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WITSENIA maura. 
| Downy-flowered Witsenia. 
Scene eeeneeel 
TRIANDRIA MONOG YNIA. 
WITSENTA. Cal. o. Cor. erecta, regularis, subaqualis, persis. 
tens; tubulosa, 6-fida limbo explanato v. connivente : rarils hexapetalodi- 
partita. Stam. inclusa, erecta : affixa basi laciniarum exteriorum. Germ. 
inferum y, subsemisuperum, polyspermum. Stylus filiformis, exsertus. 
Stig. obsoletd trina. Caps. lignosa, trigono-ovata: 3-loc., 3-valv., val- 
vis medio septigeris. Sem. biseriata, angulosa. me ths 
Arbuscule sempervirentes. Caudex palmoideo-lignescens, erectus, an+ 
ceps, simplex v. divisus: foliis vaginatus ensatis, numerosis, collaterali- 
distichis, equitantibus, Jlabellatim divergentibus, striatis, glaucis ; .ter- 
manalibus confertissimis. Flores spathacet: spathe 2-valves, uniflora, 
clause; seorsim bracteate aut. geminatim per squamas communes imbri- 
catas, in caule ancipiti cymosé vel spicatd elevate; rarids in caudice 
sessili-terminales: valva inter. membranacea delitescens. : 
W. maura, spathis geminatis: limbo connivente; laciniis 3 extimis dorso 
hirsutis, ag ‘ mt 
Vitsenia maura. Thunb. diss. nov. gen. 34, c. ic. Ejusd. prodr. 7. 
urr. in syst. veg. ed. 14. 83. Wilid. oe pl. 1. 247. Lamarck. iil. 
1. 108. t. 30. Vahl. enum. 2. 47. Redouté liliac. 245; (tab. 2 
stcco desumpta.) Hort. Kew. ed: 2: 2. 109. pie 
xia disticha. Lamarck. encyc. 3.333. 
AAntholyza maura. Lin. mant. 175. Syst. veg. ed. 13. 78. 
_Bi-quingue pedalis, divisa, necne. Spathe sesquiunciales, inequivalves, 
bifide, per paria in pedunculo communi disticho-spicate, v. sessiles in fine 
Caudicis : paria singula 4 squamis communibus foliaceis distichis simul imbri= 
cata, Cor. 2-uncialis, clavato-cylindrica: tubus viridescens, duriusculus, 
ampliatus in nigrum collum at parim, limbo clauso 4-pld longior : lacinia 
Ovato-attenuate ; exter. discolores, tomento brevi extis flavicantes, intis 
; labrato-virentes 3; inter. penicillo flavo in apicilns, caterum nude ac virides. 
tam. stricta, viridia: fil. semitereti-subulata: anth. vie breviores, 2 basi 
biloba cucullate pertusd stabilius infixe: pollen flavum. Germ. bilineare, 
ovlonsum, teres, apice depressum, subsemisuperum ; pro und Atd parte intra 
corollam liberum, ubi lucido-virens ac levitdr 3-sulcum. Flos totus nitet pa= 
pulis atomoideis densissimis, omnind ac FERRARA. 
LS 
— “ - = 7 : 
This very singular plant, dried flowers of which have been 
long and very generally admired in the Herbarium, first ap- . 
cared in this country in 1790; having been sent by Mr. 
Tasson from its native country, the Cape of Good Hope, to 
. the Kew Gardens. It has however never been known to 
flower with us till last December, when several fine speci- 
mens showed their bloom together at Hammersmith, in the 
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