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 CORBULÀRIA  serótina. 
 Latefloweì'ìng  Hoop-petticoat. 
 Linnean  Class and  Order.  H E X A N D R IA   M O N O G Y N IA .  
 N a tu ra lO rd e r.  A M A R Y L L ID EÆ .  Brown prodr. 1. p . 296. 
 D iv .  I .  R a d ix  bulbosa.  Flores spathecei,  umbellati,  rarò  sohtani.  
 S e c t .V .  N a r c i s s in e æ .  Supra folio  145,  series  I I . 
 C O R B U L A R IA .  Perianthium  tubulosum;  segmentis  angustis,  exi-  
 guis,  patentibus,  aut  suberectis,  coronâ  truncatâ  plerumque brevioribus.  
 Stamina 6  :  filamentis perianthii basi insertis declinatis  apice  adscendentibus: 
   antherce  incumbentes,  versatiles,  curvatæ.  Ovanurn  subturbmatum  
 cylindricum,  triloculare,  trivalve.  Ovula  numerosa,  quadritanàm  inserta.  
 Bulba parva.  Eolia angusta,  semicylindrica,  supra planiuscula.  Scapi plerumque  
 uniflori  rarò  biflori. 
 C.  serótina,  foliis  semicylindricis  elongatis  atroviridibus  contortis  semi-  
 striatis supra planiusculis,  coronà  turgidà  truncatâ  integerrima  rugulosà,  
 stylo filamentorum longitudine incluso.  „  „   .  „ 
 Corbularia serótina.  Haworth Monog.  Narcis. in  Swt. B r it.flo r . gar. n. 25. 
 s e r . 2 . p . l .   e d it.2 . p .X . 
 Narcissus turgidus.  Salisb. prod,  stirp. hort. Chap. Allert. p . 222.  
 Narcissus  Bulbocodium.  Botan. magaz.  t.  88. non Linncei.  (testante  ejusdam  
 herbario.)  ,  r   o 
 Pseud.  Narc. serotinus.  P a rk .  par. p . 106.  tab. 107. j .  8. 
 Bulb small, rounded at  the bottom, and tapering towards  
 the leaves, somewhat like an onion, shell covering of the bulb,  
 very thin, of a pale brown,  sometimes decaying,  and leaving  
 the bulb  naked  altogether when  in  flower.  Roots oxJibres,  
 some  fleshy and succulent,  others filiform and longer,  some  
 producing  other  fibres of a very  small size.  Leaves 2, 3, or 4  
 from each bulb,  tapering  to  a long  slender  point ;  some on  
 our plants,  from  the  root to  the  point,  a  foot  and a  halt in  
 length, bent and twisted in various directions, of a very dark  
 green,  semicylindrical,  and  striated at the back, and  flat on  
 the  upper  surface,  and  slightly  channelled.  Scapes  in  our  
 plant six inches  from the  bulb  to  the  spathe,  slightly flattened. 
   Spathe membranaceous, tubular at the base,  that incloses  
 the  peduncle,  the upper  part  split,  and tapering'to  
 an  acute  point,  but  not  reaching  to  the  end  of the  tube. 
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