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SPARÁX1S lineata.
Red-lìned Sparaxis.
Linnean Class and Order. T R IA N D R IA M O N O G Y N IA .
Natural Order. IR ID EÆ . Brown p r o d r . p . ‘¿02.
S P A R A X L S . Lnflorescentia disticho-spicata, alterna, remotius seorsim
bivalvi spathacea; sjsaiAa membranacea ampliusculaaristato-lacera plerumque
arido-sphacelata. Perianthium petaloideum, superum, erectum, infun-
dibuliformi-patens, tubjiloso-sexfidum : tubus gracilis brevior ; limbus sex-
partitus amplus regularis æqualis stellato-turbinatove explanatus. Stamirui
tubo adnata, inclusa, collaterali-inflexa, recto-inclinata, nunc adscendentia,
rarius trifaria erecta. Antheræ lineares, a dorso appensæ. Stylus gracilis,
directione staminum. Stigmata 3, angustius lineari-oomplicata, recurvato-
divergentia. Capsula membranacea oblonga, rotundate trigona, torulosa ;
trilocularis, trivalvis ; valvis septigeris. Sembla biserialia, plurima, subglobosa.—
Bulbo-tuber ovatum reticulis multiplicibus tenuibus ( externis sericeo-
flbrosis) vestitum; folia 4-10 collaterali-disticha, ensata, dense-striatula,
latitudine bilineari ad uncialem, caulina sæpiùs in axillis bulbifera ; caulis
simplex vel paniculato-ramosus, truncialis ad orgyalem ; flos raro unicus, sæpiùs
in ramo pauci, ampli, speciosi, colore quam maxime bidentes ; semina
magnitudine fe r e Sinapeos. Swt. in Supra folio 160. series I .
S. lineata, caule erecto folioso dichotomo, scapis cylindricis glabris subtri-
floris, foliis ensiformibus striatis acutis, spatha membranacea ; laciniis
apice cuspidatis, perianthii segmentis erectis acutis subtus carinatis.
Root a bulb-tuber, clothed with a reticulated fibrous network,
composed of the bases of the former decayed leaves.
Leaves distichous, ensiform, acute, oblique from about the
middle, from 4 lines to half an inch in breadth ; from 5 to
8 inches in length. Flower-stem erect, leafy below, frequently
forked. Scapes 2 to 4-flowered, cylindrical, smooth.
Spathe scarcely an inch long, 2-valved ; valves ovate, lacerate
at the point, membranaceous, veined with chestnut-coloured
veins : laciniæ cuspidate, or ending in slender points. Perianthium
6-parted ; tube about 3 lines long : throat yellow :
segments 6, erect, tapering to the base, acute, keeled at the
back, and longitudinally marked with a red line, and more