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Antholyza ^thiopica (/3). Lesser 

 Scarlet Antholyza, 



Clafs and Order, 



Triandria Monogynia. 



Generic CbaracJer. 



Spatha bivalvis, convqluto-conduplicata, ovato-acuminata, 

 Jubsequalis, integra. Cor, ex deorfum tubulofa furfum fexdivifa, 

 bilabiatim patens ; tubus gracilis in cylindraceam longiorem 

 modove in -turbinatam breviorem extumefcens faucem, inde 

 in limbum folutus inaequalem varioque riclu divaricantem. 

 Statu, tubo adnata, inde libera, arcuatim afcendentia. Stylus 

 capillaris, in Stigmata 3 teretia gracilia fimplicia recurvula 

 definens. Cap/, (in <ethiopica faltem) fphaeroidea, depreffa, 

 coriacea, laevis. Sem. in quovis loculamento uno plura, grandiuf- 

 cula, fubglobofa, laevia fubbaccato-corticata; nucleo corneo. G, 



Obs. Radix Bulbo-tubcr orbiculatum, plexibus e membranis fibris Jig- 

 neis tntertextis obvolutum ; foUa errfata, dijiicho-collateralia J. in quollbet 

 fafciculo tali modo juxta Je pofita, ut ab ortu equitanter compact ita in eodem 

 piano ab inv'uem divergent, ut per alteram fuam aciem Jibi mutuo obver- 

 Jentur ; pauca atque filiformia ad plurima latitudine ferme biunciali ; caulis 

 Jtmplex ; flores terminales, fpicati, afcendenter-erecTiufculi ; fcm. mutuq 

 fontacliija-pefubangulofa. G. 



Specific Character and Synonyms. 



ANTHOLYZA celhiopica ; (bulbo-tubcr depreffo-orbicuhitum, 

 fcepius convexo-concavum J foliis numcrolis, 

 lanceolato-fubfalcatis, e tcnuibus atquc lends 

 cofta validiore firmatis, ere&o -diftichis, in- 

 trorfum inferne leviter excifo-anguftatis j 

 caule ahiori, foliolis paucis ftipato ; fpica 

 multiflora, fubimbricatim diflicha ; corolla 

 angufta, longiufcula, arcuatim erefta ; tubo 

 gracili, ftriato, torto, fpatham fubadaequante, 

 abruptius in faucem longiorem irrcgulari- 

 cylindricam antrorfum carinato-compreffam 

 ac inferius trigone turgidam ampliato ; limbi 

 riftu perinaequali ; lacinia fuprcma cochleari- 

 ligulata, fomicato-protenfa, quam faux lon- 

 giori ; lateralibus iupremis bac triplo hrc- 



