298 OPIIIOPOGONEAE kunth. (Ophiopogon.) 



lato-conniventia ; interiora parum majora. Staniina 6, basi 

 perigonii inserta eoque paruin breviora, aequalia. Filamenta 

 libera, filiforniia, longiuscula. Antlierae biloculares, ovato- 

 oblongae vel oblongae, emarginatae, dorso supra basim bilo- 

 bain affixae, introrsae. Ovarium liberum, sessile, depresso- 

 tricoccum ; ovula in coccis 2, collateralia, erecta, anatropa. 

 Colunma stylina terniinalis, crassa, trigona, tubulo tiiquetro 

 instructa. Stigma parvum, indivisum vel trifidum ; laciniis 

 rotundatis, papillosis. Bacca globosa, monosperma. Semen 

 globosum, laeve, pallide ferrugineum, opacum, cbalaza magna 

 orbiculari saturutius fusca notatum, ad extreniitatem oblique 

 oppositam leviter tuberculato-umbonatum (micropyla) ; testa 

 tenuis, albumini corneo arcte adnata. Embryo inclusus, cy- 

 lindraceus, rectus, albumine dimidio brevior, micropylam spec- 

 tans eique proximus. Herbae acauies, caespitosae ; r/iizo- 

 mat.e subterraneo^ ramosissimo, stolonifero ; fbris ramosis. 

 Folia radicalia anguste lincaria, graminea, rigida, striato- 

 nervosa, ptaniuscuta, inferne utrinque margine membrana- 

 ceo liyaiino-albido arido vaginautia. Scapus radicalis, su- 

 perne racemoso - multijiorus. Flores pedicellati^ per 3 vel 

 plurcs fasciculato-congesti) pallide titacini; fasciculis spar- 

 sis, bractea suffultis ; pediceltis basi bracteolatis , medio 

 vel sub perigonio articulatis. Haccae caeruleae. 



1. O. GRACILIS. Raccmo strictiusculo ; floribus miuoribus ; 

 pedicellis supra medium articulatis ; stigmate iudiviso. O. spi- 

 catus J. C. Schaucr in Act. Nov. Acad. Caes. Leopold.-Car. nal. 

 cur. 19. suppl. I. 445. nec Cawl. — Chiua (Gaudichand ; propc 

 Macao : Meyen.). 2J. — Folia radicalia caespitosa, ercctiuscula, 

 augustc liuearia, apiocm vcrsus parum angustata, obtusa, infcrue 

 angustata, basim vcrsus hyalino-marginata et vaginantia, plana, 

 9-ll-nervia, nervis 5 robustioribus, rigido-membranaoea, glabra, 

 margine scabriuscula, 10-14-pollicaria, lj-2 lin. lata. Scapi ra- 

 dicales, folia vix superantos, quadrangularcs?, lacvcs, glabri, nudi, 

 partc superiore strictiuscula (^ longitudinis) raccmoso - multi- 

 flori. Flores pcdicellati, per 5 et plures fasciculato-congcsti, di- 

 midio minores quam in O. spicato hortensi; fascicuiis sparsis, 

 romotiusculis, hractea cxteriore bractcolisque plurihus intcriori- 

 hus marcidis suffultis; pcdiccllis crassiusculis, glahris, inacqua- 

 libus, longiorihus l|-linearibus, supra medium (| altitudinis) ar- 

 ticulatis; hracteis e hasi lata acuininato-lincarihus, mcmhraiiaccis, 

 pediccllos vix superautibus. Pcrigonium 6-phylIum, glahrum, 

 hasi in pediccllum attcnuatum (vel basi attcnuata cum pedicello 

 articulatum) ; foliola ima hasi connata, suhacqualia, elliptico-ob- 

 longa, apice rotundata, uninervia, infcrnc campanulato-connivcn- 



