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GYNANDHU TRUNDRU 



BVRGHESIA 



17.^7. BVRGHESIA . Perennis « Calrx nullus . 

 Petahtns ovato-oblonga, cjlfquantulum con- 

 Cavo-convexa , inte^ra , basi ovarii adnata , 

 colore lacteo, ast viridi in extremitatis eorum 

 linea , subdavo vero in interiori unguis fa- 

 cie . Pistiilum prisniatoideum , viride , desi- 

 nens in stigmata tria oblonga , utrinque vil- 

 losa 4 flava . Stainina tria a basi tuhae pistilli 

 procedentia , et p stilo iongiora, in singulo- 

 rum verosummitdte , ac supra stigmata ,sin- 

 gulae antherae sagittatae , tubae extremis , 

 ope bifurratae baseos , adnixae . Embryon 

 crescit intra capsulam prismaticam , trilocu- 

 larem , trivalvem , atqiie tuba maturitate tri- 

 fariam verticaliter disrumpitur . Semina pla- 

 na , trapezoidea, nigra in loculis includuntur, 



Hoc novum gcnus folia duo vel tria , spathmam , et ultra , longa, 

 dimidiam vero unciam lata , obtuso apice tcriniiiata , aequalia, & bid- 

 ho tunicato emittit , a cujus medio scapits rotundo-striatus , ad lon- 

 p-iiudinem foliorum ,attoIlitur , duas gerens in summitate spathas per- 

 tenues , alteram alteri superpositatn , His autem apartis , tres pcdun- 

 culi prodeuut perbreves, demlssi , singuli florem deorsum vergentem 

 ferentes . 



Frondes njedio circiter iebruario producit . Floret vero mcn.- 

 se martio . 



Bulbwi quatuor vel quinque circum bidbi radice» egrediun- 

 ;ur, qui post biennium florent . 



Habitat in vallibuS moatium Tolfee , in sylvis, sub via Tol- 

 fiie vcrsus Cornetuaa . 



