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BRODLEA* erandifléra. 
Largeflowered Brodiea. 
TRIANDRIA: MONOGYNIA. 
Nat. ord. HEMEROCALLIDER. ‘ 
BRODIZA Smith.—Perianthium campanulatum, sexfidum, persistens ; 
squamis tribus ad faucem laciniis exterioribus oppositis, nunc antheriferis. 
Squame 8, carnose, hypogyne. Stamina 3, fauce inserta, squamis faucis 
alterna; anthere basi bilobee. Stylus ovario continuus, subulatus; stigma 
trilobum. Capsula perianthio vestita, obovata, pedicellata, 3-locularis, 
loculicidd trivalvis. Semina cuique loculo 4 v. 5, nigra, obovata, striata, 
peltata, testd membranaced. Chalaza depressa —— Flores umbellati. 
B. grandiflora; floribus pedunculatis corymbosis, squamis planis integerri- 
mis membranaceis. 
B. grandiflora. Smith in Linn. trans. vol. 10. p. 2. nec Nuttallit nec 
Purshit. — 
Hookera coronaria. Salisbury Paradisus Lond. t. 98. 
Radix parvus, bulbosus. Folia radicalia, patentia, linearia, acuminata, 
canaliculata. Scapus erectus, teres, gracilis, pedalis v. brevior. Flores 
umbellati, corymbosi, longe pedunculati, spathd brevi, oligophylld, scariosd. 
Pedunculi gemini ad senos septemve usque, erecti, floribus longiores. Peri- 
anthium campanulatum, sexfidum, amené ceruleum, tubo 6-striato, limbo 
patente longiore, laciniis oblongo-linearibus obtusiusculis, exterioribus angus- 
tioribus. Squame tres, albide, ligulate, integerrime in fauce tubi, laciniis 
angustioribus opposite. Stamina 3, in fauce tubi inserta, squamarum longi- 
tudine, (in icone pictoris incurid omissa) ; filamenta plana; anthers lineares, 
obtuse, longitudinaliter dehiscentes, basi sagittate, lobis incurvis. Ovarium 
obovatum, 3-gonum, 3-loculare, polyspermum, in stylo persistente marcescente 
acuminatum. Stylus subulatus. Stigma trilobum. Capsula perianthio 
persistente tecta, trilocularis, semitrivalvis, oligosperma ; dehascentid locult- 
cidd. Semina aterrima, obovata, irregulariter compressa, apice obtuso 
foveata (sedes chalaza), raphe tenui a medid facie in foveam currente, semina 
ideo peltata, hilo obsoleto. Testa minutissimé parallele striata, membranacea, 
albumini carnoso arctissime adherens. Embryo in axi albuminis, extremitate 
radiculari apicem acutum seminis attingente, cotyledonart foveam. 
era ent eee teeta RE ae aan 
* Named after James Brodie, Esq., of Brodie, in North Britain—a 
gentleman highly commended by Sir James Smith for his scientific 
attainments. 
