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Ordeii XI. VI. AMAltYLLID V< I 1. 



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k, Aph. 17:s. 1-- 



]l! \..S.'-I~ A 



with tfu ■■ 



General]) bulbous plants, Bometiraeo fibrous-rooted, oally with :i tall, i 



drical wood) Bti m. u ivi - ensifonn, «itli parallel \. ins, i 



into an <>\ .:l lamina 

 with a narrow stalk. 



I'll / / hh5I 



with 



* 

 spadici ' Ij v - V 



and coroll 

 founded, adh< i 



. .r, coloured, 

 the formi r ov< r- 

 lapping the 1 



• 6, arising 

 / • — '\>. MJHB V S H from the sepals and 



j petals, Bometim 



cohering by their dilat* d 

 kind of cup ; Bomi timi - an .. I 

 series of barren stami 



forming :i cup which sui 

 tIk- tul-t- of the perianth ; 

 :._' inwardly. Ovarj 

 the cells opposite die 



I, or sometimes 1 ■ 

 ..\ul. b anatropa) ; styl< 1 ; 

 lohed. Fruit either ■ 

 ralv< .1 capsule, with locuhcidal ■ 

 .-. nee, or a I 

 with either a thin 



brittle and black or ■ I 

 flesh} 



neous ; > mbrj 

 its radicle turned • 

 The onl) < h 



mi an d an 

 which it is known I 

 iv : the Irids, »"h«« 



I , ,1 bj I ■ 

 anthers turn. 

 the iKiin: 



latter by the lateral 'position of their embryo, &c Noon. 



2d i 



c 111 



Blood-roots and Hypoxids are known, the firs! by 



bering it, since Brown founded it upon Jussieu'fl 

 scarcely be Baid to comprehend an anomalous genus, unli 

 so considered, on account of their fascicled roots, A 

 which are woody, and Gethyllis, because of its b. Dg] 

 from the ordinary characfa r of the Orderwill probablj 



bear in mind the polyandrous srtructureoft 

 the first place, the genuine Amaryllidaceons genus Phj 

 a tendency to produce additional stamens; and 

 itself be borne in mind, which is in feci an organ r 

 mens, l have elsewhere remarked </ t. I. 

 tendency in the whole Order to form another set ol i 





Fig. Clll.-l-anciatium aarmmum. I. » Ho» 



nga coroi el »r cup, between eac ' -, 



CIV.— Alstremeria Pelegrina. I \ 



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