4 Addisonia 



Morley's eucrosia has a deep-seeded scaly bulb giving off one 

 elongate peduncle 2 to 3 feet long ; the leaves are oblong, spatula.te, 

 appearing long after the flowers; the flowers are about ten in a flat- 

 tened umbel, nearly horizontal, yellowish green; the stamens are six, 

 long-exserted, resting on one of the lower petals; the style is long- 

 exserted ; the capsules are three-angled with many black thin seeds. 



J. N. Rose. 



Explanation of Plate. Fig. l. — Base of plant, with leaf, X l A- Fig. 2.— 

 Inflorescence. Fig. 3. — Dissected flower, showing pistil and one stamen. Fig. 

 4. — Outer perianth-segment. Fig. 5. — Inner perianth-segment. 



