764 CLXXVIIL LILIACEJE. [Smilacec. 
Plum. Lc. x. (. 100 ad 1031. — Bertol. Misc. xvi. (. 2, 8. Bot. Mag. t. 1846. — Fl, des Serres. t. 1049. 
Paniziax, Rafin. FI. Med. U.S. ii. 264 absque char. 
4. Pleiosiilaz. Stamina plusquam 6, eztera Eus;ilacis. Species pauem, insularum maris 
Pacifii. Labül. Sert. Ausir. Caled. t. 23.  Prxroswirax, Seem. Journ. Bot. 1868, 193, 4. 81; Fl. 
Vit. i. 93. 
3. Rhipogonum, Forst. Char. Gen. 49, t. 25 (Ripog ).—Flores h hroditi 
Perianthii segmenta, distincta, szequalia v. exteriora. breviora. Stamina 6, hypogyna, 
is leviter planati T ,antherze erect, ovatze, neue paullo 
brevi v. longi loculis int Ovarium sessile, 3-loculare, in 
stylum brevissi tigmatibus 3 crassis recurvis ; ovula in loculis solitaria 
v. rarius gemina, a latere sub apice affixa, rthot; hemianat Bacca globosa, 
abortu l-sperma v. interdum 2—3-sperma. Semina pros testa. appressa; embryo 
parvus, in albumine duroab hilo plus minus remotus.—Frutices alte scandentes, glabri v. 
pubescentes. Folia pleraque ssepius opposita v. subopposita, interdum omnia alterna, 
3-5-nervia, venulis reticulatis, MAN mon. cirrifero. Flores parvuli, racemosi v. spicati, 
secus rhachin breviter pedi iles, spicis ad axillas solitariis 
sessilibus v. ad apices in paniculam dispositis. Bracter parvse, additis seepe sub 
quoque flore bracteolis 2-3. 
Species 5, guiar una Novo Zelsa dics. perianthio antheris breviore, ovarii loculis sspissime 2- 
ovulatis, 4 A antheras ovarii loculis swpissime 1-ovulatis.— 4. DC. 
Monogr. Phanerog. i. 213. Benth. Fl. Austral. vii. 8, et in Hook. Ic. Pl. t. 1895, 1396. 
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"TarBvs Il. AsPARAGEX. * 
4. Ruscus, Linn. Gen. n. 1139.—Flores dioici. Perianthium parvum, marcescens ; 
segmenta distincta, 3 exteriora ovato rériéns demi d 3 eee in alabastro 
inclusa, multo minora. $t id carno- 
sulum coalita ; antherze 3, ad os urceoli Vibesiéiiti séasilos, loculis leviter divergentibus 
apice eonfiés Gopis in fl. 9 urceolus tenuior anantherus, ovarium posee ite 
Ovitéturicin sp 40 v. pad t i ;inf id lob g 
jàm sub anthesi (abortu?) l-loculare ; stylus breviter columnaria v. sins ovarium 
oblongum vix ullus, stigmate crasso capitato ; ovula in loculo 2, collateralia, orthotropa. 
Bacca globosa, pulposa, indehiscens. Semina solitaria globosa, v. 2 uno latere plana, 
pallida, testa tenuissima arcte adnata, hilo cum chalaza late orbiculari ; embryo cylin- 
draceus, albumine duro 2-3-plo brevior, ab hilo plus minus remotus.—(Caulis erectus, 
ramosus, sublignosus. Cladodia foliiformia alterna v. sparsa, ad axillas squamellarum 
Scariosarum solitaria, ovata v. ovato-lanceolata, acuta v. pungenti-acuminata, rigide 
coriacea, venis crebris parallelis distinctis v. plus minus reticul 
Flores parvi, in media facie superiore v. rarius inferiore cladodii fasciculati, fascioulo 
costam. prominulam ierminante. Pedicelli breves, apice articulati. Bractez minimze, 
scarioswe, sub quoque pedicello szpius 2, adest etiam sepe sub fasciculo bractea foliacea 
lanceolata acuta, brevis v. flores superans. 
Species 2 v. 3, Europee et totius regionis Mediterranec incole, a Madera usque ad Caucasum 
extense. Kun!h, Enum. Pl. v. 213. Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xiv. 629. — Reichb. Ic. Fl. Germ. t. 
497. Nes, Gen. Fl. Germ. Monocot, ii. à. 64. — Sibth. Fl. Grec. t. 950. — Bot. Mag. t. 2049. 
R. Hypophyllum et R, Hypogh Linn., a variis botanicis qui plantas in loco natali observarunt. 
j ibus variis disti v. in speciem unicam junguntur. Florum fascieulus in uma 
semper in pagina inferiore oriundus, i in altera sepius nec semper in pagina superiore; bractea foliacea 
sub fascieulo quam maxime variabilis est ; ovarium interdum oblongum stigmate sessili, interdum. 
subglobosum stylo breviter col sed diffe vix eum aliis characteribus con- 
venit, Flores minimos perpaucos examinare potuimus, semper tamen ovarii loculum unicum tantum 
paullo excentricum invenimus. 
