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Amaryllidaceae. Fl. Drape garden. Root not collected.
11 in. overall. St. very glabrous, gray-green. Not perfectly
but not perfectly straight. Basal lvs (of which probably
several) 10 in long, 9-5 mm wide at base, with a
frown channel running all the way into the very
fine acuminate tip (effect grass blade). Leaves
narrow white margin which is papillate edge
(20%). St. lvs similar but obtuse. Fls blue (tinge violet)
Pericalls 4 cm long, its 6 seg sep's base but coherent to
look like a flaring tube (2 cm long) the rest of seg spread-
ing recurved. Lest seg narrowly oblong, 8 mm wide
near tip very sensibly diminishing to base, inner
seg similar, 5 mm near tip thence more nearly
linear. 2 (or tacily more) darker veins run length-
wise segment. All seg with a sharp tip at backy
apex. Stamens 6, filaments slender, same color
as perianths, affixed near base of seg (filament on ext.
seg 17 mm long from pt. of attachment, those on
int seg 8 mm long). Anthers whitish, 4 mm long,
basifixed, introrse, those on longer filaments appearing
at (a just above) the level where the per parts cease to
form a tube. Ovary inferior, 3 celled, with 2 rows
of void rules on each cell (in angles when they
join in center of ovary) [diagram] This center point exude
orange coloured juice (at least shows orange
color) when ovary is cut. Style one, linear