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WatrTsoniaA RosgEa. PYRAMIDAL 
Warsonia. 
Clafs and Order. 
TriANDRIA MonoGyYNIA. 
Generic CharaGer. 
Spatha bivalvis, adprefla. Cor. inferius tubulofa et fepius _ 
geniculatim curvata, limbo fubequaliter fexpartito fepius nu- 
tante, laciniis vel regulariter vel fubbilabiatim difpofitis. Stam. 
vel adfcendentia antheris parallelis contiguis, vel rarius porreéta 
iifdem trifariam divergentibus. Sty/us capillaceo-elongatus. 
Stigm. 3, gracilia, bipartita, revoluto-divaricata.. Cap/. oblonga, 
tereti-trigona, cartilaginea. Sem. numerofa, deorfum imbricata, 
imo nucleo angulofe preffo, fumma ala membranacea vel ifta 
rariffime fupprefla, G. 
Oss. Bulbo-tuber ordiculatum, fapius compreffum, tectum plexibus 
fibrofo-organicis extimis modo craffiffimis Jubligneis, ex vertice gemelliparum 
aha duo evolvens fterilia; folia difticha, enfata, firmiora, nervofa, haud 
raralucida, modo fiftulofo-cava, modo cartilagineo-marginata ; caulina ferme 
Semper axillariter bulbifera, gradatim breviora; caulis nec recenti foboli 
(ut vulgo in ordine ) fed prifc@ matrici continuus, erectus, Sfiriétus vel etiam 
Sublignefcens, vix unquam non ramofus, ramis adpreffis ; fpatharum valvula 
extima fupra {phacelata et Japius colorata ; flores /picati, ortu diftichi, vulgo 
numerofi, varie carulefcentes, rubentes, vel albefcentes, perraro in bulbillos 
degenerantes 3 faux plerumque in cylindrum producitur, modo etiam turbinalim 
contrabitur. Vidimus nonnullarum Jub fruttificatione bulbo-tuber venis 
craffioribus featere gummi duéfili repletis ; vel nonnunguam bocce gummt in ge 
Jam lapideo-induratam mole nucis mofchata exfiillatum tunicis adberere, G. — 
Specific Charaéer and Synonyms. ie 
WATSONIA rofea; foliis lorato-lanceolatis, cartilagineo- 
marginatis ; fpica paniculata, elongato-pyrami- 
data, imbricato-conferta ; fpathatubum equante ; 
corolle limbo nutante, grandiori, fubregulari, 
fubcampanulato-explanato, tubum .cum fauce 
equante; fauce tubum zquante, nuda, lato- 
: turbinata. G. . 
WATSONIA rofea. Herb. Bank/. Nobis in Annals of Bot. 1. 
230. 
GLADIOLUS Soaps Vabl Enum. 2.105. Thunb. Prod, 
CG Fi. cap. 186. AG. Soc. Haf. v. 6. 7 
GLADIOLUS prramidatus. Bot, Rep, tab. 335. _. ie 
= J . -- GLADIOLI — 
