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736 CLXXIV. AMARYLLIDEJE. [Alstriémeriets. 
antherw oblongie, erectz, basifixze, rectz v. apice recurvie. Ovarium oblongum, 3-locu- 
lare ; stylus filiformis, élongatus, apice 3-fidus, ramis linearibus recurvis apice introrsum 
stigmatosis ; ovula' in loculis co, swpius numerosa, 2-seriata. Qapsula oblonga, apice 
iruncata, peri i b ; loculicide 3-valvis. Semina oblonga, angulato-com- 
pressa, testa nigra ; embryo interdum albumine vix brevior.—Bulbus tunicatus.. Caulis 
erectus, simplex v. rarius subramosus. Folia linearia, radicalia et secus caulem sparsa. 
Umbella terminalis, irregularis, ssepe prolifera, nunc ad florem unicum reducta, additis 
interdum umbellis 2-3-floris v. pedunculis 1-foris ad axillas foliorum.  Bractem yaris, 
stepe basi scariosz, longe acuminatze, 
les v. potius varietates insignes 2, Asiz medic et occidentalis incole. Kunth, Enum. Pl. v. 
816. Labill. Pl. Syr. Dec. ii. £. 1 (Amaryllis). Red. Lil, t. 241 CAmaryllis), Bot. Reg. 1844, t. 66. 
"Hegel, Gartenfl. xxix. 193 et d. 775, 910, 1014. Fl. des Serres, t. 2270. 
Genus. anomalum, perianthio et bulbo potius Zwaargllearum, caulis foliatus et inflorescentia 
laxa Alstremericarum, a quibus patria longe distat. $ 
54. Alstroemeria, Linn. Gen. n. 432 pro parte. —P. thium infundibulif , plus 
minus irregul decid ; tubo 0; segmenta angusta v. basi longe contracta, uno cujusve 
seriei duobus ceteris dissimile, annulo epigyno parum prominulo sublobato affixa. 
Stamina ad basin torum annulo glanduloso affixa, fil iis filiformibus; anthere 
ovoides v. oblongs, basi inirusa affix;, apertz subteretes fere undique polliniferze. 
Ovarium 3-loculare ; stylus filiformis, basi interdum i to-3-queter, apice in ramos 3 
breviter filif intr stigmat divisus ; ovula in loculis numerosa. Capsula 
Iboyoidea v. subglobosa, annulo perianthii persist coronata, truncata, styli basi parum 
acereta id t lata dicta), a. basi ad apicem loculicide 3-valvis. 
py inaía (falso op 
Semina co, globosa, testa ssepius rugulosa albumini arcte adnata.— Rhizoma. fasciculato- 
fibrif (nunq: tub 1). Caulis erectus v. ascendens, elatiusculus v. nanus, 
simplex, foliatus. Folia alterna, conferta v. sparsa, angusta v. latiuscula, sessilia v. 
petiolata, rigidula v. membranacea, sspe torsione petioli resupinata. Umbella terminalis, 
nunc densiflora, nunc laxa irregulariter composita v. ad racemum. irregularem reducta. 
Flores pedicellati, speciosi. Bractez sub quoque pedicello foliacez, foliis caulinis tamen 
scpius multo minores. 
Species descriptze ultra 50, verisimiliter tamen fere ad 30 reducendze, Americre australis tropic et 
extratropies incole, — Kunth, Enum. Pl. v. 758. — Herb. Amaryll. 88. Schenk in Mart. FI. Bras. iii. i, 
171, 1.21,22. Philippi in. Linnea, xxix. 67 ; xxxiii. 2005 Descr. Nuev. Pl.ii. (1873) 70; ert. Mendoe. 
43. Baker in Trim. Journ. Bot. 1871,259.. Ruiz et Pav. Fl. Per. et Chil. 1. 288, 289. Presl, Rel. Henk. 
1.22. . Jacq. Hort, Schenbr. t. A465; Hort. Vind. t. 50... Red. Lil. t. 46. Hook. Exot, Fl. 1. 64, 65, 
181. Bot. Mag. i. 139, 2353, 2421, 3033, 3040, 3105, 3350, 3944, 3958. — Bot. Heg. t. 731, 1008, 
1410, 1540, 1843; 1839, 4. 13; 1843, 7. 58. Lodd. Bot. Cab, t. 1054, 1147, 1272, 1295, 1497. 
Sweet, Brit. Fl. Gard, t. 267, et ser. 2, t. 15, 189, 205, 277. 
à 5. Bomarea, Mirb. i Nowo. Dict. Hist. Nat. ed. 1 (1803-4) 1 ed. 2, iv. 118.. (Vandesia, 
. Balisb. in Trans. Hort. Soc. 1.332, absque char. "Vandésia et Danbya, Salisb. Gen. Pl. 
Fragm. 57.)—Perianthium tubul lavatum v. infundibulif. me, regulare v. vix irregu- 
lare, tubo 0 ; segmenta cujusque seriei zequalia, erecta conniventia v. apice patula, seriei 
interioris exterioribus majora minora v. forma diversa. Stamina ima basi segmentorum 
affixa iisque breviora, filamentis filiformibus ; antherz. oblongze, erectee, basi intrusa affixce. 
Ovarium 3-loculare; stylus a basi filiformis, apice in ramos 3 filiformes introrsum stig- 
mat divisus ; ovula in loculis oo. — Capsula (in ipeciebus perpaucis nota) turbinata v. 
ubglobosa, 3-quetra v. obtuse. 6-costata, vertice truncata, " Semina subglobosa, testa (an 
semper 1 ) pulposa.—Rhizoma v. radices plus minus (an semper?) tuberifersm. Caules in 
peciel lib v. volubiles, in paucis suberecti, simplices, foliati. Folia 
conferta v. sparsa et inflorescentia umbellata v. laxa omnino Alstremerie. - Perianthii 
segmenta variant omnia oblonga, v. interiora spathulata obovato-oblonga v. in stipitem 
tracta, quam exteriora sepe teneriora et haud raro maeulata, ^ ^ — 1 ; 
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