826 CLXXVIIHL. LILIACEJE. [Nartheciec. 
:equalia v. exteriora paullo angustiora, obscure 1l-nervia. Stamina 6, infra medium 
segmentorum affixa iisque paullo breviora, fil tis glabris filiformibus v. basi leviter 
dilatatis ; antherze breviter oblong:e, dorsifix:e, loculis a latere subint dehiscentil 
Ovarium lata basi sessile, ovoideum, 3-loculare; stylus colummaris, stigmate parum 
incrassato 3-dymo ; ovula in loculis numerosa. Capsula 6-suleata, loculieide dehiscens. 
Semina numerosa, parva, ovoidea, inappendieulata, pallida, testa tenui appressa striata ; 
embryo in albumine carnoso prope hilum minutus, ovoideus.—Rhizoma breve, hisisontulel 
fibris tenuibus numerosis instructum. Folia radicalia, oblonga v. oblanceolata, acuta, 
luteo-viridia. Scapus aphyllus, simplex v. sub inflorescentia ramulo unico instructus. 
Racemus spiciformis, densiflorus, bracteis parvis linearibus. Flores flavo-virescentes, sub- 
erecti, pedicellis brevibus ad bracteas solitariis prope basin 1-bracteoJatis. 
Species 1, Japoniea. Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xv. 285. 
160. Chameetirtum, JVil/d. in Gesellsch. Naturf. Fr. Berlin Mag. ii. 18. (Ophiostachys, 
Red. Lil.t. 464. Dasurus, Salisb. Gen. Pl. Fragm. Bis Diclinotrys, Raf. Neogen. 3.)— 
Flores dioici. Perianthium ia distincta linearia, sub- 
sequalia. Stamina in fl. d 6, libera, perianthio ELI vy. paullo longiora, filamentis 
filiformibus, in fl. 9 ad staminodia parva ananthera reducta; anthersz parvsz, ovoideo- 
globosc, loculis distinctis a latere subextrorsum dehiscentibus. Ovarium in fl. 9 sessile, 
ovoideum, costatum, integrum, 3-loculare ; styli 3, distincti v. vix basi connati, lineares, 
recurvi, introrsum stigmatosi; ovula in loculis oo (6-12). Capsula obovoidea, membra- 
nacea, apice breviter loculieide dehiscens. Semina co, oblonga, compressiuscula, pallida, 
esta tenui nucleo appressa apice basique v. interdum circumcirca in alam hyalinam pro- 
ducta ; embryo cylindraceus, albumine carnoso 2-3-plo brevior.—Rhizoma horizontale, 
crassum, subnodosum, fibris radicalibus tenuibus, caule erecto simplici. Folia radicalia 
petiolata, obovalia v. ; oblonga, b caulina tiora, gradatim minora, inferiora 
petiolata, SUPUCIUU sessilia, summa parva distantia, Racemus terminalis, simplex, 
:bract d densus, 9 Ens Flores parvi, flavi, breviter 
pedicellati v. subsessiles. 
Species 1, boreali-Americana. Kunth, Enum. Pl. iv. 176. Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvii. 468. 
Linn. Amen. Acad. iii. t, 1, f. 2 (Veratrum). Jacq. Ic. Rar. t. 453. (Helonias, male). Bot. Mag. 
t. 1062 (Helonias). 
Ovarium interdum abnorme 4-merum evadit sed rarissime, semel tantum observavimus. 
161. Chionographis, Mawim. in Bull. Acad. Imp. Sc. Petersb. xi. 430 ; Mel. Biol. vi 
209.— Perianthium (persistens ?); segmenta distinota v. vix basi in annulum conmata, 
superiora 2, 3 v. 4 linearia, petaloidea, erecta v. patentia, sub:equalia, 4, 3 v. 2 inferiora 
minima, lineari-filiformia v. obsoleta. Stamina 6, ima basi segmentorum aflixa iisque 
pluries breviora, filamentis brevibus crassis; antherz fere 2-globosw, loculis distinctis 
a latere (subextrorsum !) dehiscentibus. ques sessile, subglobosum, obtuse 3-lobum, 
9-loculare ; styli 3, inter lobos contigui, breves, recurvi, introrsum stigmatosi; ovula in 
loculis 2. Capsula . . .—Rhizoma breve, crassum, fibris radicalibus tenuibus, caule 
erecto tenui simplici. Folia radicalia sessilia v. petiolata, lata v. oblonga, caulina minora, 
anguste lanceolata, sessilia. Spica terminalis, dense cylindracea v.laxa. Flores numerosi, 
parvi, albi, sessiles, ebracteati. 
Species v. varietates insignes 2, Japoniee. Zaker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvii. 469. Dot. Mag. t. 6310. 
162. Xerophyllum, Mich. Fl. Bor. Amer. i. 9210. —Perianthi t 
segmenta distincta, oblonga v. lanceolata, sub:equalia, patentia. Stamina 6; iig aa, 
ianthio longiora, fil tis plus minus complanatis apice Sheer antherz ovate v. 
Oblongs, introrsum juxta basin affixe, loculis subext tib Ovarium 
sessile, 3-suleum, obtusum, 3-loculare ; styli 3, breviter filiformes, recurvi, superne 
introrsum stigmatosi; ovula in loculis 2-4 (nos semper 4 invenimus), a basi erecta. 
Capsula subglobosa v. breviter oblonga, 3-sulca, loculicide dehiscens. Semina in loculis 
