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ASPHODELUS RAMOSUS. BRANCHED ASPHO- 

 DEL, Or KlNGSPEAR. 



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C/ii/} tf/fi Order. 



HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 



Generic Character. 



Cor. patens. St am. filamentis bafi latioribus fornicatis.. 

 Sligm. 1. Sem. angulata. Juss. 



Specific Characler and Synonyms. 



ASPHODELUS ramofus caule nudo ratnofo, pedunculis al- 

 ternis bra&ea longioribus, foliis enfiformibus 

 carinatis lcevibus. IVilld. Sp. PI. 2. 133. 



ASPHODELUS ramofus. Linn. Sp. 444. S\fl. 330. Reich. 2. 

 60. Mat. Med. 94. Hort. Cliff. 127. 2. 

 Sauv. Monfp. 20. Scop. Cam. 2. n. 412. ViU. 

 Dauph. 2. 265. Murr. in Comm. Gott. 1776. 

 37. /. 7. Hort. Kcw. 1. 446. Mart. Mill, 

 Dic7. IVilld. Sp. PL 2. 133. 



ASPHODELUS major albus. Hort. Eyft. Plant. Vern. Ord.g. 



ASPHODELUS albus ramofus. Weinm. Pbvt. t. x%±. a. 



ASPHODELUS ramofus mas. Bauh. Pin. 28. 



ASPHODELUS 1. 67///. Hi/1. 1. 196. 



The great white branched Afphodill. Park. Parad. 149. 



The white or branched Afphodel has roots compofed of 

 many thick flefhy fibres, to each of which is fattened an ob- 

 long tuber, as large as a fmall potatoe ; the leaves are long and 

 flexible, having acute edges, they grow in irregular clutters 

 from the crown of the root, among thefe come out the (talks, 

 which rife more than three feet high, fending out feveral fide 

 branches, which are naked ; the upper parts of thefe are 

 adorned with many ttar fhaped flowers, which are white with 

 a purplifli line running longitudinally along the outfide of each 



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