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ALBUCA fastigiata. 
Level-topped Albuca. 
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HEXANDRIA JZONOGYNIA. 
Nat. ord. Aspnopeut. <Jussien gen. 51. Div. IV. Flores _spicati. 
Radix bulbosa. Corolla sexpartita, basi staminifera. 
-ALBUCA ASPHODELER. Brown prod. 274, i : 
Ventitiee occ: Cor. sexpartita, laciniis 3 interioribus seepé erecto-conni- 
Suthnesn avis omnibus  stellato-patentibus, apice semper fornicatis. 
nigra, queter, crassus v. robustus. Stigma hirtum, Sem. plana, alata, 
nee OritHoGaLo laciniis corolle alternis apice fornicato-incurvis 
Nerassalis 3 stylo triquetro quasi ex tribus coadunatis ; stigmate glandu- 
(io-pubescente ; Antusrico ob radicem solido-bulbosam. Nob. in Curt. 
$22. foll. 871 et 1046. 
A. fastivins _ Div. Staminibus omnibus fertilibus. — ; = 
ae aie 4, petalis interioribus apice fornicatis, foliis glabris, pedunculis 
Albuce pees Dryander Act. holm. 1784. 296. 
Will astigiata, Thunb. prod. 65. Hort. Kew. 1. 436. ed. 2. 2. 250. 
. d d. sp. pl. 2.101. Andrews’s reposit. 450. Redouté liliac. 4:74. 
is Ol. Linearia, primitm canaliculata, dein planiuscula, sesquipedalia, uncian 
Sastioins Capus foliis dimidio brevior crassitie penne anserine. Racemus 
Gai 4 us longitudine scapt. Pedunculi sub anthesi patentes, post flores- 
pemanr tri- ». quadriunciales. Bractee membranacee hyaline dorso 
teranane semiunciales. Flores albi. Petala eateriora lineari-oblonga apice 
paul Bee uncia breviora, interiora ovali-oblonga apice Sornicata, extertoribus 
conven eviora, Filamenta omnia . fertilia, tria alterna paulo breviora, extiis 
eines mus canuliculata; stylus prismaticus sulcatus germine paulo longior, 
viridis me altior, tectus ramentis LOE DEO ES Lite Pier 
ryand. |. ¢. uteis, terminalus stigmate ex angulis styls apice rotundatis. 
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fine genus confining with Orniraocatum, from which it 
4,8 in technical character "by having the ends of the al- 
Segments of the corolla arched inwards, a prismati- 
-sided style, and a glandularly pubescent stigma; dif- 
Cally 3 
sences that are combined with others in the general habit, — 
© bulb being nearly solid, and formed of much thicker 
€shier laminze than in that of Ornrrnoaatum, and the 
tage is less succulent than there. At other points it ap- 
beeches Driwsa and Anraericum. All the recorded species 
s ong to the Cape of Good Hope, except perhaps that which 
aati Obtained the name of abyssinica, the true country of 
Ich seems doubtful. The present was introduced. by. Mr: 
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