'OLXXIV. AMARYLLIDE/E. Ti 
| Onro CLXXIV. AMARYLLIDEZ. 
Endl. Gen. 174. Lindl Veg. Kingd. 155. Herb. 'An Appendix, Lond. 1821, 8vo; 'Amaryllidacez, 
Lond. 1837, 8vo.  Hxroxipgz, Endl. Gen. 173; Lindl. Veg. Kingd. 164. — VgLLOziEz, Endl. 
Gen. 172. 
Flores hermaphroditi, regulares v. parum irzognlares Persa un supra ovarium v. 
ovarii rostrum j Siepius id rarius in fructu 
persistens, tubo 0 v. plus minus evoluto; segmenta v. obi 6, distincte 2-seriata, nunc 
omnia sub:equalia similiaque, nunc interiora exterioribus minora v. majora v. parum 
dissimilia, v. limbus obliquus, lobis cujusve seriei inter se parum insqualibus. Stamina 
6, rarissime 3 v.oo, segmentis lobisve opposita, ios iE Ejus v. segmentorum basibus affixa ; 
filamenta filiformia, libera v. basi l E branis sepe plus minus in 
cyathum connexis. Anfherce oblong:e lineares v. rarius ovato-globose, nunc erectzo basi- 
fixe v. breviter supra basin dorsifixze v. inter lobos  basaloe MEI SRI medio dorso 
affixa que, loculis 2 paralleli; tiguis rimis longitud rarius 
lateraliter usque ad basin v. rarius apice tantum dehiscentibus. Ovariwm inferum, usque 
ad apicem 3-loculare v. rarissime in rostrum tenue solidum productum, placentis axilibus, 
v. rarissime 1l-loculare, placentis 3 parietalibus. Stylus aor v. rarius columnaris, 
srepius indivisus; stigma terminale sspe parvum subcapitatum v. non i tum plus 
minus distincte 3-sulcum, nunc in ramos 9 breves erectos v. recurvo-patentes divisum, 
rarius in stylo col i rami sti i 3, crassi, erecti. Ovwla in quoque loculo oo, 
2-seriatim superposita, rarius ad 1-2 reducta, anatropa. Fructus capsularis v. succulentus, 
globosus obovoideus v. oblongus, interdum 3-dymus v. 3-lobus, loculicide 3-valvis v. a 
latere varie dehiscens v. indehiscens. Semina numerosa pauca y. ad 1-2 reducta, in 
placentis sessilia v. funiculis brevissimis affixa, globosa mutua pressione angulata v. plano- 
compressa, testa smpius nigra appressa b v. laxa la, rarius valde 
carnoso- v. spongioso-incrassata.  Albwmen carnosum, d rarius exeun semen 
implens. Embryo parvus, albumine inclusus, rarius dimidi i 
Herb:e perennes rarius suffrutescentes v. frutices. Rhizoma nunc repens v. uberosum 
v. in caudicem lignosum brevem v. ramosum productum, nune brevissimum a basi bulbi non 
distinctum fibras fasciculatas emittens. Caulis nune I ; foliorum vetusti 
vaginis incrassatis v. emarcidis obtectus, quibuscum bulbum a tunicatum, et intra 
bulbum sepe brevissime ramosus, nunc elongatus sparse foliatus, v. elatior simplex v. 
ramosus. Folia nunc e bulbo pauoa, linearia loriformia v. angusta venis parallelis con- 
tiguis, v. latiora petiolata venis subdi ibus venulis t connexis, nunc in 
caudice brevi v. ad apices ramorum numerosa dense conferta v. secus caulem sparsa rarius 
disticha. — Pedunculus seu scapus florens aphyllus semper terminalis, etsi in bulbis non- 
nullis ob innovationes jam evolutas lateralis appareat. Flores in pedunculo seu scapo 
sepius umbellati, umbella rarius ad florem. unicum reducta, pedicellati v. rarius sessiles. 
Bractecs membranaceo-scarioss v. coloratz rarius herbaces, exteriores sub umbella 1-2 
v. interdum co, latz, involuerum formantes, interiores sub pedicellis singulis angusto, 
lineares, szepe parvze v. interdum omnino desunt. Inf intra llam in vivo 
observata nunc centripeta nunc centrifüga dicitur, i in speciminibus siodis. haud tuto deter- 
minatur. In Hypoxideis A q 
Species bene notze vix 650, per regiones temperatas calidioresque utriusque orbis late dispersz, 
Tn loeis siccis apricis petrosis arenosisque frequentiores quam in montanis, in regione Mediterranea, 
Africa australi et America australi numerose, in Asia pauez. 
Ordo quoad seminum structuram et embryonis situm Zrideis et, Liliaceis convenit, a prioribus 
habitu et, presertim staminibus seriei exterioris constanter evolutis facile distinguitur, eum Liliaceis 
tamen arctius connectitur et limitibus nimis artificialibus Separatur, ob ovarium constanter inferum, 
rarissime summo vertice intra basin perianthii prominens. Auctores igitur nonnulli ordines duos in 
