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GETHYLLIS SpiRALIs. THREAD-LEAVED 
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Clafs and Order. 
Hexanpria vel PoryanpriA Monocynia, aut PotyA- 
DELPHIA a Dopecanpria ad Potyanpriam ufgue. G, 
3 Generic Charader. 
Spatha membranacea, univalvis. Cor, fupera, hypocrateri- 
formis, tubo ftri€to, pedunculoideo, partim fubterraneo, fuperne 
cavo, limbo hexapetalo-partito, laciniis ovato-lanceolatis, fub- 
equalibus, ftellato-patentibus. F7/. fubulata, a fenis fimplicibus 
duodenifve per paria vel oftodenis per trina junétis ad ufque 
numerofa in fafciculos fenos polyandros fegregata vel etiam 
bumerofiffima fimpliciter aggregata, tubi collum circumpofita, 
laciniis perbreviora. Anth. fagittato-lineares, ere&te, plerum- 
que fuperne fpiraliter flex. Sy/us inferné cum tubo confoli- 
tus inde liberus, filiformis, ere€tus. Stig. fimplex, aut 
tigono-capitatum, Bacca 3-locularis, clavato-cylindracea, fuc- 
culenta, fubdiaphana, deorfum caffa, a germine fubfeffili altius 
fubterraneo per fuccrefcentem fcapum extraterranea evadens. 
Sem. numerofa, nidulantia, fubcompreffo-{phzroidea. G. 
Ozs. Genus in Juo ordine, quatenus nobis obfervato, ob miram in numero 
framinum diverfitatem inftantia fingularis. Eft vero horum diverforum mo- 
ores unufquifque in propria fua fpecie certus et perpetuus, nec fortuifus 
alque rarus ac Ji aliquo luxuriantis nature lufu oriundus ; dum hand fit 
alterius prenuncius difcrepantie ultra mutuas Ea inter Je diagnofes 
valiture, Radix Bulbus oveideus, furfum im ricatim tunicatus, vel modo 
fi ubfquamatus, Sepius membranaceo-vefiitus ; thizoma plerumque umbonatim 
siuminens, nunc altius cylindraceo-demiffum ; folia diu' poft peraciam an- 
i" prodeuntia, jam modo maturafcente fructu vegeta, ambienter fafctculata, 
Merne vaginis fubbinis radicalibus "Garlafe-membranectis colligata, [uperne 
“tgentia, a lorato-lancealatis numeroffaue ad femitereti-filiforma Jubjena- 
a Varie torta, modo plana, modo undata, modo pubefcentia. Scapus fali- 
artus, Pe extrafoliaceo-lateralis, de florifera fubnullo groffificante 
u fenfim produdtus. Bacca edulis, grate olens, varie lutefcens, tranf- 
t tous feminibus maculofa ; pulpd farcta fuccofd, epidermide tela pra- 
vm. Sem, magnitudine corum StnAPEOS. G, plicata e lanceolata uti 
“Hypoxts veratrifolia rectius CuRCULIGINI adjicienda. 
: Specific Charaffer and Synonyms. 
GETHYLLIS Spiralis; foliis fubfenis e bafi tumidiufcula 
femitereti-fliformibus, canaliculatis, nudis, ri- 
gidiufculis, fuperne fpiraliter tortis modoque 
in gyros circumvolutis; ftaminibus fenis fim- 
licibus. G, 
Looe GETHYLLIS 
