832 CLXXVIII. LILIACEJE. [ Uvulariec. 
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ima basi qualia v. breviora, fil nunc 
leviter complanatis, nunc infra medium late membranaceo-dilatatis ; antherz lineares, 
infra medium introrsum aflixs, loculis a latere subextrorsum dehiscentibus. Ovarium 
sessile v. basi contractum, subglol v. obovoid ; 9-loculare ; stylus filiformis v. 
colummaris, in ramos 3 brevissimos v. longiores recurvos introrsum stigmatosos divisus ; 
ovula in loeulis 2 rarius 4-6, basi medio v. fere apice lateraliter affixa. Bacca subglobosa, 
indehiscens. "Semina (excepto D. frachycarpo) pauca, ovoideo-globosa, testa brunnea 
appressa; embryo in albumine corneo juxta hilum parvus, oblongus.— Caules e rhizomat; 
repente v. horizontali erecti, parce ramosi, foliati, basi nudi nisi vaginis paucis scariosis 
mox evanidis stipati. Folia alterna, sessilia v. brevissime petiolata, ovata v. lanceolata, 
b dense multi ia, v. inter nervos dissitos reticulato-venulosa. Flores 
ad apices ramulorum solitarii v. gemini, rarius co umbellati, pedicellis recurvis penduli. 
Species ad 12, Americze borealis et Asiz tropicee montanz v. centralis neenon Japoniw incole. 
Jaker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xiv. 588. — Wall. Pl. 4s. Rar. t. 269. Wight, Ic. t. 2048, 2049. oyle, 
Ill. Bot. Himal. t. 96... Hook. Fl. Bor. Amer. 1,189... Bot. Mag. t. 916, 1490. (Jc. plur. sub Uvularia.) 
PnosanrEs, Don in Trans. Linn. Soc, xviii. 031 3 Baker in. Journ. Linn. Soc. xiv. 086 ; S. Wats. 
din Proc. Amer. Acad. xiv. 270, species continet Americanas ab Asiaticis typicis fide auetoris distinctas 
ovulis ab apiee pendulis nee a basi ascendentibus. In JD. (Prosarte) trachycarpo tamen, medio 
lateraliter affixa sunt, quod etiam observavimus in specie una llimalayense. Habitus et characteres 
exteri omnes in utraque serie conformes, 
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tenuia, nune plus minus foveolata saccata v. breviter calearata. Stamina 6, hypogyna v. 
Eis adl DUM : a S büscv. 
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Tarsus XIX. Mzprorrgx. 
178. Clintonia, Rafin. in Journ. Phys. lxxxix. 102, non. Lindl. (Xeniatrum, Salisb. 
Gen. Pl. Fragm. 58.)—Perianthium deciduum ; segmenta distincta, oblonga lanceolata v. 
basi angustata, subcequalia, erecto-patentia. Stamina 6, segmentis prope basin affixa 
lisque breviora v. longiora, filamentis filiformibus ; antherm oblongze, introrsum medio v. 
infra medium 'affix:e, loculis a latere subextrorsum dehiscentibus. Ovarium sessile, 3- 
loculare ; stylus colummaris v. crassiuscule filiformis, apice sspe incrassatus, stigmate 
terminali plus minus dilatato v. obscure 3-lobo ; ovula in loculis 2 in €. wmbellata, in 
aliis speciebus usque ad 12. Bacca globosa v. ovoideo-obl nga, indehi Semina 2—-oc, 
ovoidea v. obtusangula, testa appressa brunnea v. pallida ; embryo in albumine solido 
juxta hilum minutus.— Caules e rhizomate repente erecti v. ascendentes, simplices, swpe 
tenuiter pilosi. Folia ad basin v. prope basin caulis pauca, conferta, obovato-oblonga v. 
late lanceolata, basi plus minus in petiolum v. in vaginam contracta, membran: addito 
rarius altero in medio caule sessili. Flores parvuli v. majores, ad apicem caulis umbellati, 
exinvolucrati, umbella in C. «niflora, Kunth, ad flores 1-29 reducta, additis interdum in 
aliis speciebus paucis infra umbellam sparsis. Bractes parve, lineares, cadueze v. 0. 
Species 6, quarum 2 Asiatiez, Himalaysm, Sibiriw v. J. aponiw incole, esterw boreali-Amerieante. 
Kunth, Enum. Pl.v. 156. Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xiv. 583. Ait. Hort. Kew. ed, 1, t. 6 (Dra- 
cena) Andr. Bot. Hep. t. 206 (Dracena). Desf. in. Ann. Mus. Pár. ix, 1. 8 GSmilacina). —.Bot. 
Mag. t. 1150, 1403 (Smilacina). — Middend. Jieise, Bot. t. 30. Hook. Fl. Bor. Amer. t. 190 
(Smmilacina). 
179. Seotiopus, Torr. Bot. Whipple Ezped. 89 (145), t. 22. — Perianthium. deciduum ; 
segmenta distincta, 3 exteriora lato-lanceolata, patentia, 3 interiora linearia, erecta. 
Stamina 6, hypogyna, perianthio breviora, filamentis filiformibus; anthere oblongse, 
prope basin affixze, loculis a latere (sul 7) dehi il Ovarium sessile, 
blong angulis 3 p i ibus, apice in stylum attenuatum, l-loculare, placentis 3 
parietalibus non prominentibus ; stylus breviter filiformis, ramis 3 filiformibus recurvis 
introrsum stigmatosis ; ovula in quaque plácenta oo, Fructus (ex S. Wats.) tenuiter mem- 
b us, J-queter, irregulariter ruptus. Semina co, oblonga, pallida, teretia v. leviter 
angulata, inappendiculata, testa appressa, rhaphe anguste alata; embryo in albumine 
