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Tobira sTevuata. Streciatep East INDIAN 
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Class and Order. 
Hexanpria Monoeynia. 
( Nat. Ord.—Liticez. ) 
Generic Character. 
Perianthium inferum, campanulatum, hexaphyllum. 
Stylus nullus. Semina plana. 
Specific Character. 
Tunira stellata; foliis lineari-lanceolatis subconvolutis 
glaucis, petalis lanceolatis obtusis patentissimis, tribus 
exterioribus longioribus, filamentis equalibus glabris, 
pistillo staminibus breviore. 
Descr. Bulb broadly ovate, small, clothed with a dark- 
brown coat, which is cut at the extremity into three or four 
lanceolate segments, thickly clothed with fulvous hair in 
the inside :—the bulb throws out an offset from near the 
base. Stem, in the cultivated specimens, nearly two feet 
high, terete, glaucous, bearing four to five linear-lanceo- 
ate, very long, and narrow leaves, subconvolute, with a 
midrib prominent on the underside, and a few obscure 
Striz ; the lower leaves are much the broadest and slightly 
falcate, the upper ones linear, acuminate, and somewhat 
- twisted. Flowers solitary, or sometimes two upon the same 
stem, erect, oblong in bud; when fully open the petals 
Spread out horizontally : they are lanceolate, slightly con- 
cave, obtuse ; the three outer longer than the rest, and, 
Sometimes, perhaps the effect of luxuriance, having a single 
tooth on one side: all are pure white, with a faint tinge of 
pink and green at the points on the outside, and bright 
yellow at the base within. Stamens equal in length, yel- 
ns ow 
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