Curtis Botanical Magazine Plate 816 - Anthericum frutescens (Onion-leaved Anthericum) | Original Hand-Colored Print

Original hand-colored antique botanical print from Curtis's Botanical Magazine - Plate 816, Anthericum frutescens (Onion-leaved Anthericum).

• Plate: 816
• Latin name: Anthericum frutescens
• Common name: Onion-leaved Anthericum
• Linnaean class / order: Hexandria / Monogynia
• Publication: Feb 1, 1805
• Artist: Syd. Edwards del.
• 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:

[ 816 ]

ANTHERICUM FRUTESCENS. ONION-LEAVED ANTHERICUM.

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Class and Order.
HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA.

Generic Character.
Cor. 6-partita, basi staminifera patens aut connivens, Stam. filamentis filiformibus hirsutis. Stigm. 1. Sem. angulata. Fruct. Radix fibrosa, flores spicati. OBS. Genus reformandum et dividendum. ANTHERICUM Liliastrum, supra No. 318, HEMEROCALLIDII quam maxime affine, vel congener forsitan. G.

Specific Character and Synonyms.
ANTHERICUM frutescens rhizomete simpliciter fed longius caudescente, superne sæpius radicante; foliis subtermnalibus crassis, femitereti bus, subulato-produ ćtis, basi amplexicaulibus, inferioribus desiccantibus; racemo crebro, longissimo; bracteis parvulis, basi lanato-ciliatis. G. ANTHERICUM frutescens. Sp. Pl. 445. Syst. 330. Gærtn. Sem. 1. p. 55. t. 16. f. 1. Mill. Dict. 4. Hort. Kew. 1. p. 449. Med. Bot. Beob. 49. Lam. Dict. n. 1. Willd. Sp. Pl. 2. 142. Decand. Pl. Gr. 14. t. 14. BULBINE caulescens. Hort. Cliff. 122. Roy. Lngd. 122. ANTHERICUM caulescens foliis pulposis teretibus subulatis superne convexo-planis. Warb. Utr. 305. PHALANCIUM africanum foliis ficoidis, floribus spicatis aureis. Boerb. Ind. Alt. 134. PHALANCIUM capense caulescens foliis cepitii fuccosis. Dill. Elth. 310. t. 231. f. 298. PHALANCIUM

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