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EUCROSIA bicolor. 
Particoloured Eucrosia. 
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HEXANDRIA JIONOGYNI4. 
Nat. ord. Narcisst. Jussieu gen. 54. Div. IT. 
AMARYLLIDER. Brown prod. 296. Sect. I. 
EUCROSIA. . Flores umbellati in scapo terminales ; spatha plurivalvis, 
brevior. Cor. supera, infundibuliformis, subringens, nutans: tubus brevis, 
obliquus, coronatus: limbus 6-partitus, anticé ventricosior. Jil. ori tubi 
inserta, declinata, exserta, monadelpha v. infra medium in cylindrum 
posticé sini oblongo profundo interruptum submembranoso-connexa. Stylus 
staminibus aqualis, decurvatus: stig. apex plano-obtusatus, puberulus 
germ. 3-loc., ovulis plurimis biseriatis in loculamentis singulis. 
Bulbus tunicatus, ovatus. Fol. plura, mubtifaria, petiolata, lamina fan- 
ceolata, semipedali, latitudine 1-2-unciali, nitidd, tenera, subtis pallida, uni- 
costatd. Scapus strictus, teres, compressus, levis, penné ordinaria gracilior, 
viridis, fistulosus. Spatha 4-flora, 4-valvis, arida, erecta, foliolis angustis 
acuminatis. Pedunculi virides, stricti, subsemiteretes, inequales, longiores 
viz sesquiunciales. Germ. nitens, viride, ellipticum, trilobo-trigonum angulis 
obtusis. Cor. pariim superans unciam, miniata apicibus viridibus, persistens : 
tubus viridissimus, brevior crassiorque germine, rotundaté hexagonus, nectari- 
Jerus, ore bullatus glandulis 6 plano-convexis subovatis singulatim a margine 
basium sub pedibus filamentorum (non alterné cum iis) affiais : limbi lacinie 
lanceolate, interiores planiores undulate, virore parcius notate, exteriores 
firmiores acutiores subhamato-mucronate. Fil. alba, subduplo longiora limbo, 
pupa patentia, denud de ventre deflorescentis corolla procidua ; posteriora 2 
reliquis longiits separata + anth. virentes, versatiles, lineari-oblonge. Stylus 
albus, 3-quetro-filiformis, rigidior subcrassiorque filamentis, cylindro stamineo 
vaginatus. Differ’ AMARYLLIDE. staminibus monadelphis, PANCRATIO ex 
tubo stamineo deflexo vic membranoso et per hiatum definitum ad latus posterius 
interrupto: utrisque ob corpuscula basibus filamentorum subtensa, substantiaque 
teneriore et molliore foliorum. : 
Eucrosia bicolor. 
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A yery curious unpublished plant, not strictly. reducible 
to any established genus, and appearing to us of sufficient 
diversity in character and habit to found a new one. It 
differs from AMARYLLIs in haying monadelphous: filaments, 
and from Pancrartrum by a deflectent nearly webless hollow 
stamineous cylinder, broken at the upper side by a deep 
oblong sinus; from both genera by six glandular corpuscles 
subtending the bases of the filaments, not alternating with 
them like the scales in some AmaryLLipEs, and by a ten- 
derer and softer foliage. 
