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Stamina 6, ad basin laminarum affixa iisque breviora v. longiora, filamentis filiformibus 
ima basi sspe incrassatis ; antherze oblongs, inter lobos basales subintrorsum aflix:e, 
demum versatiles, loculis a latere dehiscentibus. Ovarium sessile, 3-loculare ; styli 3, 
distincti, filiformes, stigmatibus parvis ; ovula in loculis Capsula subglob 
ovoidea v. oblonga, 3-sulea, chart: v. I: , Septicide dehiscens. Semina 
globosa, opaca, testa brunnea appressa ; embryo in albumine duro juxta hilum parvus.— 
Cormus hypog:eus, tunicatus, tunicis sepius in vaginas caulem stipantes productis. Folia 
ad apicem caulis brevis pro maxima parte hypogsi conferta v. parum dissita, basi plus 
minus dilatata, szpe colorata, infl ti pituliformem invol ia et fere inclu- 
dentia, 1-2 exteriora interdum longissime linearia. Flores intra folia floralia sepius 
plures, sessiles v. breviter pedicellati, singuli bractea membranacea sepe colorata stipati. 
. Species enumeratze 13, Africze australis et, regionis Mediterranem ineole. Baker in Journ. Linn. 
oc. xvii. 441. 
Genus in sectiones 2 sequentes commode dividitur :— 
l. Cymbanthes. Perianthii segmentorum lamina basi concava, sepe 2-auriculata. Stamina 
segmentis zquilonga v. longiora. Speeies ll, quarum una Abyssiniea, cmtere Austro-Africancw, 
Jacq. le. Har. t. 452. Cav. 1c. 1. 687, f. 1; 588, f. 1. Bot. -Mag.1. 641. Sweet, Brit. Fl. Gard. 
t. 165 (ic. plures sub Melanthio). CywsaxTREs, Salisb. in Trans. Hort. Soc. i. 329, absque char. 
2. Erythrostictus. Perianthii seg lamina plana. Stamina segmentis multo breviora. 
Species 2, regionis Medi incole. Env Schlecht. in Linnea,i.90. Lange, PI. 
Nov. Hisp. t. 34. 
151. W'urmbea, T/inb. Nov. Gen. 18, t. 1.—Perianthium subcampanulatum v. fere a 
basi expansum, persistens, tubo breviter cylindraceo v. late cyathiformi ; lobi tubo 
longiores, subzquales, patentes, basi szepius plicis transversis instructi. Stamina 6, basi 
loborum affixa iisque breviora, filamentis filiformibus v. basi dilatatis; antherw ovatc, 
introrsum affixce, loculis a latere subextrorsum dehiscentibus. Ovarium sessile, 3-loculare, 
apice 3-lobum, lobis in stylos distinctos breviter v. longe filiformes desinentibus ; ovula 
inloculis oo. Capsula apice 3-loba, breviter septicide dehiscens. Semina oo, subglobosa, 
brunnea, testa appressa ; embryo in albumine cartilagineo juxta hilum parvus.—Bulbus 
seu cormus tunicatus. Caulis simplex, ssepius brevis. Folia pauca, lineari-lanceolata v. 
rarius ovato-lanceolata, cum vagina laxa continua. Flores in spica terminali breviter 
d dota aubabnilàesdhretinsi: : 
Species 7, Afriez australis et Australie incolw. Kunth, Enum. Pl. iv. 159. Baker in Journ. 
Linn. Soc. xvii. 435. — Benth. Fl. Austral. vii. 27. Andr. Bot. Rep.t.221. Bot. Mag. t. 694, 1291 
(Melanthiwm). 
Genera duo sequentia vix a Wurzbea distincta, 
152. SBeeometra, Salisb. in Trans. Hort. Soc. i. 330, absque char. — (Kolbea, Schlecht. in 
Linea, i. 80. Jania, Schult. Syst. vii. 98, 1598.)— Perianthium persistens v. demum sub 
fructu deciduum, toro dilatato insertum ; segmenta distincta, basi erecta unguibus circa 
filamentum convolutis, superne anguste oblonga, patentia, subzqualia. Stamina 6, prope 
basin segmentorum affixa iisque breviora, filamentis filiformibus; antherze oblongo-lineares, 
introrsum aflix:, loculis a latere extrorsum dehiscentibus. Ovarium sessile, oblongum, 
prominenter 3-quetrum, 3-loculare ; styli 3, brevissimi, recurvi, introrsum stigmatosi ; 
ovula in loculis numerosa. Capsula angusta, prominenter 3-quetra, septicide dehiscens. 
Semina co, subglobosa, plus minus angulata, testa appressa; embryo in albumine carti- 
lagineo juxta hilum parvus.—Bulbus seu cormus tunicatus. Caulis erectus, simplex. 
Folia lanceolata v. angusta, approximata, cum vagina continua, superiora ad vaginas 
reducta pauca dissitaque. Flores ad apicem caulis v. pedunculi terminalis pauci, sub- 
sessiles, in spica brevi dispositi v. interdum solitarii, erecti, ebracteati. Capsule» erectze, 
ga HR n Pang 
Qs 
nostris p v. 
Species 1, austro-Africana. Kun, Enum. Pl. iv. 162. Baker im Journ. Linn. Soc. xvii. 446. 
Jacq. Ic. Rar. t. 490. Bot. Mag. t. 167 (Melanthium). 
