ILHICA australis. 
DESCRIPTIO. 
Anthers cristatae, inclusae. Flores terminales in ra» 
mulis numerosis, quaterni, pedunculis brevibus. Peri- 
anthium duplex. Corolla cylindraceo-urceolata, odorata, 
pallide purpurea. Folia quaterna, obtusa, curvata, sub¬ 
tus sulcata. Caulis erectus, fruticosus, ramosus, bipe¬ 
dalis. Rami et ramuli filiformes. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Tips crested, within the blossom. Flowers terminate 
the numerous small branches by fours. The footstalks 
are short. Cup double. Blossom cylindrically pitcher¬ 
shaped, sweet-scented, and of a pale purple. Leaves 
by fours, blunt, curved, and furrowed beneath. Stem 
upright, shrubby, and branching, two feet high. The 
large and smaller branches are thread-shaped. 
Native of Portugal. 
In bloom from March till July. 
REFERENCE. 
3. A leaf magnified. 
2. The empalement magnified. 
S. A blossom. 
4. The chives spread openi one tip magnified. 
5. The seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. 
