Plate 2371. 



CALOSTEMMA ALBUM, R. Br. 

 Amaryllidace^. Tribe Amarylle.e. 

 C. album, R. Br., Prodr. FL Fov. IIoll i. 298 ; foliis ellipticis v. 



oblongo-ellipticis obtusiuscule acutatis membranaceis longe petiolatis, 

 lamina ^utrinque 5-6-nervi venulis ultimis numerosis obliquis sub- 

 parallelis, scapo erecto gracili, umbella multiflora, spatba 3-4-vaIvi 

 segnientis lineari-lanceolatis, peclicellis flore sa^pius brevioribus, peri- 

 anthn tubo gracili cylindrico limbo subiiequilongo segmentis plus minus 

 patentibus anguste ellipticis obtusiusculis siepius mucronulatis, stamini- 

 bus perianthio brevioribus, antheris oblongis medio afBxis, tilamentis 

 anguste subulatis in tubum (2-2^ lin. longum) tubulari infundibuli- 

 tormem coalitis margine cum dentibus lanceolatis integris v. breviter 

 bifidis filamentis alternantibus, ovario 1-loculare, ovulis 2-3 fere e basi 

 cavitatis adscendentibus. 



Hab. North Australia : Turtle Island, Gulf of Carpentaria, 7?. 

 Brow7i. 



Folia 4-8 poll, longa, 2-3 poll, lata ; petiolo ad 6-10 poll, longo. 

 i^capus \-\\ ped. longus. Umhella U-2^ poll. diam. Flores cum 

 ovario infero c, 10 lin. longi. 



We figure this rare plant at the suggestion of Sir F. v, Mueller. 

 -It has never, so far as I am aware, been collected a second time, and 

 o^r figure is from specimens collected by R. Brown, and presented to 

 Kew by direction of the late Mr. J. J. Bennett. It has all the fades 

 J»f a Eurycles, the leaves perhaps narrower than those of E. Cunning- 

 itamii^ Ait., but otherwise identical in venation. It miglit be better 

 to regard it as a Eitrycles with two cells of the ovary suppressed 

 ratlier than as a congener of the other linear Narcissus-leaved species 

 .^J^^^^^^^mvia. Dr. Pax calls attention in Engler and Prantl, 

 _t^llanzenfamilien,' Amaryllidaceffi, p. Ill, to Dr. Baillon's observation 

 r^^^ C alostemma does not develop a normal embryo in the embryo-sac, 

 ^iit bulbilloe which grow towards the micropyle.— D. Olivkr. 



Arf'^^V^ ^"^ 2. Outer and inner perianth-s^gmeuts. 3. CoroBa and stamens. 4. 

 Pt'X ot stjle. 5. Ovary, laid open. All enlarged 



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