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21. Weldenia, Scliult . jil .* 



Schult.fil. in Bot. Zeit. 1829, i. t. 1A ; Syst. Veg. vii. 1136; 

 Kunth, Fnum. iv. 152. 



Ferianthium corollinuni album hypocraterif orme marcescens, 

 tubo longo cylindrieo, segmentis tribus obovatis obtusis flore ex- 

 panso patulis quam tubus multo brevioribus. Stamina 6 ad faucem 

 tubi inserta segmentis breviora, filamentis filiformibus, antheris 

 lanceolatis basi profunde sagittatis affixis, extrorsum longitudiu- 

 aliter dehiscentibus. Ovarium oblongum sessile triloculare, ovulis 

 in loculo 3-4 ; stylus filif ormis ex tubo protrusus ; stigmate capi- 

 tato trigone Fructus ignotus. 



* 



1. W. Candida, Schultes,Jil. loc. cit. Herba acaulis tripollicaris, ra- 

 dice ignota, tunicis interioribus supra collum productis hyalinis. Folia 

 plura erecta glabra lanceolata 2 poll, longa, deorsuin 4-6 lin. lata, mte- 

 riora gradatim angustiora. Flores fere 40 in centro foliorum subsessiles, 

 singuli spatlia tubulosa membranacea hyalina eincti. Periantliii tubus 

 2\ poll, longus ex spatlia demum 1 poll, protrusus ; limbus expansus polh- 

 caris, segmentis circiter 6 lin. longis 4 lin. latis. Fiiamenta alba 2 lin. 

 longa. Mexico ad montem Nevado de Toluca, Karwinski. Non vidi. 



22. Milligania, Hook.fil. 



Book. fil. in Hook. Kew Journ. v. 296, t. 9 ; Fl. Tarn. ii. 61 ; 

 Benth. Fl. Austral, vii. 25. 



Feriantliium inembranaceum persistens campanulatum basi ga- 

 mophyllum, segmentis oblongo-lanceolatis multinervatis flore ex- 

 panso patulis vel reflexis. Stamina 6 minuta perigyna, filamentis 

 filiformibus, antheris globosis bilocularibus suberectis secus mar- 

 gines longitudinaliter dehiscentibus. Ovarium globosum sessile 

 triloculare, ovulis in loculo pluribus superpositis ; styli basi solum 

 vel paene ad apicem coaliti, apice stigmatosi. Capsula parva 

 membranacea globosa loculicido-trivalvis ; seminibus linearibus 

 apice appendicular, testa nigra Crustacea, albumine carnoso,em- 

 bryone elongato cylindrieo. Herbcc ccespitosce scepissime pilosce, 

 foliis pluribus linearibus vel lanceolatis, radicalibus dense rosulatis, 

 caulinis paucis reductis,floribus scepissime copiose paniculatis par- 

 vis albidis, bracteis lanceolatis, pedicellis inarticulatis. Habitus 

 Astelise ; recedit jloribus 7iermapJiroditis, jperianthio basi gamo- 

 pliyllo,fructu capsular i etc. 



Since the above was written, Mr. C. B. Clarke has procured the original 

 type specimen from the Brussels herbarium ; and the plant proves not to belong 

 to Liliacese at all, but to be identical with Lampba, Benth., in Commelynacea?. 



