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DAUBENYA fülva. 
Tawny Daubenya. 
HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Nat. ord. LILIACER. 
DAUBENYA. Botanical Register, vol. xxi. fol. 1813. 
D. fulva; foliis petiolatis ovalibus basi convolutis, capitulo pedunculato, den- 
tibus labii posterioris distantibus, anteriore longé unguiculato. 
Perianthium tubulosum, ore valdé obliquo, bilabiato; labio peripherico longé 
unguiculato trilobo ; postico nano laciniá intermediá dentiformi. Stamina 
6, basi laciniarum perianthii inserta; antheris erectis, introrsis, basi fixis. 
Ovarium uniloculare, cum stylo continuum, placentis tribus parietalibus, 
axin attingentibus, utrinque serie simplici polyspermis ; stigma simplex. 
Planta bulbosa, Africana, diphylla, Massonie facie; foliis ovalibus 
leviter striatis, basi cucullatis. Scapus centralis, foliis brevior, floribus 
subverticillatim capitatis, bracteis membranaceis, cucullatis ——. 
Bulbus omnino Hyacinthi orientalis facie, sed minor. Folia ovalia, 
obtusa, basi convoluta, limbo 4-5 pollices longo. Scapus centralis, 2-pollica- 
ris, teres, nudus ; racemo subverticillato, denso, capituliformi, multifloro. 
Bractee membranacee, oblonge, cucullate, tubo perianthii breviores. Pe- 
rianthii tubus flavus, 2 lineas longus, teres; limbus 13 pollicem longus, 
6-lobus, quam mazimé irregularis; lobus posticus parvus, erectus, denti- 
Jormis ; 2 proximi paulo alterios in limbum, triangulares, acuti, patentes ; 
tum tres alteri, longo intervallo distantes et quasi unguiculati, labium capi- 
tuli peripheriam spectans efformant, 3-lobum, coccineum, laciniis obovatis 
concavis subequalibus. Stamina laciniis perianthii opposita, equalia ; an- 
theris linearibus, erectis, introrsis, utrinque bilobis. Ovarium 1-loculare, 
placentis 3 parietalibus 6-8-spermis, basi approximatis, sursúm distantibus 
effetis; in stylum cavum, cum ovarii cavitate continuum, ad stigma usque 
simplicissimum punctiforme protractum. 
For a knowledge of this most remarkable plant I am 
indebted to Robert Barchard, Esq. of East Hill, Wandsworth, 
in whose garden it was observed in flower by Professor Royle. 
It had been received from the Cape of Good Hope, with 
other bulbs, but was believed to have been collected some- 
where on the East Coast of Africa or in Madagascar. 
October, 1839. U 
