Curtis Botanical - Plate 271 - Cyrtanthus angustifolius / Narrow-leaved Cyrtanthus

Original hand-colored antique botanical print from Curtis's Botanical Magazine - Plate 271, Cyrtanthus angustifolius (Narrow-leaved Cyrtanthus).

• Plate: 271
• Latin name: Cyrtanthus angustifolius
• Common name: Narrow-leaved Cyrtanthus
• Native region: Cape of Good Hope
• Flowering: May and June
• Linnaean class / order: Hexandria / Monogynia
• Medium: Original hand-colored engraving (physical print, not a reproduction)

Original Curtis text
Transcribed from the plate's accompanying description page:

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CYRTANTHUS ANGUSTIFOLIUS. NARROW-LEAVED CYRTANTHUS.

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Class and Order.
HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA.

Generic Character.
Cor. tubulosa, clavata, curva, 6-fida, laciniæ ovato-oblongæ. Filamenta tubo inferta, apice conniventia. Linn. Fil.

Specific Character and Synonyms.
CYRTANTHUS angustifolius foliis obtuse carinatis rectis, floribus cernuis, Linn. Fil. Ait. Kew. v. 1. p. 414. CRINUM angustifolium foliis linearibus obtufis, corollis cylindricis; laciniis laciniis alternis interglanduloſis. Linn. Suppl. 195. CYRTANTHUS is a genus which takes its name from the curvature of its flower, was established by the younger LINNÆUS, and adopted by Mr. AITON in the Hortus Kewensis. The present species is a native of the Cape, and was added to the royal collection at Kew, by Mr. MASSON, in the year 1774. The plant from whence our drawing was made flowered the preceding May with Mr. WHITLEY, Nurseryman, Old Brompton, who received it from Holland, and who has been so fortunate as to obtain young plants of it from seed.

It flowers in May and June; requires the same treatment as other Cape bulbs, and may be increased by offsets and seeds. At the extremity of each alternate fegment of the corolla there is a kind of small glandular hook, deferving of notice.

This print comes from our Curtis archive (via the Royal Horticultural Society and Wheldon & Wesley). Sold as an original historic plate - please review photos for condition.