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CURCULIGO recurvata. 



Hecurved- leaved Curcidigo. 



» 



HEXANDHIA MONOGYNIA. 



Nat. ord. Asphodele.e. Brown prod. 1. 274. Div. Gc-nora ink'r As 



PHODEi.EAs et Amaryllideas lucJia. 

 CURCULIGO. Suprd vol. 4. fol. 345. 



C. recurvata, foliis ellipticis rcciirvis, capitulo pedunculato cernuo, tubo 



floris brevissimo. 

 Rhizoma 



sobolifermn percmiCf fih 



Fol, radicalia petiolafa lanceolata recurvata jiUcata glabra, 1-3 pcdalia la- 

 tiiudine 2'Gnncialif petiolis lamina triplo A-plove brevioriljvs cum cannlicido 

 prof undo. Scapi axillares compressi villosi loagitudine circiler petiohrvm 

 supra recurvalL Capitula ccnitia : bracteae singulares, uni/Iorce, villos<e, 

 acumiuatce, fiorctn subccquantcs: flores lutei, diametro wiciiE per qaadranlem 

 minorcs, jjediccllat. Cor. pcrsistcns, G-partitay hypocrateriformis lacuiiis 

 lanccolatisj cxtus villosis, intiis glabris. Fil^. brevi coroUcc tabo inserla: 

 anth^. lineares 7uo7iadeIphce re/ Compositanim wiorc co?y7aicte.. Germ. 06* 

 ovatum, pilosnm,^ loCjpohjspermum, ovulis axi annexis: stylus staminibua 

 alitor: stigma dilatatum, siibtrilobum. Caps, baccafa, triloc, cvalvis puhe 

 molli tecta ovalis inagnitudine pisi majoris. Semina in quaqtie locido plura. 

 axi bi-t riser iaiim ajfixa, globosa, colore rugositate et mole Piperis nigri 

 grano vlx absimilia : integuinentum duplex, exterius durum crassum rubrmn 

 fragile: intcrius bninncum mcmbranacejim cnistaccum: albumen cccrulco- 

 pallens semini conforme cartilagineum: embiyo ccntripctus, cglindricus, rec- 

 tus de nmbilico albuminis medium pertranscuns. 



.^ 



Native of 



frontier of B 



seed was sent to the Botanic Gai 



& 



^vhen 



at Calcutta 



and 



from there to the collection of Comtesse de Vandcs at Bays- 

 water, where this drawing- was taken last summer. 



Hoof perennial, tuberous, soboliferous, with numerous 

 fleshy fibres. Leaves radical, petioled, lanceolate, recurved, 

 plaited, smooth, 1-3 feet high, 2-6 inches broad : petioles 

 i or i of the length of the leaf, with a deep channel. Scapes 

 axillary, compressed, villous, about the length of the pe- 

 tioles, recurved at the end. Flowcr-hcads drooping, one on 



each scape : 



hractes single, 



one-flowered, villous, taper- 



pointed, about even with the flowers. Flowers yellow, | 

 of an inch in diameter, pedlcled. Corolla hypocrateriform, 

 6-partite, segments lanceolate, extended, villous witliout, 

 smooth within, permanent. Filaments short, inserted in 



