Tas. 4741. 
BRAVOA GEMINIFLORA. 
Twin-flowered Bravoa. 
Nat. Ord. AMARYLLIDACE®.—HeEXxaANnDRIA MonoeyYnNIa. 
Gen. Char. Perigonium superum, corollaceum, e tubo tenui curvato subinfun- 
dibuliformi-tubulosum, Jimbo sexpartitum, subregulare, persistens : laciniis ab- 
breviato-ovatis, sepalinis vix latioribus. Stamina 6, supra basin perigonii di- 
versa altitudine libera, inclusa vel vix exserta. ilamenta filiformia. Anthere 
lineares, acuto-subapicate, basi emarginate, dorso medio affixe, mobiles, interne 
secundum longitudinem dehiscentes. Ovarium inferum, oblongum, triquetrum, 
triloculare ; ovula in loculis complura, biseriata, horizontalia, anatropa. Columna 
stylina filiformis, vix exserta. Stigma abbreviatum, triquetro-infundibuliforme, 
subtrilobum, fimbriato-villosulum. Capsula ovato-oblonga, trisulcata, pergameno- 
coriacea, trilocularis, superne loculicido-trivalvis.  Semina crebra, compressa, 
horizontalia: ¢esta membranacea, albumini adherens, nigra, nitida—Radix sub- 
fasciculato-tuberosa, apice bulbifera. Bulbi a centro cauligeri, ovati, tunicatt. 
Folia radicalia nonnulla, e basi vagingnte linearia, carinata ; caulina sparsa, re- 
mota, gradatim breviora, superiora bracteeformia. Caulis erectus, simples, teres, 
apice remote racemoso-pluriflorus. Flores pedunculati, gemini, secundi, cernut, 
extus punicei, intus lutescentes ; pedunculis cum flore haud articulatis, gemunts ; 
bractea communi majore, singulis bracteola minore stipatis. Kth. 
Bravoa geminiflora. La Llave et Lex. Descr. 1. p. 6. Herb. Amaryll. t. 12. 
J. 5, 6. (nec 8, 9.) 
Cerocapnta geminiflora. Link et Otto, Pl. Rar. Berol. p. 35. t. 18. 
A native, according to La Llave and Lexarca, of the moun- 
tains of Valladolid and Miciciacan, in Mexico ; and it has been 
sent to Sir Charles Leman from the Real del Monte Mines, 
whence the roots of our plants were sent by Mr. Repper. It is 
easily cultivated in a warm greenhouse, and is an infinitely more 
beautiful plant than Messrs. Link and Otto’s figure, above quoted, 
represents it to be. The flowers, usually geminate in the upper 
part of the raceme, are graceful, always drooping, and richly 
coloured. With us it blossoms in July. 3 : 
Descr. Root a somewhat elongated descending ‘der, tunicated 
OCTOBER Ist, 1853. 
