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Class and Svater. 
Hexanpria Monoeynra. 
Generic Character. 
Cor. tubulosa, ove sexlobo, marcescens. Sam. tubo impo- 
sita. Anther@ basi extinctoriiformi affixe. Germen pedicel- 
Jatum. Stylus subulatus: stigma simplex. Caps. edges 
tripartibilis, partialibus angulo interno dehiscentibus. Sem. 
biseriata, marginibus suture inserta, testa laxa pubescente. 
Brows. 
Specific Character and. Synonyms. 
Bianprorp1a nobilis ; Bractae pedunculo fhirifero duplo 
brevioribus, foliis angusto-linearibus. Brown Prodr. 
fi. Nov. Holl. p. 295. Bot. Regist. 266. 
Bianprorpia nobilis. Smith Exot. Bot. 1. P. 5. t. 4. 
Hort. Kew. Epit. inter addenda. | : 
This plant was first named b Sir James Epwarp Saien 
in honour of the Marquis of Buranprorp, now Duke of | 
Mariporougu ; the one before assigned to His Grace by 
Mr. Anprews in the Botanist’s Repository being the Galax 
of Linnzvs. 
The flower of the Branprorpra nobilis is of very long du- 
ration, the corolla retaining its colours even after the capsule 
is prolonged far beyond its mouth, Perhaps till the seeds are 
ripe. 
er. Brown refers it to the natural order of Hemerocallidee, 
an order constructed from the first section of Jussizu’s Nar- 
cissi, exclusive of the genus Gethyllis. 
Native of New Holland, in the neighbourhood of Port 
Jackson, where another species of the same genus occurs, 
and 
