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BRUNSVIGIA minor. 
Small Brunsvigia. 
we wey Cen 
HEXANDRIA MONOGYNTA. 
Nat. ord. AMARYLLIDER, 
BRUNSVIGIA. Supra, vol. 3. fol. 192, 193. 
AR ae mere eee can = meee one tomer pee a eT a 
B. minor; foliis 3-4 oblon 
gis humifusis scapo_brevioribus, scapo radiis 
umbelle longiore, 
spatha erecta carnosa, perianthiis 6-partitis. 
For this beautiful little Species of Brunsvigia we are 
indebted to James H. Slater, Esq., of Newick Park, a 
gentleman whose valuable communications have often been 
gratefully acknowledged in this publication, 
We were at first disposed to esteem’ it a variety of 
Amaryllis laticoma, figured at fol. 497 of this work, but 
upon further consideration, and aided by the i 
notes of Mr. Slater, 
ferences. 
ntelligent 
we are now satisfied of their dif- 
Mr. Slater thus points out the characters by which 
B. minor is essentially distinguished: “ The flower-stem 
of my plant rises long before the leaves, that of A. Lati- 
coma, when they are full grown. The spathe of my plant 
is fleshy, peculiarly thick, and continued fresh and erect 
until the flowers died off; in A. Laticoma this is not the 
case. The leaves of A. L 
aticoma are described as 18 inches — 
long, by two-thirds of an inch broad. The leaves of my 
plant are rather broad for their length; perhaps 6 inches long, 
by rather more than 1 inch wide. Those of A. L. rise from 
the neck of the bulb, and are described as faleate; those 
of my plant fall directly, and cling round the edge of the 
pot; in their growth, as well as in their shape, very much 
resembling the leaves of B. Multiflora. The germen of my 
plant very much resembled, in its early state, the germen 
of B. Josephine; that of A. Laticoma, by the figure, 
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