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E t. -dayation fiom o one to two. gears.— Leaves. 
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S botes i ; * Jui colar, acuminate, smooth ; i fiom ten to. twelve: inches 
— long,and from two tofow, hroad.— Spikes radical, imbricated, at first 
clavate, afterwards bec ming roundish: ag. the fr uit advances. jar 
from one to three à inches long, hid under the surface of the earth, m 
embraced by numerous jmibricated, sheathing scales.— f lowers ofa. 
- middliug size, pale yellow.— Bii irdan 'onc-flow cred, did 
“concave, emóoth; qe eee inferio perianthy tubular, sheathing — 
E. prece and nie bie of. the — emunt dme supetior, | $ 4 
jections betwen it d the base of. the filament. Were LETT 
incurved. Anther crowned with a three-lobed crest. —GGerm 3lló 
— three-celled, ith many ovila ineach, attached to the axis. — Capsule 
* ovate, size of alar ge nutmeg, rather fleshy; surface somewhat rugose, 
q _three-v alv éd; three-celled ead, several iu each cell ; oval, endob-- 
à. 7 ovate are the niost prevailing forms.—Perisperm conform to the - 
seed. EF itellus nearly round, occupying a considerable portion ofthe ^ 
ipe mm of. Dots enitn piss ise a 
| UM Ts feet long, .: and $ ali lie col "f au 
- polished. silver. underneath, - E iuflore: è à comp 
s pkapbnas raceme nni the nag rion rà 
us Ree which soon Perish j: 
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