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HABRANTHUS* Jndersdni. 



Anderson's Habranthus. 



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HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA 



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A^a/. ore?. Amaryllide^. 



HABRANTHUS Herbert.— Gerwicn medio constrictum; tubus Eequalis. 

 tilcmenta declinata, fasciculata, recurvata, quaterna longitudine. Stylus 



aeciinatus, recurvatus. iSewiiwa cumulata, complanata nitrra. Flos sub 



so/e pafCTfior.— Herbert MSS. 



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^ • Andersoni ; bulbo parvo obovato, foliis angustis 5-6-uncialibus, scapo 



uniHoro subrubescente 3-4-unciali, spatha unciali aplce diviso, pedunculo 



^i-unciali, germine subrubescente, corolla l|-unciali aure^ v. cuprca, 



stnis externis et fundo subfusco-rubescente, tubo i-unciali membrana 



intQs clause, laciniis externis imbricantibus, ifilamentis internis longiori- 



Dus : summo brevissimo stylo longiore.— /Terie?-^ MSS. 

 ^ar. «; aurea. . ^ ^ 



^ar. ;3; cuprea. 



ar. y. obscura ; alabastrum extus aterrlmum. 

 "ar. ^. 6rm7m6a; foliis latioribus. 





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hi 11 bright-coloured Habranthus was sent to^Mr. Mackay by 

 s collector, Mr. Anderson, with some other species, from Monte 

 jaeo m the spring of 1829. The bulbs flowered abundantly in the 

 1830 k"^^ of Mr. Mackay, at Upper Clapton, in April and May 

 bri hi \ *^^ flowers do* not expand well unless the sun shines 

 br ^ warm. They are either golden or copper coloured, with 

 ownish red streaks on the outside, and forming within a dark eye 



to h ^^.^°^^'^' The specimens of the golden vanety, which seems 

 tl,. I °"ost plentiful, vary a little in the breadth and colour of 



the leaves. Thr."'"'i,r"y. 



and fh ^^^* '^^^ upper filament is the shortest of the three shorter, 

 iftl T^^ .^^ ^ ^^*^^® <^be shortest of the three longer filaments, 



the ^^i^^^^"^'" ^s cold and gloomy, the flowers do not expand, and 

 and • ^'"^'^^^ .<^o not acquire their proper posture and proportions; 

 whetlT V" '"^P^^'^'scit state it would be very difficult to decide 

 ner the flower belonged to Habranthus, or the nearly allied 



So named from kfi^og, delicate, and iiStii, a flower 



