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CyRTANTHUS PALLIDUS. PALE FLOWERED 
CyrTanTuus. 
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Class and Order. 
Hexanpria Monoeynia. 
Generic Character. 
Cor. supera, tubulosa, clavata, sexfida; lacinie ovato- 
-oblonge. Filamenta tubo inserta, apice conniventia. 
Moneta. Herbert’s Appendix, p. 29. 
Specific Character and Synonym. 
Cyrtantuus pallidus ; foliis lineari-lanceolatis carinatis 
. hysterantheis, corollis nutantibus infundibuliformibus, 
: limbo tubum subequante. — 
-Amaryius bivaginata. Donn Cantab. ed. 8. p. 98. 
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__ This appears to us to be an undescribed species of Cyr- 
‘Tantuus. It comes nearest to C. ventricosus (angustifolius 
of Jacguin) from which it differs in the paler colour of its 
flowers, in the regular diminution of size of the corolla 
ftom the limb to the base, without any sensible inflation 
of the middle of the tube, and especially in the nearly 
equal proportion of the limb to i tube including the 
faux, which latter character, as well as the absence of 
‘Slaucescence in the leaves and scape, distinguishes it from 
collinus. From Cyrtantuus spiralis it differs totally in the 
orm and colour of the leaves. 
Mr. Hersert, in his valuable Appendix, in which he has — 
displayed such an accurate. knowledge of the family of 
“tacee, has applied the name of MonELLA to this genus, 
reserving that of Cyrranruus for the solitary species here- 
tofore called C. obliquus. But allowing that obliquus is 
