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Sparaxis tricolor (/3. y. £.) Three- 

 coloured Sparaxis. 



C/tj/jr #«i Order. 



TRIANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 



Generic Character. 



Inflor. difticho-fpicata, alterna, remotius feorfim bivalve 

 fpathacea, fpaiha membranacea ampliufcula ariftato-lacera ple- 

 rumque arido-fphacelata. Cor. fupera, erecla, infundibulifbrmi* 

 patens, tubuloio-fexfida, tubus gracilis brevior, limbus fexpar- 

 titus amplus regularis lubasqualis ftellato-turbinatove explanatus, 

 interdum bilabiato-irregulans atque inaequalis. Stam. tubo ad- 

 nata, inclufa, collaterali-inflexa, lecto inclmata, nunc afcendentia, 

 rarius trifaria eretla. Antb. lineares, a dorfo appenfe. Stylus 

 gracilis, dire&ione ftaminum. Stig. 3, anguftius lineari-complir 

 cata, recurvato-divergentia. Cap/, membranacea oblonga, ro- 

 tundate trigona, torulofa ; tnloc, trivalv., valvis feptigeris. 

 Sent, biferialia, plurima, fubglobofa. G. 



Obs. Bulbo-tuber cvaium reticulis multiplicibus tenu'tbus (extenzh 

 fericeo-jibrojis Jvejiitum ; folia 4- 1 o collaterali-dijticha, enjala, denfe Jir'tatula y 



latitudme bilineari ad uncialon, caulina Japius in axiliis buibijera ; caulis 

 /implex vel panicidato-ramofus, Q-uncialis ad orgyaiem ; flos raro unicus, 

 Japius in ramo pauci, ampli, jpeciofi, colore quam maxime ludentes ; fem. 



magnitudine fere Sinapeos. G. 



Specific Character and Synonyms. 



SPARAXIS tricolor; (fios regularis s ) foliis pluribus (6 — 8) 

 enfiformibus, erecto-divergentibus, denfe nervulofis, ad 

 axillam bulbiferis; cauli altiori interdum ramofo, crafliuf- 

 culo, ere&o-flexuofo ; fpica difrante, pauciflora ; fpatha 

 fcariofo-fphacelata, rugulofo-plicatula, tubum pluries ex- 

 fuperante, inflatiufcula ; corolla infundibuliformi-rotata, 

 tubo breviffimo germen triquetrum aeqtiante, limbo amplo 

 ab inferne turbinato,ftellato-explanato,laciniis fubfpathulato- 

 cuneatis 3 apice rotundatis 3 alternis iublatioribus bah lub- 



gibbofis; 



