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ERIOSPERMUM pubescens. 
Fur-leaved Eriospermum. 
on 
HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Nat. ord. ASPHODELEE, Brown prod. 1. 274. 
ERIOSPERMUM. Cor. infera, erecta, sexdivisa, regularis, subze- 
_qualis, emarcido-persistens, laciniarum series duplex, imbricans, interddm 
biformi-patens. Fila, corollz disco inserta, subzqualia, inclusa, conniventia, 
laniuscula, a basi laté acuminata: anth. sagittato-didyme, infra divaricate, 
irmedio dorso aflixee, erecta, introrse. Stylus triquetro-filiformis, strictus, 
stigmate simplici v. subtrilobo, ppbern’s. Germ. loculis inferné biseriato- 
polyspermis, superné yacuis. Caps. oblongo- y. subrotundo-trigona, 3-loc., 
3-valv., valvis septigeris stellatim replicandis : sem. (ex Jacquino) ascen- 
dentia, pauca, septi margini interne utrinque funiculatim annexa (modo in 
imo angulo cujusque loculi unum) pappo simplicitér piloso yestita. 
Tuber perenne, amorpho-rotundatum, vagé gemmiparum, coalito-soboli- 
ferum, subtus radicatum, intus purpurascens v. decolor. Folium coria- 
ceum, in gemmé singula solum, radicale, involuto-petiolatum, lamind sepiis 
simplice, nunc a disco supino echinatim frondiculosé (folioliferum), vel nunc 
é sint petiolart Sfrondem promittente su divisam plumiformem erectam (pa- 
radoxicum). Scapus nudiflorus, simplex, strictus, elasticus, e quaque gemma 
unus, praeveniens folium. Racemus distans vel proximus, Jloribus subsessili- 
bus v. longé pedunculatis, albicantibus v. lutescentibus, viride v. rubro fasciatis, 
oblongé vel oblaté campanulatis, lineas 3-9 profundis: bractez parve, acute, 
solitarie, partiales. Genus foliatione tenis anomalum ;, ex flore AtBuce, 
ex radice WACHENDORFIA, ex semine TILLANDSI® quodammodd acce- 
dens? 
E. pubescens, folio subcordato, acuto, cucullato, pubescente. Jacq. hort. 
schenb. 3. 8. t. 265. 
Tuber extus fuscescens intus rubescens.. (Jacq.) Folium erectum, hirsutins 
pilosum, lamina coriaced, ovato-acuminatd, parallelo-nervosd, inferné cucul- 
lato-convoluta et in petiolum longiorem subcylindricum striatum pallidum 
contractd. Scapus pedalis v. ultra, filiformis, strictus, viridis, glaber. 
Racemus multiflorus, patens, floribus longipedunculatis, vage distantibus, 
 albidis, tit fstab. vin 5 uncie profundioribus: ped. graciles, Jiliformes, 
elastico-rigentes, corollé quater pluriésve longtores, assurgentes, bractea parva 
hucelaté subulaté appressé ad basin. Cor. profunde partita, biformi-patens, 
igre nectarifero, laciniis 3 extimis urceolato-rotatis infra laxids conniven- 
tibus supra recurvo-divaricatis oblongis acuminatis acumine conduplicato, 3 
intimis erecto-conniventibus obovato-cuneatis, supra orbiculatis eroso-cre- 
nulatis atque plicd brevi posticd carinatis, infra subunguiculato-angus- 
tatis. Stam. § breviora corolld; fil. lactniarum pedi inserta, e@qualia, erecta, 
ovato-acuminata planiuscula, alba, apice inflexa; anth. breves, sagittato- 
didyme loculis basi divaricatis, a medio dorso appense, polline flavo. ist. 
stamina subexsuperans: germ. viride, glabrum, conicum, disco incrassato 
corolle insidens, obtuse 3-gonum angulis striatis; loculis inferné biseriato- 
polyspermis, superné vacuts, ovulis obverse oblongis adscendentibus: stylus 
albus, triquetro-filiformis, erectus, germine pari brevior, stigmate simplict 
pubescente terminatus. Sem. (ex Jacquino) solitaria, lanceolata, acuta, 
pilis simplicibus pappi ad instar obsessa. | : 
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