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globular, and yellow ; the germen is furrowed . 

 I only found a fmgle plant, which was perhaps 

 unnatural. 



Scrapias lingua, baftard hellebore : the root 

 confiftsof two hanging oval, black, bulbs; the 

 ftalk, and the flowers, are twilled to the left j 

 the former is covered with about feven linear 

 lanceolated leaves, which are red fpotted, like 

 the flalk itfelf ; the bra flea are of equal fize 

 with the petals, and like them lanceolated, 

 pointed (acuminata), pale-red on the upper- 

 Fide, but not dark-red at the bottom as the pe- 

 tals ; the two innermoft petals are broader at 

 the bottom, waved (undulata), narrow towards 

 the point, {harp-pointed, and with entire mar- 

 gins : the lips are long and red ; the upper has 

 narrow reflected points ; the lower is dark-red, 

 large, and lanceolated, has incilions on both 

 fides towards the bottom, and its furface co- 

 vered with fome dark hair ; the filaments are 

 very fhort and yellow ; the anthcra are green : 

 it grows on the plains among the above-men- 

 tioned Afphodelus, page 59. 



Serapidis lingua -varietas minor, is to be met 

 frith along with the former. 



Here 



