Draeegneg.] CLXXVII. LILIACEZE. 781 
Genus Noline valde affine, quacum. connectitur speciebus nonnullis adhue non satis notis. In 
D. Hookeri, Baker; Bot. Mag. t. 5099, caudex magnus subglob fere Testudinarie, folia linearia 
integerrima ANoline, fructus (adhue non perfecte maturus) indehiscens, 1-spermus, angulis tamen 
obtusissimis exalatis. In speciminibus Andrienxianis D. ifolii, a Zi inio,l c. 226, et a 
Bakero sub nomine D. laziflori descriptis, panieula d laxa omnino Noline, sed folia cum panicula 
missa spinoso-serrata basi dilatata Dasyliri; planta 9 ignota, 
46. Astelia, Banks et Sol. ; R. Br. Prod. 291. (Hamelinia, 4. Rich. Fl. Nowv. Zel. 
158, t. 24.)—Flores polygamo-dioici. Perianthium , persi ; segment 
subzqualia, basi in tubum campanulatum connata v. fere a basi distincta, patentia. 
Stamina in fl. d 6, basi segmentorum affixa iisque breviora v. sublongiora, filamentis fili- 
formibus ; antherz ovate v. oblongse, erectze, basi v. inter lobos basales affixze, loculis a 
latere int dehiscentibus ; staminodia in fl. 9 parva, acuta v. clavata. Ovarium in 
fl. 9 sessile, breve, l-loculare, placentis 3 parietalibus, v. 3-loculare placentis axilibus ; 
stylus brevissimus indivisus, v. styli 3 breves introrsum Stigmatosi, v. stigmata 3 sessilia ; 
ovula in quaqua placenta oc ; in fl. d ovarii rudimentum parvum v. 0. Fructus parvus, 
subglobosus v. oblongus, sepius 3-suleus, carnosus indehi; que at epulp mina 
9o, ovoidea v. angulosa, nigra, testa crustacea nitida; embryo cylindraceus, albumine 
carnoso 2-3-plo brevior.—Rhizoma breve, crassum. Folia radicalia v. ad basin caulis 
conferta, vaginis breviter dilatatis imbricatis, floralia sub ramis panieulze lanceolata v. 
longa. Caulis nunc elatus, superne paniculatus, nune brevissimus foliorum. vaginis 
obtectus, sepius eum inflorescentia foliisque plus minus pilis sericeis lanosis v. sub- 
paleaceis vestitus. Flores parvi, secus ramos panicule dense racemosi, v. in speciebus 
paucis intra foliorum vaginas conferti. Bractez parvie, nune minimze v. 0. 
Species ad 9, Nove Zelandiz, insularum maris Paeifiei, montium Australi: meridionalis et; Tas- 
maniz v. Americe antarcticz ineole. — Hook. f. Handb. N. Zeal. Fl. 283 ; Fl. Antarct. i. 76, ii. 397, 
6.127. Kirk in Trans, N. Zeal. Inst. iv. 244. Benth. Fl. Austral. vii. 11. Hook, Bot. Misc. i. 3. 
Gaudich. in Freyo. Voy. Bot. t. 31. Seem, Fl. Vit, t. 95. Bot. Mag. t. 5175, 5608. 
Ovula sub anthesi sepe pulpa viscidula e placenta oriunda immersa, in fructu maturo semina 
semper sieca nudaque vidimus, 
Foxxia, Wilid. in Gesellsch. Naturf. Fr. Mag. Berlin, ii. 19, non Spr. est. Astelia linearis, Hook. f., 
species Magellanica, a ceteris habitu nano distineta, HaxovAwa, Zlume, Enum, Pl. Jav. 16, species 
Javensis e solo charactere maneo Blumei nota, a Lindleyo Asíelie refertur, species tamen nulla 
hujus generis adhuc in Archipelago Malayano reperta, et, ovarii loeuli l-ovulati affinitatem potius 
eum Dracena indicant. Genus valde dubium remanet. 
47. Miligania, Hook. f. in Hook. Kew Journ. v. 296, i. 9.—Perianthium persis- 
iens, tubo campanulato ; lobi tubo longiores, patentes, sub:equales, ovati v. oblongi, 
i iter 3-nerves. Stamina 6, fauci affixa, lobis breviora, filamentis inferne leviter 
complanatis, apice subulatis; antherw ovatz, infra medium dorsifix:e, ecaducissimze, 
loculis introrsum dehiscentibus. ^ Ovarium sessile, obovoid ; 9-suleum, 3-loculare ; 
stylus colummaris v. breviter filiformis, plus minus 3-fidus, ramis recurvis superne 
introrsum stigmatosis ; ovula in loculis oc. Capsula subglobosa, 3-angulata v. fere 3-loba, 
" loouliia. dohz : 
superne 1 Semina in loculis pauca, swpe angusta, 
angulata, leviter incurva s:sepeque inata, testa iuscula nigra nitida ; embryo in 
lbumine carnoso longi lus.—Rhizoma breve, crassum. Folia radicalia conferta, 
linearia v. lanceolata, basi in vaginas breves crassas imbricatas prominenter venosas dila- 
tata; caulina pauca, minora, gradatim in bracteas abeuntia. Caulis infra inflorescentiam 
simplex, cum panicula laxe piloso-lanatus. Panicula ampla, floribunda, bracteis inferiori! 
foliaceis superioribus parvulis. Flores parvuli, sub quaque bractea breviter pedicellati. 
Species 4, Tasmaniee. — Benth, FI. Austral. vii. 25. 
TarbUs X.  AsPHODELEAX. 
-.48. Xeronema, Brongn. el. Gris, in. Bull. Soc. Bot. Fr. xi. 316, et in. Nouv. Avch. Mus. 
Par. iv. 2, 1. 1... (Scleronema, Brongn. et Gris. in Awn. Se. Nat. ser. 5, ii. 166.)-—Perian- 
