795 
ERIOSPERMUM folioliferum. 
Andrews’ s Eriospermum. 
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HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Nat. ord. ASPHODELE? Brown prod. 1. 274. 
_ERIOSPERMUM. Nobis supra vol. 7. fol. 578. 
E. folioliferum, folio foliolifero, foliolis filiformibus indivisis sessilibus. 
tlospermum folioliferum. Andrews’s reposit. 521. Nobis in Curtis’s magaz. 
1382; fol. vers.; et supra vol. '7. fol. 578. pag. 1. folit secundi, in spe- 
clerum enumeratione. A> GEN 
Introduced, several years ago, from the Cape of Good 
Tope, and was originally figured in Mr. Andrews’s Repo- 
Sitory. As well as its congener, Ertospermum paradowicum, 
it ranks among the most curious anomalies in respect to 
Oliage among the monocotyledonous division of plants. 
he leaves are well expressed in our figure; nor can any 
thing we have to say add any elucidation in respect to the 
Nature of them, or enhance the curiosity of their confi- 
Suration. ee | 
Errosrermum paradoxicum is described and figured by 
acquin in the Supplement as an OrnitHoGaLum. ‘There 
the frond or foliage that is produced from the bosom of the 
Petioled root-leaf is divided, and resembles a plume of 
feathers. ‘These species are the only two yet known that 
ave an accessory frond or foliage, besides the simple 
Petioled laminar leaf, which generally composes the whole. 
foliage of the plant. In our experience, the nature of this 
accessory frond, if it be such, has no explanation, nor can 
We bring it within the compass of analogy with any known 
vegetable. se wt 
