| THYSANOTUS PROLIP’ERUS, 
~ PROLIFEROUS THYSANOTUS. 
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LINDLEY. 
this Plant belongs., 
. No, 187. 
US. Taysanotus. Brown. PrErRiantuiom 6-partitum, patens, per-. 
sistens; foliolis interioribus Ietor pass Jimbo Mae Gove colorato, aoe 
fim briatis ciliis articulatis. Stray 6, ( , vel hy- 
pogyna, declinata. Finan NTA esis brevia. Atti ns rz lineares, emargina, 
turw, baseos insert, 3 interiores sepius elongata, reclinate. Ovarrum loculis 
dispermis. Sryuuvs filiformis, declinatus. Stiema um. Capsura 3-locu- 
laris, alvis medio tiferi Semina bina, altero erecto, al- 
tero pendulo, strophiolata. es. Raprx fibrosa, vel e bulbis 
asiculatis, carnosis. Fo1ra anguste linearia, sepius canaliculata, quandoque 
filiformia vel abbreviata. Frores ag earner ae ee pedicellis 
medio articulatis. P na, ANTHERE 
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ures valvula exteriore productiore, ex teriores as: albi- 
cantes, in adele Apichen tess CARSULA parinnthic ipa: tent. eases NA 
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crhifotinte soma inserta. ‘Hib UMEN dense carnosum. Empryo cananedases 
wn: Prodr. 1, : 
SPECIES. Tuaysanotvus prouirervs (Livpzey,) foliis wend long- 
issimis, canaliculatis, glabris; scapo prolifero; umbellis multifloris; pedicel- 
rum articulo inferiore bracteis ge (exterioribus ae: sesninibah 
tribus, styloque decurvis. Linbiey: 8 1838 
CnraracTER OF THE GENUS, THYSANOTUS. PERIANTH 6-partite, 
spreading, persistent; inner leaflets the broadest, limb coloured on both 
sides, margin fimbriated with articulated hairs. STaMeENs six (rarely 
three,) inserted into the bottom of the perianth, or hypogynous, de- 
clined. FiramEenT glabrous, short. ANTHERS linear, becoming 
emarginate, inserted by the base, the three inner = ‘the most part 
longer and reclined. Ovarium with di ts. STYLE 
filiform, declined. Stigma small. Gwkie 3-locular, 3-valvular, 
the valves bearing the dissepiments in their middle. Szreps two to- 
gether, the one erect, the other pendulous, strophiolate. 
DESCRIPTION OF THE SPECIES, THYSANOTUS PROLIFERUS. RooT 
fibrous. Stem erect, compressed, glabrous, green, branched, leafless 
