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CYRTANTHUS odorus. 
Sweet-scented. Cyrtanthus. 
cra es - 
HEXANDRIA J/ONOGYNI4. 
Nat. ord. Narciss1. Jussieu gen. 54. Div. I. 
' AMARYLLIDER. Brown prod. 1.296. Sect. £ 
CYRTANTHUS. Spatha uniflora v. umbellato-multifiora. Cor. nu- 
tans v. cernua, elongato-oblonga, tubulato-infundibuliformis,: curva, limbo 
regulari subzquali, laciniis oblongis fauce brevioribus. Fil. brevia, fauce 
longé supra tubum inserta. Sem. numerosa, biseriato-cumulata, paleaceo- 
compressa, testa fuscata. 
Cetera omnind AMARYLLIDIS; unde discrepat limbo ‘breviore fauce, 
non longiore,. filamentis fauce longé supra tubum insertis, non ore tubi 
infra faucem. 
C. odorus, pauci (42) flora; corolla rectiuscula subnutante, fauce angust? 
turbinata, limbi-laciniis subdistantibus:. antheris fauce inclusis, alternis 3 
ceteris pro duplo eorum longitudinis demissioribus: foliis non glaucis. 
Fol. 2-3, angusta, lineari-lorata, deorsim attenuata, longitudine scapi, 
non glauca. Umbella floribus pluribus (4) odoratis punicantibus: pedunc. 
pluries breviores floribus, vel subnulli, virentes: spatha sphacelata, lanceo- 
lata, triplo fere. brevior umbella. Cor. anguste iubaia, unciis 2 lon- 
gior, curvo lent obsoletiore nutans ; tubus gracilis, rotundaté trigonus in 
faucem equabilitér transeuns; faux anguste iurbinata; limbus tubo cum 
fauce 4-plo fermé brevior, patens, laciniis subdistantibus lineari-oblongis 
planis obtusulis exterioribus subangustioribus acutioribusque: Stam. fauce 
inclusa: fil, brevia, conniventia, subulata, alterna 3 brevissima fauct proximeé 
infra limbum inserta antheris incumbentibus, 3 altera plurimim demissiora 
antheris erectis: anth. oblonga, polline flavo. Germ. oblongum, minimun, 
fusco-virens, ovulis numerosis compressis biseriato-cumulatis: stylus filifor- 
mis, medium attingens limbum, supra roseus: stig. 3. 
An unrecorded species, introduced about two years ago 
from the Cape of Good Hope, by Messrs. Colville of the 
Chelsea-Nursery, in the King’s Road, where the drawing 
was taken. It differs from all the species we are acquainted 
with, by the deep crimson hue and fragrance of the flowers: 
specially from collinus (see v. 2. fol. 162) by a foliage 
which is not glaucous, by a fewer-flowered more upright 
umbel, longer less curved slenderer corolla, more narrowly 
turbinate faux, less contiguously spreading segments, and 
essentially by having 3 alternate stamens placed lower than 
the others by twice the length of their anthers (when they 
have shed the pollen); whereas in collinus the tips of these 
reach to the base of the three upper, and rather above; 
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