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GETHYLLIS afta. 
M any-leaved Cape Crocus 
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HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Nat. ord. AMARYLLIDES. 
GETHYLLIS L..—Spatha membranacea uniyalvis. Cor. supera, hypo-.. 
crateriformis, tubo stricto pedunculoideo, partim subterraneo, superné cayo, 
limbo hexapetalo partito, laciniis ovato-lanceolatis, subsequalibus, stellato- 
patentibus. Fl, subulata, & senis simplicibus duodenisve per paria vel 
octodenis per tria junctis ad usque numerosa in fasciculos senos polyandros 
segregata vel etiam numerosissima simpliciter aggregata, tubi collum circum- 
posita, laciniis perbreyiora. Anth. sagittato-lmeares, erecte, plerumque 
superné spiraliter flexee. Stylus inferné cum tubo consolidatus indé liberus, 
filiformis, erectus. Stigma simplex, aut trigono-capitatum. Bacca 3-locu- 
laris, clavato-cylindracea, succulenta, subdiaphana, deorsum cassa, a germine 
subsessili altius subterraneo per succrescentem scapum extraterranea evadens. 
Sem. numerosa, nidulantia, subcompresso-spheroidea. Ker in bot. mag. 
1088. 
G. afra; foliis linearibus glabris subduodenis, primim spiralibus mox rectis, 
perianthii laciniis oblongis imbricatis binervibus, staminibus duodenis 
(denis). 
G. afra. Linn. sp. pl. 633. 
G, spiralis. Hort. Kew. ed. 1. 1. 437: fiide Kerii loco citato. 
Bulbus testaceus, ovatus, squamosus, succo subluteo, viscido, odore fetido : 
squamis carnosis, exterioribus abbreviatis; radicibus carnosis, simplicibus, 
fasciculatis, Folia numerosa, é latd base linearia, carnosiuscula, subobtusa, 
viridia, basi pallida, olivaceo-maculata, suberecta, flore pauld longiora. 
Flos solitarius, fragrans, spatha brevi, subterranea, monophylla, carnosa, 
vaginante. Perianthium hypocrateriforme, tubo longo, filiformi, semtsub- 
terraneo, basi albo, apice purpureo; limbus patens, serie duplict sexpartitus, 
lacintis basi imbricatis, ovalibus, acutis; interioribus angustioribus, subun- 
dulatis ; omnibus albis lined. medid extis purpured ; tubus solidus, stylum 
arcté amplectans. Stamina 10 (an 12%), patentia, limbo breviora, bast 
connata, fuuce inserta ; filamenta brevia, subulata ; antheree longiores, antice 
2-loculares, dimidid superiore tantiim dehiscente undulata. Pollen ellip- 
ticum, copiosum, medio sulcatum. Ovarium inferum, carnosum, triloculare, 
polyspermum, fasciculis vasorum duobus septo cuique et cuique axt loculorum 
oppositis. Ovula plurima, subascendentia, placente axili inordinatim affixa : 
canali conspicuo hiné ovuli latus percurrente, inde in pedicello desinente, ore 
Soraminis hilo proximz aperto. 
For an opportunity of publishing this very rare plant 
we are indebted to Mr. Richard Williams, Nurseryman, of 
