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ALBUCA VITTATA. RiBAND-ALBUCA, 
ETE REE REI aE RE HE AE EER HEE 
Cla/s and Order. 
HexanDria MonocGyNiAe 
Generic Charafler.—Vid. No. 1046. 
Specific Chara&er and Synonyms. 
at peS vittata ; (bulbus ovatus ;) foliis pluribus, ambienter 
raditalibus, ere€to-divergentibus, lineari-femitere- 
tibus, anguftis, convoluto-canaliculatis, acuminatis, 
extus ftriatis, {capo tereti-attenuato; racemo ereéto, 
remotius paucifloro; pedicellis divaricatis, brac- 
teas folitarias lanceolato-attenuatas fufcas fube- 
quantibus ; ; corolla pendulo-cernua, hexapetalo- 
partita, tota rotato-patente ; laciniis ifometris, ex- 
teripribus fubduplo anguftioribus, lineari-oblongis — 
apiculo callofo obfolete puberulo ; interioribus 
obovato-ellipticis, apice incurvulis et extrorfun 
fubpenicillatis ; ftaminibus corolle fubequalibus, 
ereGto-divergentibus, deorfum pro germinis lon- _ 
_ gitudine ~membranaceé alatis, inde fubulato-fili-_ 
formibus ; alternorum membrana duplo latiore 
denticulis binis terminata ; ceterorum cuneato- 
oblonga, edentula ;‘germine quam ftylus fubduplo 
breviore, colimstaris rotundato-trigono fulcis tribus 
facialibus ftriis totidem angularibus alternantibus 5 
ftylo corollam exfuperante, | fubclavato-tereti, tri- 
ftriato, fubflexuofo, filamentis triplo crafliore, 
finem verfus muricato-pu feente. G. 
Bulb about the fize of a pigeon’ s egg: fem ( (in our {pecimen) 
rather fhorter than the /eaves, which were about five or fix 
er: long ; flowers yellow; each petal-like fegment inter- 
fefted by a bright green vertical ftripe or fillet. ~ 
Not 
