52 ASPARAGINEAE kunth. (Dianella.) 



Bof. of Capt. Beecheys Voy. 3. 97. (forma panicula ramosiore, 

 fide Iloofc.) — India orientalis, in horlis culta (Blume), Cochin- 

 china (Lour.), Canton, Lappas Island (Hook. et Arnolt.), Insu- 

 lae Sandwicenses (Gaudich.). 2\. — Caules erecti, simplices, in- 

 ferne squamati. supernc foliosi, teretiusculi, glabri, crassitie 

 pennae anserinae, adjecta panicula 2|-pedales. Folia equitanti- 

 disticha, sublanceolato-linearia, apice demum truncata el hifida, 

 inferne parnm angusta et complicato-vaginantia, supernc plana, 

 striatp-nervosa, costa subtus acutangulo-prominente, rigida, gla- 

 bra, inermia, sesquipcdalia, erecto-patula, paniculam subaequan- 

 tia, 8-9 lin. lala. Paniculae in apice caulis solitariae, erectae, 

 pedunculatac, duplicato-ramosae, 9-8-pollicares, bracteatae ; rha- 

 cbi angnlata?, subflcxuosa; ramis altcrnis, remotis, subdichoto- 

 mis, patulis, bractca fulfis; bracteis anguste linearibus, amplexi- 

 caulibus, Sj-l^-pollicaribus, erectis, foliis similibus ; pedicellis 

 in ramulis laxe racemosis, subsecundis, curvatis, apice articulatis, 

 glabris, 3-4 lineas longis; bracteolis lateralibus vel vagis, ovato- 

 subulatis. Baccae immaturae subglobosae, pleospermae, nudae, 

 magnitudine grani sinapis. Semina subimmatura, dimidiato- 

 ovata, rngoso-angulata, anatropa. Testa crnstacea, atra, nitida, 

 fragilis, laevissima ; membrana interna tenuissima, fuscescens, al- 

 bumini adhaerens ; cbalaza casfaneo-fusca , oblique verticalis. 

 Albumen carnosum, dimidiato-obovatum, albnm. Embrvo axilis, 

 teretiusculus , levissime flcxuosus , albumine i brevior, albus, 

 acutus; extremitate radiculari subgloboso-incrassata, bilo proxima. 

 (Descr. jnxta specimen fructiferum Gaudichaudianum in Insulis 

 Sandwicensibus lectum.) D. nemorosa Lam. Encycl. 2 276. hu- 

 jus potius loci videtur ex descriptione et synonymia, forte ctiam 

 Linn. Mant. 63. huc recfius transferenda. (Schult. fil.) An a 

 D. ensifolia ob folia margine laevissima sat distincta?, in hac 

 folia interduni remotissime et minutissime serrulata. (Hook. et 

 Arnott.) 



10. D. javanica. Caulescens ; foliis caulinis elongatis, 

 linearibus, planis (5 lin. latis), marginibus carinaquc laevibus; 

 paniculae ramis subdichotomis, pafulis; floribus longe pedicel- 

 latis; foliolis perigonii omnibus 5-nerviis. Rbuacophila javanica 

 (Blume, Enum. 1. 14. Schuli. Syst. 7. 317. 1672*))? Zoiling. 



°) Pedunculis bifidis, paucitloris. Blume. — Java "5 — Suinmitas 

 caudicis sublignosi foliorum lapsu annulata. Folia in apice caudicis cir- 

 citer 8, approximata, erecta vel erecfo-patentia, sessilia et basi vagi- 

 nantia, anguste lanceolata vel ensiformia, longe acuminata, basim versus 

 quidquam angustata et ima basi in vaginam brevem submembranaceam 

 caudicem amplexantem dilatata, concava?, apicem versus convoluta, vix 

 carinata, uervoso-striata, tirmula, supra glaucescentia, dorso e virente 

 fusca, 10-12-pollicaria, medio 8-9 lin. lata. Panicula terminalis, suberecta, 

 laxa, 9-poIlicaris ; rhaclii subflexuosa, compresso-angulata, glabra ; ramis 

 solitariis, alternis vel inferioribus subsecundis, laxe erecfis, remotis, ra- 

 cemose 9-12-floris, glabris. Bractea infima foliis similis, sed latior et 



