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Watsonia Roseo-Alba (£.) Variegated 

 Long-Tubed Watsonia. 



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Cfaft and Order. 



T R [ A K D R I A MONOGYNIA. 



Generic Character. — Fid, No. 1072* 



Specific Character and Synonyms. 



WATSONIA rofeo-alba; ( miiltiflorj; Jfamina adfcendenUa < 

 anther* collaterals, parallel* ;) foliis paucis, 

 anguitius lorato-enfatis, {triads, caule fimplice 

 brcvioribus, (utplurimum torliufculis ;) fpica 

 difticha, fubimbricatim denfata ; fpathae val- 

 vulis tubo fubduplo brevioribus, extima ven- 

 tricofo-convoluta ; corolla hypocrateriformi 

 fubrectangulerefrafta; limbo regulari, ftelfcato- 

 explanato ; tubo ere£to deorfum cucullate 

 angultato, ftriato, in faucem horizontalem 

 rectam explicate- cylindraceam fibi fubduplo 

 breviorem ampliato ; Iaciniis sequalibus, ob- 

 longiufculis, acutis, faucem aequartfibus ; an- 

 theris imo limbo aftantibus ; fiigmatibus has 

 excedentibus. G. 



WATSONIA rofeo-alba. Supra No. 537. 



GLADIOLUS rofco-albus. J acq. Hort. Schoenb. 1. 7. /. 13. 

 Fab I. Enstm. 2. 93. 



(*) corolla ex rofeo alba ; Iaciniis acuminatis. G. 



(pj cadem liiuris rubris variegata. G. 



M liac uniformiter faturate rofea ; Iaciniis rotundato obtufis 

 cum brevi acumine. G. 



We refer for further account of the fpecies to No. 537 of 

 this work. For the prefent variety we are indebted to Mr. 

 Woodford, with whom it bloomed, fome years fmce; as did 

 variety (y). Flowers 6 — 14; ftem fimple ; no part of the 

 plant has any fcent. Native of the Cape of Good I lope. G. 



