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BRUNSVIGIJ* grandiflora. 

 Large-flowered Brunsvigia. 



HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 



Nat. ord. Amaryllide^. 

 BRUNSVIGIA.—Suprd, vol. 3. fol. 192. 



B. grandiflora ; foliis ligulatis erectis obtusis, umbella patente trigintifloia, 

 perianthiis patentibus : laciniis subsequalibus vix obliquis. 

 Bulbus avails, collo nullo. Folia ligulata, pallidt viridia, falcata, 

 plana, erecta, marcjine scabriuscula. Scapus ascetidens, compressus, Icviter 

 glaucus, l^-pedalis. U mheWa patois, tricjintiflora ; spatha bifolid: foliolis 

 ovatis, membranaceis, pallidc brurmeis, acuminatis. Pedunculi teretes. 

 Perianthium sexfidum, subcequaliter patens, laciniis carneis, lineari-oblongis, 

 undulatis, obtusiusculis, subrecurvis ; interioribus latioribus. Staminayawce 

 inserta, declinata, perianthio paulo breviora ; filamenta subulata. Ovarium 

 viride, teretiusculum, ovale, triloculare ; ovulis numerosis carnosis, distlchis. 

 Stylus fl,liformis, declinatus. Stigma parvum, obscure trilobum, papillosum . 



This noble addition to the genus Brunsvigia was sent 

 us, in August 1829, by Mr. Tate, of Sloane Street, to 

 whom we have on former occasions had to express our 

 obligations for favours of the same description. It is no 

 doubt a native of the Cape of Good Hope, and requires 

 the same treatment as other Brunsvigias. 



Mr. Herbert, to whom the drawing has been shewn, 

 considers it new, approaching B. striata in flower, though 

 larger, but differing entirely in bulb and foliage, and in 

 those respects coming near B. Josephinee. B. striata has 

 recumbent leaves, and a bulb like a turkey's egg, with 

 the coat hard and shining as porcelain, of the colour of a 

 yellow bay horse ; all characters at variance with those of 

 the species now described. 



* Sec fol. 1153. 

 VOL. XVI. F 



