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GETHYLLIS afra. 
Many-leaved Cape Crocus 
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HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Nat. ord. Amauyllideje. 
GETHYLLIS L. —Spatha membranacea univalvis. Cor. supera, hypo- 
crateriformis, tubo stricto pedunculoideo, partim subterraneo, supern& cavo, 
limbo hexapetalo partito, laciniis ovato-lanceolatis, subaequalibus, stellato- 
patentibus. Fil. subulata, k senis simplicibus duodenisve per paria vel 
octodenis per tria junctis ad usque numerosa in fasciculos senos polyandros 
segregata vel etiam numerosissima simpliciter aggregata, tubi collum circum- 
posita, laciniis perbreviora. Anth. sagittato-lineares, erect®, plerumque 
supern6 spiraliter flex®. Stylus infernk cum tubo consolidatus indk liberus, 
filiformis, erectus. Stigma simplex, aut trigono-capitatum. Bacca 3-locu- 
laris, clavato-cylindracea, succulenta, subdiaphana, deorsum cassa, a genuine 
subsessili altius subterraneo per succrescentem scapum extraterranea evadens. 
Sem. numerosa, nidulantia, subcompresso-sph®roidea. Ker in bot. mag. 
1088. 
G. afra; foliis linearibus glabris subduodenis, primhm spiralibus mox rectis, 
perianthii laciniis oblongis imbricatis binervibus, staminibus duodenis 
(denis). 
G. afra. Linn. sp. pi. 633. 
G. spiralis. Hort. Kew. ed. 1. 1. 437 : fiide Kerii loco citato. 
Bulbus testaceus, ovatus, squamosus, succo subluteo, viscido, odore fatido: 
squamis camosis, exterioribus abbreviatis; radicibus camosis, simplicibus, 
fasciculatis. Folia numerosa, b latd basi linearia, camosiuscula, subobtusa, 
viridia, basi pallida, olivaceo-maculata, suberecta, fore paulb longiora. 
Flos solitarius, fragrans, spatha brevi, subterranea, monophylla, carnosa, 
vaginante. Perianthium hypocrateriforme, tubo longo, filiformi, semisub- 
terraneo, basi albo, apice purpureo; limbus patens , serie duplici sexpartitus, 
laciniis basi imbricatis, ovalibus, acutis; interioribus angustioribus, subun- 
dulatis; omnibus albis lined media extiis purpured; tubus solidus, stylum 
arctb amplectans. Stamina 10 (an 12?), patentia, limbo breyiora, basi 
connata, fauce inserta; filamenta brevia, subulata; anther® longiores, antici 
%-loculares, dimidid superiore tantum dehiscente undulata. Pollen ellip- 
ticum, copiosum, medio sulcatum. Ovarium inferum, camosum, triloculare, 
polyspermum, fasciculis vasorum duobus septo cuique et cuique axi loculorum 
oppositis. Ovula plurima, subascendentia, placentce axili inordinatim affixa . 
canali conspicuo hinc ovuli latus percurrente, inde in pedicello desinente, ore 
foraminis hilo proximi aperto. 
For an opportunity of publishing this very rare plant 
we are indebted to Mr. Richard Williams, Nurseryman, of 
