782 OLXXVIH. LILIACEJE. [Asphodelec. 
thium persistens ; segmenta distincta, linearia, erecta, sub:equalia, 1-nervia. Stamina 6, 
hypogyna, erecta, perianthio longiora, fil leviter lanatis ; antherz oblong:e, 
versatiles, medio dorso aflix:, filamento in foveolam intruso, loculis introrsum dehiscenti- 
bus.. Ovarium sessile (v. brevissime stipitatum ?), obtusum, 3-loculare ; stylus filiformis, 
stigmate parvo ; -Oynlk d in loculis co (ad 8, snatropa. Capsula (a nobis non visa) brevissime 
Sstipitata, peri: tibus stipata, 9-gona, chartacea, loculicide 
dehiscens. JAEN perfecta pauca, elliy idea, testa t nigra aculeis brevibus 
mbryo albumine carnoso subdimidio brevior.—Rhi , fibris 
radicalibus Gnolitk. Caulis erectus, simplex. Folia ad basin caulis conferta, elon- 
gata, secus caulem pauca, multo breviora, disticha, vaginis longis complicatis, omnia 
erecta, rigidule venosa.  Racemus terminalis, simplex, secundus, rhachi basi abrupte 
inflexa ssepius horizontalis, floribus confertis erectis breviter pedicellatis. Bractes ovatew, 
sScariosm.  Perianthia rubra, speciosa (semipollicaria). 
Species 1, Novo-Caledoniea. Illustr. Hortic. xxiv. t. 297. Gard. Chron. 1878, ii. 17, cum ic. 
49. Anemarrhena, Bwnge, Ewwm. Pl. Chin. Bor. 66.—Perianthium persistens ; seg- 
menta ima basi in cyathum brevem connata, cseterum E angusta, 3-nervia, patentia, 
subcequalia, interioribus tamen basi angustioribus tis. Stamina 3, mediis seg- 
mentis interioribus affixa iisque breviora, fil tis breviter filiformibus ; antherze oblong:e, 
medio dorso affix:e, vix foveolatze, versatiles, loculis apice basique tüstiiekis medio tantum 
ad filumenti insertionem breviter connexis introrsum dehiscentibus. Ovarium sessile, 
angulatum, Sloculare ; stylus breviter Hiliforrüis, stigmate parvo; ovula in loculis 2, 
HC basin. affixa, ti anatropa. Capsula subgloboso-3-quetra, 
le dehi inibus nostris i Semina ex Bungeo in loculis 1, 
re 2, oblonga, Ouid Ppebs magna, —Rhizoma breve, crassum, horizontale. 
nigra. 
lia radicalia, conferta, linearia, graminea. Caulis inter folia elatus, simplex, squamellis 
eos minutis sparsis instructus, esterum aphyllus. Flores parvi, in racemo longo 
interrupte spiciformi brevissime pedicellati, ad bracteas fasciculati.  Bractes parve, 
scariosce. 
Species 1, Chinz borealis incola. Kunth, Emwm. Pl. iv. 600. Baker im Journ. Linn. Soc. xv. 
268. In Japonisz hortis raro colitur nee indigena (Mazémowiez). 
50. Asphodelus, Linn. Gen. ». 421.— Perianthium marcescens, diu persistens v. demum 
deciduum ; segmenta a basi distincta v. brevissime connata, in alabastro basi circa ovarium 
in tubum conniventia, sub anthesi patentia, subzqualia, medio l-nervia v. vittata. 
Stamina 6, hypogyna, segmentis breviora, erecta v. leviter cda filamentis i ima basi 
dilatatis concavis ovarium includentibus, supra basin filif tis; antherz 
oblongm v. fere lineares, dorso infra medium affixie, vamelhe, filamento in foveolam 
intruso, loculis a latere subi dehiscenti Ovarium sessile, 3-loculare ; stylus 
filiformis stigmate subcapitato 3-dymo ; ovula i 3 JOHN 3j *collaterália, lateraliter affixa, 
amphitropa. Capsula globoso-3-quetra, coriacea, 1 , septis int intus 
insigniter rugosis. . Semina in loculis szpe solitaria, 3-quetra, srepius rugosa, testa nigra 
appressa ; embryo albumine dms vix 1 —Rhizoma parvum v. radix annua, 
fibris radicalib tis v. filiformil Folia radicalia, linearia, 
loriformia, sub-3-quetra v. fistuloso-teretia. Sceapus aphyllus, nunc altissimus AE v. 
parum ramosus, nune humilis foliorum vaginis subinclusus. Flores secus rhachin v. ramos 
inflorescentiz racemosi, ad bracteas scariosas solitarii, pedicellis sub flore articulatis. 
Perianthii segmenta alba, medio fusco-nervata. 
Species 6 v. 7, a Bakero ad 5 reduetie, regionis Mediterranez incole, quarum una usque ad Indiam 
orientalem et insulas Masearienses extensa. Kunth, Enwm. Pl.iv. 504. Baker in Journ. Linn. 
Soc. xv. 268. Nees, Gen. Fl. Germ. Monocot. ii. n. 52. Reichb. Ic. Fl. Germ. t. 813 ad 516. MOT 
Fl. Ment. t, 69. Jord. et Fourr. Jc. Fl. Eur. t, 134 ad 15 et 116 ad 125. 
Genus a nonnullis reducitur ad 4. 7amosum, Linn., sid quo ineludunt 4. albu;, Mill., e 
aierocarpum, Viv., fibris radicalibus crassis iformil caule elato haud raro 
ramoso, foliis triquetris v. subplanis, ibt. FI. Gr t. 3 CUm Fl. Ment. t. 69, C, D. 
