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CHRYSIPHIALA flava. 
Mr. Lambert's Chrysiphiala. 
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-HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Nat. ord. Narcisst. Jussieu gen. 54. Div. IZ. Germen inferum. 
AMARYLLIDER. Brown prod. 206. Sect. I. . 
CHRYSIPHIALA. (StENomEsson. CARPODETES. LEPERIZA. 
Herbert append. 40,41.) Umbella multiflora, pedunculata; spatha mono- 
polyphylla. Cor. anguste infundibuliformis: limbus tubo plurimim brevior, 
sexpartitus, regularis, wqualis, explanato-patens vel erecta; tubus superné 
et inferne latior, medio vel circitér constrictus.. Corona staminea membra- 
nacea, inclusa (szpé recondita), erecta, turbinato-cylindrica, sexfida, den- 
tibus senis dilatato-subulatis per sinus totidem angustos acutos interceptis. 
Filamenta filiformia, coronz dentium continua, erecta, alterne sublongiora 
vel equalia, exserta vel subexserta: anthere luteze, vibrato-incumbentes 
lineari-oblonge: pollen scohiformi-granulosum ? Stylus stamina plurimum 
superans, filiformis (tortus, intra tubi yentrem fusiformi-incrassatus) : stigma 
ape cum stylo clavatus depresso-obtusatus: germen tubo pluriés brevius, 
obsoleté trigonum, loculis tribus biseriato-polyspermis (non farctis): ovula 
contactfi compressa. 
Bulbus tunicatus, ovato-globosus. Folia lineari-ligulata, vel ligulato- 
attenuata canaliculataque, vel petiolata, dilatata, lanceolato-oblonga, acuta, 
scapo tardiora vel cum eo contemporanea. Scapus erectus, foliis’ sepe 
equalis. Capsulam non vidimus. Hic PANCRATIA flavum, ‘coccineum, 
Jatifolium, recurvatum Flore Peruviane. Differt PANcRATIO corolle 
limbo quam tubus plurimitm breviore: tubo utringue dilatato medio constricto: 
Silamentis rectis erectis ; stylo (torto) inferne fusiformi-incrassato ; stigmate 
cum stylo subclavato. 
C, flava, foliis lineari-ligulatis, scapo tardioribus; corolle limbo divaricato, 
laciniis oblongis obtusis, 
Pancratinm flavum. Ruiz et Pavon fl. peruv. 2. 54. tab. 2. 84. Nobis in 
journ. of science and the arts, 3. 33; et supra folio 633 (pagina quarta ). 
Cor. aurea, clavato-infundibuliformis : limbus divaricato-patens laciniis 
oblongis obtusis: tubus supra et infra amplior, medio constrictus. Corona 
staminea tubo summo inserta, flava, turbinato-cylindracea, limbo duplo bre- 
vior, sinubus senis angustis incisa; filamentis flavis dentium subulato-dilatato- 
rum continuis: antheris luteis. Stylus stamina plurimum exsuperans, in- 
ferne fusiformi-incrassatus. Germen viride, turbinato-ovatum, pluries tubo » 
brevius. 
Curysrpuita differs from Pancratrum, its nearest akin, 
by a limb of the corolla considerably shorter than the tube : 
by a tube, enlarged at each end, and contracted in the 
middle; by straight upright filaments; by a spindlewise 
thickened lower end to the style; and a stigma, which 
forms a smal! glandular depressed turbinate knob at the 
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