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— A New-York ad Carolinam; y. otiam in Canada (fide Hook.). 

 2\. — Descriptio var. ce. scciinduni spccimina culta : Radix bul- 

 boso-caespitosa, carnosa. Caulis orecfus, pedalis et altior, tc- 

 rcs, glaber, basi squama ovala mcmbranacca vaginantc instruc- 

 tus, apice verficillato-triphvllus. Folia scssilia, late ovato-rbom- 

 bca, abbrcviato-acuminafa, basi cuncata, reticulato-trinervia, iiicin 

 branacea, saturate viridia, quadripollicaria, 4| polliccs lata. Pe- 

 dunculus subfripollioaris, tcrcs, parum inclinatus, apice levitcr 

 curvatus. Flos subnutans, foetidus. Sepala 3, oblonga, acu- 

 minata, quinquencrvia, membranacca, glabra, viridia, saepe infus 

 versus medium zonis 1-3 atropurpureis notata, margine purpu- 

 rasccntia, 18-26 lin. longa, patentia (subrctlexa Hook.). Petala 

 3, paulo majora, ovato-oblonga , subacuminata, septcmnervia, 

 membranacca, glabra, atropurpnrea, 20-24 lin. longa, 9-10 lin. 

 laia, patentia, scpalis j Iongiora, interdum paulo breviora. Sta- 

 mina 6, subhypogyna , erecta , aequalia, 7 lin. longa, pistillum 

 subaequantia. Filamenta brevia , axi parallele comprcssa, pur- 

 purea. Antherae biloculares, lineares, obtusae, basi affixae, 

 cum filamento continuae, erectae, purpureae; loculi angusti, con- 

 nexivum lineare marginantes, secundum longitudincm interne de- 

 hiscentcs. Pollen flavidum. Ovarium liberum, basi lata sessile, 

 ovatum, sexquetrum (alato - bexagonum Schult.), atroviolaceum, 

 glabrum, triloculare; anguli acuti, inter loculos ct sepala per 

 paria magis approximati : placentae in centro arcte approximatae, 

 nec connatae ; endocarpium loculos vesticns ad dorsuin a meso- 

 carpio solutum. Ovula in loculis creberrima, angulo interno 

 per plures series irregulares affixa, subtransversa, anatropa et 

 bemianatropa, breviter funiculata, viridula; endostomio exserto. 

 Stigmata 3, ovarium continuantia, lincari-lingulata, obtusa, dorso 

 convexa ct purpurea, interne canaliculata , papillosa et ochro- 

 Icuca, patula, apicem versus recurvata, persistentia. Bacca se- 

 palis persistentibus suflulta , subglobosa, sexquefra , magni- 

 tudinc cerasi, trilocularis, polysperma, subnigra (Pursh.). Se- 

 mina ovalia, dorso convexa, ventre obtusangula ibiquc sccundum 

 totam longitudinem adnata (potius in pulpa nidulantia ?), ad 

 unam exfremitatem chalaza instructa, ad oblique oppositain exo- 

 stomio umbonafa, fusca, transvcrsc subtilissimc rugulosa, opaca. 

 Testa membranacea, albumini carnoso adhaerens, solubilis, frans- 

 verse cancellato-cellulosa. Embryo miniitissimus, ellipticus, ad 

 extremitatem radicularem abrupte atfenuatus, inclusus, exosto- 

 mio proximus. Specimina suppetcntia variefalis (5 simillima mox 

 descriptis, nisi omnibus partibus minora ct albiflora. 



12. T. CERNUUM Linn. Spec. 484. (excl. Culesb.) Smilh. 

 Spicil. 3. /. 4. IVilld. Spec. 2. 271. ld. in N. Schrift. d. Ges. 

 nahirf. Fr. 3. 422. Poir. Encycl. 8. 101. (excl. Mich. et Ca- 

 tesb.j suppl. 5. 362. Pursh. Flor. 1. 245.*) Ell. Bot. 1. 428. Nnli. 



•) Pedunculo recurvato; petalis lanceolatis, acuminatis, planifl, refle- 



