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Tulipa Breyniana. Cape Tulip* 



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Clafs and Order. 

 Hexandria Monogynia. 



■Generic Character. 



Cor. hexapetala, campanulata. Fil. ad commiffuram germinis 

 et corollae inferta. Stigmata ovario prifmatico fubcriftato-adnata. 

 Capfula fupera. Semina plana, biferialia. 



Obs. Genus Melanthio tarn habltu quam characlere confine; 

 radicatio in utroque omnino Jimilis, foliatio itidem. In Tulipa vero femina 

 plana, in eo rotunda ; hie germen acute prifmaticum, illic obtufe trigonum, 

 bicfiigmata adnato-fejffilia, curtata, fubcarttlaginea, illic canaliculato-loratim 

 ct libere educla ; hie denuo filamenta ad bafm germinis inferta, illic petalis 

 plus minus accreta, G. 



Specific Character and Synonyms, 



TULIPA breyniana foliis lineari-lanceolatis, convolutis; fcapo 

 polypbyllo, 26 floro ; petalis lanceolatis, extimis 

 duplo anguftioribus j filamentis bafi pubefcentibus, 

 altemis brevioribus, gracilioribus ; ftigmatibus pa- 

 rum confpicuis. G. 



TULIPA breyniana. Sp. PL 438. rhunb. Prod. 65. Hort. 

 Kew. 1. 435. Willi. Sp. PL 1. 98. 



SISYRINCHIUM ex pbceniceo fuaverubente flore aethiopi- 

 cum. Breyn. Cent. t. 36. 



Bulb exa&ly as in Melanthium. Leaves feveral, condu- 

 plicate, and fheathing at their bafes, cauline ones fhorter, all 

 convolute-channelled, quite fmqpth and edged with a narrow 

 enmfon border. Stem 2-6-flowered, upper ones 2 or 3 and 

 lometimes feflile, when the plant can fcarcely be diftinguifhed at 

 nrft fight from Melanthium uniflorum. Corolla fubcampanu- 

 late, outer petals nearly twice the narroweft, linear-lanceolate, 



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