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EUCOMIS PUNCTATA. (/3.) STRIATA. STRIPED- 

 LEAVED EUCOMIS. 



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Clafs and Order. 

 Hexandria Monogynia. 



Generic Chamber. F ritillakim /pedes. Linn. Basil m a. Jujf. 



hflor. pedicellata f. fubfeffilis, fparfim clongata, feorfim brae- 

 teata, coma foliacea fterili terminata. Cal.o. Gr.infera, hexa- 

 petalo-partita, fubaequalis, patens, periiftens. Fil. firmula, 

 fubulata, asqualia, inclufa, divergenti-conniventia, baft mem- 

 brana. ipGs multoties bre.viori corollas difco adnata connexa. 

 Anth. ovato-oblongae, introrfae. Stylus fetaceus, incurvulus, per- 

 iiftens. Stig. punclum inconfpicuum. Cap/, coriacea, turbinata, 

 lobato-trigona lobis alte f. fubalato-compreflis, 3-loc :, 3-valv :, 

 Sem. nigra, oblongo-ovata, plura in loculamento, anguftiffimi 

 lepti margini internae utrinque annexa. G. 



Obs. Bulbus crajfius tunicatus ; folia coriaceo-cra/fa, a piano obver/a t 

 plurima ambientia ereho-divergentla lirato-oblongata canaliculata, ad bina 

 oifaria humi appreJJ'a elliptica plana ; fcapus cylindricus bipedalis fuprave, 

 ad triuncialem clavatum ; racemus ereftus, plur'iflorus den/tor, ad numero* 

 fflunum laxiorem; flos in pleri/que ex albido dum per/at berbejeens. G, 



Specific Character and Synonyms, 



EUCOMIS punctata ; foliis pluribus (6— 9), ambientibus, 

 ere&is, fupra divcrgentibus, lanceolato-loratis, convoluto- 

 canaliculatis ; fcapo altiori, cylindraceo ; racemo undique 

 fparfo, numerofuTimo, laxius fpicato ; coma pluries breviori, 

 microphylla, parca; braBeis inclufis pedicellum divari- 

 catum flore fublongiorem aequantibus ; corolla horizontal!, 

 rotata, laciniis oblongo-lanceolatis, planis, carinatis, alternis 

 dorfo prope apicem mucronatis; filamentis una tenia 

 brevioribus, comprefTe fubulatis, membrana ima ferme 

 obfoleta ; germine elliptico, tritorofo, fupra anguftato 

 a tque rugis fenis ftriato ; pun&o ftigmatofo obfolete 

 puberulo. (7. 



(a.) folia 



