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CONANTHERA* campanulata 



Bell-flowered Conanthera. 



HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 



Nat. ord. Asphodele;e. 



CONANTHERA Fl. Perur. — Perianthium semisuperum, laciniis pa- 

 tentibus v. reflexis, altemis ciliatfs* Stamina basi perianthii inserta, antheris 

 apice appendiculatis in cono conniventibus. Ovarium semi-inferum, 

 3-loculare, oligospermum ; ovulis placentae carnosag affixis ascendentibus. 

 Capsula pisiformis, 3-locuIaris, 3-valvis ; seminibus paucis rotundis. 



C campanulata; foliis lineari-lanceolatis humifusis, periantbio campanu- 



lato : laciniis obtusis patentibus, altemis minoribus. 

 C. bifolia. Sims in Bot. mag.foL 2496, not of tbe Flora Peruviana. 

 C. campanulata. Lindley in Hort, trans. 6. 283 (1826). Hooker s exot. 



fioray 3. t. 214 (1827). ' 



Cummingia campanulata. D. Don. 



Herba bulbosa, pahnariSy glaher. Folia linearia^ acuminata^ diffusa^ 

 scapi longitudine, Scapus teres, laxus, paniculatus. Bractese subulatce. 

 Floras nutantes, pedicellis marticulatis. Perianthium campanulatum, semi- 

 superum, limbo patente 6'partitOf laciniis oblongisy obtusis, altemis minoribus, 

 ciliatis, post antbesin spiraliter tortis. Stamina 6, basi tubi inserta, 

 filamentis brevibus, glabris, antheris conniventibus, rostratis, 2-locularibus, 

 longitudinaliter dehisceyitibus. Ovarium semisuperum, triloculare, ovulis 

 circiter novem cuique loculo, placentce camosce affixis, ascendent ibus. Stylus 

 subulatiis. Stigma simplex. 



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A native of the higher range of the Cordilleras, where 

 it seems to be far from uncommon, appearing among the 

 earliest of the vernal flowers with which the green-sward 

 is adorned upon the first melting of the snow. Mr. M'Rae 

 found it at Cumbre, one of the passes of the Andes, 

 flowering in November 1825. The roots from which the 



* So called in consequence of the conical arrangement of the antherac 



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