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TRICHONEMA CAULESCENS. CAULESCENT 
TRICHONEMA. 
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Clafs and Order. 
TrianpDria Monocynta. 
Generic Charader.—Vid. No. 1225. 
Specific Charafer and Synonyms, 
TRICHONEMA caulefcens ; (caulis vel et ante anthefin totus 
| terra extans ;) folio radicali fiftulofo-vagi- - 
nante inde quadrifulco-tetraquetro pedi- 
cellos fuperante ; caulinis binis (rarius 
unico) conformibus brevioribus alternatim | 
pedunculorum geminorum (rarius unico) 
bafi appofitis; {fpathe valva externa navi- 
culari-convoluta rigidiufcula herbacea in- 
ternam {phacelato-membranaceam tenuifli- 
mam concludente; corolla turbinato-patente, 
tubo breviffimo, laciniis lanceolatis; antheris 
filamento fubbrevioribus; ftigmatibus juxta 
infra harum apices recurvatim exfertis. G. 
IXIA Julbocodisides. De la Roche. difer. nov. gen. 19. 1. 6; (0b 
oe . feapum fub anthefin exfertum Jupra minus 
reéle in No. 1225. ad rolei varietatem luteam 
allegata s ibi enim caulis floriger lotus terra 
beret.) , 
IXLA, rofee var. floribus aureis fuperne albis. Herbar. Bank/. 
; Speci. fpontan, capenfe. 
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The corolla of the prefent plant agrees with that of cruciatum 
(No. 575.) in every refpe&t, except colour; but in caulefcens 
the ftem has acquired its full growth above ground even before 
the flower has expanded ; while in that the leaflefs peduncle or 
branch is alone feen until the fruit begins to ripen, when the 
ftem rifes above the ground as in Crocus. Since this differ- 
ence is feen both in the fpontaneous and cultivated fpecimens 
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