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Uvularia Chinensis. Brown-Flowered 

 uvularia. 



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C/tf/> #k^ Order. 

 Hexandria Monogynia. 



Generic Character. 



Cor. infera, fexpartita, campanulata, laciniis reftis ; unguibus 

 fovea neftarifera oblonga excavatis. Stam. (f<epius) brevif- 

 fima. Stigmata 3, reflexa. Caff, trigona ; Jemina fubrotunda 

 comprefla. Convallaria habitu, Fritillaria charac- 

 tere confinis. 



Specific Charatler and Synonyms. 



UVULARIA chinenfis (Jimpliciter atque fubcorymbofe ramofa) 

 foliis ovato-lanceolatis, acuminatis, racemis faf- 

 ciculatim 2 — 4 floris, fingulis fafciculis folio con- 

 formi bra&eatis; corolla cyathiformi-campanu- 

 lata, angulofa, bafi calcarato-nodofa ; filamentis 

 antheris aliquoties lpngioribus. G. 



This lingular as well as new fpecies is (as we learn from the 

 Bankfian Herbarium) a native of China, and flowered two 

 years ago in the Kew Gardens. Our drawing was made in 

 September laft from a plant that bloomed in Mr. Hibbert's 

 confervatory at Clapham. 



The following defcription is taken from a recently dried 

 fpecimen, in which however the flowers were fo far deftroyed 

 by prefTure that we could not make out either the form or even 

 fcite of theneftary, nor difcover whether all or only the alter- 

 nate fegments terminated in the fame kind of blunt fpur-like 

 knob. 



Stem herbaceous, about a foot and half high, angular, fub- 

 geniculately flexuofe, diftantly leafy, branched upwards, 

 branches fimple, corymbofely arranged, patent ; leaves ovate- 

 lanceolate, acuminate, lhortly petioled, nerved ; thofe of the 



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