eee eel 
a 
a ee Senet 
. 
€°3779") 
GELASINE AZUREA. Azure GELASINE. 
KKK EEE EK KK EEK KEE EK EEE 
Class and Order. 
Hexanpria Monoeynia. 
( Nat. Ord.—Iriwacez. ) 
Generic Character. 
Perianthium limbo regulari subequali semipatente basi 
annulato ; filamenta monadelpha partibilia ; anthere in cy- 
lindro sessiles erect latera versts dehiscentes ; stylus fili- 
formis stigmate trilobo ; capsula obovata trivalvis superne 
suturis semidehiscens ; semina angularia superne truncata 
infra attenuata ; pollen minutum oblongo-ovale ; folia pli- 
cata. W. H. 
Specific Name and Character. 
GeELASINE azurea ; folits sesqui- bi-pedalibus (vel ultra) un- 
ciam (vel infra) latis viridibus acutis, bracteis quatuor 
caulem bipedalem axillarem arcté amplexis 2—4-unci- 
alibus (e quibus una foliiformiter acuminata) spathé 
~ sesquiunciali pluriflora pedunculis bracteatis breviore, 
perianthio ultra 3-unc. annulo ad basin albo laciuiis 
saturaté azureis maculé inferne alba nigro circum- 
punctat4, antheris superne sensim minoribus, stigmate 
breviter trilobo, bulbo elongaté ovato tunica membra- 
nacea brunnea. , 
| ; 
A bulb of this plant flowered in the spring of 1838 in the green- 
house at Spofforth, and ripened its seed, having been sent there by 
J. W. Boorr Esq. from Boston in North America, where it had been 
received from the Banda Oriental. Specimens occur amongst Twer- 
piz’s plants, in the Herbarium of Sir W. J. Hooker, gathered in the 
Banda Oriental and stony places near RioGrande. The seedlings grow 
rapidly, and will probably flower at a year and a half old, and promise 
to be hardy with the protectionof few leaves, and to retain their foliage 
in part at least through the winter. In the greenhouse the leaves con- 
tinue growing throughout the winter, and, the stalk proceeding as in 
Puatocatis and Cypetta from the axil of the outer leaf, the vegeta- 
tion of the plant does not terminate necessarily with the inflorescence. 
The capsule is obovate, gaping at the upper part of the sutures; the ~ 
seeds angular, flat at the top, attenuated at the base. Blue or violet 
appears to be the prevailing colour of the Genus, which is closely allied 
to 
