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ERIOSPERMUM folioliferum. 
Andrews s Eriospermum. 
po 
HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Nat. ord. AsPHODELE? Brown prod. 1. 274. 
ERIOSPERMUM. Nobis supra vol. 7. fol. 578. 
E. folioliferum, folio foliolifero, foliolis filiformibus indivisis sessilibus. 
Eriospermum folioliferum. Andrews’s reposit. 521. Nobis in Curtis's magaz. 
1382; fol. vers.; et suprà vol. 7. fol. 578. pag. 1. folii secundi, in spe- 
cierum enumeratione. 
Introduced, several years ago, from the Cape of Good 
Hope, and was originally figured in Mr. Andrews’s Repo- 
sitory. As well as its congener, EnrosPERMUM paradoxicum, 
it ranks among the most curious anomalies in respect to 
foliage among the monocotyledonous division of plants. 
The leaves are well expressed in our figure; nor can any 
thing we have to say add any elucidation in respect to the 
nature of them, or enhance the curiosity of their confi- 
guration. 
ERIOSPERMUM paradoxicum is described and figured by 
Jacquin in the Supplement as an ORNITHOGALUM. There 
the frond or foliage that is produced from the bosom of the 
petioled root-leaf is divided, and resembles a plume of 
feathers. These species are the only two yet known that 
have an accessory frond or foliage, besides the simple 
petioled laminar leaf, which generally composes the whole 
foliage of the plant. In our experience, the nature of this 
accessory frond, if it be such, has no explanation, nor can 
we bring it within the compass of analogy with any known 
vegetable. 
