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Brunsvigia falcata. Sweet-scented 

 Brunswick-Lily, 



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C/j/f *z«.7 Order, 

 Hexandria Monogynia. 



Generic Char abler. 



Umbella pluri-numerofiflora bra&eis utplun'mum interftin&a, 

 e fpatha gencrali bivalvi breviore. Cat. o. Cor. fupera hexa- 

 petalo-pariita, fuburceolato-campa lata tubo nullo, vel infundi- 

 buliforrnis radiatove divaricata illo breviffimo, fubaequalis, 

 fubirregularis regularifve. lit. ejus fundo inferta tubove adnata, 

 deciinara ereQave, akerne longiora. Stylus horum decurfu. 

 Sttg. iimplex, vel obfoletius trina. Cap/, membranacea fub- 

 diaphana, turbinatim trilobo-trigonalobis autdevexe comprerJis 

 aut alatim extenuatis, 3-loc., 3-valv. valvis medio feptigcris ; 

 loculi oligofpermi deorfum caffi. Scm. horum angulo interior! 

 appa&a, aciniformi-oblongata teita nigra, vel tuberofo-laxata 

 (nee tamen ut loculum repleant) difformiter rotundata, fufce- 

 fcentia. G. 



Obs. Bui bus tuntcatus integumentU memhmnaeeis hrunneh, quandoque 

 fcarioj'o-rigentibus ; axis rhizomatcfa modo dtsrfum prominev, , fibre? fibril - 

 lifera crajjir t nunc ncdofo - protuberc.ntes ; folia pauca-plura bi,«ria a 



piano cbverfa, crajftufcuiu , fpathuato-cbhnga Ungulato-lorata, plana, 



fcapo varie comprejfo utplurimum breviore tardiora, vel ejus conttmprrali/i ; 

 pedicelli cum capjvlaclavati. Flore tenus cum Amaryllidb, Jruclu cum 

 Massonia plunmis confentit ; caterum H^MA;ntho accedeiis, Mar- 

 gioatas et Radulas fritilum nondum habuitnus pcrfeclum. Q. 



Specific Charabler and Synonyms. 



BRUNSVIGIA falcata / foliis pluribus, anguftius lingulafo- 

 loraiis, glaucis, alterne in utramque partem falcato obli- 

 quati.s, cilio brevi cartilagmeo fimbriatis, externis lon- 

 gioribus humi recumbentibus ; fcapo 4 plo magifve bre- 

 viore, Cv/mplanato aciebus rotundatis, inflorefcentiam vix 

 aequante ; umbella multiflora, pedicellis inaequilari n- 



triqueiris, 



