Tas. 5049. 
POLYGONATUM ROSEUM. 
Rose-flowered Solomon’ s-seal. 
Nat. Ord. Smmnactnea.—Hexanprra Monoeyntia. 
Gen. Char. Perigonium corollaceum, tubulosum, limbo breviter sexfidum et 
erectiusculum, deciduum. Stamina 6, medio tubo inserta, inclusa. Filamenta 
tereti-subulata. _Anthere biloculares, lineari-oblonge, emarginate, basi bifid, 
dorso medio affixee, introrsee. Ovarium liberum, sessile, triloculare; ovuda in locu- 
lis 3-6, biseriata, anatropa. Columna stylina terminalis, erecta, elongata, trigona, 
inclusa. Stigma terminale, obsolete trilobum, supra papillosum. Bacca globosa, 
trilocularis. Semina in loculis 1-2, subglobosa. Testa tenuissima, albumini 
cartilagineo-carnoso arctissime adnata. Embryo parvus, tereti-oblongus, rectus, 
axilis, in extremitate albuminis chalaza opposita inclusus.—Rhizoma horizontale, 
incrassatum. Caulis erectus, simplex, superne foliosus, inferne squamis vaginatus. 
Folia sessilia, sparsa, rarius opposita vel verticillata, striato-nervosa, nervis subti- 
liter reticulato-anastomosantibus, plerumque membranacea. Pedunculi agillares, 
solitarii, uni- vel racemoso-bi-pauciflori. Flores pedicellati, nutantes, albi, apice 
virides ; pedicellis basi ebracteolatis vel bracteola minuta subulata instructis, sub 
Jlore articulatis. Kunth. : 
PoLtyGonatum roseum ; caule teretiusculo subsulcato, foliis oblongo-linearibus v. 
lineari-lanceolatis acutiusculis apicibus rectis glabris, inferioribus subternis 
superioribus sparsis margine subtusque in nervis subtilissime scabriusculis, 
pedunculis axillaribus plerumque bifloris cernuis purpureo-roseis. 
PoLyconatum roseum. Kunth, Enum. Pl. v. 5. p. 141. Ledeb. Fl. Ross. v. 4. 
P. 123. Schultz, Syst. Veget. v. 7. p. 1669. 
ConvatLarta rosea. Ledeb. Fl. Altaic. v. 2. p. 41; Ie. Plant. Ross. t. 1. 
This very pretty Polygonatum, nearly allied to our Polygonatum 
verticillatum, was sent to the Royal Gardens by Professor Bunge, 
the friend. of Professor Ledebour at Dorpat, and. there is every 
Teason to believe it is good authority for the plant so called of — 
Ledebour in his ‘ Flora Rossica.’ We have also authentic Specl- 
mens in the herbarium from Professor Bunge. It Is a native of 
the Altaic Siberia, at the river Kurtsch, and of Chinese Songa- 
ria, at Lake Saisang-Nor (Herb. Acad. Petrop. in Herb. Nostr.). 
But it must be confessed that the species varies considerably — 
in the length and breadth of the leaves, and their being more 
or less verticillate, and if Ledebour’s figure be correct, above 
MAY Ist, 1858. 
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