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CoNOSTYLIS ACULEATA. PRICKLY 
ConosTYLIs. 
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Class and Order. | 
- Hexanprta Monoeynra. 
( Nat. Ord.—Hamoporacex. Br. ) 
Generic Character. 
Perianthium superum, coloratum, campanulatum, pro- 
funde 6-fidum, regulare, lanatum pilis ramulosis, persistens. 
Stamina 6. Anthere erecte. Ovarium 3-loc., polysper- 
mum. Stylus conico-dilatatus, cavus. Stigma breve. Cap- 
sula apice dehiscens, stylo cavo tripartibili coronata. Pla- 
centa centralis, triquetra. Semina numerosa.—Herbe peren- 
nes. Radix fasciculato-fibrosa. Caules brevissimi. Folia 
disticha, aversa ensiformia, basibus semivaginantibus equi- 
tantibus. Flores scapum sepius simplicem terminantes, ca- 
pati, corymbosi vel spicati. Br. | 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Conosty1is* aculeata ; perianthiis intus glabris, scapis eo- 
rymbisve divisis, foliis glabris margine aculeatis, acu- 
leis intersticio brevioribus. Br. 
Conostyzis aculeata. Br. Prodr. v. 1. p. 300. Spreng. 
Syst. Veget. v. hg e al pal ge 
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“Descr. Perennial. Root a tuft of rigid branching oti 
Leaves from a span, to nearly a foot in height, linear, very 
gid, distichous in their insertion, and partially sheathing 
with their dark-purple, shining bases, twisted, aan ee 
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From xwvog, 
base of the style 
@ cone, and grvros, the style, in allusion to the cone-shaped 
