Asparagec.] CLXXVIIL  LILIACEZE. 765 
B. Semele, Kunth in. Abhandl. K. Akad. Wiss. Berlin, 1842, 49 ; Enum. Pl. v. 971. 
eveiktons tls brévibul 
(Amphion, Salisb. Gen. Pl. Fragm. 66.)—Perianthium p ubo turbi- 
nato fere hemisphierico ; lobi ovati, subiequales v. interiores paullo minores, patentissimi 
v.reflexi ; corona 0. Stamina fauci affixa, filamentis in urceolum brevem latum membra- 
naceum coalitis; antherz ad os urceoli extrorsum sessiles, loculis leviter divergentibus 
apice confluentibus. Ovarium intra tubum perianthii sessile, brevissimum, 3-loculare ; 
eina Ds d 
stylus ovario longior, col is, medio i i ig i lis ex urceolo 
prominentibus patentibus ; ovula in loculis 2, collateralia, hemianatropa. Bacca globosa, 
- pulposa, indehiscens. Semina solitaria v. rarius 2, globosa v. uno latere plana, pallida, 
testa tenuissima adnata; embryo cylindraceus, albumine duro 2-3-plo brevior, ab hilo 
remotus.— Caulis fruticosus, ramosus, super arbores alte scandens. Cladodia foliiformia 
alterna v. sparsa, ad axillas sq llarum fuse ! solitaria, ovata v. 
to-l lat; inata, coriacea, tenuiter multinervia. Flores parvi, fasciculati, 
fascieulis ad margines cladodiorum sspe in eodem cladodio pluribus, rarius in facie 
cladodii solitariis, pedicellis brevibus apice articulatis. Bractez sub pedicellis minute 
squamiformes. 
Species 1, ins. Canariensium incola. Webb, Phytogr. Canar. t. 224 (Danae). Baker in Journ. 
Linn. Soc. xiv. 630. — Bot. Mag. t. 1898, 3029 (Ruscus). 
6. Danae, Medicus, Malv. Fam. T1. (Danaidia, Link, Handb. i. 276.)—Perianthium 
ibglob tubo hemisph:eri n ; lobi breves, erecti, subsquales, ovati, 
membranacei ; corona ad faucem sublobis crasse carnosa. Stamina ad faucem sub corona 
affixa, filamentis in urceolum membranaceum coalitis; anthers 6, ad os urceoli sub- 
extrorsum sessiles, loculis parum divergentibus apice confluentibus. Ovarium tubo 
perianthii urceoloque inclusum, liberum, sessile, subglobosum, 3-loculare ; stylus brevis, 
stigmate capitato ex urceolo exserto ; ovula in loculis 2, collateralia, hemianatropa (v. 
orthotropa?). Baeca globosa, pulposa, indehiscens. Semina abortu solitaria v. rarius 2, 
subglóbosa, pallida, testa tenui adnata ; embryo oblongus, albumine cartilagineo 3-4-plo 
brevior, ab hilo remotus.— Caulis fruticosus, erectus, issi Cladodia foliiformi: 
alterna v. sparsa, 1 lata v ovato-l lata, acuta, coriacea, multinervia, ad axillas 
q ll ini solitaria. Flores parvi, in racemos breves terminales a 
cladodiis liberos dispositi, pedicellis apice articulatis. Bractes minute v. 0. 
Species 1, Orientalis. Kunth, Enuin. Pl. v. 216. Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xiv. 631. Gaertn. 
Fruct, £, 16 (Ruscus).  Wats. Dendrol. Brit. t. 145 (Ruscus). 
ANI v 
7. Asparagus, Linn. Gen. n. 424.— Peri parvum, S CD $ 
segmenta distincta v. vix ima basi connata, subsqualia, conniventia v. apice v. a basi 
patentia. Stamina 6, ima basi segmentorum aflixa v. hypogyna, perianthio sepius p»rum 
breviora, fil tis distinetis filiformibus v. leviter complanatis; anthers ovate v. 
oblongz, basi 2-lobm, dorsifixie, loculis introrsum dehiscentibus. Ovarium sessile, 3- 
loeulare ; stylus col is, brevis jue v. longior tenuisque, stigmatibus 3 brevi- 
bus recurvis, v. rarius styli breves fere a basi distincti ; ovula in loculis 2-20 (usque ad 8), 
Ibovoidea, hemianatropa v. fere orthotropa. Bacca globosa, pulposa, indehiscens. Semina 
abortu solitaria v. pauca, subglobosa, sepius nigra, opaca v. foveolato-rugulosa, testa 
tenui appressa; embryo cylindraceus, albumine duro parum v. 2-3-plo brevior, smpius 
obliquus v. iransversus, ab hilo plus minus remotus.— Caulis e rhizomate brevi v. 
repente herbaceus v. lignosus, swpius ramosissimus, erectus v. alte scandens. ' Cladodia 
nune acieularia teretia v. angulata, nunc foliiformia linearia faleata lanceolata v. rarius 
ovata, ad axillas sq! sepe t Harte Gli ba AH olilafiu; rarius 
subverticillata. Flores parvi, ad basin fascicul 5, »cladodi solitatii fascioulati 
subumbellati v. breviter racemosi, pedicellis brevibus v. gracilibus, apice articulati 
Bractez squamif sub pedicellis szepius minute v. 0. 
Species fere 100, per regiones ealidiores temperatasque orbis veteris latissime disperse; in 
America prorsus deesse videntur. Kunth, Enwm. Pl. v. 57. Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvi. 594 
