 2034. ^' 



lOTolucrum. RumpL ateS^tt 114. <. 63. 



gticato-nervosa, erecta,^ immf^'^^^ioi^^^ nttenuata. Capitula radicalia^ 



hracieosi foliacea, magtiU^^ cn^dUmaeei vtl cirtd. Bracteae herbacece, 

 Wigulare», jhribus hngiares^ m^cttJ^ la$iceolat<hacumiiiatiBf partim stU> terrd 

 A<Erenfe». Floresjlavi^ sm{r«Jdh»ylAc<jesn^ ab exiri ttttrorsAm ejmandentes; 

 cor. O-pariitu, rolata, iEguati^, ^regt^m, extus germe^gKe pttbe longA moUi 

 sericeo-hirsutaj lacikiU tubseuiioMi^ihup^Uneari-obl^^ aeutis. Stantina co- 

 roU^B disco in8€rta,^v> cirt^ ^lifiitJ^a^^erecto-co^^ lutea, 



itpatio parvo ab invk^ dist^nfiiSflmdmlata^ parum ontMtfu hngiora: an- 

 tfiavw, adnatee, intrtyrsce^ iw^preif oifunifce, opiM exHU nigricmaeB, 

 emarginat^B, Stylus palHdmi pavescentf Jilam^ktis robuitiar, tereu 

 Umbo mqualiSy disci centre insertus rt stigma subcapii^m, pubescens, Qef- 

 m^ inferum, mbterranemm, sardSd^ palkns, coroUd f bngins, obhu^^tH^ 

 quetrum^ crassitudine ferh penn^ anseritUBy fuDd<^ fertili ^locubari^ niiBi 

 p&cn&itt glob<ms locuUyrum mtiw4 anguh ordiM binario <aaean$, colbifr. 

 roatop) sttnuQO sterili soUdo kmgion. 



The plant was introduced by Mr. Allen in 1804 from 

 the island of Pinang, where it is said to grow wild. 



The species was taken up and defined by Mr. Dryander^ 

 in the last edition of the Hortus Kewensis, but has not yet 

 been transferred into any of the general systems. 



X. C0RCULIGO, with the excej>ti6n of one species from the 

 Ci^t: of Good H(»>e, and that only lately displaced from 

 Gsvillujs, wfaero it originally stoo^ ia a genus belonging 

 wholly t^ndia. 



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The dra^ng was taken at Mr. Colvill's Nursery at 

 Chelsea, where the plant is kept in the fa^faouse. 



Leaoes few, wm Ullir' Mtllf fljglhe inaorescence, 



