( 2204 ) 

 Arethusa bulb os a. Bulbous Arethusa. 



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Class and Order. 

 Gtnandria Monandria. 



Generic Character. 



Labellum inferne cum columna connatum ; superne cu- 

 cullatum; intus cristatum. Petala b, basi connata. Pollen 

 angulatum. Brown in Hort. Kew. 



Specific Character and Synonyms. 



Arethusa bulbosa; radice globosa, scapo vaginato unifloro., 



petalis interioribus incurvatis., Iabello subcrenulato. 

 Arethusa bulbosa. Hort. Kew. ed. alt. 5. p. 205. Lam. 



Encycl. 1. p. 242. 

 Arethusa bulbosa; radice globosa, scapo vaginato, spatha 



diphvlla. Sp. PL 1346. fVilld. Sp. PI 4. p. 80. Lam. 



Illustr. t. 729./ 1. ex Plukenetio. 

 Arethusa bulbosa ; aphylla, radice bulbosa,, scapo vaginato 



unifloro, calycis laciniis superioribus incurvatis, Iabello 



subcrenulato. Michaux Fl. arner. bor. 2. p. 160. Pursh 



FL arner. sept. p. 890. 

 Helleborine mariana monanthos, flore longo purpurascente 



liliaceo. Pluk. Mant. 100. t. 348. /. 7. 



For the drawing of this very rare plant we are indebted to 

 Dr. Robert Graham, Professor of Botany in the university 

 of Edinburgh. It flowered in the Botanic garden in June 

 last and continued in blossom about a fortnight. The bulb 

 Was imported from Canada, and arrived early in December 

 1819. We believe no representation of this plant has been 

 published except that by Plukenet, from a dried specimen, 

 and Lamarck's figure in his illustrations of the genera, which 

 appears to be a copy of the former. 



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