Asphodelec.] COLXXVII. LILIACEJE. 189 
dense v. laxe racemosi, sub quaque bractea sspius fasciculati. Bractes nunc parve 
Scariosz, nunc conspicuz membranaceze. 
Species ad 40, Asice, Afriese tropieze et australis et Americee incole, Kunth, Enum. Pl. iv. 602. 
Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xv. 321; et in. Trans. Linn. Soc. Bot, i. 259. Red. Lil. t. 191 (Phalan- 
gium). Roxb. Corom. Pl. t. 138 Antlericum). Wight, Ic. t. 2037 ad 2039 (Phalangiwn). — Kotschy 
et Peyr. Pl. Tinn.t, 93 B. Grant im Trans. Linn. Soc. xxix. 0. 104. Bot. Heg. t. 813, 998. 
Saund. Ref. -Bot, t. 216, 333, 352. 
Genus vix ae ne vix ab 4mtAerico differt capsulis acutangulis et sepius filamentis plus minus 
medium versus dilatatis. 
66. Dasystaehys, Baker im Trans. Linn. Soc. Bot. i. 255, t. 35.— Perianthium per- 
sistens, non tortum; segmenta distincta, angusta, subeequalia, obscure seu 
Stamina 6, hypogyna, perianthio subzequalia v. longiora, fi tis leviter 
anthere oblongo-lineares, erectis, dorso inter lobos basales affixc, filamento in uei 
parvam intruso, demum recurve, loculis introrsum dehiscentibus. Ovarium sessile, breve, 
late 3-lobum, 3-loculare ; stylus filif ius, stigmate parvo capitato ; ovula in 
loculis oo (4-8), conferta. Capsula. late 3-loba, Joculicide dehiscens. Semina (ubi nota) 
in loculis abortu solitaria, orbi valde p liter affixa, testa nigra 
laxiuscula ; embryo in albumine carnoso brevis, sed forte in semine examinato imperfecte 
Jnndinis- Ritorna breve, fere cormiforme, fibris radicalibus crassiusculis, v. longius 
hori le fibris pauciorib Folia radicalia, longe linearia loriformia, v. paullo latiora 
rigida faleataque. Scapus aphyllus, elatus, simplex v. paree ramosus. Flores parvuli, 
in gpica. longa gubsessiles, quaquaversi, sub CIEHUN bractea fasciculati. Bractese scariosce 
v. aciculari 
Species 7 v. 8, Afriez tropiez incole, Preter species 4 Welwitschianas a Bakero 1. c. descriptas, 
hue pertinent : D. Grantii, Benth. (Cesia africana, Baker in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxix. 160, t. 103, 
quoad specimen Grantianum) ; D. drimiopsis, Baker in herb. Kew. (Anthericum drimiopsis, Baker in 
Journ. Linn. Soc. xv. 301, et Cesia africana, Baker l. c. 361, quoad specimen Kirkianum), et qe 
ut videtur nova, iis affinis, Schweinfurt, n. 1504, et 3752. 
Genus CAloropkyto valde affine. 
67. Echeandia, Ortega, Nov. Pl. Dec. 90, 135, t. 18. —Perianthium marcescens, non 
tortum ; segmenta a basi distincta, rotato-patentia, sequalia v. seriei interioris latiora, 3-5- 
nervia. Stamina 6, hypogyna, perianthio breviora, filamentis breviter filiformibus 
erectis; antherw lineares, basifix:e, filamento sublongiores, circa stylum in cylindrum 
mübosren tel loeulis: introrsum dehiscéntibus. Ovarium sessile, 3-loculare; stylus fili- 
formis, ex antherarum cylindro breviter exsertus, stigmate parvo capitato ; ovula in loculis 
numerosa, lateraliter affixa. Capsula ieium v. longiuscule oblonga, 3-quetra, loculicide 
dehiscens. Semina testa nigra appressa; embryo 
albumine. laxe carnoso triente v. rin brevior.—Rhizoma breve, fibris radicalibus 
il Folia radicalia, longa, anguste v. late 
linearia, disticha, membranacea, basi in vaginam longam angustata. Scapus tenuis, elatus, 
parce ramosus, aphyllus. Flores secus ramos dissite fasciculati, tenuiter pedi llati, albi 
v. flavescentes. Bracter: sub fasciculis parv:e, scariosme. 
Species edite 3, a Bakero in unam junctee, Americce tropiee a Guiana usque ad. Mexicum incole. 
Kunth, Enum. Pl. iv. 627. . Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xv. 288. — Red. Lil. t. 318. — Cav. Ie. t. 241 
(Anthericum). | Link et Otto, Ic. Pl. Rar. t. 3 (Conanthera). 
68. Bottionea, Colla i dn Mem. Acad. Torin. xxxvii. 43, t. 1. (Trichopetalum, Lindl. Bot. 
Reg. t. 1030.)—P. t non tortum; segmenta distincta, 
rotato-patentia, oc-nervia, exteriora fategra,. interiora paullo angustiora, marginibus dense 
ciliato-fimbriatis. Stamina 6, hypogyna, perianthio breviora, filamentis filiformibus ; 
antherw oblong:, basi alte 2- fidío, inter lobos dorsifixsz, loculis i 
Ovarium sessile, 3-loculare ; stylus crassiuscule filiformis, stigmate breviter expanso late 
