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Gastronema clavatum. Striped-flowered 

 Gastronema. 



Class and Order. 

 Hexandria Monogynia. 



Generic Character. 



Bulbus subrotundus. Folia decidua. Scapus aestivits. 

 (rcrmcn pedunculo recte continuatum, trigone ovale. 

 Tubus intu.s brcvis parte inferiore curvata, arcta, superiore 

 ventricosa ampla. Lacinite breves,, subaequales. Filamenta 

 conuivcntia, alterne longiora ; interiora summit fere, exte- 

 riora media fere parte tubi regionis ventricosse inserta; 

 superiors tria prope tubi latera torte declinata, inferiora 

 recta apieibus conniventibus. Anther x breves, incum- 

 bentes. Stylus declinatus, laciniae inferiori adpressus. 

 Stigma trifidum. W. H. 



Specific Character and Synonyms. 



Gastronema clavatum, foliis linearibus, scapo 1 — 2-floro, 

 corolla alba rubro striata, laciniis brevibus reflexis. 



Amaryllis Pumilio. I fort. Kew. 1. 415. ed. 2. 2. 223. 

 fVilld. Sp. PI. 2. 50. Ker Journ. 8c. et A. 



Cyrtanthus uuiflorus. Hot. Reg. 168. 



Amaryllis clavata. LIferitier Sert. Angl. II. 



Gastronema clavatum. Nobis in Appendice, p. 30. 



Descr. Bulb small, roundish. Leaves very narrow, 

 erect. Scape reddish at bottom, bearing one or two flowers. 

 Clcrmen triangularly oval, continued from the peduncle. 

 Lower part of the lube narrow, cylindrical curved, green ; 

 upper part wide, ventricose, white, with six conspicuous red 

 (stripes. Limb short, with the segments reflex. Filaments 

 conniving, the alternate longer ; the inner inserted near 



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