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PHYCELLA* Herbertiaw«. 



Mr. Herberts Phycella. 



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HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 



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Nat.ord. Amaryllide^. 



PHYCELLA Lindl. Supra^ vol. 11. foL 928. — Perianthium sul)- 

 nngens, convoluto-clausum, 6-partitum : tubo brevissimo. Stamina 6, 

 declinata, fauce tubi inserta ; alternis brevioribus ; nunc basi appendiculata, 

 nunc intra annulum fimbriatum inserta, nunc appendicibus annuloqufe 

 destituta. Stylus declinatus ; stigmd simplex, incrassatum. Capsula tri- 



locularis, polysperma, seminibus atris planis membranaceis. Plantae 



bulbosse Americce australis temperattB , floribus rubris purpureisve, integu- 

 nsentis hulborum atris. 



P. Herbertiana ; foliis linearibus recurvis, umbella triflora, perianthio arcuato : 

 laciniis acutis, stammibus basi inappendiculatis intra annulum faucis 



fimbriatum insertis. ^ 



Bulbus integumentis extcrioribus atris, collo longissimo subterraneo {in 

 spontanea 4i uncias longo). Folia linearia, recurva, scapo erecto, tereti 

 multh breviora. Umbella triflora^ bracteis spathaceis binis pedunculorum 

 longitudine. Perianthium rubro-purpureum, subarcuatumy ferh duas uncias 

 longum, laciniis acutis, ringentibus. Stamina declinata, alterna breviora, 

 basi tubi intra annulum fimbriatum inserta, appendicibus nullis. Stylus 

 declinatus , filiformis ; stigma 5iwpfca?, incrassatum. 



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A native of Cumbre 



pass 



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the Andes between 



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Iparaiso and Santiago, where it was found by Mr. M'Rae, 

 November 1825, flowering in company with many other 



and beautiful pi 



It appears, from 



v,«o ciitvA ucautiiui piUiii&w ■II' a^^^caio, iivwi "- 



niens, to have vegetated in a deep black soil, and 



nad its blllhfi hnrio/l of loocf frkiir f\r fivp inrhftS b< 



urface 



bulbs buried at least four or five inches below the 



The origin of this word is (pZKc?, a purple pigment, and refers to the 

 prevailing colour of the flowers of the genus. The species is named in 

 <^ompliment to the Hon. and Rev. W, Herbert, whose acquaintance with 



the beautiful trihp to xuh\rh tli\< liplnno-c ;« impnualled. 



