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CYRTANTHUS spiralis. 
Spiral-leaved Cyrtanthus. 
HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Nat. ord. Nancisst. Jussieu gen. 54. Div. TID. Germen in- 
ferum. — & 
AmarytupEs&. Brown prod. 296. Sect. I. Radix 
bulbosa. Flores spathacei, rard solitarii. 
CYRTANTHUS. Supra fol. 162; ubi omittendum est verbum 
“curva,” et pro “ laciniw limbi tubo cum fauce triplo - breviores” 
legendum “ lacinie limbi fauce breviores,” pro “ Vil. fauci tubi inserta” 
ponendum “ Fil, fauci supra tubum inserta,” ef pro “ spatha multiflora,” 
“ spatha uni-multiflora.” this 
Dignoscatur Amaryuuive ex limbo breviore quam faux tubulosa, 
non longiore; jfilamentis insertis fauct supra tubum, non summo tubo 
infra faucem. Semina in C, angustifolio paleaceo-compressa. Forté 
etiam in reliquis congeneribus. 
C. spiralis, pluriflora, foliis subtrinis, ligulatis, spiralibus, obtusis, glancis. 
Cyrtanthus spiralis. Burchell MSS. ; 
Cyrtanthus angustifolius. Jacq. hort. schanb. 1. 40. t. 761 (non alio- 
rum); tantummodd tamén quod ad figuram bulbi aphylli floridi; folia 
enim in texth descripta et icone seorsim delineata suspicamur species 
pertinere aliene. : 
Cyrtanthus ventricosus. Willd. sp. pl. 2. 49. Hort. Kew. ed. 2. 2. 
Bulbus oblongo-ovatus magnitudine yes ovt gallinacei, indusio glabrato 
JSusco, nervis rectis parallelis remotiusculis striato. Folia tardiora inflores- 
centid, 2-3, erecta, spiralitér contorta, semipedalia, dimidium uncic lata, 
inferne versus attenuata, subsplendentia, glauca. Scapus pedalis, penné 
anseriné crassior, columnari-strictus, teres, viridis rubedine aliqua Ssuffusus, 
lauco rore opacatus. Spatha 2-valvis, lanceolata, subcequans pedunculos. 
Umbella subseptemflora, bracteis interstincta, floribus cernwis miniatis biun- 
cialibus. Cor. clavato-cylindracea, ubi latior diametro fere penne olorine ; 
tubus gracilis, recurvus, in Saucem inflatius et abruptiis dilatatus quam in 
congeneribus glauco aut angustifolio ; limbus pené quater brevior portione tu- 
bulosd, patens, laciniis elliptico-ovatis, exterioribus mucronulatis. Stam. ad 
medium limbi usque vel ultra prostantia : anth. flave. Stylus equans stamina, 
We have no doubt that our plant is of the same 
species with that cited from the Hortus Schcenbrunnensis 
of Jacquin, in as far as relates to the description and 
figure of the plant with a bulb and inflorescence, without 
leaves; but we suspect that the foliage described in the 
text, and represented in another part of the plate, belongs 
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