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stepius 2, erecta, oblonga, introrsum angulata, pallide brunnea, testa tenui appressa rarius 
apice brevissime producta ; embryo in albumine carnoso prope hilum parvus, oblongus, 
nune minimus.—Rhizoma breve, crassum, lignosum. Caulis erectus, elatus, simplex. 
Folia radicalia v. ad basin caulis conferta, longe linearia, rigidula, margine scabra, caulina 
Sparsa, siepe numerosa et multo minora tenuioraque, quaq , basi sspe breviter 
membranaceo-dilatata nec vaginata, summa in bracteas setaceas gradatim abeuntia. Flores 
albi, in racemo terminali numerosi, longi le pedicellati, racemo primum dense pyrami- 
dato v. oblongo, demum valde elongato. 
Species distinguit S. Watson 3, a Bakero omnes in unam junetas, per Amerieam borealem lato 
dispersas. S. Was. in Proc. Amer. Acad. xiv. 284. Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc, xvii. 467.  Pursh, 
T. Amer, Sept, t. 9 (Helonias). Bot. Mag. t. 148 (Helonias). Bot. Reg. t. 1613, 
163. mewardia, Hook. Ic. Pl. t. 8b8.— Perianthi planatum, diu persistens ; 
segmenta ima basi in tubum breviter turbinatum connata, citerum libera, lanceolata, 
sub:qualia, patentia. Stamina 3, basi segmentorum interiorum aflixa lisque multo 
breviora, filamentis brevibus basi complanatis; anthere longe oblong:, sagittatze, 
introrsum prope basin affix:, loculis extrorsum dehiscentibus. Ovarium intra tubum 
perianthii sessile, ima basi sul tum, perianthio vix brevissime adnatum, apice in 
stylum attenuatum, 3-loculare ; stylus abbreviatus, ramis 3 brevibus recurvis introrsum 
stigmatosis ; ovula in loculis numerosa. Capsula (immatura) oblonga, 3-sulca, loculicide 
dehiscens?. Semina . . .—Rhizoma breve. Folia radicalia, angusta, rigida, disticha, ad 
basin caulis equitantia. Caulis erectus, simplex, vaginis paucis plicatis spathiformil 
instructus, c:terum aphyllus. Spaths 2 summe approximatz, pedicellum floris unici 
terminalis includent Perianthi j , fusco-purpureum. 
Species 1, Tasmaniea. Benth. Fl. Austral. vii. 25. 
Genus pluribus notis Zrideas in mentem revocat, sed stamina segmentis interioribus nee exterior- 
ibus opposita et ovarium superum. Capsule dehiscentia adhue incerta. 
164. Heloniopsis, 4. Gray in Mem. Amer. Acad. ser. 2, vi. 416. (Sugerokia, Miq. in Ann. 
Mus. Lugd. Bat. iii. 144.)— Perianthium explanat ; persistens ; segmenta distincta v. vix 
basi connata, oblonga v. angusta, sub:equalia, patentia, tenuiter 3-nervia. Stamina 6, prope 
basin segmentorum affixa iisque paullo longiora, filamentis filiformibus ; antherze lineares, 
introrsum inter lobos basales affixa, loculis extrorsum dehiscentibus. Ovarium sessile, 
basi leviter contractum, obtuse sub-3-lobum, 9-suleum, 3-loculare ; stylus inter lobos 
ovarii elongatus, indivisus, stigmate capitato dilatato ; ovula in loculis numerosissima, 
conferta. Capsula profunde 3-loba, lobis seu carpidiis stellato-divergentibus, int 
rima longitudinali dehi: il Semina ; linearia, pallida, testa tenui adnata 
apice basique (v. ex A. Gr. in H. pauciflora basi tantum) in appendicem linearem hyali 
producta; embryo in albumine earnoso prope hilum parvus, oblongus v. cylindraceus.— 
Rhizoma breve, horizontale, fibris radicalibus tenuibus. Folia radicalia, petiolata, oblonga 
v. lanceolata, vaginis basi scariosis latiusculis imbricatis. Scapus e fasciculo foliorum 
erectus, simplex, vaginis pluribus scariosis instructus, caeterum aphyllus. Flores ad apicem 
scapi solitarii v. pauci, j li, subnutantes, pedicellis brevibus approximatis nec 
umbellatis. Bractes minim:e. 
Species edite 4, Japoniec v. Formosiane, non tamen omnes bene distinetz, ZaAer im Journ, Linn- 
Soc. xvii. 409. — Thunb. Ic. PI. Jap. iv. t. 4 (Scilla). 
165. Helonias, Linn. Gen. m. 458.— Perianthium expl , persistens ; segment 
distinctav. vix ima basi connata, subzequalia, patentia, tenuiter 3-nervia. Stamina 6, 
hypogyna v. ima basi segmentorum affixa iisque paullo longiora, filamentis filiformibus ; 
anthere ovats, inter lobos basales subintrorsum aflixsz, loculis a latere Subextrorsum 
dehiscentibus. Ovarium lata basi affixum, ovoideum, 3-suleum, apice breviter obtu- 
seque J-lobum; styli 3, inter lobos ovarii breves v. brevissimi, distincti v. breviter 
connati, recurvi, introrsum stigmatosi; ovula in loculis numerosa. Capsula pro- 
funde 3-loba, lobis seu carpellis divaricatis rotundis int rima dehi: 3 
