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Drimia Ciltaris. Fringed-leaved 

 Drimia. 



67#/} <raf<i Order. 



Hexandria Monogynia. 



Generic Charatlcr. — Fid. No. 1080. 



Specific Charatlcr and Synonyms. 



DRIMIA ciliaris ; bulbo fquamato fubovato e fquamis aciuis 

 fubaequatis ; foliis pluribus (4 — 5) lorato-linearibus 

 acutulis, fubcarinaiis, albicanter pminatis, cilio brevi 

 marginatis ; fcapo bis terve altiovi erefto ; racemo laxius 

 multifloro divaricatoj pedicellis flore brevioribus bra£lcola 

 fubulata longioribus ; corolla horizontali, trans bafin ufque 

 reflexa, per tertiam tubulofa; laciniis lingulato-linearibus, 

 fuperne concavis carinatis, interioribus fubangultioribus 

 utplurimum infra medium mrinque crifpulis; filamentis 

 una quarta brevioribus in fafciculum porreclis ; germine 

 ovato-pyramidato obtufe triquetro, hedris ftilla ex poro 

 medio udis, angulis fulcatis ; liylo continuo id ter exce- 

 dente, filamentis quarta brcviore, c radius hliformi-triquetro 

 3-fulco, apiculo ftigmatofo deprefl'o-trigono glanduloi'o- 

 puberulo. Cr. 



DRIMIA ciliaris. Jacq. Ic. Rar. 2. /. 377. Colic ff. 41. /. 5. 

 Jig. 5. Nob. fitpra No. 1380; verj.fol. inSpec.enum. If'/!'*:. 

 Sp. PL 2. 165. 



Descr. Bulb of a dingy purplifh brown colour, varying 

 infize and com pact nefs ; leaves 6 — 8 inches long, about the 

 third of one broad ; jlevi from a foot to one and a half high, 

 "rift, obfeurely fpotted ; corolla about half an inch long, on 

 the outfide greenifh and covered with minute thickfet purple 

 dots ; pale on the inlidc and glofly ; anthers brown when entire, 

 fhort oblong. Introduced from the Cape of Good-Hope by 

 Mr* W. Griffin, in whole greenhoufe, at South-Lambeth, 

 " flowered laft September, G. 



