PLATE CCLXV. 



CYPtTANTIIUS OBLIQUUS. 



Ohliquc-leaved Cyrtantlms. 



CLASS VL ORDER L 

 HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Six Chi\ es. One Pointal. 



GENERIC 

 Calyx. Involucrum polyphyllum ; foUolislau- 



ceolatis. perfiftentibus. 

 Corolla monopetala, clavata, curva, apice fes- 

 fida; laciniis ovato-oblongis, incurvis, con- 

 cavis, tribus alternis apice glandulofis. 



Stamina. Filamenta fex, tubo corollae inlerta, 

 erefta, fubulata, corolla dimidio brevlora. 

 Antherae fagitatoe, ereftse, inclufae. 



PiSTiLLUM. Germen inferum, obfufe-trigo- 

 nura. Stylus filiformis, longitudine floris. 

 Stigma obfolete-trifidum. 



Pekkarpium. Capfula fubovata, trilocularis, 



trivalvis. 

 Semina plura, plana, oblonga, incumbentia. 



HAUACTER. 



Empalement. Fence many-leaved; leaflets 

 lance-thaped, remaining. 



Blossom one petal, club-lhaped, bent, fix-cleft 

 at top ; fegnients oblong egg-lliaped, turned 

 inwards and concave, the three outer ones 

 glandular at the end. 



Chives. Six threads inferted into the tube of 

 the bloflbm, upright, awl. ihaped, half the 

 length of the blollbm. Tips arrow-lhaped, 

 upright, within the blofiom. 



Pointal. Seed-bud beneath, obtufely three- 

 cornered. Shaft thread-Jhaped, the length 

 of the flower. Summit oblcurely three- 

 cleft. 



Seed-vessel. Capfule nearly egg-fliaped, three- 

 celled, three-valved. 



Seeds many, flat, oblong, lying upon one ano- 

 ther. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



Cyrtanthus foliis linearibus, obtufis planis, h Cyrtanthus with linear, obtufe leaves, fiat, and 



oblique flexis, floribus pendulis, tricolo- I bent obliquely; flowers hanging down and 



ratis. i three-coloured. 



REFERENCE TO THE PLATE. 



1. Part of the Bulb, and the leaves of the plant in miniature. 



2. A Flower, cut and fpread open, v.'ith the Chives iu their place. 



3. The Pointal and Seed-bud, natural fize, Summit magnified. 



This moft beautiful, and rare plant, together with C. angiiltifolius, (the other fpecles) were introduced, 

 in the year 1/74, to the Kew Gardens, by Mr. F. Maflbn, from the Cape of Good Hope. Monf. 

 L'Heritier, when in England, procured drawings of both fpecies, and figured tliem in his Sertum 

 Anglicum, tab. 15 and l6, under the names of Amaryllis cylindracea, and A. umbrella: but, as we 

 have had formerly occafion to mention our objections, in following that gentleman in his alterations 

 of accepted Genera, in this country; we have, in the prefent inftauce, chofe rather the authority 

 of Martyn, Curtis, Willdenow, &c. in preference ; who all have follovv'ed the Kev.- Catalogue in the 

 name of this Genus. It is true, Thunberg, in his Prodromus Plantarum Capenfium, P. 1 . p. 5Q, has 

 it ftill under the Genus, Crinura ; and, as Crinura pendulum, our prefent fubject, was known for many 

 years. It is a very fcarce plant, and is to bp found but in few collections; the increafe being only 

 from the root, and the importation cf the bulbs has been but feldom. The feeds do not come to 

 maturity with us, of this fpecies; although thofe of the C. anguflifolius are conftantly perfected. It 

 muft be treated as a dry ftove plant, or kept on a Ihelf in the hot-houfe; fliould be planted in fandjr 

 loam, and have plenty of room in the pot. Flowers in July and Augult. 



From the choice collection of Jofeph Cowper, Efq. of Clapton, we were obligingly favoured with 

 the plant, from which this figure was taken. 



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