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Sanseviera Sessiliflora. Chinese 



Sanseviera. 



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Oafs and Order. 

 Hexandria MonOgynia. 



Generic Character. 



Cor. infera, monopetala, tubulofa, limbo fexpartito, revo- 

 luto. Stam. a laciniarum bafi libera. Bacca trilocularis ; lo- 

 culis monofpermis. Thunb. Nov. Gen. Liriope. Loureir. 

 Salmia. Cavan. Aletris. Gartn. 



Obs. Planta berbacea, perennes, fobolifera. Radix cfajfa, carnoja^ 

 tranfverjim prorepens. Scapusjimplex, medius, modo extrafoliaceus. Flares 

 racemoje velfmpliciffime fpicati. Folia omnia radical! a, bifaria, canaliculata, 



gradatim altiora, ext'tma vagimtformia. Capjula hculamenta itnum aut dus 



Jd-pius Jupprimuntur. G. 



Specific Char after and Synonyms. 



SANSEVIERA feffiliflora ; foliis fubgramineis, e canaliculato- 

 convolutis et rigidis lanceolato-explicatis et 

 lentefcentibus, ere&o-refleclentibus, glabris, 

 nervofis; fcapo nudo, extrafoliaceo ; floribus 

 feffilibus, fubere&is, fubappreffis, in fpica 

 folitariis ; limbo tubum fere fuperante. G. 



Obs. Spica in nojlro fpecimine polygama ; fuperius mafculina, abortantibus 

 pifiillis. An characler perpetuus ? Vix. 



Liriope fpicata. Lour. coch. 201, etfi ab aliis Sanseviera zey- 

 lanicae in fynonymo adpojita, nofira planta, cujus itidem concivis, affimor 

 videtur ; attamen utrijque dijlintla fatis, quantum liceat de adeo rudi ad- 

 umbratione judicare. 



Sijlitur in Icone foliorum fafciculus junior, lenerior ; idem adultus triple 

 tvadit procerior. G. 



Herb foboliferous, growing in fparfe, diftant, fafcicles. 

 Root thick, flefhv, horizontal, creeping. Leaves about eight 



in 



