Scillec.] CLXXVII. LILIACEZE. 809 
affixa, filamentis brevissimis ; antheree ovate, lobis breviores, loculis int dehis- 
centibus. Ovarium sessile, 3-quetrum, 3-loculare ; stylus filiformis, stigmate brevissime 
3-fido ; ovula in loculis co. — Capsula erecta, subglobosa. Semina . . .—Bulbus parvus, 
tunicatus. Folia radicalia, serotina, brevia, lineari-filiformia. Scapus simplex, filiformis, 
aphyllus. Flos parvus, ad apicem scapi solitarius, breviter pedicellatus, nutans. Bractes 
2, minim:e, reflexz. 
Species 1, Africa australis incola. Spoeimina nostra plantze hujus pusille tenerrimzque flores 
perpaucos minimos probent, cujus strueturam interiorem ex Harvoyi deser. et ie. sumpsimus. 
123. Dipcadi, Medicus in Act. Palat. vi. 431, ex eod. in. Ust. Ann. ii. 19. (Zuccagnia, 
Thunb. i Rom. Archiv. ii. 2. Polemannia, Berg. ez Schlecht. in Linea, i. 200. Urope- 
talum, Ker im Bot. Reg. t. 156. — Tricharis, Salisb. Gen. Pl. Fragm. 24.)—Perianthii tubus 
cylindraceus, zequalis v. supra ovarium leviter contractus ; lobi tubo sepius cequilongi v. 
longiores, rarius breviores, 3 exteriores distincte patentes v. erecto-patentes obtusi v. 
acumine v. tuberculo subdorsali instructi; interiores szpius breviores, erecti, obtusi, in 
tubum i v. sul 4i. Stamina 6, fauci liter affixa, p thio inclusa, 
filamentis brevibus nunc brevissimis liberis (nisi infra insertionem decurrentibus) ; antherce 
lineares, dorsifi loculis int dehiscentib Ovarium sessile, ovoideum v. ob- 
longum, 3-loculare ; stylus brevis, columnaris, 3-sulcus, stigmate 3-dymo parum incrassato; 
ovula in loculis numerosa. Capsula globosa 3-quetra v. 3-dyma, coriacea, loculicide 
dehi Semina p testa i d b nigra ad mar- 
gines acutata v. in alam expansa.— Bulbus tunicatus. Folia radicalia, anguste linearia v. 
rarius latiora, crassiuscula.  Scapus simplex, aphyllus.  Racemus terminalis, laxus, 
simplex. Flores dissiti, breviter rarius longiuscule pedicellati, erecti v. patentes. Bractec 
subscariose, anguste. 
Species ad 20, Europe australis, Afriez tropieze et australis et Indie orientalis incole.  KuntA, 
Enum. Pl, iv. 371 (Uropetalum). Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xi. 396. Cav. Ic. t. 30. Jacq. Ic. Har. 
1. 66. Hed. Lil. t. 202, 203. — Reichb. Ic. Fl. Germ. t. 469. .Nces, Gen. Fl. Germ. Monocot. ii, n. 44. 
Harv. Thes. Cap. t. 110. Bot; Mag. t. 809, 1185 (Scilla). .Bot. Reg. t. 166, 974. Saund. Ref. Bot. 
1, 16, 17 (ic. veteriores sub Hyacintho, vecentiores plur. sub Uropetalo). 
Genus a Bakero in sectiones 2 dividitur: l. Tricharis, perianthii lobis exterioribus interiora vix 
superantibus obtusis, et 2. Uropetalua, lobis ioribus longioribus plus minus acumine v. tuberculo 
instructis, characteres tamen fere de specie in speciem variant. In JD. comosa, Baker in Trans. 
Linn. Soc. Bot. i.t. 34, ex Africa tropica, flores inferiores racemi sectioni priori conveniunt inter- 
medii sectioni seeundze, summi steriles comam terminalem formant, In icone JD. ciliaris, Harv. 
Thes. Cap. t. 170, stamina infra medium tubi nec fauci affixa delineantur antheris basifixis, quod in 
speciminibus nostris siccis non confirmatur. 
1924. Galtonia, Dcne. in Fl. des Serres, xxiii. (1880) 32. —Perianthii tubus latiusculus, 
basi rotundatus ; lobi tubo quilongi, patentes, subzequales v. interiores paullo latiores. 
Stamina 6, fauci v. tubo aflixa, lobis breviora, filamentis subulatis erectis; antherc 
ovoidez v. oblongz, medio dorso affixze, loculis introrsum dehiscentibus. Ovarium sessile, 
oblongum, 3-loculare; stylus stamina .bzeq stigmate i lo 3-dymo ; ovula in 
loculis numerosa. Capsula oblonga, perianthio marcescente inclusa, membranacea, 
loculieide dehiscens. Semina , ovata, angulat p v. fere plana, testa 
nigra membranacea ; embryo albumine carnoso vix brevior, cylindraceus.—Bulbus tuni- 
catus. Folia pauca, radicalia, longa, latiuscula. Scapus simplex, aphyllus. Flores in 
racemo longo laxo speciosi, candidi, penduli, in pedicello longiuscule articulati. Bractewe 
Species 2, Africo australis incole. Baker in Saund. Ref. Bot. t. 174, 175 (Hyacinthus). 
195. Albuca, Linn. Gen. n. 416.—Perianthii persistentis segmenta distincta, 3 exte- 
riora per anthesin a basi plus minus patentia, oblonga, flavida v. albida, dorso late viridi 
vittata, 3 interiora paullo breviora, erecta, parallela, apice calyptratim conniventia, varie 
