794 CLXXVII. .LILIACEJE, [Asphodelec. 
sub:»qualia, sub anthesi patentia, oblonga, 9-T:nervis: Stamina 6, perianthio breviora, 
hypogyna v. scepius 3 interiora ima. basi seg um affixa, fi iis apice v. medio v. 
fere a basi carnoso-incrassatis ; antherce oblongo-lineares, erect? v. demum recurv:e v. 
replicatze, basi inter lobos basáles affixce, loculis poris terminalibus szepe in rimas introrsum 
continuas dehiscentibus. Ovarium sessile v. brevissime stipitatum, obtusum ; stylus 
filiformis, Hour genvo 'ovula in loculis oo (4-8.) Fructus succulentus, globoso-3- 
dymus v. ovoid ng (v. rarius demum breviter dehiscens ?). Semina in 
loculis solitaria v. pauca, ovoidea v. compressiuscula, testa nigra crustaceo-nitida ; embryo 
linearis, rectus v. curvulus, albumine carnoso parum v. dimidio brevior.—Rhizoma sspe 
ramosum v. stoloniferum, caule erecto rigido cum pedunculo sspe pluripedali. Folia 
prope basin caulis conferta v. secus partem inferiorem approximata, disticha, vaginis 
equitantibus, lamina longe lineari, in parte superiore caulis pauca, vaginis brevibus, 
laminis parvis, radicalia pauca v. ad vaginas reducta. Flores ceerulei, pedicellati, 
nutantes, laxe cymosi, cymis in panicula terminali ampla laxa dispositis, pedicellis sub 
flore articulatis. Bractesz parv:e scariosze v. 0. 
Species 7 v. 8, a nonnullis usque ad 12 estimate, ins Mascarensium, Australiw, Nove Zelandise 
et ins. maris Paeifiei incole, quarum una etiam in Asia tropica late dispersa. Baker in Jourm. 
Linn. Soc. xiv. 574. Benth. Fl. Austral. vii. 13. Hook, f. Handb. N. Zeal. Fl. 283; Fl. Tasm. 
1.188. Jacq. Hort. Schoenbr. t. 94. — Red. Lil. t. 1, 79.  Lindb. in. Act. Soc. Sc. Fenn. x.t. 6. Bot. 
Mag. t. 505, 1404, 5501. Bot. Reg. t. 734, 151, 1120. — Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 1136. 
Genus ob fructum baccatum sepius ad 4sparageas relatum, sed habitus ceterique characteres 
affinitatem arctam cum Eccremide et, Stypandra indicant. 
82. zccremis, Willd. MS. ex Schult. Syst. vii. 354 (E. ).—Perianthi ist 
non tortum ; segmenta distincta, sub:equalia, latiuscule oblonga, D-nervia, patentia. 
Stamina 6, fiypogyts, perianthio breviora, filamentis ima basi in annulum carnosulum 
connatis supra medium i ti ereterum filif ; anthere oblongo-lineares, 
erect, basifixe, loculis iscentib Ovarium subsessile, oblongum, 
obtusum, 3-loculare ; stylus crassiuscule filiformis, stigmate parvo ; ovula in loculis sat 
Capsula i t demum oblonga, obtusa, 3-sulea, exocarpio 
loculicide 3-valvi, endocarpio septicide dehiscente, valvis 3 licatis exterioribus 
alternis. Semina oo, ovoidea, testa crustacea nitida ; embryo (adhue vix maturus) in 
albumine carnoso parvus.—Rhizoma breve, Ton dbun caule elato basi foliato superne 
paniculato. Folia disticha, inferiora plurima basi licata vaginis equitantibus, superne 
explanata elongata rigidula, superiora pauca minora | erecta, floralia sub ramis inflores- 
centize in bracteas abeuntia. Paniculs rami laxe subcymosi, vix minute bracteati, pedicellis 
fasciculatis recurvis. Flores fructusque nutantes. 
hin 
Species 1, Andium Americe australis incola. Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xv. 819. Ruiz et Pav. 
FI. Per. et. Chil. t. 299, f. a. (Anthericum). H. B. et K. Nov. Gen. et Sp. t. 675 (Dianella). Habitus 
Dianelle, differt imprimis fruetu capsulari. 
83. Stypandra, R. Br. Prod. 278.—Perianthi , demum decid non 
tortum ; segmenta distincta, subzequalia v. interiora latiora, patentia, 5-7-nervia. 
Stamina 6, hypogyna, perianthio breviora, filamentis superne v. fere a basi dense tomen- 
toso-lanatis ; antherz oblongo-lineares, erecte, basifix:e, mox revolutze, loculis introrsum 
ur Ovarium sessile, oblongum, 3-loculare ; stylus iliforrnis, gugmste | parvo; 
ovula in loculis oo (4-8). Capsula oblonga, pericarpio 
Semina ovoidea, compressiuscula, testa nigra crustacea levi nitida v. opaca; embryo 
albumine carmoso triente v. parum brevior.—Rhizoma breve v. horizontale, caule 
ascendente ima basi v. undique foliato ramoso. Folia basi disticha, linearia, rigidula. 
Panicula v. cyma laxissima, terminalis. Flores longiuscule pedicellati, ad apices ramu- 
lorum solitarii fasciculati v. bellati, cerulei albo-flavidi v. rarius albi. Bractes 
parvs, nunc minute, v. sub ramis inflorescentize foliace:s. 
, Bpecies 3, Australiane. Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xv. 850. — Benth. FI, Austral. vii. 53, 
