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Stam. C eq. filam. <rlabris basi dilatatis sub 

 fusiformis. Ovar. trilobuiii, stylo sulcato, stigm. 

 obtuso. J3uIbosa, unifoUa, scapo racemoso, 

 Altbo' I bad nearly exhausted the reform of 

 S/iilla, and akin Genera, this \^liicb was a 

 Skilla, proves tliat many distinct G. are yet 

 blended. It is as near Fusijilum G9 ; but the 

 habit is peculiar. It is at least a distinct Sub- 

 Genus. 



210. Tractema pumila Raf. Skilla pumila 

 Broterofl. lusit. Hook bot.m. 3023. Folia lanceo- 

 lata undulata involuta,acum.carin. Scapo subeq, 

 paucifloro, fl. cernuis, bracteis breviss. sepalis 

 eUipt. obt. — In Portugal, 3 to 4 inches, fl. blue 

 or lilac or white about 5, the fig. and descr. of 

 Hooker do not agree. 



211. Blepiianthera R. (cil. anth) Cor. pa- 

 tula equal. Gpartita, Stam. vel stylo declinatis, 

 Stam. subeq. filam. subulatis ciliatis villosis, 

 antheris ciliatis. Ovar. globos. glabrum, stylo 

 flexuoso declinato filif. stigma acut. Bulbosa, 



fol.fasclcid. canal, scapo racemoso. — Another 

 tine G. blended with Antherlcum african G. 

 nearer Nemopogon G8, australian like it, but the 

 bulb and stamens separate them : the English 

 authors have even blended two species of it into 

 one as Antliericum hulhosum. 



212. Blepiianthera depressa Raf. Antheric. 

 bulb. Brown, Bulbine Australis Sprengel. Bulbo 

 depresso, filamentis declinatis. Australia, not a 

 Bidhine having smooth unequal filaments. 



213. Blepiianthera hookeri Raf. Bulbo ova- 

 to, filam. non declinatis, Antheric. bulb. Hooker 

 bot. m. 3017, who himself suspected it was a 

 new sp. Yet gave no new name to it. Austra- 

 lia. Leaves long narrow thick semiterete canal. 

 Raceme long multifl, yellow. 



