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ARTHROPODIUM cirratum. 
New-Zealand Arthropodium. 
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HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Nat. ord. ASPHODELER. Brown prod. 1.274. ean 
ARTHROPODIUM. Cor. sexpartita, patens, laciniis interioribus 
Margine undulatis vy. fimbriatis: decidua. Fila. barbata. Anthere basi — 
emarginate inserte. Germ. loculis polyspermis. Stylus filiformis. Stigma 
hispidulum. Caps. subglobosa, 3-loc., 3-valy., valvis medio septiferis. 
em, pauca, subangulata, umbilico nudo. Embryo curvatus. -— 
Herbe glabre. Radix fasciculata, & bulbis nunc pedicellatis Sibrisve 
crassis. Folia linearia, flaccida. Racemi laxi. Pedicelli aggregatt v. so- 
ttarii, medio articulati. Flores penduli, purpurascentes v. albi: corollé 
Post anthesin conniventi et longé ante fructis maturitatem decidud, basi cy- 
athiformi emarcidd remanente. Anthere purpuree v.albicantes. ANTHE- 
Rico proximum genus. Brown prod. 1. 276. 
A. cirratum; racemo diviso, bracteis foliaceis, pedicellis fasciculatis, peta- 
lis interioribus integerrimis, filamentorum dimidio barbato basi biappen- 
diculato, foliis lanceolato-ensiformibus. Brown in Curtis’s magaz. 2350. 
nthericum cirratum, Forst. prod. n. 148. Willd. sp. pl. 2. 146. 
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We have to regret the having been unable to avail our- 
Selves of the opportunity of adding a detailed description 
Of this interesting species; amply distinguishable from its 
Congeners by several striking peculiarities, but most curi- 
ously by the two downy curled appendages that spring 
from the lowermost termination of the upper bearded por- 
tion of each of the filaments. The anthers are greenish, 
and coil themselves backwards so as ultimately to form a 
Complete circle. 
_ The plant belongs to New Zealand, and had been origi- 
Nally observed by Sir Joseph Banks and Dr. Solander, 
during their well-known voyage. There is a figure of it in 
r. Brown’s collection, done by the draughtsman who ac- 
Companied that expedition ; but the species was only known 
to the public by the short record we have cited from Forster's 
‘Work, till now introduced into our gardens by the way of 
New Holland, where the seed had been carried from New 
ealand. 
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