1390 



IIABRANTIIUS* Bagnoldi. 



Captain BagnolcVs Habranthus. 



HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 



Nat. ord. Amaiiyllide;e R. Broiun. {Introduction to the natural 

 system, -p. 259.) 



HABRANTHUS.— Supr^, vol. 16. fol. 1345. 



H. Bagnoldi; bulbo magno, rotundo, nigro; foliis obtusis, pedalil)iis, glaucis, 

 vix i uncioe latis ; umbella 6-flora; pedunculis 2-3-uncialibus ; ger- 

 mine -^'g, tubo \, limbo lj\ uncisc longo, flavo, intiis rubro pallid^ et 

 minut6 media parte striate ; laciniarum exterarum summa, internarum 

 ima, angustiore ; filamentis exteris longioribus imo duobus breviorc, iii- 

 ternis brevioribus summo duobus longiore ; stylo f^ unciLO limbo breviorc 

 tilamcntis longiore, stigmate trilobo ; genitalibus flavescenlibus, anuulo 

 membranaceo timbriato munitis. — W. H. 



A beautiful plant, collected in Chile by Capt. Bai^nold, 

 a gentleman to whom the Gardens of thi.s country are in- 

 debted for the introduction of many valuable .species. It 

 Howered in Mr. Tate's Nursery, in November last; and a 

 specimen of it having been sent to Mr. Herbert, we have 

 been favoured with the above character. 



Like all the large black bulbs that come from Chile, 

 this is, under the management usually applied to them, a 

 shy flowerer ; and, if exposed to too high a temi)crature, 

 apt to dwindle gradually away. A south border, well 

 protected from frost, by a frame being placed over it, and 

 a little heat introduced into it occasionally in very severe 

 weather, is, we suspect, by far the best situation for bulbs 

 from such countries as Chile. 



Mr. Herbert refers this species to Habranthus, notwith- 



- Sec fol. 1345. 



