Nartheciec.] CLXXVIIL  LILIACEJE. 829 
anthesi fere corymbiformis. Flores parvi, longe pedicellati, ad bracteas solitarii. (Char. 
ex ic, et descr. Beccarii.) 
Species 1, Borneensis, a nobis non visa. Genus ut videtur Tofieldiz affine. 
168. Pleea, Mich. Fl. Bor. Amer. i. 947, t. 25.— Perianthium persistens ; T 
distincta, lineari-lanceolata, sub:equalia, rigidula, patentia. Stamina 6-12, hypogyna v. 
vix ima basi segmentis adhswrentia, iis vix breviora, filamentis filiformibus apice tenuis- 
simis ; antherc nunc breviter oblongze nunc fere lineares, infra medium dorsifixze, loculis 
introrsum dehiscentibus. Ovarium sessile, apice sub-3-fidum, 3-loculare ; styli 3, in lobos 
ovarii distincti, breves, mox recurvi, stigmatibus parvis; ovula in loculis oo. — Capsula 
septicide 3-partibilis, carpellis introrsum dehiscentibus. Semina parva, anguste oblonga, 
subteretia, recta v. curvula, testa tenui appressa, apice vix brevissime appendiculata v. 
nuda, funiculo arillo filiformi a semine libero instructo ; embryo in albumine carnoso 
juxta hilum. minimus.— Caules e rhizomate nodoso erecti, juncei. Folia radicalia pauca, 
longiuscule linearia, rigidula, caulina 1-2, longe vaginata, radicalibus minora. Spica 
simplex. Flores intra bracteas solitarii, pedicellati, erecti. Bractesz rigide spathacew, 
inferi inat i muticce, omnes rhachin pedicellosque arcte amplec- 
tentes. i 
Species 1, Carolin incola.  Kunth, Enum. Pl.iv. 173. Red. Lil.1.948. Bot. Mag. t. 1956. 
Tarsus XVIII — UvUrARIEX. 
169. Schelhammera, KR. Br. Prod. 273. (Parduyna, Salisb. Gen. Pl. Fragm. 58.)— 
Perianthi explanat decid ; Seg distincta, subzqualia, basi in alabastro 
conduplicata, demum patentia, plana, D-nervia. Stamina 6, basi segmentorum affixa 
iisque breviora, fil i ti lanat il 
tis basi v. app is apice filifi ; anthere bre- 
viter oblongze, erectze, introrsum juxta basin affix:e, loculis a latere subextrorsum dehis- 
centibus. Ovarium sessile, 3-quetrum, 3-loculare ; stylus filiformis, 3-fidus, ramis recurvis 
superne introrsum stigmatosis; ovula in loculis oo (4-6). Capsula subglobosa, 3-sulca, 
vertice depressa, la, loculicide dehi: Semina irregulariter ovoideo-globosa, 
late strophiolata, pallide brunnea, testa tenui appressa; embryo in albumine solido juxta 
hilum minutus.—OCaules e rhizomate repente humiles, sepius basi ramosi, foliati, ascen- 
dentes, basi l-vaginati. Folia sessilia, ovata v. lanceolata, membranacea. Flores ad 
apices ramorum solitarii v. plures in umbellam sessilem dispositi, pedicellis filiformibus, 
Bracte: parvi v. 0. 
Species 2, Australis orientalis incole. Benth. FQ, Austral. vii. 31. Bot. Mag. t. 2712, 
170. EKreysigia, Heichb. Iconogr. Exot. iii. 11, t. 299. (Tripladenia, Don in Proc. 
Linn. Soc. 1839, 46.)— Perianthi planatum, decid ; segmenta distincta, sub- 
:equalia, in alabastro eonduplicata, sub anthesi patentissima, plana, prope basin glandu- 
loso-appendiculata. Stamina 6, ima basi segmentorum affixa lisque breviora, filamentis 
filiformibus v. leviter complanatis ; antherze oblongo-lineares, prope basin dorsifix:e, loculis 
introrsum affixis a latere extrorsum dehiscentibus. Ovarium sessile, 3-quetrum, 3 locu- 
lare; stylus a basi brevissima 3-fidus, ramis linearibus recurvis superne introrsum 
stigmatosis ; ovula in loculis oo (2-4). Capsula subglobosa, ula, 3-sulca, loculicid 
dehi Semina strophiolata (Don).— Caulis e rhizomate brevi nodoso erectus, simplex, 
foliatus, basi preeter vaginas 1-2 nudus. Folia alterna, ovato-lanceolata, cordato-amplexi- 
caulia. Flores mediocres, rosei, axillares, vix nutantes, pedunculo tenui medio Stepius 
1l-2-bracteolato ibidemque in pedicellos 2 1-floros diviso, rarius simplici l-floro v, 
co-floro. 
Species 1, Australiz orientalis incola. Benth, Fl. Austr. vii. 32. Bot. "Mag. 1. 3905. Lodd, Bot, 
Cab, t. 1511 (Schelhamaera). 
