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ARETHUSA PLICATA. 
Plaited-leaved Arethufa. 
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 GYNANDRIA DIANDRIA. Chives on the Pointal. Two Chives. 
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— <<: * i GENERIC CHARACTER. 
‘ Be © Cts. Spatha fliacea. “"erianthi um nullum. EMPALEMENT. Sheath leafy. Ip none. 
- a OLLA ringens; petala quinque, oblonga, Briossom gaping. Five petals, ob 
~~ hat * fubaequalia, do exteriora, omnia conpi- equal, two outer, all convergi C 
5 Ph : ventia in et. 
ee » Nectarium showeptiy this bafi oe Honey-cup gine tubula 
a ae intra corollz fundum, bipartitum; labio in- _ within the bottom of the 
Me 4» _ feriore reflexo, lato, rugofo, “ioniivatae parted; lower lip reflexed, bri 
zz petalorum, propendente ; labio fuperiore the length of the petals, hangin te 
i re dances rimo, ftylo adnato, apice lo- _ wards; upper lip linear, very delicate, fixed 
to the fhaft, lobed at top. . met 
Same: Filame nta duo, breviffima, — Curves. Two threads, very thort, 4: ng a 
a, apict i ‘inhdentia. | Anther ere sree, com- ~~ the top of the pointal, — 
 prefie, Pp il rioris nec : flattened, covered by t the 
inner lip of the honey-cup. 
Germen oblongum, inferum., PorntaL. Seed-bud oblong, beneath. a 
blongus, incurvus, labio inferiore_ oblong, incurved, cloathed by the inner lip 
Stigma i dibuliforme. the honey-cup. Summit funnel- . 
B Capfala oblongo-ovata, unilo- Srep-vesseL. Capfule oblong egg-fhaped, one- 
 cularis, tri-valvis, angulis dehiscens, celled, three-valved, {plitting at the angles. 
Semina numerofa, acerofa, SzEps numerous, chaffy. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
dts rie globofa ; folio cordato, plicato, Arethufa witha globular root; leaf heart- -fhaped, . 
* hirfu plaited and ad 
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REFERENCE TO THE PLATE. 2 
' 1. The Plant, after the Flower has difappeared. 
»2. The Petals of the Flower, fpread open. 
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5. The fame, ogni he hood,. to which the chives are attached, lifted up» 
nis fingular little bulbous rooted plant was received pcr year, 1803, in the month of April, i, among 
~~ number ye other curious new sig — bulbs, from the Eaft-Indies, by Aylmer Bourke Lam edorable 
= by whom they have'been communicated to different colle@ions. Although the plant has con® 
affinity with, Avethula, yet we eters doubts whether it fhould not be place 
ts = of the pes characters of the former genus, and but few, and thofe bu nee 
ponde to the latter. We have, notwithftanding, given it the title under which i the lant ee 
gecireys Bec hetgmeat to what we conceive better authority. There is little doubt cet the p Awe 
*. will foon be loft i in ~ eelleSions, as but few of this natural order are either to be propagated : yee oo 
: any cultivation € are at prefent scqolicill with. Our figure was taken fae a plan 
red in the he Wetchionfe of J. Vere, Efquire, Kenfington Gore, in the month of J aie, be eae ih the 
any appearance of either root or leaf from the bulb. It was in flower at the fame j 
n of Sir Abraham Hume, Bart. Wormley-Bury, Herts. oot 
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