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TUPISTRA squalida. 
Grey-flowered Tupistra. 
HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
_ Nat. ord. AsPHODELER. Brown prod. 1. 274. be 
TUPISTRA. Nobis in Curtis's magaz. 1655. Cor. infera, adscen- 
€ns, carnosula, cupulato-campanulata, 6-fida, limbo subirregulari subine- 
quali patente. Anthe. parve, basi laciniarum ab axi parv4 media peltato- 
adnate, Introrse. Pistillum urceolato-columnare, inclusum, exsuperans 
antheras ; stylus cum germine isoperimetro continuus aliquotiésque longior, 
Crassus, rotundato-triqueter, erectus, 3-sulcus, cuniculatus, in stigmata 3 
Crassiuscula brevia rotundata patentia intis 4 toto ambitd plicato-corrugata 
Cum canaliculo medio longitudinal discedens. Germ. viride, oblato-sub- 
rotundum exsulcum estriatum, repleto-3-loculare loculis collaterali-disper- 
mis. Bacca? ; 
Rhizoma duro-carnosum, conoideum, bulbiceps, stolonizans, fibras cras-— 
_ 84s tenaces exserens. Folia cuncta radicalia, a basibus dilatatis rhizoma 
inbricaté compactéque ambientia, adscendentia, gramineo-virentia, membra- 
Nacea, costa media firmata, dense nervosa, lanceolata, sesqui-bipedalia la- 
ltudine 4-5-unciali, supra flaccidiora recurvo-patentia acuminata, inferne 
versits longits attenuata in pedunculum strictum canaliculato-complicatum: 
(Omnibus estivatio distincta, spirali-convoluta. ) Scapus radicalis, foliis 
aliquoties brevior, reclinato-assurgens, livido-virens, robustus, rigidus, soli- 
us, teretiusculus, foliolis nonnullis convolutis lanceolatis ad basin, aliisque 
Paucis bracteaceis vagis lineari-lanceolatis appressis sects longitudinem. 
Pica terminali-continua (4-5-uncialis) erecta, cylindraceo-elongata, nume- 
Tosa, sparsa, sessilis, crebra, infra laxior, axi senisas facialibus florum 
‘nterrupte angulatd : bractee herbaceo-membranose, geminate, una antica 
Major corolle equalis arctéque supposita lanceolata concava, altera. lateralis 
- Mterior contigua conformis pluriés minor. Cor. sessilis, adscendens, rachidi 
oblique accumbens, firma, late companulata, } uncie alia v. circa, extis 
~olaceo-pallens lucida, intis melino-squalens opaca; tubus cupulatus, extis 
Plicis senis longitudinalibus prominulis suturisque totidem immersis alterné 
Notatus; limbus subbrevior tubo, recurvato-patens, obsolete bilabiatus, laci- 
Niis oblongis obtusis planiusculis ambitu reflexis, imis tribus patentioribus, 
media minore auctiore depressiore; (latus dorsale corolle propter arctam 
Contra rachidem pressionem discum dat intrusum cum lateribus marginato- 
elevatis. ‘Anth. laciniis opposite, summo tubo ab axi brevi medid peltato- 
Adnate, albide, oblato-subrotunde, biloculares, loculis collateralibus basi 
Subdivergentibus apice conniventibus, introrsum verticalitér dehiscentibus: 
Pollen grumoso-farinaceum. FPistillum incluswm, tubo altius, ochroleucum 
Sepeque violaceo dilutias nimbatum: stylus crassus, germine pluriés lon- 
Jor, obtusate trigonus, 3-sulcus, tubulatus, in tres facile solubilis quasi ex 
3 intds canaculatis confectus : stig*. lobt crassiusculi trini patentes subrotundi 
Cangulos styli continuantes), intus opact plicisque carnosis radiato-rugati et 
Canaliculo medio longitudinali:impressi. Germ. viride, stylobatam conti- 
Zuam isoperimetram pistilli efformans, subrotundum, ovulis geminis paral- 
lelis fundo cujusque locult affizxe. Flos nunc partibus quartam addit. 
Tupistra squalida. Nobis in Curtis’s magaz. 1655. 
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