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» CONANTHERA ? campanviata. 
Bell-flowered Conanthera. 
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| HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA.—Nar. Onp. ASPHODELEZ. ~ 
Gen. Cuar.—Perianthium superum, hexaphyllum, reflexum, foliolis alter. 
nis ineequalibus. Anthere in conum coalite. Filamenta subglandulosa. 
Capsula trilocularis polysperma. 
Conanthera? campanulata ; foliis (ternis) lineari-lanceolatis, longe at- 
tenuatis canaliculatis, perianthio monophyllo en mae 
segmentis sequalibus. 
-. Conanthera bifolia, Bot. Mag. t. 2496. (slot of BE Pores: horet Eel, 
The root, which is probably bulbous, I have not ‘seen. Leaves, only 3 in 
sheathing bracter, simple, with’ an undivided raceme at the extremity. 
Pedicels rather long, bracteated at the base, bractee small, subulato- — 
membranaceous. some eae 0a drooping, about the size of, 
and very much resembling in shape, the flower of Campanula rotundifo- 
la, of a deep purple-blue, bell-shaped, 6-cleft, the segments oval, ob- _ 
tuse, patent, at length reflexed, ciliated at the margin. Anthers inserted 
rounding the style, and meeting, so as to form a cone. Pistil: germen 
ovato-globose, green, half inferior, obtusely trigonal above, ak sia sina 
oe style; stigma acute, 3-cell- 
ed: cells with many ovules. 
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Mr CruicxsHanks from Chili, and nies ee 
house in the month of May 1826. a : 
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