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_ ANTHERICUM VESPERTINUM. AFTERNOON= 
FLOWERING ANTHERICUM, 
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Clafs and Order, 
Hexanpria Monocynia. 
Generic CharaGer.—Vide Nem- 816. 
| Specific Chara&er and Synonyms. 
|. ANTHERICUM ve/pertinum foliis radicalibus, canaliculato- 
triquetris, longe attenuatis, glabris, margine 
ad ta€étum {cabrida; racemo (fzepius com- 
pofito) alopecuroideo-{picato, floribus fparfis, 
adpreffe et imbricatim confertis ; filamentis 
radiato-divergentibus, ad lentem glandulofo- 
muricatis ; ftylo tortiufculo germine ali- 
quoties longiore,  G, 
ANTHERICUM ve/pertinum. ‘Facq. Hort. Schenb. 1. 44. 
4.85. Willd, Sp. Pl. 2. 139. 
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Descr. Rootftock bulbicipital ; roots thick, flefhy, fubfafci- 
culate; /eaves fafciculately ambient, rather upright, condu- 
Plicate at their bafe, twice fhorter than ftem, fubtriquetral, 
channelled, upwards carinate, gradually tapering from the 
ttom, far-acuminate, {mooth, deep green, edges rough to the 
touch ; fem round, leaflefs, branched ; raceme many-flowered, 
‘Upright cylindric, {parfe adpreffedly fpiked, clofe, imbricate ; 
Pedicles about the length of the flowers, filiform, adpreffed- 
treet ; braées membranous, -awled-cufpidate, about twice 
Orter than pedicles; corolla hexapetalouily parted, radiately 
Patent ;_/egments oval-oblong, bluntifh, traverfed externally by 
a longitudinal carinate ridge; inner ones rather the broadeft, 
ightly conftringed or notched on each fide juft above their 
ale, and marked inwards with a didymous yellow fpot ; jila- 
ments white, radiately expanded, fhorter than fegments, filiform, 
tapered 
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