354 MB. J. G. BAKER OX LILTACEJE. 



species often very near to one another. Of tbe 220 species, about 

 40 are here described for the first time ; and I have placed as va- 

 rieties a good many forms which may often deserve a higher rank, 

 but which, if so, want their characters elucidated more fully 

 from study in a living state. Half the 220 species belong exclu- 

 sively to the Cape of Good Hope ; one tribe, containing upwards 

 of 30 species, helongs entirely to America ; and the other 80 species 

 are scattered over the Old World, very few of them extending 

 beyond the bounds of the Temperate Zone. 



CLAYIS TEIBUUM ET aENEEUM. 



Ordo LiLTACE^. Monocotyledones floridese perianthio corollino 

 regulari vel aubregulari sestivatione recto, ovario supero tri- 

 loculari, loculis ex angulo central! ovuliferis, stylis connatis 

 (raro nullis vel disjunctis velrarissime ovario uniloculari placen- 

 tis parietalibus), antheris introrsis, fructibus capsularibus vel 

 baccatis, embryone in albumine immerso. 



Subordo 1. Liliace.^ veb-S. Eructus capsularis, trilocularis. 

 Styli connati. 



Series 1. Periantldum segmentis hasi distincte connatis^ 



Tribus 1. HEMEKOCALLinE^. Herbse radicibus crasse fibrosis, 

 floribus racemosls vel paniculatis pedunculis paullulum foliatis- 



Infiorescentia paniculata. 



1. Phormium. Perianthium tubulosum. Folia rlgida^ Flores co- 

 piose tbyrsoideo-paniculati. Nova-Zelandia et Insula Norfolk. 



2. Hemerocallis. Perianthium late infundibuHforme. Folia grami- 

 noidea. Flores sparse corymboso-paniculati. Regiones horeali'tem- 



peratte veteris orbis. 



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Inflorescentia racemosa. 



3. Knxphofia, Perianthium tubulosum, hmbo perbrevi. Folia an- 

 gusta, dura. Cap. B. Spei et Africa trop, orientalis. 



4. Blandfordia. Perianthium infundibuHforme segmentis tubo 5- 

 6-plo brevioribus, staminibus supra medium insertis. Capsula longe 

 stipitata, septicide trivalvis. Folia angusta dura. Australia. 



5. FuNKiA. Perianthium infundibuliformej segmentis tubo aequanti- 

 bus. Stamina hypogyna. Capsula sessiUs, locuhcide trivalvis. Foua 

 lata. Japonia, China borealis, Siberia orientalis. 



