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ALBUCA VIRIDIFLORA. GRASS-GREEN 
ALBUCA. 
Se RRR ee 
Generic Charaffer.—Vide No. 1046. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
ALBUCA wviridiflora; (cor. biformis, cernua ; flam. alterna flerilia ;) 
bulbo oblato-rotundo, ex laminis crafliflimis tuberoideo- 
confolidato ; foliis pluribus (7—g?), flaccidis, anguttis, 
lineari-attenuatis, convoluto-canaliculatis, extus ftriatis vil- 
lofis, intus glabris, (/ud Jente) totis papulis albidis minuti{- 
fimis priunatis, {capo inferne villofo parum brevioribus ; 
racemo pluri- (5—10) floro, diftante, patente; pedunculis 
flore atque braétea duplo longioribus; corolla pendula, 
laciniis exterioribus ftellatis, quarta parte circa lon- 
gioribus, oblongis acumine obtufato ; interioribus parum 
anguftioribus, ere€to-conniventibus, genitalia concludenti- 
bus, concavis, appendiculo tranfverfe fubreniformi, callofo, 
fornicato-infra&to, pubefcente preefixis; filamentis lineari- 
attenuatis, carinato-canaliculatis, fubequalibus, apice ad- 
uncis, alterne caftratis; antheris ere€tis, a dorfo fufpenfis ; 
germine oblongo, prifmatico, trifulco, glabro; ftylo parum 
breviore, erefto, craffo, obpyramidato, trifulco-triquetro, 
glandulofo-villofo, bafi conftritto; ftigmate conoideo, parum 
prominulo, hirfuto, intra fummos ftyli angulos feffili; capfula 
ovata, triquetra, obtufa; feminibus fubrotundis, varie 
compreffis. G. : . 
ALBUCA viridiflora. Facq. Ic. Rar. 2. tab. 446. Coll. Suppl. 
98. Willd. Sp. Pl. 2.100. Hort. Kew. ed. 2. 2. 250. 
The thick lamine which form the Bulb are fo compaé as to 
give it the appearance of being folid, with fomewhat of the 
look of a turnip-radifh ; /eaves a foot or more long, about two 
lines broad near the bafe ; fem round, about the thicknefs of a 
common pen, rather higher than the leaves ; peduncles about = 
