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Stigma obtusum, cernuum, viride. 



Cafsuta columnaris, inferne attenuata, subangulata, 



multistriat^, glabra, viridis, curva, trivalvis. 

 Obs. Reiata eric ad Pterygodium. 



A. crispa: caule polyphyllo: foliis crispis, spicamul- 



tiflora. 

 Arethnsa crispa. Prodrom, capens. p. 

 Crescit in Arenosis, prope Cap, in Groene Kloof et 



Swartland. 

 Floret Septembri, Octobri. 

 Bulbus indivisus, rotundus, fibris cinctus, magnitudine 



fabae. 

 Caulis teres, erectus, glaber, totus foliis tectus, crassi- 



tie digiti, spichamaeus. 

 Folia alrerna, frequentia, amplexicaulia , basi lata, — 



subcucullata , sensim attenuata, subundulata, inte- 



gra, lineata, glabra, infima subtus purpureo-macu« 



lata, inferiora tripollicaria, — superiora sensim mi- 



rora. 



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Tiores plures, bracteis vestiti, virides ore purpureo. 



Spica densa, palmaris, sensim fiorens. 



Bracteae ovatae , obtusae cum acamine, concavae, viri« 

 des nervis satnfatioribus. 



Corolla 6-petala , fornicata. Galea linearis , versus api- 

 cem sensim dilatata, subtfuncata, antice carinata, 

 dorso sulcata, curvata, cum petalislateralibus cohae- 

 rens, fornicata, viridis apice purpurascente. Petala 

 duo superiora consimilia et aequalia, ovata, cuculte- 



