HiEMANTHUS ToXICARIUS. FAN - LEAVED 

 HiEMANTHUS, OR THE POISON-BULB. 



Clafs and Order. 

 Hexandria Monogynia. 



Generic Character* — Vid. No. 1075. 



Specific Character and Synonyms. 



HiEMANTHUS toxicarius ,- (bulbus tunicatus, oblongo-ovatus, 

 plexubus multiplicibus Jubcritjiaceis fuperne 

 Jquarrofo-laxatis tetlus, rhizomate cylindra- 

 ceo, fubtus prominente ;) foliis plurimis, 

 Jorato-lanceolatis, glaucis, tortiufculis, bi- 

 fariis, ere&o-divergentibus, poll infloref- 

 centiam venientibus ; fcapo tereti-com- 

 preflb; fpatha bivalvi, arrefta, lanceolato- 

 ovata, fubherbacea, pedicellis filiformibus 

 breviori; umbellafubhemifphaerica,denfa; 

 corolla hypocrateriformi, quam pedicellus 

 breviori ; tubo quam germen pluries longi- 

 ori, laciniis ifometro ; laciniis lanceolato- 

 oblongis, fubaequalibus, concaviufculis, ro- 

 tato-patentibus ; filamentis capillaribus, 

 limbo aequalibus, erefto-divergentibus ; 

 antheris oblongis, vibratili-incumbentibus; 

 ftylo fetaceo ; ftigmate fimpliciflimo. G. 



Hv£MANTHUS toxicarius. Hort. Kew. 1. 405. Thunb. Prod. 

 59. Willd. Sp. PL 2. 27. 



AMARYLLIS dijlicba. Linn. SuppL 195. Paterfon's travels, 

 51. cum tab. pejima. 



This very curious plant flowered in the colleaion of the 

 Bifhop of Durham at Mungcwell, Oxfordfhire, as far as we 





