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PHARIUM* fistuldsum 





Hollow-leaved Pharium. 





HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 



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Nat. ord. Asphodele^ Juss. (Introduction to the natural system 



Botany, p. 273.) 



PHARIUM. — Perianth, cernuum, sexpartitum, crateriforme. Stamina 



basi laciniarum inserta, membrana cylindracea connexa, recta. Stylus fistu- 



laeformis, rectus. Stigma obtusum, dilatatum, perforatum, fimbriatum. 



Ovarium superum, nectarii membrana cylindracea occultatum, triloculare, 



vix trisulcum, polyspermum. Ovula minuta, seriatim cumulata. Capsula 



erect a. 



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P. fistulosum, foliis viridibus, ultra-pedalibus, acutis, glabris, fistulosis, 

 superficie plana, dorso rotundato, versus basin attenuatis, canaliculars, 

 rubro-punctatis ; scapo viridi, versus basin rubro-punctato, ultra-pedali, 

 solido; spatha parvula, 4-partita, bracteata, praecociter apert&; umbella 

 pedunculate, sexflora, pedunculis lg-uncialibus, apice cernuo, ampliato, 

 viridibus; limbo pendulo, crateriformiter semipatente, laciniis extiis roseo- 

 purpureis linea virescente, inths albis linea et marginibus roseo-purpureis, 

 calycinis angustioribus brevioribus, corollinis extiis saturates coloratis; 

 tubo subnullo; staminibus limbo longioribus, ceeruleo-purpureis, mem- 

 brana alba connexis, stylum circurastantibus ; antheris parvis, viridi- 

 cseruleis, versatilibus, medio affixis, polline viridi-coeruleo ; stylo sta- 

 minibus plerumque longiore, fistuloso, purpurascente ; stigmate rotundo, 

 perforate, dens& fimbriato; ovario gracili, ovato, ovulis loculo cuique 

 circiter quindecim ; bulbo ^-unciali, ovato, flavescente. — W. H. 





" This curious and exceedingly pretty little bulb flowered 

 in the Greenhouse at Spofforth in September, having been 

 imported from Mexico by Mr. Tate, of the Sloane-street 

 Nursery, Chelsea. The scapes began to appear early in 

 July, pale-coloured and very weak, and were remarkable 

 from exposure of the buds, which were not concealed by 



* From Q*e*f 9 a veil ; alluding to the concealment of the ovary in the 



cup 



