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BLANDFORDIA marginata. 
Rough-edged Blandfordia. 
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HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Nat. ord. LILIACE®. 
BLANDFORDIA, Smith. Calyx tubuloso-infundibularis, coloratus, 
6-fidus, regularis, marcescendo-persistens ; laciniis plurinerviis, ovatis, acu- 
tiusculis, eequalibus. Stamina 6, tubo calycino superne inserta, æqualia, vix 
exserta. Filamenta filiformia, glabra. Anther« biloculares, oblongæ, obtuse, 
dorso supra basim bifidam pro receptione filamenti extinctoriiformi perforatæ, 
introrsæ. Ovarium liberum lon stipitatum, angustum, trigonum, triloeu- 
lare; ovula in loculis crebra, biseriata, horizontalia, anatropa, ad chalazam 
galeato-incrassata. Stylus terminalis, subulato-filiformis, trisulcatus. Stigma 
stylo vix latius, obtusum, integrum. Capsula longissime stipitata, coriacea, 
lanceolata, prismatico-triangularis, stylo persistente terminata, trilocularis, 
septicido-tripartibilis; carpidiis sutura ventrali dehiscentibus ; columella 
centrali nulla. Semina biseriata, marginibus suture affixa, horizontalia, sub- 
cylindracea, levissime sigmoideo-flexa, acuminata, basi obtusa, retrorsum 
papilloso-pilosa ; testa membranacea, fusca, subsolubilis. Embryo cylin- 
draceus, rectus, axilis, albumine triplo brevior; extremitas radicularis hilum 
attingens. (Descr. fruct. et sem, juxta /3. grandifloram.) —— Herbze perennes ; 
radice fibrosa. Folia radicalia, linearia, elongata, striato-nervosa, basibus 
dilatatis semivaginantia, rigida ; caulina distantia, abbreviata. Caulis teres, 
simplez, subscapiformis, apice racemoso-multiflorus. Flores solitarii; pedicel- 
lati, punicei ; pedicellis haud articulatis, floriferis recurvis, fructiferis erectis, 
M ee bractea altera interiore laterali minore.—Kunth. enum. 
B. marginata; folis rigidis suberectis margine toto scaberrimis, floribus 
conicis longè racemosis pendulis, bracteis lineari-lanceolatis folinceis 
pedicellis semper æqualibus v. longioribus. À 
B. marginata, Herbert in Bot. Reg. 1842. mise. 93. 
Aletris punicea, Lab. nov. holl. 1. 85. t. 111. 
Folia margine scaberrima, nec apice tantum serrata.  Bracteæ foliaceæ, 
lanceolatæ, pedunculis semper æquales imò longiores. Perianthium conicum 
nec supra basin contractum, ventricosum. Flores ahenei nec dimidid superiore 
luted. Sepala acuta nec obtusissima. En! discriminis satis superque inter 
hanc & Bl. grandifloram. 
It seems to have been the opinion of every body till lately, 
that the Genus Blandfordia, one of the finest in New Hol- 
land, and easy to cultivate, consisted of two species only, 
April, 1845. u 
