HEXAISniUA. MONOGYNIA. 



LVII 



1451- Paxcraticm. Spatha 1-2-, rarius plurivalvis, 1- 

 multiflora. Cor. tubuloso-6 -fida ; tubo longo, gracili, sub- 

 erecto , rarius cernuo; limbo slellato vel reilexo, aequali, ra- 

 rissime irregulari. Corona infundibuliformis vel turbinato-tu- 

 bulosa , regularis, erecta, (rarissime declinata), saepi 

 laciniis concreta, varie dentata , dentibus vel interna 

 staminifera. Filam. aequalia, incurvo-patentia , vel 

 aequalia , conniventia , vel 5 

 versatiles. Germ. obtuse trigonum. S/y/. filiiormis, inclina- 

 to-assurgens. Sfigm. simplex. Caps. subglobosa, obtuse tri- 



trilocularis , 5-valvis, saepe seminibus bulbiformibus 



immature rupta; dissepimentis medio septigeris. 



riata , plurima, atra; saepe in singulo loculo 1-2 vel ahortu 



solitaria, tuberoso-laxata , viridia. JLam. Jllust. t. 228- 



inflexa , rarius declinata. 



cum 



pagma 



alterna 



Anllu 



gona, 



Sem. bise- 



Familia Narcissorum Juss.j Amaryllidevrum St. Hil.. Cfr. 



Salisbury in Trans. Linn. Soc. II, et Her geberis Pascratii 

 Revis. in Journal of Science and arts III. p. 316. Hymenocallis, 

 Pascratium, Ismene, Liriope Herbert Append., (Liriopsis Ret- 

 chenb. Consp. p. 62.), Hymen ocallis , Almyra, Ismexe Salisb. 9 

 Narcissi spec. Ruiz et Pav.. 



Obs. CTft. Ker, cui in Journ. of Sc. Pascratia, quae sub Chbysipmiala cxhi- 

 buimus , sectio tantum generis Pancratii, hoc sequentibus dennit ; ,,Flores 

 scaposi , umbellati, bracteato - distincti , raro solitarii; spatha i -p]uri - valvis. 

 Cor. supera erecta v. ex medio nutans, nunc pendulo -cernua , tubuloso - 6- ftda ; 

 limbo stellato , rarius connivente. Tilamenta in ore tubi , membrana coroni- 

 formi raro irregulari inferne varie connexa . inde patentla v. conniventia v. in- 

 trofrarta» interdum declinata; rarissime discreta et basi breve alata, vix unqiiam 

 exserta: aatherae versatiles. Stjk inclinatus , rarius corolla brevior. Stigm. 

 simplex vel 3 brevia. Caps. membranosa, 3-locul., 3-vaIris, valvis medio sep- 

 tiferis. Sem. hiseriata, plurima v. in singulo loculo collaterali - gemina v. so- 

 litaria et loculamento conformia v. tuberoso -laxata. flulbus tuoicatus. Folia 

 bifaria v. nunc subplurifaria , angustc lorata ad elliptico - lanceolata , interdum. 

 petiolata, raro cum lamina tram>verse latiore. Differt a Crino filamentis aut 

 monadelphis aut basi breve alatis ; ab AntARVLLfniBis cum tubo coronato cx eo 

 <juod iu iis corona a filamentis undiquc disjuncta sit; a proximo :\arcisso quod 

 filamenta corona inclusa atque infra os tubi inserta sinf. Seminum testa in 

 loculis polyspermis nigricans." !* 



1452* Vvncisscis. Spatha monophylla. jbllicularis, la- 

 tere dehiscens , 1-multiflora. Cor. hypocrateriibrmis ; tubus 



subcylindricus, plerumque horizontalis; limbus regularis. pro- 

 funde 6-partitus, patens, rarius reflexus. Corona (y. necta- 

 rium) cum tubo continua, infundibuliformis v. campanulata, 

 rarius rotata, integra vel lobata. limbo brerior longiorve. FL 

 lam. tubo inserta eodemque adnata v. libera, inclusa, aequa- 

 lia vel 5 breviora, brevia. Anlh. incurnbentes. Styl. sub- 



ma subtrilobum. Caps. subrotunda, trilocula- 

 membranacea. Sem. plura , globosa, v. sub- 



trigonus. St 



ris . 



o-valvis , 



L 



compressa. 



Familia \ vkcissorum Juss. , Amaryllidf vrum St. Hil., Spvtha- 

 ckarim L. Genus a Salisburj in phira, ncmpe in Cor- 



BLLARIAM, AjACEM, (^UELTI V u , G.VWMEDEM , PhILOGYKEN , HeR- 



iuaBEB et Narcissuii divisum, quibus cls. Haworth Diomedem, 

 Chlorastrum et Schisakthem adclidit, quorum omnium characte- 



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