Curtis Botanical Magazine Plate 1046 - Albuca physodes (Dingy-flowered Albuca) | Original Hand-Colored Print

Original hand-colored antique botanical print from Curtis's Botanical Magazine - Plate 1046, Albuca physodes (Dingy-flowered Albuca).

• Plate: 1046
• Latin name: Albuca physodes
• Common name: Dingy-flowered Albuca
• 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:

[ 1046 ]

ALBUCA PHYSODES. DINGY-FLOWERED ALBUCA.

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Class and Order.
HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA.

Generic Character.
—Vide Num. 871. Obs. Differi ORNITHOGALO alternis laciniis apice fornicato-inflexulis inequaltatilate; stylo triquetro quasi ex tribus conerestis; stigmate glanduloso pubefcente; ANTHERICO per radicem folido-bulbofam. G.

Specific Character and Synonyms.
ALBUCA physodes; bulbo subtunicato-folido; foliis lanceolato-oblongis, diu post emarcidam inflorescentiarn provenientibus; racemo pyramidato-oblongo, confertissculo; pedicellis horizontaliter porrcetis; tota corolla stellato-patente; filamentis bafi extus glandulofo-pubfcentibus; stigmate parum conspico, depresso, glandulofo-hirsulo. G. ANTHERICUM physodes. Jacq. Ic. Rar. 2. t. 418. Coll. Suppl. 94. Willd. Sp. Pl. 2. 147.—rejecto Thunbergii synonymo nimis dubio. G. DESCR. Root subtuniciate, nearly solid, of a very close texture and firm substance, ovate-pyramidal, of a pinkish hue on the outside, covered with very fine cuticles; leaves 5–6, 6–9 inches long, 1–1½ broad, appearing long after the entire decay of the inflorescence, feveral, ambient, from upright diverging, oblong-lanceolate, channelled-concave, convolute at the bafe, entire, streaked, shining; scape naked, upright, round, purplish; raceme upright, sparle, from oblongPyramidaic, many-flowered, not close; peduncles filiform, several times longer than the diameter of the corolla, horizontally patent, at right angles with the rachis; bracles small, concave, bluntish;

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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.