834 OLXXVIIL  LILIACEZE. [Medeolec. 
loeulis a latere dehiscentibus. Ovarium lata basi sessile, subglob , vertice dep : 
4-5-loculare v. placentis vix centrum attingentibus sub-1-loculare ; styli v. styli rami 4-5, 
lineari-filiformes, erecti, apice recurvi, superne v. fere a basi introrsum stigmatosi ; ovula 
in loeulis co. Bacca indehiscens, v. eapsula carnosula demum loeulicide dehiscens. 
Semina subglobosa, testa nunc tenui appressa leviter rugulosa nee striata, nune crassa 
pulposa; embryo in albumine duro prope hilum minutus.—Rhizoma repens. Caulis 
simplex, basi vagina scariosa mox emarcida stipatus. Folia 4—oo, ad apicem caulis 
verticillata, sessilia v. petiolata, lanceolata v. ovata, tenuiter 3-nervia et reticulato- 
venulosa. Flos unicus, inter folia pedicellatus, erectus, virescens. 
Species editze 6, forte ad 3 v. 4 redueendsm, Europe et Asi temperat v. meontanse incolte. 
Kunth, Enum. Pl. v. 1»16.  Gerín. Fruct, t. 88. Red. Lil. t. 926. Hayne, Arzneigew. iii. t. 7. 
Reichb. Io. Fl. Gerin. t. 430. Nees, Gen. Fl. Germ. Monocot. i.n. 08.  Ledeb. le. Fl. Ross, t, 16. 
Wall. Pl. As; Rar. t. 126. Hook. f. Ill. Hinal. PI. t. 24. 
Dzwrovia, Hoffm. Hort, Mosq. 1808, ez Ledeb, Fl. Boss. iv. 121, est, P. incompleta, Bieb. peri- 
anthii segmentis interioribus parvis v. obsoletis. 
Evrnvma, Salisb. Gen. Pl. Fragm. 61, est P. polyphylla, Sm.; species Himalayana, capsula 
carnosula demum in valvas 4-6 coriaceeas dehiseente, seminibus baceiformibus rubris, testa crassa 
pulposa, 
Tarsus XX. VERATREX. 
183. wrelanthium, Linn. Gen. n. 454. (Leimanthium, Willd. in Gesellsch. Naturf. Fr. 
Berlin, Mag. ii. 24.) —Flores polygami. Perianthium persistens, planatum ; segment 
distineta, obovata v. oblonga, sub:equalia, co-nervia, basi presertim in fl. d distincte 
unguiculata, rotato-patentia. Stamina 6, unguibus t affixa, perianthi 
breviora, fil tis breviter filiformibus ; antherz parve, subglobosc, introrsum affixce, 
loculis confluentibus, polline emisso extrorsum explanatze, orbieulato-peltats. Ovarium 
sessile, basi contractum, a perianthio liberum v. vix adh ; 9-loculare, apice brevissi 
3-lobum, lobis in stylos breves apice int tigmat desinentil ovula in loeulis oc. 
Capsula membranacea, septicide in carpella 3 introrsum aperta secedens. Semina eo, 
oblonga, testa tenui appressa circumcirca in alam amplam membranaceam expansa ; 
embryo . . .—Rhizoma brevissimum, fibris radicalibus fasciculati lis. Caulis 
erectus, foliatus, basi ssepe leviter incrassatus et reliquiis fibrosis vaginarum stipatus, vix 
iamen vere bulbosus. Folia nunc longa, basi longe angustata, nune ovata longeque 
petiolata. Panieula terminalis, laxe pyramidata, floribunda, bracteis parvis. Flores 
ochroleuci v. virescentes, quam in V'eratro longius pedicellati. Perianthii segmenta 
stepius nec semper supra unguem glandulis seu foveolis 2 nectariferis instructa. 
Species 3, boreali-Americanz. Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc, xvii. 474. S. Wats. in. Proc. Amer. 
Acad. xiv. 276... Torr. Fl. New York, t. 134 (Leimanthium). | Bot. Mag. t. 985 ( Helonias). 
Linnzus species 3 heterogenas in MelantAio inclusit, inter quas planta Gronoviana, M. virginicum, 
Linn., bene a Bakero et S. Watsonio pro typica habetur, cum M. latifolio, Desv. . Kunth has species 
ad Zygadenwm refert, et nomen Linnzanum pro AM. ciliato, Linn., retinuit, quod Dipidaz, Salisb. 
M. sibiricum, Linn., ad Zygadenum pertinet. 
184. Veratrum, Linn. Gen. n. 1144.— Flores polygami. Perianthium persistens, 
late panulat v. explanatum ; segmenta ima basi presertim in fl. $ in tubum 
brevissime turbinatum connata, c:terum oblonga, patentia, subsqualia, basi parum 
contracta, oo-nervia. Stamina 6, basi segmentorum affixa iisque parum v. multo breviora, 
filamentis filiformibus; antherze parve, subglobosc, introrsum affix:e, loculis confluentibus, 
polline emisso extrorsum explanatz, orbiculato-peltatz. Ovarium ovoideum, ima basi 
leviter contractum et perianthii tubo brevissi dh , apice brevissime 3-lobum, 
lobis in stylos breves apice int ti ; ovula in loculis szepius 
numerosa. Capsula septicide in carpella 3 introrsum aperta secedens. Semina oblonga, 
testa tenui appressa circumcirca in alam amplam Oblique oblongam expansa; embryo 
juxta hilum cylindraceus, albumine 3-plo saltem brevior.—Rhizoma crassum, fibris 
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