BRO'DIAA GRAN’DIFLORA. 
LARGE-FLOWERED BRODIZA. 
ENDOGENZ, MONOCOTYLEDONES. 
are Near 
this Peak pelokys 
NATURAL ORDER, LILIACER. — 
HYPOGYNOSZ, Artificial nab TRIANDRIA, 
OF to which MONOGYNIA, 
LINDLEY. this Plant af i‘ OF LINNEUS. 
No. 35. 
GENUS. Bropiza. Swmiry. PERIANTHIUM corollinum, eae eee 
angulatum limbo sex-fido. Stamina 6, perian anthii fau nt impos: a» Tageutose. 
filamentis brevissimis planis; 3 sterilia bi lob 
opposita, Discus hypogyn = sank sei Oran 2 pedicel- 
latum triloculare. Ovuxa Srytvus terminalis, ovario continuus; 
Stiema trilobum. Capsvuta re a, veils a teilbocbie, loculi- 
cido-trivalvis. Semrna in loculis 4-5-obovata. Em orthotropus, in axe 
albuminis carnosi. Endlicher. Genera pee ag . "aa. 
SPECIES. Broprza. GRaNDiIrrora. Smir#. Prpuncvuris umbellatis 
bracteis longe excedentibus, squamis lanceolatis obtusissimis integris. 
CHARACTER OF THE GENUS, Bropi#a. PERIANTH resembling 
a corolla, (from the external sepals being of the same colour as the 
internal), campanulate, angular, limb six-cleft. Stamens 6, attach- 
ed to the throat of the perianth; 3 fertile, with very short flat filaments; 
3 sterile, scale-like, attached opposite to the external lobes of the limb. 
Disk hypogynous, fleshy, three-lobed. Ovary resting on a short pedi- 
cel, 3-celled. OvuLres numerous. Styie terminal, continuous with 
the ovary. Sticma 3-lobed. Capsvxe pedicellate, surrounded by 
the perianth, 3-celled, splitting with a loculicidal dehiscence into 
3 valves. Sxreps in each cell 4-5, obovate, compressed, with a black 
membranaceous testa. Emsryo orthotropous in ee axis of a fleshy 
albumen. ¥ 
DESCRIPTION OF THE Species, BRopI#a GRANDIFLORA. STEM 
bulbous, small, round, solid, externally wrinkled. OurTer LEAvEs 
scale-like, membranous, forming a sheath around the bases of the in- 
ner leaves, which are few, long, linear, acuminate, channeled on the 
internal surface. Scape, or FLOWER-STEM equal in length to the 
REFERENCE TO THE DISSECTIONS. 
1, Transverse section of the seed vessel. 2, Perianth opened, a ei the attachment of the 
fertile and sterile stamens. 3, Ovary and style, 
