Polygonatec.] OLXXVIH. LILIACEJE. 169 
intror dehiscentibus. Ovarium sessile v. subsessile, obl v. glol , 9-locu 
lare lus filiformis v. breviter columnaris, stigmate parvo v. pu incrassato ; ovula 
in loculis oc (4-6). Bacca globosa, indehiscens, pulposa. Semina ssepius pauca, oroided 
globosa v. varie compressiuscula, pallida v. brunnea, testa appressa ; embryo juxta hilum 
eylindraceus, albumine corneo 2-3-plo brevior.— Caulis e rhizomate horizontali v. repente 
erectus, simplex, superne foliatus. Folia alterna opposita v. verticillata, ovata lanceolata 
v. linearia, in P. sibirico apice breviter cirroso-acuminata. Flores nutantes v. penduli, 
ad axillas solitarii, v. ssepius in peduneulo brevi 2-oo breviter laxeque racemosi v. sub- 
umbellati, pedicellis sub apice artieulatis. —Bractez 0. 
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Species enumeratze 23, per regiones temp ii borealis late di; persa. Kunth, Enum. 
Pl.v.131. Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xiv. 502. Desf. in Ann. Mus. Par. ix.t. T. Red. Lil. t. 
229,243, 244, 258, 315. Willd. Hort. Berol. &. Ab. Hayne, Arzneigew. Vi. (. 19, 20. — Reichb. Ic. 
Fl. Germ. 1, 439 ad 430. Nees, Gen. Fl. Germ. Monocot. i. n. 60. Jaeg. Fl. Austr. t. 982. Jaub. 
€t Spach. Ill. Pl. Or. t. A4Y.. Ledeb. Ic. Fl. Ross. t. 1... Hook. Exot. Fl. t. 125; Ic. Pl, t. 883... Bot. 
Mag. t. 3529, 0049, 5061, 6133. . Lodd.. Bot. Cab. t. 640 (ic. plures sub Convallaria). 
PzunmaLLANTHUS, Prauch. et Sav., Enum. Pl. Jap. ii. 524, planta japoniea a nobis non-visa, 
eujusque specimen unieum habuit Savatier, ex charactere dato a Polygonato differt bracteis in pedun- 
eulo sub floribus 3 foliaceis, quod etiam observatur in varietate P. zwitiffori, All.in Helvetia haud 
rara, et digest complanatis, charactere vix ad genus condendum sufficiente, 
16 Streptopus, Mich. Fl. Bor. Amer. i. 200, t. 18. . (Hexorima, Raf. n Jot. eig 
lxxxix. 262. Hekorima, Kunth, Emwm. iv. 909. )J—P tk 
expansum, deciduum ; segmenta distincta v. vix basi connata, erecta et superne recurvo- 
patentia, v. a basi rotato-patentia, subzquali Stamina 6, hypogyna v. interiora ima 
basi tis adnata, fil iis basi late b apice acutis ; antherz oblongo- 
Hüoarós Y. abbreviata, erectc, inter lobos basales breves aflix:z, loculis a latere subin- 
trorsum dehi dum ultra loculos breviter producto. Ovarium 
sessile, ovoideum, DD ETOA stylus filiformis v. is, apice v. longi- 
uscule 3-fidus, ramis Jinsaribns recurvis superne introrsum stigmatosis ; ovula in loculis 
«o (6-18). Bacca subglobosa, indehiscens, pulpa tenui. Semina oo, oblonga, swpius 
curvula, in longitudinem striata, pallida, testa tenui adnata ; embryo juxta hilum cylin- 
draceus, albumine solido 3-4-plo brevior.—Caulis e rhizomate brevi dense fibrifero v. 
longiore repente erectus, simplex v. parce ramosus, foliatus, basi prater vaginas 1-2 
nudus. Folia alterna, ovata v. lanceolata, membranacea, sessilia v. amplexicaulia. Flores 
mediocres, ad axillas solitarii v. gemini, nutantes, rosei v. albidi, podunouhs filiformibus 
recurvis v. abrupte reflexis, nunc 1-floris medio articulatis, nunc ad articulati in 
pedicellos 2 1-floros divisis,  Bractes minute v. 0. 
Species 4, Europe, Asie temperatze et montanz v. Ameries borealis incole. Kwnth, Enum. Pl. iv. 
204.. Baker in Journ. Liwn. Soc, xiv. 590. ..S. Wats. in. Proc. Amer. Acad. xiv. 269. — Red. Lil. t. 
259. Heichb. Ic. Fl. Germ. (, 431... .Nees, Gen. Fl. Gerin. Monocot. ii. n. 09. Waldst. et. Kit. Pl. Rar. 
Hung. t. 167 (Uvularia). .. Hook. Fl. Bor. Amer. t. 188... Bot. Mag. t. 1489 (Uvularia). | Lodd. Bot. 
Cab. t. 1603. 
Knunska, Hegel, Fl. Ajan. 281 ex Mazin. Prim. Fl. Amur. 278; Baker l.c. 093 est. S. ajanensis, 
Tiling, species floribus parvis, perianthii segmentis a basi rotato-patentibus insignis, et antheris 
parvis, styloque breviore columnare a ceteris parum distincta, rite tamen a S. Wats. ad Streptopum 
revocatur. 
17. Drymophila, AH. Br. Prod. 292.— Perianthium decid ; Seg t distincta, 
sub:equalia, patentia, 3-5-nervia. Stamina 6, hypogyna, p ihio breviora, fil 
filiformibus ; Antherm breviter oblongse, erectze, inter lobos basales affixze, loculis a latere 
Ovarium sessile, ovoideum, '3-loculare ; stylus fere a basi 
in ramos 3 lineares recurvos apice introrsum stigmatosos divisus ; dila in loculis oc, 
Bacca subglobosa, indehiscens. Semina oo, ovoideo-globosa v. Opbmsngul; pallida, testa. 
crustacea nitida ; embryo in albumine eorneo parvus, hilo proxi — Caulis e rhi n 
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