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DAUBENYA fulva. 

 Tawny Dauhenya. 



HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 



Nat. ord. Liliaceje. 



DAUBENYA. Botanical Register, voL xx\.fol. 1813. 



D.Julva; foliis petiolatis ovalibus basi convolutis, capitulo pedunculate, den- 

 tibus labil posterioris distantibus, anteriore longe unguiculato. 



Perianthium tubulosum, ore vald^ obllquo, bilabiate ; labio peripberico longe 

 unguiculato trilobo ; postico nano lacinia intermedia dentifonni. Stamina 

 6, basi laciniarum perianthii inserta; antheris erectis, introrsis, basi fixis. 

 Ovariujn uniloculare, cum stylo continuum, placentis tribus parietalibus, 



axin attingentibus, utrinque serie simplici polyspermis ; stigma simplex. 



Planta bullosa, Africana, diphylla, Massonice facie; foliis ovalibus 

 leviter striatis, basi cucullatis. Scapus centralis, foliis brevio7', &.oxibus 

 subverticillatim capitatis, bracteis membranaceis, cucullatis . 



Bulbus omnino Hyacinthi orientalis facie, sed minor. Folia ovalia^ 

 obtusa, basi convoluta, limbo 4-5 pollices longo. Scapus centralis, l-pollica- 

 ris, teres, nudus ; racemo subverticillato, denso, capituliformi, multijioro. 

 Bracteee membranacece, oblongcB, cucuUatce, tubo perianthii breviores. Pe- 

 rianthii tubus flavus, 2 lineas longus, teres ; limbus 1 g pollicem longus, 

 6-lobus, quam muxime irregularis ; lobus postictis parvus, erectus, denti- 

 formis ; 2 proximi paulb alterios in limbum, triangulares, acuti, patentes ; 

 tum tres alteri, lojigo intervallo distantes et quasi unguiculati, labium capi- 

 tuli perij)heriam spectans ejformant, 3-lobum, coccineuvi, laciniis obovatis 

 concavis subcequalibus. Stamina laciniis perianthii opposita, cequalla ; an- 

 theris linearibus, erectis, introrsis, utrinque bilobis. Ovarium \-loculare, 

 placentis 3 parietalibus 6-8-spermis, basi approximalis , siasilrn distantibus 

 effoetis ; in stylum cavufn, cum ovarii cavitate continuum, ad stigma usque 

 simplicissimum punctiforme protractum. 



For a knowledge of this most remarkable plant I am 

 indebted to Robert Barchard, Esq. of East Hill, Wandsworth, 

 in whose garden it was observed in flower by Professor Royle. 

 It had been received from the Cape of Good Hope, with 

 other bulbs, but was believed to have been collected some- 

 where on the East Coast of Africa or in Madagascar. 



October, 1839. u 



