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_ Haprantuus Versicotor. ~ CHANGEABLE 
| _ Haprantuts. 
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Class and Order. 
Hexanpria Monoeynia. 
Generic Character. 
_ Spatha integra apice bifido. Scapus 1-2 Pera -florus, 
pedunculatus, cavus. Germen a pedunculo declinatum, 
oblongo-subturbinatum, subtrigonum, triloculare. Co- 
rola campanulata. Tubus brevis, campanulatus, clausus. 
Lacinie alterne subequales, exter marginibus tubo im- 
bricantibus. Stylus (uti filamenta) declinatus assurgenter 
curvatus. Filamenta fasciculata, pariter tubo vix intra 
fatcem connexa, quorum quaterna discrepantia, summum 
et infimum media longitudinis, infimum summo longius, 
lateralia duo superiora longissima, inferiora duo brevis- 
sima. Anthere media parte annexe, incumbentes. Pollen, 
ut im Zephyranthe, Hippeastri et Amaryllidis polline mi- 
nutius, Stigma trilobum. Semina non visa. W. H. 
Specific Character. 
Hapranruus versicolor, bulbo oblongo ; foliis viridibus, 
pedalibus vel sesquipedalibus, 4 unc. latis, recumben- 
tibus ; capo praecoce 5-unciali; corolla. biunciali, 
ante expansionem rubra, demum _ albescente, Tubro 
Versus basin striata; laciniaé summa ceteris latiore ; 
ima angustiore ; tubo membrana dentata clauso ; ge- 
Nitalibus albis ; stigmatis.lobis } uncialibus; antheris 
et polline luteis. W. H. 
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Drscr. Bulb oblong, blackish; leaves. three or more, 
green, a quarter of an inch wide, above a foot long ; scape 
about five inches high, appearing before the —- 
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