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 Watsonia Meriana^.) Largest Merian's 

 Watsonia, or Scarlet Tuberose, 



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Glafs and Order, 

 Triandria Monogynia. 



Generic Charafler.—Vid. No. 107a. 



Specific Character and Synonyms* 



WATSONIA Meriana', ( 'pluriflora ; flamina afcendentia ; an- 

 thcra collaterals, parallel* j) foliispaucis (4—5) 

 lanceolato-loratis, caule fubramofo brevioribas ; 

 fpica remotiufcula, fubdifticha ; fpathae valvis, 

 ovato-acuminatis, tubo brevioribus, intima 

 quam extima circiter trientem longiore ; corolla 

 fubhypocrateriformi, alcendeme, fubgeniculato- 

 recurvula ; limbo fubbilabiato-rotato ; tubo 

 ere£to, deorfum flriato, in faucem cucullato- 

 cylindraceam obtufe hexagonam compreffiuf- 

 <;ulam dorfo anguftiorem curvulam fibi aequalem 

 dilatato ; laciniis f'auce brevioribiiSj, obovato- 

 oblongis, obtufis cum acumine, fubaequalibus, 

 fuprema antrorfum inclinata, infima propendule 

 deflexa; aniheris citra limbi medium promi- 



^ nulis ; ftigmatibus longioribus. G. 



WATSONIA Meriana, Nobis in Ann. of Bot. v. 1. 230. 



. Supra No. 1072, in Spec. Synth. 



WATSONIA. Mill. Dicl. ed. 7. Ic. tab. 276. 



GLADIOLUS Merianus. Tbunb. Glad. n. 12. Prod. 7. Jacq. 

 Coll. 4. 150. Je. Rar. 2. 230. IVilld. Sp. PL 1. 

 214. Lil. a Red. tab.it. Vahl Enum. 2. 94, 



A . (excl, pajfim var. (3 .) 



ANTHOLYZA Meriana. Linn. Syji. Veg.W. Hort.Kew.i. 



. 67. Curt.fupra No. 418. 



MERIANA flore rubello. Trew. Ebret. lab, 40. 



(*) corolla cerafino-rubens. G. 



((3) eadem 



