Tas. 4870. 
EREMURUS sperctaBiLIs. 
Showy Hremurus. 
Nat. Ord. AsPHODELEZ.—HExANDRIA MonoGynla. 
Gen. Char. Calyx 6-sepalus, corollaceus, regularis, deciduus(?); sepala dis- 
tincta, inferne tri- superne uninervia, subzequalia, patentia, mox involuta. Stamina 
6, hypogyna, sepala duplo superantia. Filamenta filiformia, imberbia, in alabastro 
varie torta. Anthere biloculares, oblong, dorso supra basim bifidam pro re- 
ceptione filiformi foramine instructs, margine tumido, secundum longitudinem 
interne dehiscentes, interdum 1-2 castrate. Ovarium liberum, sessile, subglo- 
bosum, triloculare ; ovuda in loculis 2 vel 3, inversa, uno latere secundum longi- 
tudinem adnata (amphitropa, Hndl.); exostomio inferne spectante. Stylus 
filiformis, stamina sequans, post fecundationem deorsum pendens, demum iterum 
adscendens (Bieberst.). Stigma parvum, truncatum, simplex. Capsula mem- 
branacea (Endi.), subgloboso-elliptica, 6-sulcata, trilocularis, loculicido-trivalvis ; 
valvis medio septiferis. Semina in loculis 2-4, triquetra, arillo? tenuissime 
membranaceo fuscescente, ad angulos alato prominente obtecta; testa nigra, 
tenuis, coriacea. Hmbryo axilis, hilo parallelus, longitudine albuminis, extremitate 
radiculari infera—Herba perennis. Radix e jibris crassis fasciculata. Folia 
radicalia linearia, triquetro-carinata, striata ; caulis scapiformis, erectus, simplex, 
nudus, apice racemoso-multiflorus. Flores longe pedicellati, solitarii, cernui, pedi- 
cellis basi unibracteatis, sub apice articulatis. Sepala flavicantia, carina virente. 
Eremurus spectabilis. 
Eremurus spectabilis. Bieberst. Plant. Ross. t. 61. Fl. Taur. Cauc. v. 3. p. 269. 
Fl. Alt. v. 2. p. 25. Sw. Fl. Gard. t. 188. Kth. Syn, Pl. 4. p. 554. 
Spreng. Syst. Veget. p. 83. 
Eremourvs Altaicus. Stev. in Nouv. Mém. de la Soc.des Nat. Mosc. v. 3.9. p. 98. t. 8. 
Eremourvs Caucasicus. Stev. l.c. p. 96. ¢. 6. 
Eremurvs Tauricus. Séev. 1. c. p. 97. ¢. 7. 
AsPHODELUS Sibiricus. Sievers. 
ASPHODELUS Altaicus, Pall. 
A really handsome, hardy, Asphodelaceous plant, native of = 
Altaic Siberia, the Caucasus, Koordistan, Tauria, Scinde, eto. 
(Dr. Stocks). Variable indeed in its appearance (In a great | 
measure perhaps depending upon soil and elevation above the — 
level of the sea), and especially in the length and breadth of the — 
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