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Clais^iis XV, Coronariae. 



Herhae anniiae, pcrennes v. interdnm snHrntescentes^ 

 caulibns basi plcruniqne bulbosis v. tuberosis, siniplicibus 

 aut raniosis, Coliis aiternis^ inteoerriniis, basi vaginanti- 

 bus V, interduin petiolatis, lloribus perigonio corollino, 

 rarius gluniaceo^ regulari, biseriato, seriebns conformibus, 

 germinibus liberis^ v. rarissime ima basi adnatis, triphyl- 

 lis^ trilocularibus, gemmuiis plerumque indefinitis, rarius 

 definitis v. solitariis^ fructu capsulari v. baccato, seraiui- 

 bus variis, embryone iutra albumen incluso. 



Ordo £il. Juncaceae. 



Ilerhae annuae v. saepius rliizomate repente perennantes, 

 caulibus nodosis, siniplicibus v. rarius raraosis, foliosis v. inter- 

 duin abljreviatis, scapos floriferos eAserentibus. Folia alterna, 

 basi vaginantia, lamina lineari, nervoso-striata, inlegerrinia v. 

 serrata, glabra aut piLosa, nunc plana aversa, nunc canaliculatu 

 V. cylindrica, nunc lateraliter conipressa, verticali, interduni abor- 

 tiva. Flores completi, v. abortu diclines, regulares, cyraosi, 

 spicati V. capitato-congesti, rarissime solitarii, singuli l^racteolati. 

 Peri^onii hexaphydli foliola biseriata, aequalia, scarioso-glumacea 

 V. rarius subpetaloidea, persistentia. Stamina saepissinie sex, 

 perigonii foliolis opposita et eorundem basibus inserta, v. iuter- 

 dum hypogyna, rarius Iria, ante perigonii foliola exteriora sita; 

 Jilamentis filiforniibus, liberis v. ima hasi coalitis, antkeris in- 

 trorsis, hilocularibus, longiludinaliter dehiscentibus. Germen li- 

 Lerura, triphyllum, nunc carpophyllorum marginibus introflexis 

 axim attingentibus triloculare, nunc marginibus apicem versus de- 

 liquescentibus basi tri- superne uniloculare. Gemmulae tres, hasi- 

 lares, v. plurimae, in trophospermiis carpophylla raarginantibus, 

 centralibus v. parietalibus, erectae, v. adscendentes, anatropae. 

 Stijlus terminalis, simplex, stigmata 3, filiformia, drstincta v. 

 rarissime coalita. Capsula uni-trilocularis, trivalvis, valvis medio 

 septiferis, hasi interdum unitis, rarius septifraga, valvis seplorum 

 altius pertinaciusque coalitorum portioneni aufcrenlibus, parte 

 superstite columnam tripteram referenle» Semina tria v. plurima, 

 integumento exteriore membranaceo, saepius utrinque relaxato, in- 

 terdum%d chalazam apicalem in fili speciem producta. Embryo in 

 hasi albuminis dense carnosi inclusus, extremilate radiculari crassa, 

 iimhilico proxima, infera. 



G E N E R A. 



1047. XjWZwU I)C. J04S. Vnoniwm. E. Mey. 



Luciola Smilh. 



