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Gyanella lutea. Yellow Cyanella, 

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Clafs and Order. 

 Hexandria Monogynia. 



Generic Character. 



Spatha o. Cor. infera, hexapetalo-partita, fubirregulari- 

 rotata bilabiato-inflexave, fubaequalis, nutans. Fil. laciniarum 

 bafi affixa, duplice ordine per tria tranfverfim oppofita, fu- 

 periora collaterali-contigua, ex inferioribus medium remotius 

 declinatum. Anth. fagittaro-oblongae, porreclae, apice dehif- 

 centes, imarum major fubdifFormis. Stylus fetaceo-attenuatus, 

 declinato aflurgens. Siig. punchim nunc obfolete trifidum. 

 Capf. orbiculato-trigona, membranacea, farfta, nodulofa, reti- 

 culato-venofa, triloc. , trivalv. , valvis medio feptigeris. Sem. 

 biferialia, plura in fingulo loculamento, ere&a, ex fubovato- 

 rotundis varie preffa, interna? diffepimentorum margini utrin- 

 que affixa. G. 



Obs. Loc. nat. Caput Bona Spei. Herbze bulha-tuberofa. Bulbo- 

 tuber ovato-ghbofuniy nucleus cajlaneo-camofus, quotannis renavandus, mem- 

 brants reticularis inclufus ; folia per paginam internum cauli ambienter ob~ 

 Vffata, a lanceolato-ellipticis unciam latis ad canaliculato-linearia vix 

 imeam lata, in/erne verfus convoluto-vaginantia ; caul is altior, afwiplicif- 

 Jimo unifloro ad ramofum racemojo-multiftarum ujque, pcdicelli JolitarH 

 wiflori bra&ez Jlipati ; genitalia corolla breviora; iiorum color inconjians. 



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Specific CbaracJer and Synonyms. 



CYANELLA lutea s fcapo nudo fubramofo : racemis ereclis ^ 

 foliis lineari-lenceolatis. Willd. Sp. PL 2. 131. 

 Linn. Suppl. 201. Tbunfi. Aft. Holm. 1794. 

 195. tab. 7. /. 1. Prod. 65. Hort. Kew. u 

 446. 



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w j , eems to differ from capenfis (No. 568) in having a Jlem 

 only one or two upright branches, inftead of one with 

 nv branches and thole horizontally patent or divaricate, 



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