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ANTHERICUM CANALICULATUM. Hairy 
ANTHERICUM. 
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seeded ested dei ak ede 
Cla/s and Order. 
Hexanpria Monocynia. 
Generic Charaéter.—Vid. No. 816. 
Specific Chara&er and Synonyms. 
_ ANTHERICUM canaliculatum foliis fubcarnofis pilofis enfi- 
formi-triquetris latere anguftiori canalicu- 
latis, {capo fimplici. Hort. Kew. 1. 448. 
Mart. Mill. Did. Willd. Sp. Pl. 2. 141. 
ANTHERICUM birfutum. Thunb. Prod. Fl. cap. 63? Willd. — 
3 Sp. Pl. 2. 140f z 
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Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Introduced into Kew 
Gardens by Masson, in 17743 blooms in April. - Rootftock 
— throwing out a fafcicle of thick flefhy fubcylindric fibres. Al- 
though the {tem is defcribed in the Hortus Kewenfis as fimple, 
yet the fpecimen in the Bankfian Herbarium has one branch. 
If our figure is correét, the pedicles and outfide of the corolla 
are hairy, which was not the cafe in the Kew plant; the 
flowers of which are alfo faid to have been marked with green, 
while in our plant the place of that colour is fupplied by a 
dingy purplifh red. But thefe are diftin@ions which by them- 
felves are of no avail in forming fpecific chara&ters ; and vary, | 
even in the fame plant, from change of culture or ftate of 
— Stowth, The {pecies feems to be very nearly allied to /ongi- 
Solium, It is to be regretted that WiLLDENOW has taken up 
indifcriminately all the {pecies from Tuunserc’s Prodromus 
lore Capenfis ; as’ it is quite impoffible to fay, with any 
degree of certainty, .whether they belong to thofe of other 
authors ; unlefs they have been defcribed elfewhere in a more — 
detailed manner by himfelf, as fome of them have; or have 
been adopted by him from other books. — G. 
