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BRODlilA* grandifldra 



Large-flowered BrodicEa. 



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TRIANDRIA MONOGYNIA 



Nat, ord. Hemekocallide^^. 



BRODIMA Smith. — Perianthium campanulatum, sexfidum, persistens ; 

 squamis tribus ad faucem laciniis exterioribus oppositis, nunc aDtherifeiis. 

 SquamcB 3, carnosse, hypogynse. Stamina 3, fauce inserta, squamis faucis 

 alterna; antherce basi bilobse. Stylus ovario continuus, subuiatus; stigma 

 trilobum. Capsula perianthio vestita, obovata, pedicellata, 3-locularis, 

 loculicido trivalvis. Semina cuique loculo 4 v. 5, nigra, obovata, striata, 

 peltata, tesfd membranace^, Ckalaza depressa Flores umbellati. 



B, grandijlora; floribus pedunculatis corj^mbosis, squamis planis Integerri- 



mis membranaceis. | , 



B. grandiflora. Smith in Linn, trans, vol, \0, p. 2. nee Nuttallii nee 



Purshii, 



Hookera coronaria. Salisbury Paradisus Lond. t. 98. 



Radix parvus, hulbosus. Folia radicalia, patentia, Unearia, acuminata, 

 tanaliculata. Scapus erectus, teres, gracilis, pedalis v. Lrevior, Flores 

 umbellati, corymbosi, longe pedunculatiy spathd brevi, oligopkylld, scariosd, 

 Pedunculi gemini ad senos septemve usque, erecti, Jioribus longiores, Peri- 

 anthium campanulatum, sexfidum, amcene cceruleum, tubo G-striato, limbo 

 patente longiore, laciniis oblongo-Unearibus obtusiusculis, exterioribus angus- 

 tiorihus. Squamae ires, alhidm, Ugulafce, integerrimcB in fauce iubi, laciniis 

 angustiorihus oppositee. Stamina 3, in fauce tubi inserta, squamarum longi- 

 tudine, {in icone pictoris incurid omissa) ; filamenta plana ; antherse lineares, 

 obtuscBf longitudinaliter dehiscentes, basi sagittatce, loMs incurvis. Ovarium 

 obovatum,3-gonum, 3-loculare, polyspermum, in stylo persistente marcescente 

 acuminatum. Stylus subuiatus, ' Stigma trilobum, Capsula perianthio 

 persistente tecta, trilocularis, semitrivalvis, oligosperma ; dehiscentid loculi- 

 cidd, Semina aterrima, obovata, irregulariter compressa, apice obtuso 

 foveafa (sedes chalazce), raphe tenui d. medid facie infoveam currente, semina 

 ideo peltata, hilo obsoleto. Testa minutissiml parallele striata, membranacea, 

 albumini carnoso arctissimt adherens. Embryo in axi albuminis, extremitate 

 radiculari apicem acutum seminis attingente, cotyledonari foveam. 



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* Named after James Brodie, Esq., of Brodie, in North Britain — 

 gentleman highly commended by Sir James Smith for his scientific 

 attainments. i 



