CENT. I. I.J 



G. is not even a Conrolrtdacnt, hut l>y the 

 equal stani, rather a Polemon'tacca, I have 

 shown smce 18*20 tliat this is tlie true essential 

 distinction ; hut hy the insertion of stamens on 

 disk instead of corolhi, it may he akin to Nyc- 

 tagifiua. Perhaps other phints helong to this 

 N. (J. compare Ipowca r^pln/lla .l<xq. with liai- 

 ry leaves; hut Jp. ^phijUa Cav. is a difl'erent 

 sp. Ip.pamcuJata Br. or Convolv. do L- is akin, 

 hut has pahiiate leaves, and forms my G. Mo~ 

 dec a. 



13. Skilla L. mispelt Scllla. diar vere. Fe- 

 talis 6 sessilis planis, patulis caducis, Htam. G 

 oppos. filifornns. stylo fiiif. stigma simplex, 

 caps. .3 loc. polysp — Type Slk. maritima and all 

 the sp. with filiform filaments as stated hy L. 

 but many sp. united that lack this good char- 

 acter. 



11. Oncostema R. {swelled stamens) Seilla 

 auct. Diff. Pet. G apice villosis, 8tam. basi 

 petalis adnatis, medio inflatis cum fovea necta- 

 rifera, stylo conico G sulcato, stigma oht. villoso. 

 caps 31oc. polysp. extus Osulcata intus dissep. 

 duplex, receptac. centrale — Typ. O. villosa, 

 fol. cuneatis villosis acutis, vscapo glahro, fl. 

 corymb, bract, lanceol. petalis ovatohl. oht. al- 

 hoceruleis— Barharia, Sicilia, v. v. — Seilla vil- 

 Josa Def. t. 85. hot. mag. 3211, omn. auct. 

 Probably other sp. belong here. 



15. IIexonix R (6 claws) Seilla L diff. Pe- 

 talis unguiculatis et alia char, aliena — If. ja- 

 ponica Raf. Seilla do Thunb, L. floras umbell. 

 ut in Allium cum spatha. 



16. Epimenidion R {nam. antiq) Seilla li. 

 diff. Petalis G campanulatis basi coalitis. fl. 

 racemosis ut in Skilla. 1 E, Jiijaeinthoides 



