[ H95 ] 

 EUCOMIS NANA. DWARF EuCOxMIS. 



Generic Chamber. — P5& j\&. 918. 

 Specific CharaEler and Synonyms. 



EUCOMIS nana; foliis pluribus (5 — 8), muhifariis, in orbem 

 humi recumbentibus, planis, denfe ftriatulis, remotius im- 

 merfo-lineatis, tenuiiiima crenulataque cartilagine marginatis, 

 clavato fcapo fub triplum longioribus, exterioribus fpathulato- 

 obovatis, interioribus fpathulato-lanceolatis ; coma poly- 

 phylla fenfim bracteis confluentc ; racemo conferto, cylin- 

 drico, clavurn fcapi fubaequante ; imis bracleis ovatis mera- 

 branaceis flore brevioribus, fummis longioribus foliola 

 comae aemulantibus ; corolla fubfeflili, nutante, oblato- 

 campanulata, fubirregulari, aequali, laciniis fpathulato- 

 oblongis obtufis cum parvo acumine, planis, infimis trinis 

 remotioribus ; filamentis (ubulatis, ere8.o-incurvefcentibus, 

 ferto breviffimo cupulatim connexis, coroliae pro quarta 

 circiter parte adnatis ; genuine oblato-rotundato, altc tri- 

 fulco, pulvinato-tritoroib ; itylo tiiitriato-fetaceo, puncto 

 ftigmatofo fimpliciffimo. G. 



EUCOMIS nana. Hort. KfW. u 432. ed. 2. 2. 245. UHerit. 

 Sert. AngL 17. J acq. Hort. Schoenb. 1. 47. tab. 92. Coll. 4. 

 213. Willd. Sp. PL 2 . 92; (exchtfa pajjim F r i t i l l a r i a 

 nana Burmanni et Linv.ai ad L. biloliam A r/ - fuperioris 840 

 pertinente.) 



BASIL/EA nana. Zuccagni in Roemer. Coll. Bot. 136. 



ORNITHOGALUM nanum. Tbunb. Prod. Pi. Capenf. 62. 



FR I TILL ARIA regia. Bum. Flor. Cap. 9. Linn. Sp. PL ed. 2. 

 1. 435. Mill. Ditl. ed. 8. n. 9. Syjl. Veg. ed. 14. 324; 

 (minime tamen Eucomis regia Haiti Kewenjis, cut male alie- 

 gatur Dillenius ; neque L'Heritieri qua undulata N'- jhperioris 

 1083.) 



CORONA regalis lilii folio crenato. Dillen. Hort. Eltb. 109. 

 tab. 92. fig. 108/ et tab. 93. fig. 109. 



Our fpecies owes its fpecific name to the having been con- 

 fidered as the Fritillaria nana of Burman and LinnjEUs, 

 although thofc authors have defcribed their plant with hilarious 

 leaves, while in this they are multifarioufly difpofed round the 



fcape. 



