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erect, nearly simple panicle, which is rather shorter than the 

 leaves. Scape dark-green, rounded, a little tumid at the 

 joints. The lower bractea is long, lanceolate, of the same 

 colour and texture as the leaves; the upper bractea? gradually 

 become smaller, till the uppermost are shorter than the 

 flower stalks. The capsule is erect, and covered by the per- 

 sistent remains of the perianthium. This plant flowered in 

 a curvilinear stove, and exhibited no indication of impatience 

 of the heat. It is however not improbable that it will be 

 hardy enough for a green-house. It appears to have some 

 affinity with the Phalangium ramosum of Ker, but it is not 

 very similar to any species previously described. It may be 

 thus defined. 



P. Nepalense ; foliis lineari-lanceolatis scapi longitudine, 

 panicula simplice, bractea inferiore longissima subtus glauca, 

 perianthii laciniis patentibus oblongis obtusis : 



XXI. Gloriosa virescens. Lindley. 



Roots of this species of Gloriosa were received in 1823 from 

 the late Mr. John Forbes, along with a miscellaneous collec- 

 tion of seeds and plants from the eastern coast of Africa. The 

 leaves and stem are similar to those of Gloriosa superba, but 

 the tendril at the end of the leaf is not so long. The flowers 

 are a dull yellow-green colour, slightly tinged with dull red, 

 but never acquiring the brilliant orange colour of G. superba ; 

 the segments are undulated, but less so than in G. superba, 

 and only towards their extremity. It probably is the same 

 as the variety of G. superba, described by Lamarck, as 

 having been found in Senegal, by Adanson. In the collec- 

 tion of dried plants from Mozambique, sent home by Mr, 



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