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FAMIGLIA UNDECIMA. 



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Amaryllide^ R. Brown prodr. p. 296. Barll. ord. nat. p. 45. Endl. 

 gen. p. 174. Lindi, veg. kingd. p. 155. Kunlh emitn. pi. 5. p. 467. 



Narcissi sect. Il'' et sect. 1" et ni=> ex parte Juss. gen. p. 55 et 54. 



LiLiACEiE ord. IW Narcisses Dee. fi. frane. 3. p. 229. 



AmaryllidacEìE Subordo II HypoxydeyE § 3. Alstrcemeriaìibrmes , 

 III Agave^g § 2. Ixiaeformes, et g 5. Agaviformes, IV Amarylli- 

 DE/E, V NarcissE/E, et VI Galanthe.e Herh. amar. p. 56, 57, 62, 63. 



Herbae perennes, nunc scapigerae, nunc caulescentes , interdum 

 fruticosae et gigantese, sa^pe bulbosge, bulbo foliorum basibiis persisten- 

 tibus (squamis) tunicato, radicibus fasciculatis, fibrosis, vel rarissime rhi- 

 zomate radicibusque fasciculatis , tuberosis (in Alstroemeria) instruclge. 



Caulis simplex, ssepe aphyllus (scapus), vel foliatus, erectus vel 

 ascendens, aut rarissime scandens et volubilis (in Bomaria), solidus vel 

 fistulosus, interdum fruticosus, foliis delapsis cicatrisatus (in Agaveis). 



Folla simplicia, integra vel integerrima, nervoso-striata, anguste 

 vel late linearla, lorata aut lanceolata , saepe canaliculata, oblique 

 vel spiraliter torta, quandoque margine reflexa aut undulata, glabra 

 vel pilosa aut cibata, basi, amplexicauli-vaginantia, rarissime lamina 

 dilatata, multinervi, nervis per venas transversas anastomosantibus , 

 et petiolo (in Griffmia) prsedita; in caulescentibus sparsa, semiamplexi- 

 raulia, ssepe basi torsione resupinata (in Alstroemeria), aut raro crassa, 

 carnosa, apice spinescentia , margine dentato-spinosa vel filamentosa 

 ( in Agaveis ). 



Flores bermaphroditi, regiilares aut irregulares , 1-plures in apice 

 scapi aut caulis umbellati , aut raro cymosi , pedunculati vel sessiles, 

 spatha mono-polyphylla involucrati, vel spicati , aut corymboso-pani- 

 culati, basi bracteati (in Agaveis). Prtedoratio imbricativa. 



Perigonium superum, coroUinum, marcescendo-persistens vel de- 

 ciduum, hexapbyllum, phyllis biseriatis sequalibus vel inaequalibus , 

 distinctis vel ima basi tantum vel ad medium et ultra in tubum eonnatis. 



