Curtis Botanical Magazine Plate 790 - Hesperantha radiata var. caricina (Carex-leaved Hesperantha) | Original Hand-Colored Print

Original hand-colored antique botanical print from Curtis's Botanical Magazine - Plate 790, Hesperantha radiata var. caricina (Carex-leaved Hesperantha).

• Plate: 790
• Latin name: Hesperantha radiata var. caricina
• Common name: Carex-leaved Hesperantha
• Linnaean class / order: Triandria / Monogynia
• Engraver: F. Sansom sculp
• Medium: Original hand-colored engraving (physical print, not a reproduction)

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

[ 790 ]

HESPERANTHA RADIATA, var. γ. CARICINA.

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Class and Order.
TRIANDRIA MONOGYNIA.

Generic Character.
Spatha 2-valvis, herbacea, majuscula, ovali-lanceolata, naviculari convoluta. Cor. tubus furfum paulatim ampliatus: limbus 6-partitus, regularis, ferme æqualis. Stig. 3, longa effufa, ad tubum ufque diftincta. Capl. oblonga, obtuse trigona, torulofa, membranacea. Sem. numerofa, fere fubbaccata, rugofa atque e rotundis angulata. G. OBS. Bulbo-tuber campaniforme indufis amictum putamineis modo ecorticatus, mox lignefcens, modo hyalino-gellens glanci verlalibus flores fuperi expliciter, mane horum fe claudere ceperunt, inverfo coordinatorum more, quas quoque perfequuntur vices infparium plurimarum dierum. Stigmata longiora, gracillima, linearia, canaliculata, laxa atque effufe projecta. Anthere grandiores, leviter apicta, interdum tremulo-incumbentes et versátiles. Semina e minoribus. Folia baud raro plano-fiftulofa, inde fpeciem exhibentia crasfam, nunquam vero videntur teftelia. G.

Specific Character and Synonyms.
HESPERANTHA radiata; foliis fiftulofis, deorfum vagianter teretibus, exinde comprefo planis linearibus, fpathis adpreffis, corollis cernuis: limbo retroflexo. G. IXIA radiata. Bot. Mag. 572, ubi fynonyna petenda. γ. caricina. foliis anguftiffimis, fcapo capillari. G. In No. 549 of this work, we divided the genus Ixia into different fections, from the 7th of which we have fince conftrucled this genus. Vide Annals of Botany, v. 1. p. 220 and 224.

CAREX-LEAVED HESPERANTHA.

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.