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Melanthium Uniflorum. Yellow 

 Melanthium. 



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Clafs and Order. 



Hexandria Monogynia. 



Generic Characler. — Fid. N os - 641 &: 694. 



Specific Characler and Synonyms. 



MELANTHIUM uniflorum foliis lato-fubulatis, canaliculars, 

 acute carinatis, fubciliatis, laevibus; flori- 

 bus paucis, petalis diftinctiifimis, ungui- 

 culatis, deorlum conniventibus, furfum 

 patentibus, lanceolatis ; germine trigono- 

 columnari; ftylis brevifljmis, hamato-recur- 

 vatis, ftigmatibus obfoletis, hirtiufculis. G. 



MELANTHIUM uniflorum. Jacq. ic. rar. 2. t. 450. Coll. 4. 

 100. Willi. Sp. PL 2. 269. 



MELANTHIUM ciliatum. Jacq. fragm. 6. 23. /. 3. /. 3. 

 neque Thunbergii aut Linnati fil. cui fpica 

 denfa multiflora florefque albi. 



Obs. Nomen fpecificum omnino fallax, plant a enlm vix unquam urn- 

 flora. G. 



Bulb as ufual in the genus. Leaves 4 — 7, or even more, 

 diftich, broad-fubulate, channelled, cannate, fmooth, fhining, 

 very minutely ciliate, convolute at their bates, cauline ones 

 or bractes gradually fhorter, fometimes barren, at others {Im- 

 porting a one-flowered peduncle. Stem from three inches to 

 a foot high, generally about the length of the lowermoft leaves. 

 Flowers about an inch in diameter, 2 — 6. Corolla diftinctly 

 hexapetalous, petals (landing on the fubtumid apex of the 

 peduncle, unguiculate, ungues linear, ftaminifcrous their whole 

 length, generally of a deep crimfon colour; lamina: lanceolate, 

 patent, flat, of a deep yellow within, brownifh-crimfon without, 



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