3 “PLATE CCCCL. 
ALBUCA FASTIGIATA. 
Level-topped Albuca. 
CLASS VI. 
ORDER I. 
HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Six Chives. One Pointal. 
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~ Caryx nullus. 
Corot hexapetala ; tribus interioribus con- 
niventibus, exterioribus patulis. 
Sramina. Filamenta sex, apice inflexa, basi di- 
latata. Antherz oblong, in medio affixe. 
Stylus triqueter. Stigma triquetrum. 
Pericarrium. Capsula oblonga, angulata, 
3-locularis, 3-valvis. 
SeminA numerosa, plana. 
_ Oss. In quibusdam speciebus tria stamina ste- 
rilia sunt. 
- GENERIC CHARACTER. 
EMPALEMENT none, 
Biossom. Six petals; the three inner ones con- - 
niving together, the outer ones spreading. 
Cuives. Six threads turned inwards at the 
points, and widened at the base. ‘Tips ob- 
long, and fastened in the centre, Shaft 
three-sided. Summit three-cornered. 
Sggp-vesseL. Capsule oblong, angular, 3-cell- 
- ed, 3-valved. 
Szeps many, flat. 
Oxs. In some species three of the stamens are 
steril. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
Axsvuca foliis lanceolato-ensiformibus : floribus 
erectis, paniculatis, fastigiatis, pedunculis 
longissimis: corollis albis, in medio linea 
viridi: petalis interioribus apice fornicatis, 
* stamina includentibus, que sunt omnia fer- 
Axsuca with leaves between lance- and sword- 
shaped : flowers upright, and grow panicu- 
lated and level: footstalks very long: blos- 
soms white, with a stripe of green in the 
centre ; the inner petals forming an arch at 
the end, and enclosing the stamens, whieh 
’ are all fertile. 
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REFERENCE TO THE PLATE. 
1. One of the flower-props. 
2. The chives and pointal, 
ees 3. One of the outer chives. 
aa a 4, One of the inner ones. 
5. Seed-bud and pointal. 
Tuts genus approaches so near to Ornithogalum, that they may easily be mistaken for each other ; the 
oaly visible distinction resting in the unexpanding character of the three inner petals, or calyx; for opi- 
ey with respect to their denomination—Jussieu, an able botanist (through all the divisions of 
So pope: ), regarding, that as the empalement which we, following Linnzus, describe as petals. In the 
= Species Plantaram of Willdenow we find our plant enumerated under the specific title of fastigiata, 
with a technical description annexed to it. From a plant in the garden of G. Hibbert, esq. about three 
years ago, we made a drawing of this Albuca, but are inclined to think it rather scarce, not having 
_ Seen it since that period, 
