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Calostemma purpureum. Purple 

 Calostemma. 



Class and Order. 



RfcXANDKIA MoNOGYNIA. 



Generic Character. 



Cor. supera, infundibuliformis, limbo 6-partito. Nectarium 

 iubulosum, ore 12-dentato : dentibus alternis subulatis anthe- 

 riferis. Anlherce versatile*. Germen 1-loculare, 2 — 3-sper- 

 mum. Stylus filiformis. Stigma obtusum. Bacca\_Capsula~\ 

 sphaerica, I — 2-sperma. Brown, (mutatis termims.) 



Specific Character and Synonyms. 



Calostemma purpureum ; foliis Iineari-loratis, nectario sub- 

 sexfido : Iaciniis tridentatis, dente intermedio staminifero. 



Calostemma purpureum ; scapo florido foliis Iineari-loratis 

 praecociore, corona? dentibus steriiibus triangularibus. 

 Brown Prodr. p. 298. 



Desc. Bulb roundish. Leaves narrow, thong-like, obtuse, 

 concave towards the base. Scape about two feet high, somewhat 

 flattened, filled with juicy pith. Flowers purple, growing in 

 an umbel of about sixteen, on pedicles from an inch and half 

 to half an inch long. Corolla funnel-shaped : tube grooved, 

 shorter than the limb, which is obovate-concave, obtuse 

 with a small macro. Nectarium or croicn, tubular, shorter 

 than the limb, greenish, margin divided into six superficial 

 laciniffi terminated with three" small teeth : the middle one 

 bearing the filament. The divisions are generally superficial, 

 but sometimes one or more of them extend far down the 

 nectarium. Stamens hardly equaling the corolla : anthers- 

 ovate. Germen inferior, globular, one-celled with two ovula, 

 one of which is generally abortive. Style a little longer than 

 the stamens. Stigma simple. Capsule one-seeded. Seed 



large, smooth, oval or spherical 



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