786 OLXXVII LILIACEZE. [Asphodelec. 
parum brevior, curvulus.—Rhizoma breve, crassum. Caulis basi incrassatus, vaginis 
foliorum-fere tunicatus. Folia radicalia longe linearia. Scapus aphyllus, simplex v. 
parce ramosus, Flores parvi, albi, in scapi ramis racemosi, ad bracteas solitarii, breviter 
pedicellati. 
Species 1, Californiea. Genus vix ac ne vix a Sehanolirio differre videtur. 
59. Bowiea, Harv.; Hook. f. in Bot. Mag. t. 6619.—Flores polygami. Perianthium 
persistens ; segmenta distincta, :qualia, patentia. Stamina 6, basi segmen- 
torum affixa iisque breviora, filamentis filiformibus basi leviter dilatatis ; antherse parve, 
oblongo-lineares, erectz, prope basin dorsifixee, loculis valvis latis subintrorsum dehis- 
eentibus, in floribus 9 minime loculis vacuis. Ovarium lata basi sessile, 3-loculare ; 
stylus breviter columnaris, apice leviter clavato-capitatus, stigmatibus adnatis recurvis ; 
ovula in loculis oc. Capsula perianthio marcescente stipata, ovoideo-3-quetra fere 
pyramidalis, loculicide dehi Semina plurima, oblonga, compressa, testa nigra laxa ; 
embryo albumine carnoso triente v. subdimidio brevior.—Bulbus tuberiformis (v. tuber) 
magnus, globosus, carnosus, e vaginis (v. tunicis) paucis crasso-carnosis sibimet arcte 
appressis compositus, apice squamis nonnullis parvis ad basin caulis coronatus. Folia 
preecocia, cito decidua, pauca v. solitaria, breviter linearia, erecta. Caulis v. scapus 
aphyllus, alte volubilis, ramis inferioribus intricato-ramosissimis flexuosis sterilibus 
ramulis corniculatis, superioribus floridis minus ramulosis elongatis flexuoso-volubilibus. 
Flores longe pedicellati, vi b gmentis interdum margine albidis. 
Species 1, Africze australis incola. Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xiii. 290. Irnisch in Abhandl. Nat. 
Ver. Bremen, vi. 433, t. 5. 
60. Schizobasis, Baker im Trim. Journ. Bot. 1873, 105.— Perianthium marcescens, 
persistens ; segmenta distincta, :qualia, patentia. Stamina 6, basi segmentorum affixa. 
iisque breviora, filamentis filiformibus basi leviter dilatatis ; anthere prope basin dorsi- 
fix:e, loculis valvis latis subintrorsum dehiscentibus. Ovarium lata basi sessile, 3-loculare ; 
stylus columnaris v. breviter filiformis, stigmate parvo sepe 3-fido; ovula in loculis co 
(4-7). Capsula subgloboso-3-quetra, loculicide dehiscens. Semina in loculis 1-2 rarius 3, 
ovoideo-globosa v. angulata, testa nigra laxa ; embryo albumine carnoso paullo brevior.— 
Bulbus globosus v. ovoideus, e squamis oo crasse carnosis, vaginis idis ssepe t 
Folia radicalia precocia, pauca, linearia, iuscula, in iminibus floridis desunt. 
Caulis aphyllus, tenuis, ramosus, ramis nune elongatis virgatis, nunc breviter divaricatis 
flexuosis v. intricato-ramosissimis. Bractez minute, squamiformes v. obsoletz. Flores 
parvi nunc minimi, secus ramos racemosi v. dissiti, pedicellis sub apice articulati 
Species 5, Africx tropice et australis incole. Baker in. Journ. Linn. Soc. xv. 260, et in. Trans. 
Linn. Soc. Bot.i.285. Hue includenda S. cuscutoides (Asparagus cuscutoides, Baker in Journ. Linn. 
Soc, xiv. 606) cui fructus certe capsularis 3-valvis omnino Schizobaseos. 
61. Eriospermum, Jacq. Collect. v. (Suppl.) 72.—Perianthi persistens ; 
segmenta distincta, ovata oblonga v. linearia, sub:qualia, patentia, medio 1-nervia v. 
vittata. Stamina 6, prope basin segmentorum aflixa iisque breviora, filamentis complana- 
"Oy ee ius flliformi 
lis v. bus; anthere ova&e, basi inter lobos affix:, loculis 
valvis latis sübint: dehiscentib Ovarium sessile v. subsessile, 3-loculare ; stylus 
filiformis, stigmate parvo ; ovula in loculis 2-6. Capsula peri thii ti idi 
stipata, subglobosa v. ovoidea, 9-quetra, loculicide dehiscens. Semina pauca, oblonga, 
testa membranacea laxa pilis longis dense lanata ; embryo cylindraceus, albumini carnoso 
quilongus, sepe elongandus ex alb ine exsertus.— Tuber interdum majusculum, 
foliorum vetustiorum vaginis fibrosis coronatum, nunc cormum formans. Folia radicalia 
nunc 1-3 ad basin scapi, nunc solitaria, a scapo distincta, petiolata, linearia lanceolata 
ovata cordata v. rotundata, crassiuscula. Scapus simplex, sepius aphyllus, inter folia 
radicalia v. e gemma distincta evolutus, basi vaginis nonnullis stipatus, vagina interdum 
una alterave laminam parvam. patentem ferente. Racemus simplex, nunc longus dense 
