FRAT SE GCOCLAXEVE 
ANTHERICUM PUGIONIFORME. 
Dagger-leaved Anthericum. 
CuASsS. Vi. VED EK. f. 
HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Six Chives. One Pointal. 
ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER. 
Catrx patens aut connivens. Stamina fila- E expanding or conver . Chives 
mentis filiformibus hirsutis. Stigma 1. thread-shaped hairy. Siaanit 1. Seeds 
Semina angulata. Juss. Gen. Pl. 52. angulated. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER, &c. 
Awntuericum, foliis carnosis linearibus acte 
minatis canaliculatis, scapo foliis duplo 
longiore. 
“AnTHeERiIcUM, with fleshy linear acuminated 
channelled leaves, with a stalk twice their 
leng 
ANTHERICUM pugioniforme. Willd. Sp. Pl. 2. 144. 
AnTHERICUM filamentis barbatis acaule, radice subrotunda perenni, foliis crasso-subulatis antice sul- 
catis apice teretibus pulposis erectis. Jacq. Ic. rar. 2. t. 405. 
Parana sex, oblonga, obtusa, plana, patentissima, lutea, cum fascia longitudinali media utrinque 
idi. Filamenta subulata patula, petalis breviora, flavescentia, circa medium omnia ex viridi- 
flavo dense barbata. Antherz obl flave. Germen ovatum, stperum. Stylus filiformis, erectus, 
> 2 
longitudine staminum. Stigma obtusum: Jacq. Collect. Supp. 83. 
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REFERENCE TO THE PLATE. 
1. The seed-bud, chives and pointal. 
2. A chive magnified. 
3. The seed-bud and pointal. 
RR 
A native of the Cape of Good Hope, from whence it was sent some time since to the collection of 
G. Hibbert, esq. Clapham Common ; where our figure was taken last autumn. It is rather more singu- 
lar in its appearance, than beautiful; but is at present extremely rare, and deserves a place in all col- 
; prefers the treatment of a green-house succulent plant, and requires much air; but must be 
carefully defended from superfluous humidity ; particularly when not in a state of active growth; and 
is best kept constantly in the house, Is propagated by parting its roots, but not very readily: and fe- 
quires a light, dry soil. 
