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HiEMANTI-IUS QUADRIVALVIS. HaIRY- 



lkaved Scarlet HvEmanthus. 



Generic Characler. — Vide N !s - 1315 et 1075. 



Specific Characler and Synonyms. 



H^MANTHUS quadrivalvis g (folia fores pofvenienlia $) bulbo 

 bifariam fquamofo, fquarrofo-laxato, fquamis late laminofis 

 craffis truncatis, rhizomate fibris craifis radicato ; foliis binis 

 divaricato-bifariis, lorato-fublanceolatis, acutis, planis, ftri- 

 atis, ciliatis, a fupino hirfutius villofis, a prono glabris nitidis, 

 fcapocomprefl'oglabro longioribusj fpatha colorata, quadri- 

 valvi, campanatim connivente, umbellam multi- (20) floram 

 coarftato-faftigiatam tranfeunte,valvisovato-lanceolatis,apice 

 recurvulis; floribus breviter pedicellatis ramentis braclea- 

 ceis lincaribus ifometris intermiflis ; corolla infundibuli- 

 formi j tubo brevi fauce fexgibba ampliori continuato ; 

 limbo illis fimul longiori, turbinato connivente, laciniis 

 linearibus concavis obtufis ; ftaminibus illas paulifper 

 tranfeuntibus; antheris oblongis, incumbentibus ; germine 

 fubrotundato-trigono, viridi, nitido ; flylo fetaceo, ereclo, 

 ftaminibus altiori; ftigmatibus trinis, brevibus, acutis, 

 replicatis. G. 



H/EMANTHUS quadrivalvis. Jacq. Hort. Schoenb. 1. 30. tab. 

 58. IVilld. Sp. PL 2. 26. Hort. Kew. ed. 2. 2. 208. 



Desc. Bulb comprefled-ovate, fquarofely truncate, fibres 

 flefliy, of the thicknefs of a large quill ; leaves 6 — 9 inches long, 

 Jpore than an inch broad, deep green, hairs inclining upwards, 

 Sometimes irregularly fpotted and blotched with deep crimfon 

 marks towards the lower part, as is the fcape, but not fo brightly ; 

 fpatbe fcarlet; tube of the corolla whitifh ; limb fcarlet ; anthers 

 yellow. Introduced by Mr. Masson into Kew Gardens from 

 jne Cape of Good Hope, in 1774. Our drawing was made 

 ron) a plant that bloomed in Mr. Griffin's confervatory at 

 kouth-Lambetb, in Oaober laft, and which had been lately 



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