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BARNARDIA SCILLOIDES. CHINESE 
BarNARDIA. 
KEKKEKEE KEKE ERE 
Class and Order. 
Hexanpria Monoeynta. 
( Nat. Ord.—AsPHopELEz. ) 
Generic Character. 
Perianthium hexapetalo-partitum, patens, equale, per- 
sistens. Stamina 6, filamentis basi dilatatis. Ovarium tri- 
loculare, 3-spermum: ovulis solitariis erectis. Stylus sub- 
ulatus, continuus. Stigma simplex. Fructus—? 
—Herba Chinensis. Bulbus tunicatus. Folia linearia 
canaliculata. Flores carnei, racemosi. Lindl. 
Specific Name and Synonym. 
Barnaropta * scilloides. Lindl. Bot. Reg. t. 1029. 
A peculiar habit in this plant and the colour of the 
flowers, in conjunction with the solitary, erect seed in each 
cell of the fruit, fully authorise the constituting a new Genus 
by Professor Linpuey. It is a native of China, and seems 
to have been first imported by Mr. J. D. Parxs from the 
neighbourhood of Macao. Our plants in the Glasgow 
Botanic Garden were received from Holland by favour of 
Mr. M‘Coy. 
Descr. Bulb small, ovate, tunicated. Leaves long, 
linear, channelled, flaccid, tapering at both extremities. 
Scape erect, a foot high, rounded, terminating in a dense 
raceme, 
* So named by Professor LrypLEy in compliment to Epwarp Bar- 
-NarD, Esq., F. L. S, and H.S. and Vice Secretary of the Horticultural 
‘Society of London. 
