( 3050 ) 



Alstrcemeria acutifolia. Sharp-pointed- 

 leaved Alstrcemeria. 



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Class and Order. 

 Hexandria Monogynia. 



( Nat. Old. — Amaryllide^e. ) 



Generic Character. 



Perianthium corollaceum, subcampanulaceum, sexparti- 

 tum, irregulare ; laciniis duabus (vel tribus) interioribus 

 basi tubuloso-conniventibus. Stam. 6, laciniis inserta, 

 demum declinata. Stigma trifidum. Capsula trilocularis, 

 loculis polyspermis. — Caulis erectus, scandens aut volubilis, 

 foliatus. Flores umbellati. Kunth. 



Specific Character and Synonym. 



Alstrcemeria acutifolia ; caule subvolubili, foliis petiolatis 

 lanceolatis anguste acuminatis subtus pubesccntibus, 

 umbella simplici, pedunculis pubescentibus, petalis 

 longitudine sequalibus, 3 ext. oblongis subacutis, 3 

 int. spathulatis. 



Alstrcemeria acutifolia. Link, et Otto, Abd. Gew. p. 57. 

 t. 29. 



Descr. Stem, according to M. M. Link and Otto, 

 attaining a height of five or six feet, somewhat twining, 

 rounded, glabrous. Leaves remote, lanceolate, much and 

 narrowly acuminated, striated, dark green and glabrous 

 above, pale and downv, especially on the nerves beneath, 

 inserted on a short, twisted petiole. Umbel terminal, of 

 ™znjfloicers } surrounded at the base by an involucre of 

 leaves, resembling those of the stem, but much smaller. 

 Peduncles rounded, Ilex nose, downy. Corolla subcampa- 

 n »late; the petals erect, and but slightly patent at the ex- 

 tremity, 



