Convallariec.] OLXXVIIL  LILIACEZE. 71 
oblo: longie, erectze, basifixse, loculis a. latere subint dehi i Ovarium sessile, 
ovoideo-globosum, 3-loculare ; stylus colummnaris, 3-suleus, stigmate parum dilatato; 
ovula in loculis co (4-8). Bacca globosa, indehiscens, pulposa. Semina oo, swpius 
pauca, ovoidea v. subglobosa, pallida, testa appressa; embryo albumine corneo dimidio 
v subtriplo brevior.—Caules e rhizomate dense fibrifero horizontali v. stolonifero 
b . Folia 2, ovato-l. lata, vaginis longis semet involventibus caulem simulan- 
tibus. Scapus dorapatig! aphyllus, cum foliorum vaginis basi squamis plurimis membra- 
naceis imbricatis inclusus. Racemus in scapo terminalis, simplex, pedicellis ad bracteas 
solitariis recurvis. Flores nutantes, albi rarius rosei.  Bractew lineares, scariosm, 
caducz, 
Species 1, per Europam et Asiam temperatam late dispersa, etiam in Virginia et Carolina obvia. 
Kunth, Enum. Pl. v. 130. Baker in. Journ. Linn. Soc, xiv. 502. — Red. Lil. t. 227. — Reichb. Ic. Fl 
Gerin. t. 482. — Nes, Gen. Fl. Germ. Monocot, ii, n. 61. — Hayne, Arzneigew. iii. t. 18. 
921. LII E Se SMUEMA, dn Bull, Aem Imp. Sc. Petersb. xv. 89; rx Biol. vii. 330. 
SEA n , demum decid 
tincta v. vix basi brevissi L ti. b lia. Stamina 6, ima past eed 
affixa eoque breviora, filamentis brevibus làte v. anguste lh basi 
antherz ovat, acutiuscule, erectes, basifixze, loculis basi divergentibus introrsum dekis- 
centibus. Ovarium sessile, subg| 3-loculare; stylus stigmate parvo ; 
ovula in loculis oo (6-10). Bacca subglobosa; indehiscens, pulposa. Semina oo v. ad 
1-2 reducta, ovoidea v. subglobosa, pallide brunnea, testa arcte appressa ; embryo rectus 
v. eurvulus, albumine corneo triente v. fere dimidio brevior. —Rhizoma obliquum, crassi- 
usculum, breve, fibris radicalibus tuberiferis. Folia in rhizomate plura, linearia, graminea, 
basi cum scapo squamis paucis inolusa. Scapus inter folia infima lateralis, aphyllus, 
erectus. Racemus terminalis, simplex. Flores ad bracteas parvas lineares solitarii v. 
rarius gemini, rosei, patentes v. nutantes, pedicellis ssepius recurvis. 
Species 1, in Himalaya frequens. Baker im Journ. Linn. Soc. xiv. 562. Hook.f. Bot. Mag. 
t. 6164. 
22. ! Speirantha, Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xiv. 562. —Perianthium expansum, mar- 
cescens (demum deciduum?); segmenta distincta, subsqualia, patentissima. Stamina 
6, ima basi segmentorum affixa iisque breviora, filamentis leviter complanatis; anther» 
oblongs, inter lobos basales longiusculos affxs, loculis introrsum dehiscentibus, 
Ovarium sessile, subglobosum, 3-loculare; stylus colummaris, stigmate parvo ; ovula in 
loculis pauca (2-4), anatropa. Fructus (baccatus 1) .. —hRhizoma obliquum, crassum, 
stoloniferum. Folia in rhizomate mium. Mns. basi dilatatis squamisque exterioribus 
fere in bulbum i laminis 1 v. Scapus lateralis, cum folio- 
rum vaginis intra squamas exteriores inclusus, vaginis seu squamis nonnullis erectis 
dissitis instructus, cseterum aphyllus. Racemus in scapo terminalis, simplex, pedicellis 
patentibus nec recurvis ad bracteas solitariis. Flores albi v. viriduli. Bractes lineares, 
subscariosze. 
Species 1, Chinensis. Jof. Mag. t. 4842 (Albuca, patria falsa et antheris imperfecte delineatis). 
Genus, fructu ignoto, quoad affinitates adhue incertum ; habitu nulli nisi Convallarieis accedit. 
23. Reineckea, Kunth in Abhandl. Akad. Wiss. Berlin, 1842, 99. (Sanseviella, Reichb. 
Consp. 44.  Liriope, Salisb. Gen. Pl. Fragm. 74, non Lour.)—Perianthium: marcescens, 
tubo cylindraceo subrequali; lobi inter se et tubo sübesquales, *üb PS focurvo- 
patentes. Stamina 6, tubo sub lobis affixa iisque sub ti 
antherz oblongz, dorsifix:, loculis basi apiceque liberis introrsum Slibosnübur 
Ovarium sessile, 3-loculare ; stylus filiformis, stigmate parvo brevissime 3-lobo, ovula in 
loculis 2, erecta, v. ex IR 4, 9-seriatim superposita. Bacca globosa, indehiscens, 
Semina pauca, interdum in bacca solitaria, crassa, testa fere pulposa ; embryo in albumine 
corneo duro parvus. —Rhizoma reptans, foliorurü cicatricibus annulatum, caule esterum 
nullo, . Folia in rh iciculata v. sparsa, linearia v. latiuscule 
