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3-30-32 Romulea
Fl. Vadiv. fr. Porto-Ric west 8 foot near first house (where
gircedogs) Bulb 7mm v with light brown venice.
like (3-7-32) Stvolumine (3-9-32), the lv being slenter
v narrower than (3-27-32), lv being 7-10 cm long & 1mm
largest crosdimension, grooves as in (3-27-32). St. be-
longround 15-20mm long and 2 or less mm thick.
Scapes 1 or 2 each bearing 1 fl. Scape 5-25mm high.
Fl 7-8mm ligb, white with purple veins, the 3 outside
divisions tinged yellowish green with definite
purple veindown ceter, throat greenish white
(certainly not def yellow). Stamens about 1/2 as higb
as periantb, only slightly longer than style; filament
glabrous. Stigma deeply 2-divided (probably lobed)
Perianth divisions hardly acute. Spathe valves 7
mm, the lower many veined. Scerons on margin
inward the acute tip, the upper valve thin serions
(iz almost) except for a few veins down center, obfuse
v when fl open looking broad v purely, as if seen
if looks less & fuse & alows alint yellow each small
tip. Pod now 6mm long is only slightly acute than
spathe. Fr. Scapes recurved but not forming
half circles as in 3-27-32.
Romulea panicflora J.Britton Kn I 393, BOH 468
= R. Columnae S.V.M. Qte III 364, Bon. 304
= Tricorema Columnae Rebb Ber 449
Ident by Kew as R. Columnae Sibet Maus.