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Hesperantha pilosa (&.) Hairy 

 Evening-Flower. 



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Generic Charatler. — Fid. No. 1254. 





Specific Character and Synonyms. 



HESPERANTHA pilcfa ; foliis trinis, ereftis, parum diver- 

 gentibus, lineari-eniatis coda media lurmquc prominula, 

 pilofis, intimo toto comprefl'e vaginofo nervofb longiori 

 caulem altiorem fimplicem pilolutri ultra medium in- 

 cludente; fpica flexuola, remotius pauci-pluri flora; fpatha 

 herbacea, lanceolato-convoluta, nuda, integra, valva 

 extima fublongiore, apice iphacelata, tubum aequante ; 

 corolla erefta, laciniis longitudine tubi gracilis, extimis 

 oblongo-lanceoldtis, intimis fublatioribus brevioribus; ftig- 

 matibus linean-complicatis, anguftifiimis, pubefcentibus, 

 recurvo-divaricatis, itylo ifometris, ftamina exfuperantibus, 

 apice faepiui explicatis ; flaminibus limbo uuplo breviori- 

 bus, ere&o-divergentibus ; antheris fubfagittato-linearibus, 

 vibratilibus. G. 



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

 Jupra No. 1254; iterum eod. verf.fol. in f pec. enum. 



IXIA pilofa. Linn. Suppl. 92. Thunb. DiJJ. n. 5. Prod. VI. cap. 

 9. SyJL Veg. Murr. ed. 14. 84. Vahl Enum. 2. 54. n. it. 

 mild. Sp. PL 1. 197. 



(a.) herba pilofa. G. 



((3.) herba nuda. G. Supra No. 1254. 



Desc. Stem 3 — 14 inches high ; fpike 2 — 10-flowered; limb 

 of the corolla white on the in fide, outer fegments thickly befet 

 with minute cinnamon-coloured fpeckles on the outfide, inner 

 ones white on both fides. The flowers, which are about two- 

 thirds of an inch long, diffufe their fragrance during the night, 

 and then only in a warm dry atmofphere ; at other times they 

 remain clofed, and no fcent is perceptible. 



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