laS HEXANORIA-MONOGYNIA. 



BulLnis ovatus, potius crassus, tunlc^itus , tuuiois iiit^- 

 rioribus superiu" i|uidquam productis . Folia radicalia, 

 filifonuia , tirmula , supra caualiculata , luduut curva, 

 Mexuosa , striotiuscula , aut jaceutia , soapo multo bre- 

 viora , ante illum prodeuntia, et passim evauida cum 

 scapus evolvitur, licet id non semper eveuiat . Sca- 

 pus solitarius , vel geminns , simplex , teres , nudus , 

 gracilis , ascendens , aut erectus, irregulariter tortuo- 

 sus, palmaris , vix spithamalis, ex viridi pallide ru- 

 bens . Racemus termiualis , simplex, paucitlorus , ilo- 

 ribus alternis, remotiusculis, strictis. Bractea gub quo- 

 vis pedunoulo, basi produota in appeudiculam subula- 

 tam, lougiusoulam . retrollexam . Pedunouli tlore bre- 

 viores, nudi , prope basiiu aiticulati . Perigonium iu 

 authesi stellatim patens , iu fructu conuivens . tubu- 

 losum , in medio constrictum . Sepala oblonga , obtu- 

 sa , ex albo leviter carnoa , nervo carinali iusigni , vi- 

 ridi-rubente. Stamina perigouio paulo breviora, orta e 

 basi sepalorum . Filamenta subulata, compressa, alba . 

 Auth'er:¥ oblongs , lutes . Pistillum staminibus aequale, 

 aut vix longius. Ovarium oblongum, obtnse trigonum, 

 angulis dorso leviter canaliculatis . Stilus fllitormis , 

 albus . Stigma papillosum . Stamina, et pistillum nunc 

 erecta , nunc curvata . Capsula oblonga . obtusa , peri- 

 gonio subsqualis . Tota planta glaberrima. Flores evi- 

 gilant paulo post meridiem . et clauduntur circa ho- 

 ram sextam vesperascentis diei. Perigonium marcescens 

 circuu\^cinditur prope basim , et decidit , 



NARTHECIUM . 



j\foerh. in JVat. cur. eph. an. \-_^-^. i\6. p.o'^\. Huds. 

 Angl. p. 145. Smith. Engl. Fl. 2. p, i5i . non Juss. 

 Abaiua Adaiis^. FamilL des pl. a. p. 47. 

 Antherici species Lin. Gen. p. 167. 



PeTigonium liberuni . hexasepaluni, in antliesi stel- 

 latim patens , in fructu persistens , campanifor- 

 mi-connivens. Stamina sex . sepalis opposita . Fi- 

 lamenta subulata , in parte intermedia barbata . 

 AntherjB incumbentes . biloculares , senio spirali- 

 ter contorts . Stilus conicus , persistens . Stignia 



