ANIGOZÂNTHOS Manglesii.
Mr. Mangles s Anigozanthos.
Linnean Class and Order. H E X A N D R I A M O N O G Y N I A .
Natural Order. H Æ M O D O R A C E Æ . Brown prodr. 1. p . 2 9 9 ,
A N IG O ZAN TH O S . Perianthium s u p e rum , c o lo r a tum , tu b u lo s um , la n a tu r a
p i li s r am u lo s i s , lim b o 6 - iid o , la c in iis s u b æ q u a l ib u s , s u p r à s e c u n d is ; t a r d iù s
d e c id u um . .S iam ire a 6 , f a u c i in s e r ta , a d s c e n d e n tia . A r e t/ie roe e r e c tæ . Ovarium
.3 -lo c ., lo c u lis p o ly s p e rm is . Stylus f ilifo rm is , d e c id u u s . Stigma s im p le x .
Capsula 3 - lo c ., a p ic e d e h is c e n s . Semina n um e ro s a .
H e r b æ perennes. R a d ix fasciculato-fibrosa fib ris crassis. C a u lis integer v.
suprà divisus. F o l ia ensiformia, aversa, basibus semivaginantibus. F lo r e s
subcorgmbosi, e spicis brevibus, bracteis suh-oppositifloris. B r o w n 1. c. 1.
p . 3 0 1 .
A . Alanglesii, c a u le tom e n to p e r s i s te n t i lo n g itu d in a l it e r v e s tito , a n th e r is m u tic is
f ilam e n to 5 - p lò lo n g io r ib u s , s tigm a te c a p ita to .
Plant perennial, tufted. Root, composed of numerous
thick fibres. Leaves uniform, erect, of a glaucous green,
glabrous, even and entire at the edges, terminated by a
sharp, brown, rigid point, varying from half a foot to 18
inches in height; and from half an inch to an inch in
breadth. Stem erect, branched, cylindrical, from 2 to 3
feet high, clothed with a short, thick, crimson, persistent
down, resembling velvet, and composed of branched hairs.
Flowers arranged in short, terminal, spiked racemes. Peduncles
yexy short, round, and, as well as the base of the
perianthium, clothed with crimson down. Perianthium tubular,
cylindrical, 2 or 3 inches long, often splitting longitudinally,
thickly covered with short branched hairs of a
green colour, except at the base, which is slightly swollen
and rounded, and at the limb where they assume a yellow
tint : limb erect, white above, divided into 6 ovate-lanceolate,
pointed, equal segments, frequently united in pairs. Stamens
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