C 1481 ] 



Albuca setosa. Bristly-rooted 

 Albuca. 



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Generic Character. — Fid. No. 1046. 



Specific Qjaracler and Synonyms. 



ALBUCA fetofa ; (flos bifonnis, erecJus ;) bulbo folido-fquamato, 

 viridefcente, ovato, fquamis amplis truncatis fimbria fibrofa 

 fphacelata crinito-continuatis ; foliis plaribus ambientibus, 

 anguftius longeqae ligulato-attenuatis, convoluto-concavis 9 

 glauciufculis, denfe ftriatulis, flaccidis ; caule tereti, fub- 

 altiori; racemo diftanter multifloro, brachiato-divaricato, 

 pcdicellis craftiufculis reclangule porrectis bractea fphacelata 

 convoluto-acuminata triplo breviore bafi amplexis ; corollse 

 laciniis cxtirnis patentibus, oblongis, planiufculis, extus 

 defuperne carinatis, obtufulis cum acumine parvulo callofo ; 

 intimis ereclo-conniventibus, fab fextam partem brevioribus, 

 latioribus, inferne fubanguftatis, apice conftri&is fornicato- 

 inflexis obfolete mucronatis, organa includentibus ; ftami- 

 nibus paulo brevioribus, planiufculis, apice uncato-inflexis, 

 extimis lanceolato-ligulatis concaviufculis fubbrcvioribus, 

 intimis piftillum aequantibus e lamina bafilari fubovata 

 fuperneque conftricla lineari-ligulatis ; antheris ereftis bre- 

 vibus fubquadrato-oblongis utrinque emarginatis a dorfo 

 introrfum fufpenfis, exterioribus precocioribus ; germine 

 %lum sequantej con ice oblongato, rotundatc lobato-trigono, 

 lobis bafi bidentato-prominulis cavoque lato pallido in 

 fulcum conftri&um continuato interceptis ; ftylo crafTo 

 obpyramidali-triquetro faciebus fubfulcatis obfeurius papu- 

 lofo-muricatis, fine itigmatofa truncata pubefcente continua; 

 capfula ovata, obtufa, trifulca. G. 



ALBUCA fetofa. Jacq. Ic. Rar. 2. tab. 440. Coll. Suppl. 100. 

 tab. 14. fig. 3. Hort. Keiv. ed. 2. 2. 251. Willd. Sp. PL 

 2. 102. 



Desc Leaves about a foot and a half long, and about half 

 an inch over towards their bafe ; Jlem fomewhat higher than 



thefe ; 



