Ornithoglossum. | CXL, LILIACEZ (BAKER). 561 
31. ORNITHOGLOSSUM, Salisb.; Benth. et Hook f. Gen. 
Plant. iii. 824. : 
Perianth-segments distinct, firm, equal, reflexing, linear or lanceolate, 
furnished with a gland on the face above the claw. Stamens 6, 
hypogynous, shorter than the perianth; filaments filiform, slightly 
thickened at the middle; anthers linear-oblong, versatile. Ovary 
sessile, 3-celled; ovules many, superposed; styles 3, distinct, subulate, 
faleate, stigmatose at the apex. Capsule obovoid, obtuse, finally 
loculicidally 3-valved. Seeds globose; testa thick, fleshy; albumen 
firm; embryo minute. 
Monotypie. 
1. O. glaucum, Salisb. in Hook. Parad. t. 54. Rootstock a 
globose tunicated corm. Stems simple, erect, 4-1 ft. long. Lower 
leaves lanceolate, clasping, often crowded; upper linear, much produced, 
Flowers forming a lax raceme, produced singly on long ascending 
pedicels, cernuous at the apex, from the axils of the reduced upper 
leaves, Perianth-segments linear, dark brown, } in. long. Stamens 
about half as long as the perianth. Styles subulate, 4—} in. long. 
Capsule obovoid, 4—} in. long.—Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvii. 449, 
and FI. Cap. vi. 525. Melanthium viride, Linn, f. Suppl. 213, 
Mozamb, Dist. British East Africa: Nyasaland ; near Blantyre, Last! 
Var. grandiflorum, Baker, loc. cit, Stems more robust. Leaves broader, Flowers 
and fruit large, 
Lower Guinea, German South-west Africa: Amboland; Omambonde, Schinz, 
! 
Widely spread in South Africa. 
32. IPHIGENIA, Kunth’; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. iii. 824. 
Perianth cut down to the base; segments equal, subulate, linear or 
oblong-lanceolate, spreading, caducous, obscurely unguiculate, not 
foveolate on the face. Stamens 6, hypogynous, shorter than the 
perianth-segments; filaments slightly or much thickened; anthers 
oblong, minute, versatile. Ovary sessile, 3-celled; ovules many, super: 
posed ; styles 3, short, falcate, obliquely stigmatose at the apex. Capsule 
chartaceous, loculicidally 3-valved. Seeds subglobose; testa brown, 
with a small strophiole; albumen fleshy; embryo minute.—Rootstock 
a small tunicated corm. Stem produced, bearing few or many spaced- 
out narrow leaves. Flowers inconspicuous, brown-black, usually 
produced on single pedicels from the axils of the upper leaves. 
Species 9, extending through Tropical Asia to North Australia, none in South 
Africa. 
Perianth-segments subulate. 
Flowers few, erect . S : 
Flowers few, ascending or cernuous .- 
Flowers many, cernuous . 
Perianth-segments lanceolate i E strumosa. 
Perianth-segments oblong-lanceolate_ ` S 2 SE Ee 
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. I. somaliensis. 
. I. bechuanica, 
. I. Oliveri. 
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