184 CLXXVII. LILIACEJE. [Asphodelec. 
- B3. Simethis, Kunfh, Enwm. Pl. iv. 618. (Morgagnia, Bubani in ANwuov. Awn. Sc. 
Nat. Bologna, ix. (1843), 92, absque char. Pogonella, Salisb. Gen. Pl. Fragm. 50.)— 
Perianthium marcescens, diu persistens, demum  decid ; segmenti :bsequali: 
patentia, b-nervia. Stamina 6, ima basi segmentorum affixa iisque breviora, filamentis 
filiformibus superne leviter incrassatis villoso-barbatis apice attenuatis glabris ; anthere 
oblongze, dorsifi tiles, fil &o in foveolam intruso, loculis int dehiscentib 
Ovarium sessile, 3-dymum, 3-loculare ; stylus filiformis, stigmate parvo ; ovula in loculis 
2, superposita. Capsula subglobosa, fere 3-loba, tardius loculicide dehiscens. Semina in 
loculis 1-2, ovoid :bglob irophiolata, testa nigra crustacea nitente ; embryo in 
inib i lbumine carnoso multo brevior, sed forte demum longior.— 
licalibus fasciculatiscarnosis. Folia radicalia, linearia, graminea. 
: cr digi 2 
lat xis " 
P3 
Rhizoma parvum, fibris 
Caulis preeter squamas paucas parvas aphyllus, superne laxe p 
v. hine inde subumbellatis. Flores pedicellati, ad bracteas solitarii v. pauci, irregulariter 
lati v. 
Species 1, Europe occidentalis et Africze b li-oecidentalis ineola. Baker in Journ. Linn, Soc. 
xv. 354 (Morgagnia). Red. Lil. t. 216 (Phalangium). Brot. Phytogr. Lusit. t. 44 (Anthericum). 
Desf. FI. Atl. t. 90 (Anthericum). 
Bubani l. e, genus Morgagniam indicavit nee characteribus definivit. Nomen, quamvis a Parlatoreo 
Fl. Ital, receptum, a Caruelo in Prod. Fl. Tose. rejieitur ob eonsonantiam cum Morgania, R. Br., a 
exteris botanicis ignotum est v. rejectum. 
54. Bulbinetla, Kunth, Enwn. Pl. iv. 569. (Chrysobactron, Hook. f. Fl. Antarct. i. 
72, t. 44.) —Perianthi diu persistens ; segmenta subeequalia, distincta v. 
vix basi connata, ovata v. oblonga, l-nervia. Stamina 6, hypogyna v. vix basi segmentis 
adnata, iis paullo breviora v. sublongiora, filamentis filiformibus v. anguste compla- 
natis; anthere oblongs, parvule, dorsif tiles, loculis i dehi tib 
Ovarium sessile v. subsessile, subglobosum, 3-loculare ; stylus filiformis, stigmate parvo 
capitato v. 3-dymo, ovula in loculis 2, collateralia v. uno paullo altius affixo, anatropa v. 
plus minus amphitropa. Capsula brevis, globoso-3-quetra, membranacea v. chartacea, 
loculieide dehiscens. Semina pauca, interdum ad unum reducta, testa nigra laxiuscula ; 
embryo albumine carnoso triente v. subdimidio brevior.—Rhizoma brevissimum, fibris 
dicalibus f: latis ssepe carnoso-i &is. Folia radicalia, nunc angustissima basi 
vaginis fibrosis foliorum emarcidorum cincta, nunc loriformia v. latiora, vaginis vetustis 
vix v. non fibrosis. Scapus aphyllus, simplex v. rarius ramosus. Flores parvuli, flavi v. 
albi, interdum abortu polygami, dense v. laxe racemosi, pedicellis ad bracteas solitariis, 
Species ad 14, Afriee australis, Nove Zelandie et insularum australiorum incole. Baker in 
Journ. Linn. Soc. xv. 293 (Antherici sect. 1 et 2). Hook. Ic. Pl.t. 817 (Chrysobactron). His addenda 
videtur 2. Burkei, a Bakero l.c. sub sectione sua Sfreptanthera generis Antherici edita ; perianthium 
tamen post anthesin non tortum, et characteres czeteri omnino Bulbiuelle, excepta inf tia in 
ramos paucos longos divisa, racemis laxis. 
55. Bulbine, Linn. Gen. ed. 1, 95, pro parte.—Perianthi persistens ; 
segmenta distincta, subzqualia, patentia, l-nervia. Stamina 6, hypogyna v. ima basi 
segmentis coh:erentia iisque breviora, filamentis filiformibus medio v. supra medium pilis 
longis barbatis, apice tenuibus glabris ; antherwe in speciebus normalibus oblongee, dorsi- 
fixe, versatiles, loculis introrsum dehiscentibus. Ovarium sessile, 3-loculare ; stylus 
filiformis, stigmate parvo; ovula in loculis 4-oo. Capsula globosa v. ovoidea, leviter 
3-sulca, loculicide dehiscens. Semina pauca, angulato-3-quetra, testa nigra tuberculoso- 
rugosula v. levi opacaque nec nitida; embryo albumine carnoso vix brevior, sspius 
valde curvus.—Rhi: nunc brevissi (v. non persistens ?), fibris radicalibus fascicu- 
latis, nune crassum, d d v. tuberif. fibris variis interd id ti 
Caulis foliatus, interdum brevissime ramosus. Folia radicalia v. ad basin caulis conferta, 
lanceolata v. linearia, sspe carnosa. Scapus seu pedunculus terminalis simplex, aphyllus. 
