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those who insist upon the generic differences of this species 

 to found an argument upon its peculiar habit. 



Root branched, with a few flexuose 



of a dull 



colour. Stem erect, round, smooth, covered with scales. 



formed by the scars of the leaves. X 



dull 



clustered 



green 



d 



top of the stem, sessile. 



two-edged, a little thickened just at the base, solid, some 

 what striated, smooth, flaccid, with a bony sphacelated 

 point, the edges, when the leaves are old, becoming fila- 

 mentous. Scape central, simple, erect, round, smooth. 



somewhat striated 



ered at the base with lanceolate. 



dentate 



towards the summit covered with flowe 



which have a dense 



Flowers 



pted 



piral 



gement 



m 



pairs 



ged in a very long spike 



th a linear-lanceolate, somewhat ciliated bractea, nearly 

 long as the flower, yellowish, with a dingy green cast ; 

 the base of each flower are two other bracteolae, with 



an ovate-acute fi 



a ciliated margin, and a scariose 



texture. Corolla (perianthium) tubular-campanulat 



gul 



with 



a 



cleft, revolute limb, and 



segments 



Filaments erect, inserted into the base of the 



segments, and twice longer than 



Anthers larg^ 



oblong, furrowed lengthwise. Germen (ovary) infe 



ovate, with 6 angl 



Stuh 



simple, round, thick 



Stigm^ 



the corolla. 



cornered 



Seeds 



ened upwards, a little longer than 



inconspicuous. Capsule many-seeded 



inserted in a double row, half orbicular, flat, shining 



black. 



J. L. 



