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Eucomis Punctata. Spotted-Leaved 

 Eucomis. 



fr ft ♦ frf ♦ fr ♦ » friE ft ♦ ♦ 



Clafs and Order, 

 Hexandria Monogynia. 



Generic Charatler. 



Cor. infera, fexdivifa, perfiftens ; laciniis re&ioribus. Stum. 

 ferto membranaceo brevi corollas adnato connexa. Germ. 

 trigonum, membranam ftaminilegam lorjge fuperans. G. 



Fritillaria. Linn. Bassil^a. Jnjf. 



Obs. Massonije confinis; dignofcenda tamen tubo vix ullo, germme 

 Juprafertum fiaminilegum longe exftante, corolla laciniis neve retrofiexis vel 

 etiam recurvatis ; exque habitu, hie enim educhur Massoni;e umbcllavel 

 corymbus in racemumfpicatum coma varia magnitudinis terminatum. Gra- 

 vijjime fallhnur quando ad N um * 840 bujus generis radicem dicimus " Bulbum 

 fquamofo-tunicatum ut in Lilio ;" efi enim « Bulbus tumcatus, tumas 

 craj/ioribusy" parum quidem ab ilk Massoni^e recedens. G, 



Specific Charatler and Synonyms. 



EUCOMIS puntlata foliis pluribus, oblongo-lanceolatis, ca- 



naliculato-depreflis; racemo elongato-cyhndraceo; 



coma brevi microphylla ; bradeis inclufis pedi- 



cellos fubcequantibus ; corolla rotata ; ftamimbus 



divergenter patentibus. G. 

 EUCOMIS punctata. Hort.Kew.i. 433- L'Herit. Sert.Ang 



18. /. 18. Marl. Mill. Ditl. 4. U Md. Sp. PL 



2. 93. 

 ORNITHOGALUM punclatum. Thanh. Prod. 62. 

 ASPHODELUS comofus. I lout t. Linn. Pfl. Syjl. 11. />. 381. 



/. 83. 



The trivial name is taken from the curious dotting of the Rem 

 and leaves.— Introduced by Mr. John Grj ;fi u, in 1783, from 

 the Cape of Good Hope. Flowers in July. Its fcent leems 



