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GRIFFINIA parviflora. 
Small-flowered Griffinia. 
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HEXANDRIA MONOGYNI4. 
Nat. ord. Narcisst. Jussieu gen. 54. Div. IT. 
- AMARYLLIDEZ. Brown prod. 1.296. Sect. I. 
GRIFFINIA, Nobis supra fol. verso 444, in notd. Spatha bivalvis 
umbellé polyanth’ brevior. Cor. infundibuliformis, nutans; éubus brevis; 
limbus 6-partitus ineequalis bilabiato-campanulatus, Fi/. summo tubo inserta, 
alterné longiora, unum assurgens, cztera declinata: anth. incumbentes. 
Germ. 3-loculare; ovulis 2 parallelo-erectis imo cujusque loculamenti angulo 
annexis. Stylus tristriato-filiformis: stig. simplex. Capsula pedunculata, 
membranacea: sem. subsolitaria, obovata, nitida, apice chalazd fuscd in- 
signita. 
eBulbus tunicatus. Flores scapum subcylindricum terminantes, violaceo et 
albo varit. Fol. 2-3, coriacea, petiolata, lamind oblongd costato-nervosé, 
reticulato-venosd. Differt AMARYLLIDE stamine wno ceterorum directione 
deflectente; ovulis parallelo-gemellis erectis fundo loculamentorum insitis ; 
foliis petiolatis, cum nervis pluribus longitudinalibus costato-prominentibus, 
Semina, secundum observationes Dom. Brown, obovata, ventricosa, ni- 
tentia ochroleuca; umbilicus basilaris; apex chalazd fusca insignitus; raphe 
tenuis, immersa: integumentum duplex, exterius membranaceum nitens, per 
lentem pulchré areolatum, ventre longitudinalitér incrassatum, presertim in 
regione umbilici; membrana propria tenuissima, albumini adherens, separa- 
bilis tamen, evasculosa, bast chalaze inserta ceterim libera: albumen semini 
conforme, dense carnosum: embryo axilis, longitudine dimidit albuminis, cy- 
lindraceus; radicula umbilico approximata, apice exserto. Brown MSS. 
G. parviflora, foliis ovali-lanceolatis petiolo transversé ancipiti; umbella in- 
signids pedunculata; coroll laciniis uniformibus. Mg 
Bulbus ovatus, ovum columbinum mole subequans. Folia GRIFFINIE 
hyacinthine minora; petiolo transverse compresso. Scapus tereti-subcom- 
pressus. Spatha arida, reflexa, valvis lanceolatis. Cor. lilacino-pallescens, 
turbinato-rotata, % uncie longitudine vix excedens: tubus germinis con- 
coloris isoperimetri continuus, multoties brevior limbo: limbi' lacinie 5 
labium superius constituentes, altera porrectior inferius; omnes spathulato-. 
lanceolate, 3 exteriores mucronate, 3 superiores coloratiores proximiores, 
summa media sublatior, laterales 2 inferiores divaricate, ima media reli- 
quis plurimiim minor, albicans. Stam. bis fere breviora limbo: fil. violaceo- 
albicantia, subulato-filiformia. Germ. ovalt-oblongum, lucidum: stylus vio- 
laceo-pallescens, rectior, subulato-filiformis, strictus, triqueter, puncto stig- 
matoso nudo acuto terminatus. Sem. obovato-oblonga, lucida, melino et 
fusco varia, magnitudine Pist grandiusculi. 
This genus, founded on Amaryuis hyacinthina, was pro- 
posed in a note at the end of the 444th article of our Re- 
gister. ‘Since then the present species has been introduced 
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