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FÚNKIA landfólia.
Lance-leaved Funkia.
Linnean Class and Order. H E X A N D R I A M O N O G Y N I A .
N a tu ra l Order. H E M E R O C A L L I D E í E . Brown prodr. ì .p. 2 9 5
F U N K IA . Perianthium in fu n d ib u lif o rm e , d e c id u um . Stamina 6 , m e d io b a s ir e
tu b i in s e r ta , d e c lin a ta . Antherce in c u m b e n te s : loculis p a r a lle lis , c o n n a tis
S ty lu s d e c lin a tu s . Stigma c la v a tum , in d iv isum , t r ig o n um . Capsula t u F
b in a to - o b lo n g a , 3 - lo c u l a r i s , 3 -v a lv is , p o ly s p e rm a : valvis n a v ic u la r ib u s
m u c r o n a ti s , m e d io s e p tife r is . Placenta: 2 , a n g u s ta tm , d e n ta ta ; Semina
d u p l ic i o rd in e d i s p o s i la , e ll ip ti c o - o b lo n g a , c om p r e s s a , e r e c ta , a n ic e a la t a
um b ilic o o b liq u o , d e p r e s s o , b a s i l a r i : testà l a x à , a tr o f u s c à , m em b r a n a c e a ’
f r a g i h s : albumen c o p io s um , c a r t il a g in e um , h y a lin um . Embryones 6 - 1 0 ?
te r e te s , b r e v e s ,^ inm q u a le s , ( u n ic o fo rs a n a d o le s c e n ti ,) a d um b ilic um s ito s '
a lb um in is u n i c a c a v ita te in c lu s o s , e t a b a s i c om m u n i o r iu n d o s (Br ) ’
H e rb® ( ja p o n ic® ) perennes, radicefibrosà. C a u l is simplex. E o l ia petiolata
dilatata, nervosa. F lo r e s racemosi, cernui, cerulei v. albi. ’
I n s em in ib u s F. casrulecc em b ry o n e s 3 s® p iù s in v e n i . E . Don MSS.
F . laneifolia,io\As l a n c e o la tis a c um in a ti s 7 - n e r v i is b a s i a tt e n u a ti s , r a c em o p a u c i-
fio ro , p e n a n t h u lim b o tu r b in a to tu b o lo n g io r e : la c in iis o b lo n g is p a te n t ib u s .
r u n k i a la n c i io i ia , ofireng. s y s t.2 ,
H em e ro c a ll i s l a n c ifo lia . Thunb. in linn. trans. 2 . p . 3 3 5 .
G ib b o o s i a lte ra , fo lio a n g u s tio r i , flo re a u tum n a li . Keempf. aman. p. 8 6 3 .
_ Root perennial, fibrous, white. Stems erect, cylindrical,
simple, slender, smooth, green, from a span to a foot high
Leaves lanceolate, pointed, 7-nerved, 4 or 5 inches long
scarcely an inch broad, smooth on both sides, grass
green above, paler beneath, attenuated at the base, the
m^argin entire and cartilaginous; radical ones on short
channelled, winged footstalks; those of. the stem sessile.
Flowers about 4 or 5, drooping, in a loose, terminal, unilateral
raceme. Peduncles very short, cylindrical, green.
Bractes solitary, leafy, ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, smooth,
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