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Babiana Tubiflora, var. ol. Long- 

 Tubed Babiana. 



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Oafs and Order. 

 Triandria Monogynia, 



Generic Character. 



Spatha e majoribus, trivalvoidea, intima valva partita vel 

 interdum profunde fiffa reploque hyalino interftin&a. Cor. 

 deorfum infundibuliformiter tubulofa, limbus 6-partitus, regu- 

 laris et fubaequalis, modo fubirregularis vel etiam maxime 

 difformis. Stigmata 3, patentia, gladioloidea. Cap/, rotundato- 

 ovata, coriacea, torofa. Sem. plura baccata, globofa, inferius 

 attenuata, denuo corrugata, fere mutua preffione deformata. 

 Gawler in Annals of Bot. v. up. 233. 



Specific Cbaracler and Synonyms, 



BABIANA tubiflora ; foliis fpathifque diilichis hirfutis molli- 

 bus, tubo re&o filiformi-turbinato limbum irregu- 

 larem 3 — 4plo excedente, lacinia fuprema remo- 

 tiore, cseteris convergentibus, fcapo foliis plicatis 

 perbreviore. G. 



BABIANA tubiflora a. Vid. Jupra N um - 680, ubi fynonyma 

 vidcnda. 



This is made by Jacquin a diftinft fpecies from the one 

 figured above at No. 680, which he calls tubata ; but we own 

 we cannot fee a fliadow of fpecific diftinaion ; befides we 

 have other intermediate varieties, all which would alfo claim 

 to be fpecies upon as good grounds. G. 



