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VELTHEIMIA GLauca. GtLaucous-LEAVED. 
~ VELTHEIMIA, 
ap sTesh sae dese seseseaese desks de 
Clafs and Order. 
Hexanpria Monocynia, 
Generic Chara@er. 
Cor. infera, cylindraceo-tubulofa, pendulo-cernua, limbo 
breviffimo, fexpartito, ereéto-patulo, regulari, laciniis fube- 
qualibus. F%/. hujus medio tenus.adnata inde libera, filiformia, 
eretta, inclufa. Svy/us fubulato-filiformis, declinatus, cufpide- 
ftigmatofa terminatus. Cap/- fubpellucido-membranacea, fub-. 
ovatim. mole ndinacea, pendula, loculis tribus fubmonofpermis; 
in alas caff compreffo-dilatatis, Sem, aciniformi-obovata. Aa 
Oxs.. Radix Bulbus diverfimodo cvatus, imbricato-tunicatus, laminis: 
traffis, imis brevioribus s rhizoma f/ubtus prominens, nune maximum .trun=. 
catum cum diametra ei totius compagis ferme equalt. Folia plura, radicalia,. 
Fafciculatim ambientia, deorfum convoluto-conduplicantia, vaginantia, Jurfum., 
tergentia, laminis lanceolato-chlongis, loratim explanatis, cofta craffi cari= 
natim inter fectis.. Scapus cylindraceus, centralis, erectus. Inflor. /picaton 
racemofa, erefla, Saftigiata, conferta, reirarfum imbricata, per braCteas. 
meth randceas, convolutosconcavas, acuminatas. pedicellis filiformibus lon= 
Sueres: interfincta ; Cor. fubfefquiuncialis.. Anth. JSagittato-svate.. Sem. 
areiler medium cujufque laculi anguli interni appia, Duaufgue differt Tri=. 
TOMA ALOIDE afque ALETRIDE 6f videndum Supra Na. 744 in nofira, 
Ob/. Huc revocanda ALETRIS capenfis No. §01.. G. — st Ps 
es, pecific CharaGer and Synonyms £ 
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VELTHEIMIA glauca; bulbo’ ovali-oblongo, _ pyramidato, 
— ‘cum rhizomate prominente craffitudine fibi, 
eh 4 fere pari; foliis fubfeptenis, glaucinis, lan= 
- *_ eeolato-oblongis, loratis, corolla limbi laci- 
__-_-niis dentiformibus, obtufe attenuatis, extimis 
2 ae recurvatis. G. : 
VELTHEIM IA glauca, Facg. Hort. Schoenb. 1. 40. tab. 77. 
Descr. Bulb oblong-ovate, pyramidal, tunicate, imbri- 
Cated upwards ; rootfieck prominent beneath, nearly the thick- 
nefs of the entire bulb; fibres flefhy, fimple; /eaves about 
feven, lorate, lanceolate-oblong, with rather remote ee 
—¢ 3 he nerve 
