Curtis Botanical Magazine Plate 799 - Asphodelus ramosus (Branched Asphodel, or Kingspear) | Original Hand-Colored Print

Original hand-colored antique botanical print from Curtis's Botanical Magazine - Plate 799, Asphodelus ramosus (Branched Asphodel, or Kingspear).

• Plate: 799
• Latin name: Asphodelus ramosus
• Common name: Branched Asphodel, or Kingspear
• Flower colour: White
• 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:

[ 799 ]

ASPHODELUS RAMOSUS. BRANCHED ASPHODEL, OR KINGSPEAR.

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Class and Order.
HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA.

Generic Character.
Cor. patens. Stam. filamentis basi latioribus fornicatis. Stigm. 1. Sem. angulata. Juss.

Specific Character and Synonyms.
ASPHODELUS ramosus caule nudo ramoso, pedunculis alternis bractea longioribus, foliis ensiformibus carinatis lævibus. Willd. Sp. Pl. 2. 133. ASPHODELUS ramosus. Linn. Sp. 444. Syst. 330. Reichb. 2. 60. Mat. Med. 94. Hort. Cliff. 127. 2. Silw. Monsp. 20. Scop. Carn. 2. n. 412. Vill. Dauph. 2. 265. Murr. in Comm. Gott. 1776. 37. 1. 7. Hort. Kew. 1. 446. Mart. Mill. Dia. Willd. Sp. Pl. 2. 133. ASPHODELUS major albus. Hort. Eyst. Plant. Vern. Ord. 9. ASPHODELUS albus ramosus. Weinm. Phyt. 1. 184. a. ASPHODELUS ramosus mas. Bauh. Pin. 28. ASPHODELUS 1. Clus. Hist. 1. 196. The great white branched Asphodill. Park. Parad. 149. The white or branched Asphodel has roots composed of many thick fleshy fibres, to each of which is fastened an oblong tuber, as large as a small potatoe; the leaves are long and flexible, having acute edges, they grow in irregular clusters from the crown of the root, among these come out the stalks, which rise more than three feet high, sending out several side branches, which are naked; the upper parts of these are adorned with many star-shaped flowers, which are white with a purplish line running longitudinally along the outside of each segment.

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