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CÜMMÍNGIA campanulata.
Hyacinth-fiowered Cummingia.
Natural Order. A s p h o d e l e a . Brownprodr l . p . 214.
CUM M IN G IA . Perianthium semisuperum ! campanulatum, 6
fidum, deciduum. Antheree basi emarginatà fdameritis
dilatatis insert®, conniventes. Ovarium triloculare ; ovuhs indefini-
“ 4 " « P-in o sum . CapsaZa trilocnlans, locnho.dodeliiscens
; ZocJiZis oligospermis. D .D o n Mss. latum
Descr. Perianthium semisuperum,
coloratnm, basi circumscissà deciduum : f
tivatione imbricatà : laciniis obtusis, duplici ordine disposit s inte
rioribus latioribus, substautià •’Aam ^euuioribus mar|iue piUs
plicibus (nec articulatis) prmsertim basin versus fimbriatis,
bus omninò glabris. Stamina 6, inclusa, basi perianthii in se rta . fila
menta brevissima,basidilatatà obcuneata, tenuiss.mè membranacea^
antheree in conum conniventi-approximat®, basi insert®,
tusè emarginat®, tune sagittato-lanceolat®, compresso-tetragon ,
biloculares, apice membranaceo-acuminat®, ^
varicatis) interiùs apicem infra foramme ampio obliquè oblong
mùm hiantes : loculis parallelis, bivalves, inferné sensim dilatatis.
valvulis margine involutis, polline pulvereo intùs obrutis, loculos
perindè gemines mentientibns. et ergo anther®
l o o n l a r e s 0 » a n « m a p i c i p e d i c e l l i s e m n m m e r s n m ! ( p e r i a n t h i u m h i M
certè cum apice pedicelli articulatum) triloculare: owZis indefini-
tis (18-20) duplici serie ángulo interiori loculorum insertis,
d L ti t a s rectus, subnlatus, glaher, stamina longitud ne
excedens vasorum fasciculis tribus manitestis, quorum singulo
o “ a n i sépto perpendieulari. Stigma punetum truncatum prm-
nosura. Capsula (immaturam tantùm vidi) globosa, semimfera,
trilocularis, loculicido-debiscens : loculü aborta f '
seZeenta crassiuscula, quasi e duplici laminà constituta, intervallo
angustissimo sejuncta, ab extensione panetis
tam ducentia, bino capsula perindè tricocca.
rrustacoà l®vi— Herba (Chilensis) eZeiians, H y a cin th i> c ie . Rhi-
Z ^ M o u X c r . CenXspithameeus v. pedalis, ereetus apice pam-
culatim ramosus. Folla linearia, canal f i l a t a , apice
aliauot manifestis peragrata; caubna basi semivagmata. Flores laxe
v Z Z l a t ì k Z n t e s , p!lcherrimi. PeàieeWi filiformes, simplices, non
articulati Braote® ovato-lanceolatee, acuminata:, scariosee, nerv
P e T Z L X s em ip o llic a r e , violaeeum, fauce palUdiore, macuksgue
atropurpureis notati. D. Don Mss. ____________
C u m m i n g i a c a m p a n u l a t a . D . Dem Mss. sim enn siist
ConantberaZ campanulata. HooZ:crcxoi./oi. 3. Í . -14. p g- y ■
C o tn tb e r a bifolfa'. Sims Botan. magaz. 2496. non Fior. Peruv.
“ This interesting plant, whose elegant blue flowers, emulating
those of tb eH v a c ta th , justly entitle it to a place in every collection,
is a native of Chile, and was introduced to this countiy a few