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ternis validis, plurimisque tenuioribus, usque sex poll. longum, duos latum. Pedunculus terminalis, tenuis, 
vagina una acuminata mediana, apice distanter racemoso biflorus, floribus illos JVephelaphylli pulchri 
eequantibus. Bractex triangule, setacew, acuminate. Ovaria longius pedicellata, pedicellis bracteas sub- 
squantibus. Sepalum impar triangulo acuminatum, trinerve; tepala oblonga, acuminata, sublongiora, 
trinervia; sepala lateralia sepalo dorsali ceteroquin subzequalia, sed in calcar cylindraceum apice obtusato 
inflatum extensa. Labellum unguiculatum ; lamina trifida ; lacini: laterales trianguli, extus nune sinuate, 
semper divaricate; lacinia media ab isthmo brevissimo transverse obtusangulo quadrata emarginata ; 
carinule geminæ utrinque in basi laciniarum lateralium ; carine tenues, longiores, apice eonfluentes in disco 
laeiniz antice. Columna clavata. Androclinii limbus trilobus; lobi laterales trianguli; lobus medius por- 
rectus, latus, tridentatus ; denticuli utrinque juxta foveam ; fovea cordiformis, cruribus geminis stigmaticis 
valde evolutis. Anthera depresso-ovata, utrinque apiculo inflexo, ac appendice lobulata mediana.  Pollinia 
depressa, spherica, lobulo adventitio parvo. In calcaris eylindri parietem superiorem carina de column: 
basi descendit. “Flores viriduli, labello albo-flavo," Seem. mss.—Adest specimen majus, quod habet 
peduneulum longiorem defloratum pluriflorum, folio in bulbo stipante nullo. Sed cum sit valde adultum, 
fasciculi vasorum nudi basin pedunculi circumstantes videntur folium dejeetum. Hie pedunculus trivagina- 
tus octoflorus fuisse videtur. , 
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Orpo XCVIII. AMARYLLIDEJE. 
I. Crinum, Linn. Gen. n. 405, excl. sp.; Endl. Gen. n. 1276. Perigonium corollinum 
superum; tubo elongato, gracili; fauce haud ampliata ; limbi 6-partiti laciniis subæqualibus, erectis, 
patentibus v. reflexis. Stamina 6, summo tubo inserta; filamenta filiformia, patentia v. declinata ; 
antheræ lineares, versatiles. Ovarium inferum, 3-loculare. Ovula oo, in loculorum angulo centrali 
2-seriata, horizontalia, anatropa. Stylus filiformis, inclinatus; stigma obtusum v. obsolete 3-lobum. 
Capsula membranacea, depresso-sphærica, 3- v. abortu 1-2-locularis, irregulariter rumpens. Semina 
pauca v. solitaria, angulato-subglobosa, sæpe in bulbillos carnosos mutata.— Herbæ, bulbo radicali, 
columnari v. sphierico ; foliis multifariis ; scapo solido; umbella multiflora; spatha bivalvi; pedicellis 
bracteis ramentaceis interstinctis. 
1. C. Asiaticum, Linn. Sp. p. 419; Kunth, Enum. vol v. p. 547 (excl. quib. syn); bulbo 
magno, longe columnari, in collum producto ; foliis lanceolatis (3—4-pedalib.), basi convoluto-fascicu- 
latis; scapo laterali; spatha sphacelata; phyllis badiis laceris apice rotundatis, ramentis linearibus 
immixtis; umbella 10-12- v. co-flora; floribus candidis, subodoratis (vix semipedal.); tubo limbum 
subsequante ; laciniis exterioribus apice incurvo-mucronatis.— Bot. Mag. t. 1073. C. Asiaticum, var. 
toxicarium, Bot. Mag. t. 2121; Rumph. Amb. vol. vi. t. 69. Nomen vernac. Vitiense, “ Viavia.”— 
On the sea-eoast of the large Vitian Islands (Seemann! n. 640). Common in the East Indies and 
the Archipelago. Perhaps also in the Tongan Islands, but Forster has left no materials to show 
what his doubtful C. Asiaticum is. 
Orpo XCIX. DIOSCOREJZE. 
I. Dioscorea, Plum. Gen. t. 26; Linn. Gen. n. 1122; Endl. Gen. n. 1201. Flores dioici. 
Perigonium herbaceum, tubo triptero cum ovario connato, limbo supero 6-partito, persistente. 
Stamina 6, basi perigonii inserta; filamenta subulata ; antheræ subglobosæ. Ovarium 3-loculare. 
Ovula in loculis 2, superposita, anatropa. Styli 3, distincti; stigmata obsoleta. Capsula membra- 
nacea, 3-locularis, 3-angularis, compressa, angulis salientibus loculicido-dehiscens. Semina in 
loculis 2, compressa, membranaceo-alata. Embryo minimus, in albuminis cartilaginei cavitate majore 
prope umbilicum situs.—Herbæ perennes’ v. suffrutices volubiles; rhizomate tuberoso ; foliis petio- 
latis, alternis v. oppositis, plerumque cordatis v. hastatis, nervosis, venosis, seepius integerrimis, 
interdum palmatifidis; floribus axillaribus, spicatis v. racemosis.—Helmia, Kunth, Enum. vol. v. p. 
414. 
