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superiora floralia caulinis similia v. summa minora, Flores spéciosi, aurantiaci, nutantes, 
pedicellis axillaribus solitariis ebracteatis. 
Species 1, Natalensi S. littonioides, Welw., ch omnino Ziftonie nec Sandersonie 
priebet. 
174. Littonia, -Hoóki Bot. Mag. t. 4723 .—Perianthi l ta fere 
& basi distincta, subereeta, :qualia, oblongo-lanceolata, carinata, basi j nd ad latera 
foveolm 2-eallosa. Stamina 0, hypogyna, perianthio breviora, filamentis filiformibus ; 
anthere oblongie, prope basin introrsum affix:e, loculis a latere extrorsum. dehiscentibus, 
Ovarium sessile, obtusissimum, 3-sulcum, facile 3-partibile, 3-loculare ; stylus breviter 
filiformis, 3-fidus, ramis recurvis, stigmatibus parvis terminalibus ; ovili in loculis 
numerosa. Fructus . . .—Rhizoma tuberosum.; Caulis fiexttosns,: scandens, simplex, 
foliatus. Folia inferiora 3-5-natim | subverti V. Sparsa, 
lanceolata, acuminata, in cirrum brevem sspe ie ein Flores speciosi, aurantiací, 
nutantes, sess brevibus ad axillas solitariis ebracteatis. 
Species 2, altera Natalensis, altera lensis, L. Welwitschii, nob. (Sandersonia littonioides, 
Welw.; Baker in Trans. Linn. Soc. Bot. i. 262). 
175. ? Waneria, Kirk i» Trans, Linn, Soc. xxiv. 497, t. 52.—Perianthii tubus brevissi- 
mus, campanulatus; lobi multo longiores, oblongi, patentes, subrsequales, D5-nerves. 
Stamina 6, ad faucem affixa, lobis breviora, filamentis brevissimis ; anthers lineares, 
erectze, basi v. juxta basin affixze, loculis apice poro v. rima brevi dehiscentibus. Ovarium 
tubo perianthii subinclusum at liberum, lata basi affixum, 3-loculare ; stylus filiformis, 
stigmate parvo ; ovula in loculis oo. Fructus junior subglobosus, obtusissimus, carnosu- 
lus, maturus ignotus.— Rhizoma tuberosum v. horizontale. Caulis erectus, simplex, 
foliatus. Folia sessilia, lanceolata v. linearia, infima minima, floralia caulinis superioribus 
similia. Flores esrulei, erecti v. cernui, pedicellis axillaribus solitariis infra medium 
braeteolatis 1-floris v. rarius 2-floris. 
Species edit; v. varietates insignes 3, Africz tropiem incole. Baer in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvii. 
498, et in Trans. Linn. Soc. Bot. i. 262. 
Genus ab auctoribus Conanthereis relatum, longe tamen differt habitu, inflorescentia, ovario et 
verisimiliter fruetu, hoe tamen seminibusque ignotis, affinitates dubi: remanent. 
176. Tricyrtis, Wall. Tent. Fl. Nep. 61, t. 46. (Compsoa, Don, Prod, Ru. Nep. 50. 
Eurum Spreng. Syst. Cur. Post. 137. )—P A. 
, lanceolata, exteriora basi saccata, interiora plana, omnia cdtatuin: :equalia, 
basi e ] superne Umerom Staminá 6, "desde filamentis complanatis in tubum 
longe supern ; anthere oblongs, introrsum 
affixe, loculis ante dehiscentibus. vitia oblongum, 3-quetrum, 3-loeulare ; 
stylus columnaris, sub-3-queter, ramis 3 recurvo-patentibus apice 2-fidis introrsum NET 
papillosis ; ovula in loculis numerosa, obovoidea. Capsula angusto oblonga, prominenter 
3-quetra, septicide « dehi Semina , Ovata v. orbi a, plana, testa laxius- 
cula oo-nervi is reticulata ; embryo in albumine carnoso juxta hilum 
minimus, obovoideus. —Rhizoma breviter repens. Caulis erectus, sub inflorescentia 
simplex, foliatus. Folia alterna, ovata v. oblonga, basi contracta subsessilia v. cordato- 
amplexicaulia. Inflorescentia RGKTEEDAHB v. im axillis ibus laxe dicho 
erecta. Flores pauci, maj ianthio intus sspe eleganter 
maculato. Bractese parve, herbae; v. 0. Capsule erectio, ssepe ultrapollicares. 
Species 5, Himalaym, Japoniw et Chine incole. Baer in Journ. Linn. Soc, xvii. 463, Jot. 
Mag.t. 4955, 5350, 6044, — Regel, Gartenfl. t. 613. 
177. Disporum, Salisb. in Trans. Hort. Soc. i. 331, GONE 1 Don, Prod. FI, Nep. 
50. (Drapieza, Blume, Ewwm. Pl. Jav. 8.)—P: , anguste ca 1 
latum ; segmenta distincta, erecta v, superne patentia, subrequalia, basi nunc Rum 
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