CLXXV. TACCACEG. 741 
3-valvis.. Sémina. o0, ovoidea, ipressiuseula, longitudinaliter costis oo striata, testa 
appressa.  Albwmen solidum cartilagineum v. demum fere granulosum. Embryo minutus, 
lb inclusus, subbasalis v. lateralis, hilo propinquus v. plus minus distans. 
Herbe perennes, rhizomate tuberoso v. repente. Folia radicalia magna, petiolata, 
nunc indivisa integerrimaque, nune varie lobata v. dissecta. Flores ad apicem Scapi 
aphylli erecti, dense umbellati. aBiaetote exieriome nonnulle (ssepius 4) latiusculee, 
herbaces v. «;eoloratee; i l i sub pedicellis plures, longe fili- 
formes, 1l D dulique (falso interd pedicelli steriles dictz).  Peri- 
anthia ssepe brunnea lurida Y. superne viridia, siccitate semper nigricantia. 
"aea parvus v. genus anomalum 4:aryllideis arcte afüne.' Tnflrescentia Euamaryllearum 
enm et h t plerique les eadem, differunt foliis, perianthii forma, 
"win subsimilibus ; ovarium etiam 1-loeulare placentis parietalibus in 
pouucrurume issi est (in Zeontochiro solo o um). 
Species ad 10, regionum tropiearum utriusque orbis incolw. 
CONSPECTUS GENERUM. 
1. Tacca. Bacca indehiseens. Mond Pm orbis reg. trop. 
2, Scmiocapsa. Capsula 3-valvis.— CAhina, 
1. 'Tacca, Forst. Char. Gen. 69, t. 35 (Ataccia, Presl, Rel. Honk. 149, iw adnot, sets 
imperfecto). —Character ordinis. Bacca (an semper ?) indehiscens. 
Species ad 9, quarum 3 Ameriewe tropies, csetere regionum tropiearum orbis veteris incole. 
Kunth, Enum. Pl. v. 458 et 464 (Tacca et Ataccia). | Seem. Fl. Vit. 101. Gertn. Fruct. i. 43, t. 14. 
Charaeteres quibus Presl genera duo distinxit variant de specie in speciem. In 7. pinnatifida, 
Forst. ; Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 692, Regel, Gartenfl. t. 582, et, in T. artocarpifolia, Seem. ; Bot. Mag. t. 
6124, folia, petiolo communi v. rhachi haud raro 3-fido v. varie diviso, semel v. y Viunatisecte, 
segmentis valde inzqualibus, perianthii segmenta parum insqualia in globum eonniventia, bacca 
globosa apice contracta. Tn 7' palnata, Bl. (T. snontana, Rumph, Herb. Amb. v. 329, t. 115), folia 
simpliciter palmatifida v. fere pedatifida, perianthii segmenta parum insqualia conniventia, bacca 
globosa. In 7. Parkeri, Seem., et T. lanceolata, Spruce, ex America tropica, folia indivisa, perianthii 
nta parum insqualia, ut videtur conniventia, bacca globosa. In 7. Sprucei, Benth., e Barra 
do Rio Negro Americz tropic, folium in specimine unico simpliciter pinnatifidum lobis 5 semi- 
pedalibus; perianthii segmenta exteriora aeuminatz, interiora breviora latiora; baeca immatura 
globosa. In speciebus integrifoliis Asiaticis, Hozb. Corom. PI. t. 257, Bot. Mag. t. 1488 et 4589 
(Ataccia) perianthii segmenta patentia, interiora exterioribus plus minus dissimilia, fruetus (bene 
maturus nobis deest) szpius insigniter 3-6-costatus, nune breviter lateque turbinatus et in uno 
specimine subsiceus videtur, nunc longo turbinatus 13-pollicaris, in specie unica Burmanica oblongus 
et vix costatus. 
2. Schizocapsa, Hance in Trim. Jowrn. Bot. 1881, 299.—Characteres omnes Taccc 
specierum foliis indivisis, excepto fructu, qui(ex Hanceo) capsula 3-gona, vertice com- i 
-— secus angulos in valvas 3 spongiosas mox recuryas medio seminiferas usque ad 
basin dehiscens. 
Species unica, Chinensis, a nobis non visa. 
On») CLXXVI. DIOSCOREACEZ. 
Endl Gen, 157. Lindl. Veg. Kingd, 213. 
Floresin generibus normalibus unisexuales, dioici v. in racemis diversis monoici, in abnor- 
mibus hermaphroditi, i in omnibus regulares, perianthio supero 2-seriatim 6-mero. Fl. 4: 
Perianthium. ssepius n v. explanat: alte 6-fidum, lobis 2-seriatis, parum 
libus, variat it 
— ore iricto int spe denticulis 6 reflexis instructo, lobis brevibus 
gi lobis longis erectis, v. oblongo-tubulosum v, fere urceo- 
