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POLIANTHES tuberosa. 
Common Tuberose. 
) ; | HEXANDRIA aovOGYNrd. 
‘POLIANTHES. Cal: 0. Cor. infera, infundibuliformis, tubo 
erecto, limbo nutante wquali, sexpartito, patulo. Stam. fauci corolla 
inserta : anthere filamentis longiores.’ “Stylus filiformi-triqueter, inclu- 
sus tubo : ,st7g. 3, laminosa, obcordata. Caps. basi tecta calyce, S-loc. 
S-valy. polysperma: sem. plana, gemino ordine. disposita. Radix tube- 
roso-bulbosa, folia radicalia longa, caulina squamiformia ; flores spicati, 
seorsim aut geminatim spathacet. Jussieu. gen. 56; (mutatis nonnullis). 
P. tuberosa. Lin. sp. pl. 1.453. Hort. Kew. 1. 457. ed. 2. 2. 281. 
Redouté liliac. 147. Lour. cochinch. 1. 204. “Ruiz & Pavon fl. per. 
3/66. ‘Salisbury in trans. hort. soc. 1.41... “Willd. sp. pl. 2. 164. 
Hyacinthus indicus tuberosus fl. .Narcissi.. Rudd. elyse 2.39. f. 4.—fl, 
. Hyacinthi orientalis. id. eod. f. 2. E 
H. indicus major tuberosa radice. Park. par, t. 113. f. 1.—minor, id, 
eod. f. 2. 
H. indicus tuberos& radice. Clus. hist. 176. 
Amica nocturna. Rumph. amb. 5. 285. t. 99. 
Omizochitl. Hern, mex: 277; cumicone. — - 
(8) flos plenus.  Tuberosa. I. Trew. Fl. Imag. t. 135. 
Radix rhizoma teres, crassum, tunicato-bulbiceps. Folia phirima, radicalia, 
multifariam ambientia, semi-sesquipedalia, infra unciam lata, lorato-lanceo- 
lata, Caulis 3-4 pedalis, teres, foliosus, foliis sensim decrescentibus, sparsis. 
Bractea part eae. florum communis duas alias unam singulo flori propriam 
includens. Corolla 2-24 uncias.longa: limbus tubo verticali striato ‘duplo 
brevior, obtusus, subaqualis, Anth. virides, erecte,.lineares, introrsii 
verse, polline luteo. Stylus tubo equilongus, 3-queter, glaber, albus, cras- 
siusculus. Stigmata parum divergentia. 
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*Clusius was in possession of this plant in 1594, and is, 
we believe, the first writer who mentions it. The pre- 
cise date of its appearance in' Europe has, however, never 
been fixed, and the country it 1s natural to, is still a ques- 
tion. The Hortus Kewensis makes it indigenous of the 
East Indies; Mr. R. A. Salisbury, who has devoted an ela- 
- borate treatise to the plant, of Mexico. As far as we have 
_ searched, the latter opinion alone seems to be supported by 
any thing like direct evidence. No writer we have turned to | 
even hints at an authority for its having been found wild 
in any part of the East Indies. The title of “ indicus,” 
constantly joined to its specific phrase by the older botanists, 
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