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Spar axis Grandiflora, var.fi. Streaked- 

 Flowered Sparaxis. 



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Oafs and Order. 

 Triandria Monogynia, • 



Generic Character. 



Spalha 2-valvis grandior, fcariofo-membranacea, ora fpha- 

 celato-lacera. Cor. pars inferior infundibuliformi-tubulofa ; 

 limbus vel regularis vel pene aequalis, aut irregularis itidemque 

 inaequalis. St am. re&a atque inclinata, rarius adfcendentia. 

 Stigmata 3, recurvo-patentia, antheras excedentia. Cap/. 

 oblongo-romnda, nodulofa. ,' Sem. plurima globofa. G. 



Obs. Bulho-tuber ovatum cum acumine, obteflum tunicls e reticulis 

 fericeo-jibrojis. Caulis fere J'empcr ad folia axillariter bulbifer. Folia 6 — io, 

 enjiforrnia, finis tenuibus crebris celata. Flores majufculi, remotiores, ' 'in- 

 quam contigui atque numeroji. Spatba fepius tubi longiludinc vel ultra. 

 Limbus tnodo fiellato-explanatus, modo deorfum connivens, modo bilabial us 

 lacinia fuprema galeatim ere£la ; hie vero organa adfeendunt, cum aliter 

 incVment et divergant. Spatha generi dat charaEterem nomenque. G. 



Specific Characler and Synonyms. 



SPARAXIS grandiflora; foliis fubtiliter ftriatis ; fpathis arif- 

 tato laceris; tubo brevi : laciniis ftellato-patenti- 

 bus oblongo-cuneatis, apice rotundatis j itami- 

 nibus lateralibus. G. 

 a. floribus purpureis. 

 IXIA grandiflora. Bot. Mag. 541. Ubi fynonyma petenda. 



(3. caule altiore floribus extus itriatis, intus flavefcentibus baft 

 macuiatis. 



This beautiful variety of Sparaxis grandiflora was im- 

 ported from the Cape by Mr. Salisbury, of the Botanic 



Garden, 



