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BRUNSVIGIA* ciliaris. 



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Ciliate-leaved JBriimvigia. 



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HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA, 



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BRUNSVIGIA. Suprci, voL 3.fol 



B. ciliaris; foliis ciliatis, perianthii laciniis sequalibus patentibus, spatha 

 multiflorS.. 



Lilium africanum sphsericuin, floribus obsolete puniceis minoribus. Herm. 

 lugdb. 357. 



Bulbfis oblongus sethiopicus, foliis guttatis et cilii instar pilosis. Breyn. 



cent t. 39. * 



Amaryllis ciliaris. Linn, sp, pi 422. 

 Amaryllis guttata. Syst. veg, ed. 13. p. 265. 



Hsemanthus ciliaris; foliis oblongis ciliatis, corollae laciniis reflexis. Thunb. 

 prodr. 59. 



H. ciliaris. AiL Kew. ed. 1. vol. \.p. 404. Willd. sp. pi. 2. 96. Jacq. 



fragm. tab. 4l.j^g. L Spreng. syst. vol. 2. p, 56. 

 Brunsvigia ciliaris. Ker, suprd^JoL 193 in notd. 

 Boophane ciliaris. Herbert's treatise^ p. 18. ' 



Folia ovato-ohlongay patentia^ longis ciliis Jimhriata^ utrinque glabra^ 

 subtHs maculis sanguineis guttata. Scapus palmuris. Spatha triphylla^ 

 brevis, rejlexa^ circiter 60'Jlora. Umbella hemisphcerica. Pedunculi recti^ 

 rigidiy triquetri^ 4 v. 5 uncias longi^ d latd basi sursilm ad ovarium attenuata. 

 Perianthium hypocrateriforme, tubo brevi recto, medio paululum constricto; 

 limbo regularij patentee demilm refiexo^ laciniis purpureiSy unguiculatis, 

 tubo longioribus. Stamina cBqualiay patentia^ basibus connatis, speciem disci 

 ad Jaucem tubi formantibus. Ovarium injlatujn^ utriculatum, Z-loculare ; 

 loculis 2-3 spermis ; ovulis medio axi basibus suis acuminatis ajfftxis ascen- 

 dentibus. Capsula ckartacea^ oblonga^ oUgosperma; maturam nan vidi. 



This plant, although very common in collections, and 

 cultivated in England for at least seventy years, produces 



Brunsvigia was so named in 1753 by Heister, in compliment to his 

 patron, Charles, Duke of Brunswick Lunenburg. What were his Serene High- 

 ness's claims to this honour, w^e know not; but we hope all Englishmen 

 will always have reason to hail the name of Brunswick wherever it appears : 

 and the genus in question, long confounded with Amaryllis, being now 

 restored, the name of Brunsvigia appears with peculiar propriety in the 

 Royal Garden of England. — Smith in Rees^ CycL SuppL 



