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HABRANTHUS* Bagnoldi. 
Captain Bagnold’s Habranthus. 
a — 
HEXANDRIA MONOGY NIA. 
Nat. ord. AMARYLLIDE® R. Brown, (Introduction to the natural 
system, p. 259.) : 
HABRANTHUS.—Supra, vol. 16. fol. 1345. 
H. Bagnoldi ; bulbo magno, rotundo, nigro; foliis obtusis, pedalibus, glaucis, 
vix $ unciee latis; umbellä 6-florä; pedunculis 2-3-uncialibus ; ger- 
mine 4j, tubo 4, limbo 1-5; uncize longo, flavo, intús rubro pallidé et 
minuté mediá parte striato; laciniarum exterarum summá, internarum 
imá, angustiore ; filamentis exteris longioribus imo duobus breviore, in- 
ternis brevioribus summo duobus longiore ; stylo 4 uncie limbo breviore 
filamentis longiore, stigmate trilobo ; genitalibus flavescentibus, annulo 
membranaceo fimbriato munitis.— W. H. 
A beautiful plant, collected in Chile by Capt. Bagnold, 
a gentleman to whom the Gardens of this country are in- 
debted for the introduction of many valuable species. It 
flowered in Mr. Tate's Nursery, in November last ; and a 
specimen of it having been sent to Mr. Herbert, we have 
been favoured with the above character. 
Like all the large black bulbs that come from Chile, 
this is, under the management usually applied to them, a 
shy flowerer; and, if exposed to too high a temperature, 
apt to dwindle gradually away. A south border, well 
protected from frost, by a frame being placed over it, and 
a little heat introduced into it occasionally in very severe 
weather, is, we suspect, by far the best situation for bulbs 
from such countries as Chile. 
Mr. Herbert refers this species to Habranthus, notwith- 
* See fol. 1345. 
