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hyalino-mcmbranaccae. Flores pedicellati, nutanteS, magnitudine 

 fcre Ornithogali umbellati, viridulo-flavi (Pursb.); |)ccliccllis 2| 

 lineas longis, pubescentibus, basi subebracteolatis, Pcrigonium 

 hexaphyllum ; foliolis distiuctis, oblongis, obtusis, inferne au- 

 gustato-subunguiculatis, 7-ncrviis, subacqualibus, cxtcrnc prae- 

 sertiin inferne pubescentibus, rampanulatn-patulis. Stamina et 

 pistillum ut in C. multillora. Ovula complura in quolibct loculo, 

 pendula?. Stigma colnmna'stylina latius, convexo-ampliatum, bilo- 

 bum?, glabrum. In altero suppeteutc specimfne e Tcrra Nova 

 florcs dimidio minorcs, erecti, Torrcy (Flora of N.-York 300.) 

 florcs et fructus sic dcscribit : Stamina longitudinc perigonii. 

 Filamcnta gracilia, glabra. Antherae aiitice supra basim affixae, 

 utroquc latcre dehiscentes. Ovariuin oblongum , biloculare ; 

 ovula 10-12 in (piolibet loculo, horizontalia, biscriata. Columna 

 slylina crassa. Stigma obliquc et obscure lobatum. Baeca glo- 

 boso-oblonga, diametro j pollic. , saturate cacrulea. Scmina 

 obovoidca, angulata, rubro-fusca. Embryo minutus, hilo proxi- 

 mus. Albnmcn firnio-carnosum. A praecedentc forlc ut genus 

 distingucnda. 



3. C. UNIFLORA. Foliis subradicalibus 2-3, obovato-lan- 

 ceolatis, acutis, subtus margine pilosis; scapo pubesccntc, uni- 

 floro, longitudine foliolorum ; perianthii hirsuti lato-campanulati 

 crccti laciniis obovato-lanccolatis. Jlook. Smilacina borcalis (i 

 unillora Schult. Syst. 7. 307. Smilacina unillora Menzies in Ilook. 

 Hor. Boreali-Amerie. 2. 175. /. 190. — In ora occidcntali Ame- 

 ricac borcalis (a Castcllo Vancouver ad Insulam Observatorii 

 inque montibus interioris). 7\. — Radix longa, stolonifcra. Uac- 

 cae maturae satiate caeruleac. Vahle diversa a proxime prae- 

 cedcnte. (Hook.) 



4. C. ALPINA. Smilacina alpina I{oyle's III. of the Himalay. 

 1. 380. — Kcdarkanta, Urukta et Manma. 2J. — ' Proxime affi- 

 nis Smilacinac borcali. (Hovle.) 



111. SMILACEAE kunth in Act. Acad. Berol. 1843. p. 46. 



Flores dioeci. Perigonii foliola 6, distincta, inaequalia 

 (exteriora latiora), decidua, rarissime cainpanulato-connata. 

 Stamina 6, foliolorum basi inserta; in florilius feinineis an- 

 tliera destituta. Antberae uniloculares, bilocellatae, basi af- 

 fixae, introrsae. Ovarium liberum, 3-, rarissime I- vel 6-lo- 

 culare; in floribus masculis plane obliteratum ; ovula solita- 

 ria, rarius gemina, pendula, orthotropa. Stigmata3, sessilia, 

 distincta, rarissiine connata. Bacca globosa, I-3-spenna. 

 Testa ineinbranacea, albumini cartilagineo adnata. Einbryo 



