Asphodelec.] . OLXXVII. LILIACEZE. 793 
basin dorsifixee, primum erecto, mox recurvée, loculis introrsum dehiscentibus. Ovarium 
sessile, 3-loculare ; stylus filiformis, stigmate parvo ; ovula in loculis E v. rorius rgolitaria. 
Fructus abortu 1-spermus, indehiscens, nuculiformis. Semen ot 
testa crustacea nigra nitida minute granulata v. levi ; embryo ML carnosi dimi- 
dium squans v. superans; — Folia zdicalia,. piae pauca, mox svaiida: Caules aphylli, 
tenues at rigidi, ssepius intricato- v. divaricat p formans nunc 
latam nunc anguste l id ramulis i 1 i tik Flores minuti, Secus 
ramulos sparsi remoti, ad axillas bractearum minimarum solitarii v. rarius gemini. 
Species 3, Australiange, Benth. Fl. Austral. vii. 49. 
18. Herpolirion, THO rz d Nov. Zel. i. 958; Fl. Tasm. ii. D4, t. 132 B. — Perian- ; 
thium ta distincta, subés(Alia; linearia, basi erecta, dein 
stellato-patentia, 5- nervia. Stamina basi segmentorum affixa iisque breviora, fiiamentis 
filiformibus ; antherzé lineares, erectz, basifixze, post anthesin torte, loculis introrsum 
dU Due Ovarium lata basi sessile, subglobosum, 3-loculare ; stylus filiformis, 
stigmate parvo ; ovula in loculis co (ad 6), medio y infra. medium. lateralitor affixa, AS 
anairopa. Fructus capsularis videtur, peri 
maturus tamen nobis deest. Semina immatura :ovoideo-oblonga, nec angulata.—Herba 
nana, emspitosa, rhizomate tenui repente ramoso. Folia in caule brevissimo conferta, 
disticha, carinata, basi equitantia. Flos unicus, terminalis, intra folia 2 summa 5-7-nervia 
brevissime pedicellatus, ezerulescens v. albidus. 
Species 1, montium Nove Zelandiw, Tasmauice et Vietorize incola. JBenth. Fl. Austral. vii, 60. 
19. Nanolirion, Benth. gen. nov.—Perianthi , diu persist post 
anthesin spiraliter tortum ; segmenta distincta, l lato-linearia, sub lia, tenuiter 
3-nervia. Stamina 6, hypogyna v. seriei interioris ima basi segmentis. adnata iisque 
breviora, filamentis complanatis; antherw breviter oblongo-ovoidez, dorsifixe, loculis 
introrsum dehiscentibus. Ovarium sessile, 3-loculare ; stylus filiformis, stigmate parvo; 
ovula in loculis 2, collateralia, fere anatropa. Capsula (a nobis non visa) subglobosa, 
leviter 3-loba, loculicide dehiscens.— Herba nana, c:wspitosa, rhizomate tenui repente 
ramoso. Folia in caule brevissimo conferta, anguste linearia, quaquaversa. Scapus intra 
folia brevissimus, 1-3-florus. Pedicelli breves. Perianthium pallide cerulescens. 
Species 1, N. capense, in summo monte Winterhok Afriez australis a H. Boluso detecta, et in 
Journ. Linn. Soc. xviii. 395 sub Herpolirio edita. Genus habitu quidem Herpolirio subsimile, sed 
foliis minime distichis, perianthio, staminibus, et ovulorum numero bene distinetum videtur; 
80. Leucocrinum, Nutt.; A4. Gray in Ann. Lyc. N. York, iv. 110.—Perianthium hypo- 
erateriforme, marcescens, porsistena, tubo longissimo tenui vix apice ampliato ; lobi sub- 
mquales, angusti, patentes. Stamina 6, sub fauéo affixa, lobis breviora, filamentis filiformi- 
bus; antherw lineares, erecto, basifixee, mox recurv:e v. tortze, loculis introrsum dehis- 
centibus. Ovarium ovoide 3-loculare ; stylus filiformis, apice leviter incrassatus, 
stigmate parvo ; ovula iri locülis co (ad 12), 2-seriata. E ovoideo-globosa, 9btüsa, 
3-sulca, loculicide dehiscens. Semina oo, nigra, testa 
membranacea, laxa; embryo b gser incurvus, albuine càrióso vix brevior.— Rhizoma 
breviter d d fibris radicali lis. Folia radicalia, linearia, 
graminea, exteriora pauca basi late vaginata, interiora gradatim minora, in bracteas 
lineares basi scariosas abeuntia. Flores ad axillas bractearum radicalium breviter et 
inzqualiter pedicellati. Capsule erect:e, coriacec, inter folia breviter epigmez. 
Species 1, boreali-Amerieana. S. Wats. Bot, 40. Parall. 349, t. 36. 
Genus ob flores fere hypogreos pP hiique tubum longi Colchiceis approxi. nostro 
sensu Anthericeis propinquius rhizomate antheris seminibusque. 
8l. Dianella, Lam. Dict. ii. 276. (Rhuacophila, Blume, Emm. Pl, Jav. 13.)— 
Perianthium marcescens, non tortum, demum sepius deciduum; segmenta distincta, 
