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Gagea Lutea. Yellow Gagea. 

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HfiXANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 



Generic Character. 



Cor. nuda, fubcalycina, integrius perfiftens, infera, hex- 

 apetala, regularis, fubaequalis, e deorfum breviter convergente 

 recurvatim patens, laciniis oblongiufculis. Fil. ab iftis penitus 

 difcreta, thalamea, germen a ball ftipantia, compreffo-fubulata, 

 ere&o-divergentia, fubaequalia. Anlh. a bafi infixae, verticales. 

 Germ, triangulare. Stylus & vertice aperte obtufato fimbriatulo 

 deorfum gracilefcens, triqueter, germine longior. G, 



Obs. Radix bulbus ovatut, funicafus, modo membrana veflltus, modo 

 flexubus involutus fibrofo-textilibus ulterius vaginaniibus ; modo Jimpliciffi- 

 musy tnodove rhlxomati grandiori fibrls creberrimis implexis crlnito infidens ; 

 folia canaUculato-liguhta ; caulis centralis; inflor. thyrfoideo-umbellaia 

 pediceliis in idempunftum coeuntlbus, gradatim brevlorlbus alque bafi per folia 

 difparia vertlcillatlm clnclis ; vet modo tkyrjoideo-racemoja pediceliis fmgulis 

 fingulls adjidentibus folils. Differ! Ornithogalo per caulem polyphyllum 

 loco nudifcapl, per corollam Jubberbaceam tenaclorem in petala prorfus difcre- 

 *?« pojl anthefm minime deformatam, perjlylum ratlone germinis longlorem 

 Jubclavatum, vertice hlulcum nee capltellatlm protuberant em aut trttobum. 

 Fruclum non vldi. G. 



Specific Character and Synonyms. 



GAGEA lutea; (bulbus fimpUciffimus tegmine memlranacco ;) 

 folio radicali folitario (rarius 2) e canaiiculato-con- 

 duplicato lorato-expiicato, quam caulis longiore, 

 recurvatim laxato, fubcaudatim cufpidato, fubtus 

 nervofe ftriato; caulinis (2-7) brevioribus, difparibus 

 uno maximo, ciiiatis, umbellam thyrfoidee inaequalem 

 laxam plurifloram cingentibus ; caule e compreffb 

 furfum triquetro (rarius uniramofo ,) corollas petalis 

 externis latioribus, acutulis, internis obtululis, 

 in unguiculum brevem ftria meihfera mfcriptum 

 attenuatisj filamentis quam ifta triente brevioribus, 

 a bafi complanata fubulato-attenuatis ; germine ob- 

 conice triangulari, quam ftylus breviore. G. 



GAGEA 



