OLXXIL  HZEMODORACEJF, 9071 
Onpo CLXXII. HZEMIODORACEZ. 
Endl Gen. 170. Lindl. Veg. Kingd. 161. 
Flores hermaphroditi, regulares v. parum irregulares. Periantl corollinum v. extus 
tomentosum lanatumyve, supra v. circa ovarium persistens, v. demum circumseisse deci- 
duum, tubo 0 v. plus minus evoluto, segmenta v. lobi 6, distincte 2-seriata, v. specie 
uniseriatim induplicato-valvata v. plana leviter imbricata. Sfamina nunc 6, tubo v. fauci 
v. lobis ipsis perianthii affixa v. opposita, omnia perfecta v. 1-3 ad staminodia reducta, 
nune 3, lobis interioribus opposita; fil filiformia, longa v. issima, inter 
se libera, v. ima basi in annulum connata.  Anfhere ovatwe oblongs v. lineares, szepe 
sagittatz, basi v. inter lobos basales v. dorso prope basin affixse, erectze v. demum versa- 
tiles, loculis 2 parallelis rima longitudinali i v. à latere v. rarius poris termi- 
nalibus dehiscentibus.  Ovariwm inferum, semi-inferum v. lata basa excepta intra 
perianthium liberum, 3-loculare v. rarius septis jam sub anthesi deliquescentibus sub-1- 
loeulare. Stylus filiformis v. rarius abbreviatus v. sul llus, apice stigmat vix v. 
parum inerassato 3-suloo, v. rarius stigmata 3 demum brevissime patentia. Ovula in 
quoque loculo placentz axili affixa, nune solitaria v. pauca collateralia hemi-anatropa, 
nunc oo, anatropa. .Üapsula nunc superne v. omnino libera perianthio persistente vestita, 
supra basin denu. -oculicide 3-valvis, nune omnino infera, perianthio coronata, varie 
dehiscens v. indehiscens. .Seiina in loculis plurima pauca v. solitaria, v. interdum in 
toto fructu unicum, globosa oblonga angulata v. pl p ; testa i ! 
membranacea, coriacea v. tenuis. Embryo parvus, a hilo distans v. ei proximus, in 
foveola marginali situs v. intra marginem albuminis carnosi in canali centrali breviter 
rarius longius intrusus. 
Herb» perennes, glabrs v. tomento farinoso v. lana intricata vestitze, rarius piloss. 
Rhizoma breve, tuberosum, haud raro vaginis foliorum emarcidorum fibrosis cormum 
formans, fibris radicalibus szpe fasciculatis. ' Folia ad basin v. infra medium caulem ssepius 
conferta, swpe disticha, anguste linearia v. à latere planat .bensiformia, vaginis 
qjuitantibus, rarius quaq' Infi ti inalis; nune ample paniculata 
v. thyrsoidea, nune dense cymosa v. simpliciter spicata racemosa capitata v. ad flores 
1-2 reducta, Bractere sepius parvule. 
Species enumerat ad 120, Australis imprimis austro-occidentalis, Afries australis, Americze 
borealis v. australis v. Asi medie v. orientalis incole. 
Ordo sat naturalis et accurate limitatus genera continens plurima parva sed inter se bene dis- 
tineta, Bromeliaceis quodammodo accedit ovario in eadem serie infero semi-infero v. libero, et 
embryonis situ; folia interdum iis Zridearum accedunt, characteres plures Amaryllidearum, a quibus 
imprimis embryonis situ disti d )phiopog et Conanth. 2 plerisque botanicis Liliaceis 
anomalis adseriptze, ab hoe ordine differunt et Heodoraceis melius convenire videntur ovario sepius 
plus minus infero, et embryone in albumine intruso nec incluso. 
* 
CONSPECTUS GENERUM, 
Tribus I. Perianthium persistens ; segmenta distincte 2-seriata, interiora 
exterioribus plus minus obtecta, tubo supra ovarium 0 v. rarius breviter evoluto. Stamina 3 v. 
rarius 6. : 
* Stamina 3. Ovula in loculis]1-2 v. pauca, collateralia. 
l. Hxxoponux. Inflorescentia varia, semper glabra. Ovarium fere liberum, loculis 2- 
ovulatis, Semina peltata.-—Australia. 
. 2. WacnewDonri.  Panieula effusa v. thyrsiformis, sepe. villosa. Perianthium obliquum, 
gmentis posticis d ib Ovarium liberum, pilosum, loculis l-ovulatis,. Semina late 
raliter affixa.— Afr. austr. ; 
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