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Eurycies CunNINGHAMI. SMALL-FLOWERED 
Eurycies, or BrisBaxe Lity. ae 
FRE 
Class and Order. : 
HexanpriA Monoeynia. 
( Nat. Ord.—AMARYLLIDE2. ) 
Generic Character. 
Perianthium hypocrateriforme, limbo sexpartito, Sta- 
mina faucialia, filamentis dilatatis coronam mentientibus, 
utrinque unidentatis ; anthere versatiles. Ovarium 3-locu- 
lare; ovulis geminis collateralibus appensis. Capsula. 
Semina testa carnosi. Lindl. 
Radix tunicato-bulbosa. Scapus pedalis et infra, erectus, 
subteres. Folia plura, (2—5) petiolata, subrotunda, ovato- 
orbiculata, s. oblonga, brevi-acuminata, basi plis minis cor- 
data, concentrice nervoso-costata, feré Hemerocallidi japo- 
nice, leté viridia. Involucrum 2—3-phyllum. Umbella 
4—12-flora. Flores tubulosi, hexandri, albi. Tubus sub- 
cylindricus. Filamenta basi dilatatd, complanatéd, in tubum 
dentatum proximé contigua, adhuc plerumque distincta. 
Stylus erectus. Stigma simplex, rard divisum. Ovarii 
loculi bi-rarius tri-spermi. Semina bulbiformia. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Eurycites Cunninghamii; umbella 4—6-flora, perianthii 
laciniis ovato-oblongis planis, erecto-patulis, staminum 
dentibus lateralibus subulatis, intermedio subequa- 
libus. 
Eurycies Cunninghamii. Ait. MSS. apud Hort. Reg. Kew. 
Loud. Hort. Brit. Suppl. p. 588. Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 
¢. 1506. | | 
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It was, we believe, Mr. Brown who first suggested, that 
ANCRATIUM amboinense of Linnzus, differed from the other 
7 species 
