828 CLXXVIIL | LILIACEZE. [Nartheciec. 
Semina sepius numerosa, pallida, testa tenuiter membrancea adnata apice basique in 
appendicem hyalinam producta; embryo in albumine carnoso prope hilum parvus, 
oblongo-cylindraceus.—Rhizoma breve, tuberosum. Folia radicalia, oblonga, in petiolum 
brevem contracta. Scapus e fasciculo foliorum  sublateralis, squamis pluribus ad basin 
imbricatis, secus scapum paucis dissitis. Racemus terminalis, densus, cylind v. 
: OMATROHEPCBES 
oblongus. Flores parvuli, i, breviter p jj 
Species 1, boreali-Americana. Kunth, Enum. Pl.iv. 174. Baer imn Journ. Linn. Soc. xvii. 467. 
Tied. Lil. t. 13. Andr. Bot. Hep. t. 352. .Bot. Mag. t. 147. Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 961. 
166. Tofeldia, Huds. Fl. Angl. 107 (ed. 2). (Heriteria, Schrank, Baier. Fl.i. 133, 
629. Hebelia, Gmel. Fl. Bad. ii. 117.)—Perianthium persistens ; segmenta distincta v. 
ima basi brevissime connata, oblonga v. angusta, sub:equalia, sub anthesi patentia. .Sta- 
mina 6, hypogyna y. seriei interioris ima basi segmentis adl iia, perianthio parum 
breviora v. longiora, filamentis filiformibus v. vix complanatis ; antherze ovatze, inter lobos 
basales subextrorsum affixze, tiles, loculis int dehi il Ovarium sessile, 
ovoideum, apice 3-lobum, lobis in stylos brevissimos recurvos apice introrsum stigmatosos 
desinentibus ; ovula in loculis oc. Capsula 3-loba, septicide 3-partibilis, carpellis introrsum 
dehiscentibus. Semina oo, breviter v. longe oblonga, subangulata, pallida, testa tenui 
appressa; embryo in albumine carnoso juxta hilum minimus.— Caulis e rhizomate brevi 
v.repente erectus. Folia radicalia v. ad basin caulis conferta, breviter linearia, subdis- 
ticha, in caule ceterum perpauca parva;v. 0. Flores parvi, in spica terminali subsessiles 
v. breviter pedicellati, ad axillas bract ini üm solitarii v. terni, interdum basi 
intra bracteam bracteola lata hyalina truncata v. 3-loba stipati v. fere inyoluti. 
Species ad 14, quarum 1 v. 2 Andinze, czeterce. per regiones temperatas montanas et boreales hemi- 
sphzrii borealis late disperse, Kunth, Enum. Pl.iv.166. Baker im Journ. Linn. Soc. xvii, 485. 
Sm. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xii. 286, t. 8. Heiohb. Ic. Fl. Germ. t. 490. Nees, Gen, Fl. Germ. 
Monocot. ii. n. 31. — Red. Lil.t. 256, 324. — Hook. Fl. Bor. Amer. t. 191. Bot. Mag. t. 3859. 
Genus a nonnullis in tria dividitur, speciebus typieis ad illas limitatis quibus flores ad bracteas 
solitarii, et TRrANTRA, Nuf. Gen. IN. Amer. Pl.i. 985; Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvii. 490, dis- 
tinguitur floribus ad braeteas ternis, character tamen non constans videtur. Inter Species hue 
relatas, T. glabra, Nutt., insignis est. filamentis crassis perianthium. quantibus apice brevissi 
acutis diu persi ibus, antheris caducissimis, In T. pubente, Ait., semina. apice appendice lineari 
hyalina terminata et funiculus arillo lineari-subulato hyalino a semine libero instructus. In 7. glu- 
tinosa, Pers. et. in. T. occidentali, S. Wats. quee vix a T. glutinosa. distincta, semina. apice breviter 
appendieulata et funiculus arillo maximo membranaceo-hyalino semen laxe involvente instructus. 
T. japonica, Miq., ex icone a Bakero citato forte a. 7: glutinosa non diversa. i 
Ismmocarvia, Ruiz et Pav. FW. Per. et Chil. iii. 69, z. 302, est, T. falcata, Willd., e Colombia et. 
Guiana, eui associanda T. sessilifora, Hook. Ic. Pl. t. 691, species habitu rigido insignes. Flores 
ad bracteas solitarii, perianthii segmentis quam in ecteris speciebus longioribus rigidis; styli sub 
anthesi brevissimi, alte coaliti." Semina immatura tamen vidimus apice appendiculata, funiculo (an 
semper ?) arillo filiformi ei T. pubentis simili instructo. 
167. ? Petrosavia, Beccari in Nuov. Giorn. Bot. Tal. iii. 7, t. 1.—Perianthium persis- 
tens ; segmenta ima basi connata, patentia, 3 exteriora interioribus minora igustioraq 
Stamina 6, basi segmentorum affixa iisque breviora, filamentis filiformibus ; anthers 
ovatz, dorsifix:, loculis introrsum dehiscentibus. Ovarium sessile, e carpellis 3 basi 
tantum connatis apice contractis, sti. il ilibus terminalil beapitatis intror- 
sum obliquis ; ovula in carpellis co. Fructus e carpellis distinctis (ex icone basi breviter 
connatis) itellato-di ab. QI nE mibus, rima ] Lid COM Less beo 3 PT : 
bus. Semina numerosa, ovato-elliptica, 1-9-costata, int cellulos b 
hyalino cincta, testa crustacea brunneà ; albumine ? rtilagi leoso; embryo ab 
auctore non detectus.— Planta in radicibus parasitica, ebulbosa, aphylla. Caulis tenuis, 
simplex, erectus, squamis numerosis parvis plus minus setaceo inatis instructus, 
superioribus in bracteas setaceas abeuntibus, Racemus terminalis, simplex, brevis, sub 
