830 CLXXVHI. LILIACEJE. Uvulariec, 
Genus habitu Streptopodi accedit, sed antherze extrorsum dehiscentes et fructus capsularis. Em- 
bryonem extra albumen locatum descripsit Don, quod tamen ulterius probandum ; semina jam a 
capsula delapsa in omnibus speciminibus a nobis visis. 
171. Uvularia, Linn. Gen. ». 412, pro parte. —Perianthi lat decid 
segmenta distincta, erecta v. superne patentia, exteriora intus basi  foveolata. " Stamina "i 
hypogyna v. basileviter segmentis adhzerentia iisque breviora, filamentis filiformibus v. 
leviter complanatis ; P antherze lineares, Grootn: prope basin introrsum affixs, loculis a 
latere ext ultra loculos in acumen breve producto. 
Ovarium breviter stipi v. rarius subsessile, 3-quetrum, 3-loculare ; stylus filiformis, 
superne in ramos 3 lineares introrsum stigmatosos divisus; ovula in loculis co (ad 4), 
lateraliter affixa. Capsula ovoidea vy. obovoideo-truncata, $- angulata v. fere 3- alata, ings: 
lucide dehiscens. Semina (i ) subglobosa, nigra, phiolo magno sq 
embryo (ex Kunthio) al i inclusus, cylind blong gni. 
rhizomate repente v. horizontali crassoque erectus, basi nudus junior vaginis paucis sca- 
riosis mox guinis. stipatus, superne foliatus parum ramosus. Folia alterna, sessilia v. 
rfoliata, ovata v. lata. Flores ad apices ramulorum solitarii v. gemini, pedicellis 
longiusculis recurvis penduli. Ramuli floriferi 1-foliati, ssepe ramo excurrente oppositi- 
folii apparent. 
Species ex Bakero 5, a S. Watsonio ad 4 redueuntur, Ameries borealis incole. —Kunth, Enum. 
Pl.iv.200. Baker in Journ. Limn. Soc. xvii. 461. — Red. Lil. t. 184. — Sm. Exot. Dot. t. 49 ad 52. 
Bot. Mag. t. 955, 1112, 1402. — Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 1260, 1262. — Sweet, Brit. FI. Gard. ser. 2,1. 21. 
S. Wats. in Proc. Amer. Acad. xiv. 268, 269, genus in 2 dividit: Uvuranma, foliis perfoliatis, 
capsula sessili apice lata obtusissima v. truneata, angulis parum prominentibus, et Oakzsra, foliis 
sessilibus, capsula plus minus stipitata apice rotundata, angulis valde prominentibus fere 3-alata. 
172. Gloriosa, Linn. Gen. n. 413.  (Methonica, Juss, gra 48. Clinostylis, Hochst. in 
Flora, 1844, 26.)—Perianthium ta a basi distincta, 
angusta, sub:equalia, patentissima v. reflexa, süperne v. Hd a basi undulata v. crispa, 
rarius subplana. Stamina 6, hypogyna, segmentis parum -breviora, filamentis filifor- 
mibus ; antherz lineares, introrsum mediofixze, versatiles, loculis a latere subextrorsum 
diae de: Ovarium sessile, oblongum, 3 loculare ; ; stylus elongatus, filiformis, ramis 
3 brevibus v. longi superne is; ovula in loculis numerosa. 
Capsula obovoidéa v. oblonga, coriacea, [esso loculicide dehiscens. Semina sub- 
globosa, in speciminibus nostris i ,ex G et Redouteo testa laxa intus 
i embryo in alb duro cylind —Rhizoma tub Caulis elatus, 
scandens, foliosus, superne sepe ramosus. Folia sparsa, interdum opposita v. 3-natim 
verticillata, sessilia, oblongo-lanceolata, acumine in cirrum spiralem producto. Pedicelli in 
axillis superioribus longi, 1-flori, apice sub anthesi reflexi. Flores speciosi, plus minus 
rubri. 
Species 3, per Africam et, Asiam inter tropicos late disperse. — Kunth, Enum. Pl.iv. 275. Baker 
in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvii. 457. Gertn. Fruct. t. 18. Red. Lil.1.26. Andr. Bot, Rep. t. 199. 
Wight, 1c. t. 2047. Klotzsch in Peters, Reise Mosamb. Bot. t. 64, 55. Bot. Heg. t. 11. Fl. des 
Serres, t. 865. 
Giertner embryonem reduplicatum describit, quod in nulla speeie Lüliacearum observavimus, 
173. Sandersonia, Hook. Bot. Mag. t. 4716.— PPerianthi ist lat 
globosum, subinflatum, basi foveolis 6 extus in gibbos v. calcaria brevissima prominentibus 
instructum, ore leviter contracto brevissime sinuato-6-lobo. Stamina 6, hypogyna, 
perianthio multo breviora, filsmeHus filiformibus; antherz oblongs, introrsum medio- 
fixe, tiles, loculis ext iscentib Ovarium sessile, ovoideo-oblongum, 
3-loculare ; stylus breviter filiformis, 3-fidus, ramis recurvis apice introrsum stigmatosis ; 
ovula in loouie sat numerosa. Fructus . . .—Rhizoma t Caulis 
simplex, foliatus. Folia 1 lata, acumine interd in cirrum brevem desinento" 
