48 CHILI. [Asphodelem. 



umbella multiflora, pedunculis involucro longioribus glabris subramosis, perianthii laciniis 

 subaequalibus. — Linn. — Bot. Mag. t. 1613. Bot. Reg. t. 649. — Hemerocallis, &c. Feuill. 

 Chil. v. 2. t. 6. 



Hab. Conception. — From this the A. acutifolia of Link and Otto is chiefly to be distinguished by the 

 leaves and the peduncles being pubescent. 



Ord. LXVI. DIOSCORE^. Br. 

 1. DIOSCOREA. Linn. 



1. D. gracilis ; cauleglabro, foliis cordato-ovatis acuminatis 7-9-nerviis glabris, racemis 

 axillaribus rarifloris, floribus masculis subbinis, fructibus subrotundis 3-alatis. 



Hab. Valparaiso. 



2. D. obtusifolia ; caule glabro, foliis alternis cordato-subrotundis mucronulatis 7-ner- 

 viis utrinque glabris, racemis axillaribus subsimplicibus elongatis rarifloris, floribus (mas- 

 culis) pedicellatis subternis. 



Hab. Island of Quiriguina, near Conception. 



Ord. LXVII. ASPHODELEiE. Br. 

 1. LUZURIAGA. Ruiz Sf Pav. 

 1. L. radicans ; caule sufFruticoso geniculato folioso scandente radicante, foliis alternis 

 lanceolatis obliquis, pedunculis axillaribus divisis. Spr. — Ruiz et Pav. Fl. Per. v. 3. t. 298. 

 Hab. Conception. 



2. LEUCOCORYNE. Lindl. 

 Perianthium hypocrateriforme, cum pedicello continuum, limbo 6-partito. Stamina 3 

 fertilia e tubo exorta; 3 sterilia carnosa teretia e fauce laciniis corollinis opposita. 

 Squama hypogynae nullae. Ovarium sessile triloculare polyspermum ; stylus teres, cum 

 ovario articulatum; stigma simplex. — Herbas (chilenses,) cormis induviatis. Flores umbel- 

 lati. Lindl. 



1. L. odorata; foliis linearibus glaucis, limbi laciniis lanceolatis sublaciniatis, staminibus 

 sterilibus subulatis obtusis, pedunculis subaequalibus tubo brevioribus. Lindl. in Bot. 

 Reg. t. 1293. 



Hab. Valparaiso. 



2. L. alliacea ; foliis linearibus, limbi laciniis erectis acuminatis subaequalibus, stamini- 

 bus sterilibus clavatis, pedunculis valde inaequalibus ; longioribus capillaribus. Lindl. in 

 Bot. Reg. sub. t. 1293. 



Hab. Conception. — One other species, L. ixioides, (Brodima ixioides, Bot. Mag. t. 2382,) is known. 

 Allied to this genus is Triteleia, Hook. In it, however, there are six fertile stamens, a pedunculated ovari- 

 um, with which the style is continuous, and three stigmas : of three species mentioned by Mr. Lindley, one, 

 T. bivalvis, is from Chili. 



