Tab. 5666. 



GEIFEINIA Blumenavia. 



Dr. Blumenaus Griffinia. 



Nat. Ord. Amabyllide^i. — Hexandeia Mokogynia. 



Gen. Char. Perianthium corollinum, superum, tubo brevi cylindrico, 

 limbo insequali sub-2-labiato 6-partito, lobo inferiore porrecto. Stamina 6, 

 summo tubo inserta, filameutis filiforrnibus, declinatis v. uno assurgente, re- 

 bquis declinatis ; antJierce versatiles. Ovarium inferum, 3-loculare ; stylus 

 3-sulcus, stipnate indiviso 3-fido v. 3-lobo ; ovula in loculis 2, collateralia. 

 Capsula membranacea, 3-sulca, 3-locuIaris. Semina in loculis subsolitaria, 

 obovata, erecta, testa ocbroleuca nitida ; embryo axilis. — Herbse Brasilienses, 

 oulbo radicali tunicato. Polia pauca, petiolata, ollonga, costato-nervosa. 

 Seapus subci/lindrictfs, solidus. JFlores umbellati, spatJia 2-valvi arida. 



(jBIffinia Blumenavia ; foliis subgraciliter petiolatis oblongo-lanceolatis, 

 floribus 3 unc. diam., periantliii foliolis oblongo-laneeolatis obtusi,s 

 albis, 5 superioribus roseo-venosis, superiore latiore, inferiore angus- 

 tiore, stigmate 3-fido, lobis acutiusculis recurvis. 



&MFF1NIA Blumenavia. Koch et Bouehd ex Carriere, in Rev. Horticole, 

 1867,^?. 32, cum icone pessima. 



A very charming tropical bulbous plant, discovered by Dr. 

 Blumenau at St. Catherine's, Brazil, and sent by him to the 

 Berlin Botanic Gardens. It is advertised by Messrs. Haage 

 and Schmidt in their catalogue for 1867, and the Royal 

 Gardens, Kew, are indebted to Messrs. E. G. Henderson and 

 Son for specimens which flowered in April of the present year. 

 The figure in the ' Revue Horticole ' is so bad, that it Mould 

 have been impossible to have recognized the species by it, and 

 as it is, I am indebted to Messrs. Haage and Schmidt for the 

 verification of the plant. 



The genus Griffinia seems to be very closely allied to 

 Amaryllis, differing conspicuously in the persistent leaves. 

 Endlicher describes it as having a stamen ascending, which 

 we do not observe in this plant. Herbert, again (on 'Bul- 

 bous Plants, 1 p. 228), implies that all are decimate. End- 

 licher says the stigma is undivided or obsoletely three-lobed, 

 whereas in G. Blumenavia it is three-cleft. 



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