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COBURGIA humilis 



Humble Coburg-lily. 



HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 



Nat. ord. Am aryllidace^e, Sub.-ord. Amaryllide^e, § Pancrati- 



FORMES. 



COBURGIA. Bot. Reg. vol 18. fol. 1497. 



C. humilis ; bulbo parvo ovato stolonifero collo producto, foliis viridibus gla- 

 bris nitentibus subacutis subcanaliculatis subpedalibus circiter £ unc. 

 latis, scapo unifloro pedunculo et spathae parte inferiore vaginis subter- 

 raneis ortu primo latentibus dein liberis, germine oblongo T * unc. peri- 

 anthio subtriunciali coccineo concolore tubo subbiunciali inferne gracili 

 cylindrico superne ampliato, sepalorum tubo coalitorum marginibus im- 

 bricantibus, limbo circ. f unc. semipatente corona circ. T 3 S unc. filamentis 

 t| unc. conniventibus stylo limbum sequante brevioribus, capsula pro- 

 funde triloba inferne latiore, seminibus subcomplanatis nigris margine 

 foliaceo. Ex Palcamayo Peruvice. W. H. 



Clitanthes humilis. Supra 25. misc. 141. 



This very singular and pretty little plant was found by 

 J. Maclean, Esq. near Palcamayo, on the Peruvian Andes, at 

 an elevation of 10,284 feet, in a quarter where there were 

 manv wild bulbs, and wheat and potatoes were cultivated. 

 The" dry specimens, which accompanied the bulbs, had been 

 gathered in the early erect state represented at No. 1 and % 

 No. 2 being the earliest. The flower was supposed to be 

 perfect and erect, and the species described as Clitanthes 

 (25. Misc. 141) were believed to agree in that respect, which 

 proves not to be the case. The flower of C. humilis bends 

 downwards, as it advances, after the germen and scape, which 

 were at first underground, have acquired their full elongation, 

 and it rises daily and falls at night, and hangs so far down 

 over the edge of the pot, that its limb must be firmly pressed 

 against the ground, unless, as seems probable, it grows natu- 

 rally on steep banks. C. Macleanica, a taller one-flowered 



this plant with C. lutea, which was origin 



