318 ASPIDISTREAE endl. (Tupisrra.) 



albido-caesium ; lobis rotuntlalis, crassis, patentibus , supra 

 convexiusculis et rugulosis , subtus coucaviusculis. — luse 

 vitli in planta culta ut scquitur: Flores sessilcs, bibracleati; 

 bractcis inembranaceis, trinerviis, glabris, extcriore e basi ovata 

 deltoideo-angustata, tubnm aequante, altera laterali minore, na- 

 viculari. Perigonium caruosum ; tubus urceolatus; limbus sex- 

 partitus, subirregularis (intcrtlum octopartitus, valtle irregularis); 

 laciniis ovato-oblongis, obtusis, 5-nerviis, apicc recurvatis, lon- 

 gitutline tubi. Stamina 6, longitudine tubi, alterna parum lon- 

 giora Filamenta tubo adnata. Antberae scssiles, bilocula- 

 res ; loculis utrinque tlistinctis. Pistillum liberum, tubuni 

 paulo superans. Ovarium sessile, oblongum, columna stylina 

 vix crassius, ima basi trilocularc; ovula in loculis 2, collatera- 

 lia, angulo interno pcr partem superiorem atlnata, per inferio- 

 rem libera. Columna stylina continua, crassa, terctiuscula, su- 

 perne tripartibilis. Stigmata tria, magna, sulirotuntla, papillosa, 

 convexa, subacqualia, sulco metlio longitutlinali exaraia, convcxa, 

 patentia. 



Species a me bautl examinata. 



2. T. nutans Watt. in Bot. Reg. t. 1223. Hook. in Bot. 

 Mag. t. 3054. Wall. Cal. no. 5193. Blume l. c. p. 83. Spica 

 petiolis breviore, nutaiitc; floribus unibracteatis ; filamentis tli- 

 stinctis. Wall. Rolulia nutans Schult. Syst. 7. 1653. — In me- 

 tliterraneis Bengaliac, atl coiifinia Silbet. 7\. — Planta acaulis, 

 solitaria ; rbizomatc perpeiuliculari, crasso, carnoso, annulato, 

 intliviso, recto, pallido, deorsum attcnuato fibrasque exserentc 

 tcretes crassiusculas lcviter ramosas. Folia omnia radicalia, 

 circiter 6, erccto-patula, subbifaria, oblongo - lanceolata. angus- 

 fato-acuminata, basi in petiolum angustata, obliquc striato-ncr- 

 vosa , coriacea, subplicata, atroviridia, lucida, subtus pallida, 

 costa crassa, prominentc, 1-2-pcdalia, evolutione convoluto-in- 

 fundibulifonnia. Pclioli 3-4-pollicares, cylindracei, intcrnc sulco 

 profundc exarali, basi dilatato-amplexicaules. Scapus centralis, 

 erectus, tcres, tripollicaris , apicc incurvus, subincrassatus ct 

 spicato-nuiltillorus, basi bractcis duabus mcmbranaceis oldongo- 

 lanccolatis ipsum subaequantibus involutus, interjectis aliis in- 

 tcrpetiolaribus emarcidis latioribus. Spica cylintlracco-oblonga, 

 obtusissima, densillora, 2-3-pollicaris, diamctro pollicari, nutans, 

 dcmum omnino decurva. Florcs sessiles, unibracteati, inodori, ex 

 viridi-fuscescentes, purpureo-punctulati. Bractcae ovatae, acutae, 

 inembranaccac, deinum rellcxac; infimae vacuae, remotae. Peri- 

 goniuni canijiannlato-patcrifornie, carnosum, scmipollicaic ; fuiulo 

 conico, subanguloso, albicantc; limbo 6-fido, patentissimo ; laci- 

 niis ovatis, obtusis, basi lcvitcr imbricantibus, extcrnc viridibus, 

 intcrne purpiireo-punctulatis lineisque 3 viridescentibus notatis. 

 Stamina 6, basi perigonii inserta eoquc dimidio breviora, ejus 

 laciniis opposita, fauce inclusa, stigmate fcre omnino occultata. 



