C 1254 3 



Hesperantha pilosa (j3). Grass-leaved 

 Evening-flower. 



Clafs and Order. 

 Triandria Monogynia. 



Generic Charatler. 



Spatha bivalvis, herbaceo-membranacea, externa valva navi- 

 culari-conduplicata. Cor. fupera, hypocrateriformis ; tubus 

 gracilis fuperne verfus parum ampliatus ; limbus fexpartitus, 

 rotatus, fubsequalis, ereQus nutanfve. Slig. 3, canaliculato- 

 linearia, angufta, os tubi ufque ab invicem difcreta, infra antheras 

 recurvatim effufa. Fil. fummo tubo impofita. Anth. lineari- 

 oblongae, verticales a dorfo appenfae incumbentefve verfa- 

 tiles. Cap/, membranacea, oblongo-trigona, farBa, nodulofa, 

 iriloc, trivalv. , valvis verticaliter feptigeris. Sem. numerofa, 

 biferialia, parvula, contactu angulofa, loculamenti angulo 

 interno appafta. G. 



Obs. Loc. nat. Caput Bona Spei. Herbas bulbo-tuberofa. Bulbo- 

 tubens nucleus cajlaneo-camof us., put amine inclufus campaniformi vel conoideo 

 coriaceo vel ligneo vel etiam lapideo fulcifque elevatis rotundatis notato ; folia' 

 plura, enfata, collaterali-diJlicha y modo complanato-fifiuhfa acjl crajja, intimum 

 tongiusy vaginalis; inflor. ereBo-fpicata, pluri-multifiora ; corolla ve/pere 

 aperit mane fe claudit, inverfo coordinatorum more. Hinc Geissorhizam 

 mae Sparaxidem collineans. G. 



Specific Charatler and Synonyms. 



HESPERANTHA pilofa : foliis tribus, angufto-graminek, 

 reftioribus, parum divergentibus, pilofis 

 fubpiJofis nudifve; caule fimplice pub- 

 efcente planeve impubej fpathse valva 

 externa acuminata tubum adaequante j co- 

 rollae limbo ere&o. G. 



HESPERANTHA pilofa. Nob. in Ann. Bot. 1. 225. 



*XIA pilofa. Lin. Suppl. 92. Tbunb. diff. n. 5. Prod. 9. Murr. 

 Syft. Veg. ed. 14. 84. Willd. Sp. PL 1. 197. 



, Vahl. Enum. 2. 54. n. 1 1. 



(*) nerba pi lis afperfa. Spccim. in Herb. Bank/. 



(pj eadem nuda. Specim. in loc. cit. 



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