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GILLIESIA GRAMINEA. Grassy-Leavep 
GILLIESIA. 
Class and Order. 
‘MonaverpuiA Trianprra. (Trianpr. Monoc. Luinpt). 
( Nat. Ord.—Giiuresrex. Linpt. ) 
Generic Character. 
~_Involucr ? pentaphyllum, foliolis duobus ” idee webiie 
minoribus. Perianth. triphyllum, foliolis basi staminum 
unitis, inferne sepe appendiculatis, yi teh 4 lanceo- 
latis, inferiore Jabelliformi carnoso. il. apiece | ong 
dentibus (plerumque) tribus abortivis. ape! rilocule 
trivalvis, poveperan = ste septiferis. > 7 rae 
Specific Name bait son 
Gittiesta graminea. és 
Ginuiesia graminea. Lindl. in Bot. Boe. t 992. 
Stites, eee OE 
ee 
Deser. Bulb oblaed oma, fubloate,| bcos at the 
base, where it likewise produces its new bulb, as in the ge- 
Tus Ixia, Leaves two ce keg each root, long, linear, sg 
teas at thet bans, ne a two th three is long; baiting 
a solitary green flower, of a 
nvoluc icre (wl ich seems to hold 
) of five ea, which are subspi- 
fall situation of a calyx 
imbricated before expansion, ing and spreading 
ESS the three outer ones ee, of which the two 
Rate Sets smallest : the two. ‘inne r, or lateral 
opposite, broadl scurely 
