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but in general they are about 15 in number the whole; they are all bowed inwards and unequal in length. By the capsule only having 2 cells it agrees with Fimbriearia from whence it seems only to differ in the number of stamens. Whole shrub of a fine agreeable scent. April 1803
Anthericum humidum
foliis cornosis
Leaves semi-cylindrical; filaments wooly; roots globular - depressed
The root of this plant is about the size of an earth nut and covered with a brownish skin and sending forth a few strong lateral fibres Stalk herbaceous, Leaves awl-shaped but semi-cylindrical fleshy and full of juice, Flowers many, yellow, on fruit stalks with a membranaceous floral leaf at the base. Petals with a green keel. Filaments inclining, wooly, yellow. Style as long as the stamens. Summit blunt. Grows in moist ground inclining to base
Oct 1801
I have since seen plentiful in a dry barren soil.