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GENUS. AnicozanTHus. iatbeseatsy Periconrum §S sricwsipa 
corollinum extus ome tubo basi i ow m ovario connato, elongato, tandem de- 
ciduo, limbi se sexfi secundis zee ae fauci peri- 
gonii inserta, Ee filamenta filiformia antherz loculis connectivo an- _ 
tice adnatis, Ovarrom cum perigonii tubo connatum, triloculare. Ovoza in 
placentis e loculorum angulo centrali prominentibus plurima. Srytus filifor- 
mis ; stigma simplex. Carsuta infera, subglobosa, trilocularis, apice loculici- 
do-trivalvis. Semrna plurima, Enpzicwer, Genera Plant » p- 172. 
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SPECIES. IGOZANTHUS MANGLESII, Dow. Cave tomento persistente 
eseieg ee peg: antheris muticis filamento 5-plo sag ogee 
capitato. D.Don, in Sweet's British Flower Garden, New Seri 
CHARACTER OF THE GENUS, ANIGOZANTHUS. tacit resem-~ 
bling a corolla, externally woolly, the tube united at the base with 
the ovary, elongated, at last deciduous, the segments of the 6-cleft limb 
nearly equal, taking a secund direction above. Stamens 6, inserted 
on the throat of the perigone, ascending; filaments slender, the cells 
of the anther anteriorly adnate to the connective. Ovary united 
with the tube of the perigone, 3-celled. OvuLes numerous, attached 
to placente which project from the central angle of the cells. StyLE 
slender, stigma simple. Capsuxz inferior, subglobose, 3-celled splitting 
at the top, by a loculicidal dehiscence, into 3 valves. SEEDS numerous, 
DESCRIPTION OF THE Spectres, ANIGOZANTHUS MANGLESU. A 
perennial herbaceous plant, tufted, with a fasciculated root, composed 
of thick fibres. Leaves uniform, erect, from half to 14 feet long, 
smooth, entire, apex cuspidate, point brown, rigid, cauline leaves 
semivaginating at the base. Srem round, erect, nearly three feet 
high, branched above, clothed, particularly towards the upper part 
near the flowers, with a short, thick, crimson down, formed of branch- 
ed hairs. Friowers large, shewy, in spiked racemes. PrDUNCLES 
Se neoelonaapois TO THE ssheenipenidntepeans Ps 
1, Perigone laid open, ts. 2, ‘# stamen detached. 3, Ovary 
cut vertically, ited by the style. 4, tion of 1 seeds. / 
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