Conantherec .] CLXXH. HZEMODORACEJE. 681 
inferne. complanatis basi in annulum connatis; antherz erect», basifixs, ovoidez, 
didymze, loculis poro terminali dehiscentibus. Ovarium basi lata excepta superum, 3- 
loculare ; stylus filiformis, stigmate parvo ; ovula in loculis 2, collateralia, ascendentia. 
Capsula basi lata excepta supera, subglobosa, 3-dyma, loculi Semina i ix 
loculis 1-2, obovoidea, erecta, testa appressa ; embryo in alb carnoso longi 
intrusus. EHardtus fibroso-tunicatus. Caulis erectus, ramosus. Folia linearia, pleraque 
infra medium caulem conferta, longe vaginata, sub ramis solitaria, minora. Flores parvuli, 
albidi v. flavidi, secus ramos racemosi, breviter pedicellati. Bractez sub pedicellis 
lineares, summ:e minim:e, bracteola in pedicello parva. 
Species 1, Californiea. S. Was. Bot. Calif. ii. 160. Baker im Journ. Linn. Soc. xi. 4396. (Odon- 
tostemum). 
On»o CLXXIIIL. IRIDIEZJE. 
Endl. Gen. 164. Lindl. Veg. Kingd. 169. Baker in Journ, Lipn. Soc, xvi. 61. Klatt, Ergünzungen 
und Berichtigungen zu Baker's Systema, Halle, 1882 (ex Abhandl. Naturf. Gesellsch. Halle, xv.). 
Flores hermaphroditi, regulares v. oblique irre s. Perianthiwm supra ovarium v. 
ovarii rostrum demum decid tubo 0 v. plus minus evoluto ; 
segmenta v. lobi 6, distincte 2-seriata, nune omnia subsqualia similiaque, nunc interiora 
exterioribus minora v. majora v. forma nec textu dissimilia, v. limbus obliquus lobis 
posterioribus majoribus. Stemina 3, segmentis lobisve exterioribus opposita, tubo v. 
fauci affixa v. plus minus segmenti Gdristod ta filiformia, libera v. plus minus in 
tubum eoalita. .Anfherc ovate oblonge v. lineares, nunc erects basifixie v. breviter 
supra basin dorsifixz, Hune plus: minus sagittate inter lobos basales affix:e demumque 
il s doni 2 ll guis v. tivo angusto separatis, rimis longitudina- 
libus liter dehiscentib Ovariwm inferum, usque ad apicem 3-loculare 
v. rarius in Mirin tenue solidum productum, placentis axilibus, v. rarissime . » 
placentis 3 parietalibus. Stylus filiformis, superne sepissime 3-fidus, ramis subulatis v. 
àpice varie dilatatis appendiculatisve, indivisis 2-fidis v. laceris, summo vertice v. superne 
introrsum stigmatosis. Ovwla in quoque loculo oc, ssepius numerosa, rarius ad 1-2 reducta, 
anatropa. Capsula globosa obovoidea oblonga v. rarius linearis, interdum 3-dyma v. 
9-loba, perianthio delapso annulo prominente v. linea circulari (perianthii basi v. cicatrice) 
coronata, intra annulum haud raro latiuscule plana v. leviter. convexa (false. oper- 
culata dicta) ab apice v. usque ad basin in valvas 3 loculicide dehiscens. Semina pauca 
V- DIBIIETORR, Zneriatim superposita, rarius in loculis solitaria, funiculis brevibus sepius 
phi , globosa v. mutua pressione angulata v. interdum compresso- 
plana ; testa E v. leviter sp ita. Albumen corneum, semen 
implens. Embryo parvus, a hilo parum distans, intra albumen perfecte inclusus. 
Herbs perennes. Rhizoma nunc lignosum, nunc repens v. stoloniferum, nunc brevis- 
simum fibras fasciculatas emittens a cormi nucleo mon distinctum, in caudi 
erectum infra folia brevissimum v. rarius el ductu Caules 
herbacei, in rhizomate fasciculati v. unicus terminalis, v. rhizomate non arbe basi eum 
foliorum vetustiorum vaginis in bulbum seu cormum t 
supra bulbum brevissimi v. obsoleti. Folia ad basin caulis v. caudicis ramorum ple- 
rumque conferta, nunc circa caulem fasciculata et anguste linearia, nunc ssepius disticha, 
2 latere complanaia basi vaginata et equitantia, in caule ipso sepius pauca v. preter 
Mene et spathas 0. Inforesoentia terminalis v. ex axilla folii floralis simplex v. ramosa, 
s li plures f. iculati. Spathse (bractez spathaces) terminales v. 
lateres membranacen Scariosm v. herbacere striatreque, conoavz v. eomplicats, flores 
lectentes v. arcte incl t Flores si solitarii sessiles v. rarius 
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