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WATSONIA STRICTIFLORA. STRAIGHT- 
FLOWERED WATSONIA. : 
Jee adi ibip deed Ps 
Clafs and Order. 
TrRIANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Generic Charafter.—Vid. No. 1072. 
Specific Charafler and Synonyms. : 
WATSONIA /fridiffora ; (flos @ majoribus ;) bulbo-tubere 
globofo-pyramidato ; foliis fubquaternis radi- 
calibus vel inferne caulinis lineari-enfatis 
rigidiufculis nervo medio coftatis ; caule altiore 
fimplici, foliolo medio ftipato; {pica pauci- 
(bi-) flora diftante ; fpathe valva exteriore 
herbacea naviculari-lanceolata corolla tubo 
duplo breviore interiorem parum breviorem 
concludente ; corolla reétiflima tubato-hypo- 
crateriformi ; tubo gracili tereti ftriato laciniis 
duplo longiore in faucem brevem nudam pau- — 
Jatim ampliato; limbo’ regulari rotatim ex- 
planato ; laciniis fubaqualibus concaviufculis, 
exterioribus lato-oblongis rotundatis cum mu- 
crone, interioribus fublatioribus obovato- 
ellipticis deorfum anguftatis apice emarginatis ; 
ftaminibus reétis trifariam patentibus; fila- 
mentis faucem paululum fuperantibus; antheris 
iftis parum brevioribus, ere€tis fuperne recur- 
vatis; ftigmatibus infra antherarum apices di- 
varicantibus. G. 
Descr. Bulb-tuber about the fize of a large nutmeg, 
covered by thick brown membrano-fibrous integuments ; leaves 
4—6 inches long, about half an inch broad; /fem rather higher 
than thefe in the prefent fpecimen, two-flowered ; flower 
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