MELANTHIUM EucomoipEes. DwarRF 
MELANTHIUM. 
JHE RES SHEHdee 
Clafs and Order. 
HEXANDRIA TRIGYNEA, 
Generic Chara&er. — ee 
Gal. 0, Cor, unguiculato-hexapetala feu 6-partita unguibus in oe 
| tubum concretis. Germina 3 junéa fapera ftylis acuminata. 
Stigmata obfoleta. Cap/ule uniloculares introrfum conjunéte 
itorfumque dehifcentes, ftylis perfiftentibus roftrate. Semina 
-plurima rotunda. G. 
Ors. Radix bulbus tunicatus. Folia 3—5, perraro plura, difticha, caulina, 
plana, minus Jape fiftulofa, infra vaginantia. Scapus de breviffimo et fere 
| nullo Jpeciatim ipedalis vel ultra evadit; rachis vel pedunculi angulati. 
“Gres nudi {picati, aut paniculato-racemofi, nunc etiam umbellati. Filamenta 
| inguibus vel fumma tuba infiftentia. Capfule coriaces-membranacee nodulofe 
‘Tarus fubinflate. Anne MELANTHIUM viride revera hujus generis ? 
bectes Americang et Indice certe depellenda, VERatRo forfan adjiciende 
| re a ive in plura colligande genera. WURMBEA omnino congener 
reiata, oe 
Specific Charaffer and Synonyms. 
MELANTHIUM eucomoides ; unguibus laciniarum corolle 
ee comprefio-ftipitiformibus, laminis ovato- 
acuminatis infra membranaceo-auétis in- 
| trorfum ventricofe conniventibus, longitu. 
___—s dine unguium. Gz. : 
| MELANTHIUM eucomoides. Jacq. it. rar. 2. t. 452. Coll, 
Juppl. 104. Willd. Sp. Pl. 2. 269. 
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, Bulb tunicated, ovate, acuminate, integument dark brown, 
udex fometimes wholly under ground, and nearly ob- 
°, at other times g—4 inches above it, covered by the | 
Cate cowled equitant bafes of the leaves, Oe ie 
