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cu ju s tra n sv e rs im q u o ad in s e rtio n em lo n g itu d in a lite r deliiscens. B r .
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o v a t is in c i s o - p in n a t i f id i s d e n t a t i s , b u lb o la n ig e r o .
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R a d ix e fibris plurimis, longis, simplicibus, carnosis, crassis, superne bulbifera.
Bidhis ovatus, subsquamosus, apice lanigerus.
Scapili 4—6 uncialis, erectus, teres, flavo-viridis, basi nigro-fuscus, frondem infra apicem gerens.
Frons, circumscriptione, late ovata fere deltoidea, 3—4 uncias longa, bipinnatifida, glabra; pinnis inferioribus
remotis segmentis iterum pinnatifidis, superioribus coadunatis, omnibus ovatis inciso-dentatis, dentibus acutis.
Spica composita, pinnata, pinnis distichis vel secundis.
Capsulæ plurimæ, sessiles, flai’o-fuscæ, ad unum latus spectantes, sphæricæ, glabræ, demum transversim dehiscentes.
Semina pallide flavescentia, viridi-punctata.
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u e n c e o f a w o o l ly s u b s t a n c e w h i c h is a t t a c h e d t o t h e u p p e r p a r t o f t h e b u lb ; b u t t h i s d o e s n o t
a p p e a r v e r y d i s t in c t ly o n om - s p e c im e n s , w h ic h h a v e b e e n c o m m u n i c a t e d b y t h e H o n o u r a b l e t h e
E a s t I n d i a C o m p a n y . I n g e n e r a i a s p e c t , t h e p l a n t h a s m u c h a f f in ity w i t h t h e N o r t h A m e r ic a n
B . d is s e c tu m ; b u t t h e r e t h e f r o n d is p l a c e d m u c h lo w e r doMm u p o u t h e s t e m o r s c a p e , a n d t h e
f o l ia g e is m u c h m o r e c o m p o u n d o r d iv id e d .
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