C 751 1 



Ferraria Antherosa. Green Varie- 

 gated Ferraria. 



Oafs and Order. 

 Triandria Monogynia, 



Generic Character. 



Infior. fafciculata; involucro lanceolato turgido. Cor. hexa- 

 petalo-fexpartita, regularis, unguibus arrecle conniventibus, 

 laminis parum inaequalibus rotato-reflexove-patentibus ; ora 

 praecrifpa fimbriatis. Fil. cuniculato-connata, furfum fecedentia. 

 Sligm. 3, refta, petaliformia, bipartita, capillaceo-multifida ia 

 penicillum verticali-trifrontem convergentia. Cap/, coriacea, 

 tereti-trigona, acuta. Sem. numcrofa, baccata, orbiculato- 

 ovata, vertice umbilicatim dcpreflb. G. 



Obs. Radix tuber nudum, fola epidermide arSle conferruminata olduclum, 

 fubinforme, in unherfum depreJJ'e orbiculatum, fubtus umbilicatum, fuperne 

 gemtnam frugiferam radicatam promitiens, ipfum effcetum evafurum ; fibra 

 haud raro fubmoniliformiter tuberiparce. Caulis furfum ramofus crebroque 

 ex fuis numerojls et contlguh involucris berbaceis faclem exhibens foliofam. 

 Folia crajjiufcula eutida furfum brev'tora, nee multa. Flares epbemeri, 

 fucculenti, fragiles ; unguibus carnofis ad baftn fcrobicula didyma mellifiua 

 tnfculptis ; laminis ad latera deflexis medio convexis, ora lichenoidee crifpata. 

 Jnthera crajjiores didymo-biloculares. Stigmata bilamellatim involuto- 

 complicata, indequefi vet is bilabiata. Germen at que capfula inclufa. Cor oil <t 

 fuperior pagina cum Jligmatum lacinulis, ad lentem obfervata, punclulis 

 denfffimis prominentibus pruinari deprebenduntur, aranea infar cutis, abfque 

 /amen omni pubefcentia. Semina biferialia e majoribus, corrugatim fenef- 

 tentia, cum intimo integumento chalaza inftgniore atque umbilico e regione 

 oppofita notato, G. 



Specific Character and Synonyms. 



FERRARIA antherofa unguibus cyathiformi-conniyentibus, 

 laminas reflexas fubasquantibus ; antheris craflis, 

 difpaniis, fagittato-didymis ; ima parte ftigmatum 

 dentatim adau&a j germine capfulaque roftratim 

 produftis. G. 



FERRARIA viridis. Bot. Rep. tab. 285. 



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