Paris. 271 



spectans, Herbae rhizomate horizontali repentes. Caulis 

 simplicissimus, apice verticillato-A — S-phyllus. Folia ses- 

 silia vel peiiolata, lata, membranacea , subreticulato-tri- 

 nercia. Flos terminalis, solitarius, pedtmculatus ; pedun- 

 culo nudo , haud articulato. 



1. Paris quadrifolia lAnn. Spec. 527. Engl. Bot. t. 7. 



Schkuhr, Handb. 1. 1. 109. a. Gaertn. Fruct. 2. 19. t. 83. 



/. 7. Hayne, Arzneigew.3. t. 7. Brandt u. Ratzeb. Gift- 



gew. 29. t. 6. Nees ab Esenb. Gen. 2. 1. 19. 



Foliis quatcrnis, sessilibus, subrolundo-ellipticis, basi 

 ang^ustatis, breviter acximinatis; floribus 8-andris; sepa- 

 lis interioribus linearibus; antheris apice in acumea li- 

 neari-subulalum prodnctis. 



In sylvis locisque umbrosis humidis fre- 

 quens. (Jungfernheide, Tegel, Spandau, Fal- 

 kenhagen, Brieselang', Friedrichsfelde, caet.) 

 Floret Majo, Junio. 2f 



Flores virides. Ovarium et stig;mata atro-purpnrea. 

 Baccae atro-caeruleae. 



COLCHICACEAE Cand. 



Melanthiaceae Brown. 

 Calyx corollaceus, 6-sepalus, regularis; sepala 

 magis minusve distincta, rarissime inferne in tubum 

 praelongum coalita. Stamina tot quot sepala (raris- 

 sime 9) iisque opposita, perigyna, libera. Antherae 

 biloculares, in alabastro plerumque extrorsae, versa- 

 tiles et demum introrsum directae; loculi contigui, 

 paralleli, secuudum longitudinem dehiscentes. Ovaria 

 3, angulis ventralibus magis minusve connata; ovula 

 in loculis plurima, rarissime 2. Styli 3, liberi. Stig- 

 mata totidem, simplicia. Fructus capsularis (raris- 

 sime baccatus), 3-locuIaris, 3-partibiIis, carpidiis 

 sutura ventrali hiantibus; in paucis (excludendis'?) 



