ANTHERICUM PUGIONIFORME.

Dagger-leaved Anthericum.

CLASS VI. ORDER I.

HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Six Chives. One Pointal.

ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.

Calyx patens aut connivens. Stamina filamentis filiformibus hirsutis. Stigma 1. Semina angulata. Juss. Gen. Pl. 52.

Empalement expanding or converging. Chives thread-shaped hairy. Summit 1. Seeds angulated.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER, &C.

Anthericum, foliis carnosis linearibus acuminatis canaliculatis, scapo foliis duplo longiore.

Anthericum, with fleshy linear acuminated channelled leaves, with a stalk twice their length.