50 LILIACE^. 



DISPORUM. Salish. 

 UVULARI^ Sp. Auct. 



Perianthium campanulalum, hexaphjilum, basi tubuIosA 

 auguiat^ ; foliolis lanceolatis serrulatis basi saccalis. Sta- 

 mina 6, crecta, foliolis extcrioribus pcriantbii opposita, 

 iisdem paulo breviora : >i/amen/rt brevia, dilatata, glabra: 

 anthei'CB extrorsas, oblongae, obtusae. Ovarium superum. 

 Stylus ieresj rectus, stamina longioraaeguans. Stigmata 3, 

 teretia, obtusa, recurvato-patentia, puberula. Capsula 

 f urbinato-trigona, 3-locularis : loculis (lispermis. 



Htrbae erectm^ glabrce. Caules angnlatij apice ramosi, basi 

 vaginati spathis memhranaceis- Folia lanceolatay petiolatUy 

 aeitmifiata, Flores umbellati r* subsolitariiy nutantes^ pe- 

 dunciilo oppositifolio, 



Ohs. Hue Uvuiaria chinensis Bot, Mag. ct Uvulaiia sessilis 

 Tliunb. Jap. cui folia sessilia, ct flores subsolitarii albi. 



1. D, parvijlorum^ foliis lanceolatis cuspidatis petiolatis, 

 umbellis sub 5-floris, pcdicellis perianlhio duplo Idn^iorr- 

 bus, foliolis perianthii lanceolatis acutis, filamcntis ahtneris 

 brevioribus, stigmatibus antheras superaulibos. 



Uvuiaria parviflora. WalL in Asiat, Res, 13. p, 378. 

 Hab, in Nepali^. Wallich. %. 



CaxiKs 3-4-pedalis. Folia 5-6-poUicaria, Qnciam lata. Flores 

 flavi, sequente duplo minores. 



2. Z>. PilstitiiTn, foliis ovato-lanceolal is acuminatispetiolatis, 

 uDibellis multi-(7)-floris, pedicellis flora brevioribus, foliolis 

 perianthii oblongisobluse mucronulatis, filamcntis aritheris 

 duplo longioribus, stigmatibus stamina aequantibus. 



Uvuiaria Pitsutu. Hamiitmi MSS- 



Uvuiaria umbellata. WalLin Asiat, Res. 13. p. 379? 



Hah. ad Chitlong oppidum Nepalensium* Harniltov, %. 



Floret Aprili. " • 



Caulis 3-pedalis, ramosus. Folia 3*{K)llicar]a, unoiain v. 



sesquiunciam lata. Flores flavi, niagnitudine Uvularim 



sessilifolice, 

 Obs. I. Folia in ramis sunt angustiora ac longius acuminata. 



Obs. II. Disporo fulvo affine, quod tamen differt statur^ 



hnmiliore, umbellis 3-4-floris brevissime pedunculatis, 



floribus fulvis duplo pedicello longioribus. 



COMPSOA. 



Perianthium campanulatum, hexaphyllum, basi tubulosum : 

 foliolis oblongis, apice incrassatis; ex tei*im*ibus tribus hnsl 

 gibboso-saccatis. Stamina 6, sequaUaz filamenta subulata, 

 compressa, glabra, basi dilatata ac subconnata: anthers 

 ovali-oblongae, peltatae, extrorsae, duplici rim^l longituili- 

 iiali hiantes. Ovarium elongatum, tiiquetrum, staminibus 



