Agavea.] ' CLXXIV.. AMARYLLIDEJE. 739 
61. Furerca, Vent. in Bull. Soc. Philom. Par.i. 65. (Fourcroya, Schult. Syst. vii. 
42, 730. Funium, Willem. SHerb; — 26. )—Perianthium tubo vix ullo fere ad basin 
partitum, seg til Stamina cux Segmentorum 
affixa iisque breviora, eiocia, Sidon tüfis medium t dil su- 
perne breviter subulatis; anther: lineari-oblong:e, dorsifixse, basi prime -lob:e. Ovarium 
oblongum, 3-loculare, superne sspe in rostrum breve tractum ; stylus col 
infra medium strumoso-incrassatus, angulis 3 valde prominentibus, stigmate parvo vix 
3-lobo ciliolato ; ovula in loculis co, 2-seriata. Capsula oblonga v. ovoidea, 3-quetra, 
loculicide zd Semina numerosa, plano-compressa.—Caudex erectus, simplex, inter- 
dum altissimus, foliis delapsis speso Folia ad apicem. caudicis dense conferta, 
longa, swpius deflexa, margine ip iata v. Panicula terminalis, 
maxima, pyramidata, ramis primariis M Rn Flores secus ramos ad axillas bractearum 
breviter pedicellati; solitarii v. 2-3-natim -fasciculati, bracteolis parvis stipati, et haud 
raro flos cum bracteolis in bulbill iam mutatus. 
Species a hortulanis enumerantur ad 15, plures tamen folis solis adhue notis valde dubie remanent, 
omnes verisimiliter ex America calidiore oriunde, etsi hodie per regiones tropieas orbis veteris 
inquilinm. — Kunth, Enwm. Pl. v. 839. Jacobi in. Hamb. Bot. Zeit. 1866, 1867. Baker. in Gard. 
Chron. 1879,1. 623, 656. Jacq. Ic. Rar. t. 319 (Agave). — DC. Pl. Grass. t. 126. Zucc. in Nov. Act. 
Nat. Cur. xvi. 664, t. 48. Wight, Ic. t. 2025. Bot. Mag. t. 2250, 5163, 5619, 6148, 6160, 6543. 
Todaro, Hort. Bot. Panorz. t. 4. 
62. Doryanthes, Corr. in Trans. Linn. Soc. vi. 211, t. 23, 24. —Perianthii tubus brevis, 
lobi subzequales, fere a basi patentes. Stamina basi loborum aflixa iisque breviora, fila- 
mentis lineari-subulatis basi leviter incrassatis; anthers oblongo-lineares v. elongate, 
erectis, basi intrusa affixo — Ovarium 3-loculare ; stylus elongatus, 3-sulcus, stigmate vix 
incrassato 3-quetro ; aot in loculis oo, 2-seriata. Capsula oblonga v. BREL pericarpio 
coriaceo Y. bli, , licid i Semina in loculis 
iformia.—Fibrs radicales fasciculatz. Caulis SEG (8-25- pedalis). 
Folia inferiora numerosa, longissima, ensiformia, caulina minora sparsa. Flores speciosi, 
punicei, in spicas breves conferti, singuli bractea magna concava colorata fere involuti, 
spicis nunc in capitulum magnum terminale confertis, nunc secus pedunculum in thyrsum 
longum dispositis. Inflorescentia tota pulcherrime colorata. 
Species 2, Australianz. — ent. Fl. Austral. vi. 452. — Bauer, Ill. Pl. Nov. Holl. t. 12ad 14. .Bot. 
Mag. t. 1685. Gard. Chron. 1874, i. 181, t. 44, 45, ic. in Fl. des Serres, t. 2097-8, iterat 
colorateque. 
Tarsus V. VELLOZIEX. 
63. Vellozia, Vaud. Fl. Lusit. e Bras. ISpecW. 32, t. 2, f. 12. (Xerophyta, Juss. 
Gen. 50.)—Periantl 1 y. iforme, tubo subnullo; segmenta 
mqualia, erecto-patentia, ovata oblonga v. basi longe angustata, sed intei distincta. 
Stamina 6, v. interdum co in phalanges 6 2-6-andras basi connata, filamentis czeterum. 
filiformibus, basi ssepe squamula lacera stipatis ; anthera lineares, basifix:e, loculis a latere 
dehiscentibus. Ovarium 3-loculare ; stylus filif. stigmate terminali capitato 3-dymo 
v. in lobos 3 crassiusculos patentes diviso; ovula in loculis numerosissima, placentis 
axilibus affixa. Capsula coriacea v. dura, globosa oblonga v. 3-quetra, vertice plana v. 
concava et cicatrice perianthii annulari v. 6-dentata coronata, lzvis tuberculata v. echinata, 
vertice irregulariter v. plus minus in valvas 3 loculicide dehiscens. Semina in speciebus 
perpaucis ies numerosa, angulste v. plano-compressa, testa nigra ; embryo parvus nunc 
minimus, -carnoso d lo inclusus, ab hilo: parum distans.— Caulis fibroso- 
lignosus, erectus, p dichotome ramosus, foliorum delap- 
sorum vaginis imbricatis v: squarrosis dense obtectus. Folia ad apices ramorum conferta, 
nunc brevia angusta strictaque, nunc elongata, anguste v. late linearia, rigida, swepe 
tia. Pedunculi terminales, 1-flori, intra foliorum fasciculum solitarii v. 2-3-ni. 
- Flores albi sulphurei violacei v. c:rulei, scepe speciosi. 
