CENT. IV. 97 



R. ohoKcita,, or else tlie species has undergone 

 tin evident transmutation by seeds in Scotland. 



3G4. Tricoilendus, R. (3 inside hollows) 

 Legum. ad Lotus toto celo diversus. Cal. camp, 

 ineq. Sfidus pers. Vexillum dilatatus alae obli- 

 quis equante, Carina non rostrata latere tuber- 

 cul. Stam diadelph. basi submonadelphis, ineq. 

 Ov. lin. pub. Stylo glabro persitens, stigma 

 capitato glanduloso. Leg. bivalv. tereto oblongo, 

 trilocular. 3 sp. loculis serialis, sem. glob, punc- 

 tatis. Fades ut Lotus. — Very distinct N. G. 

 by the pod, stigma, petals, calix, refered to Lo- 

 tus by Hooker by the mere habit or aspect of 

 the type. 



365. Tricoilenflus microphylus,^a.f, Lotus 

 do H. b. m. 2808. Decumbens filif. puberus, fol. 

 petiol. foliolis 3 parvis obi. acutis carinatis, 

 stipulis subul. pedic axill. elongatis, fl. 5-G capi- 

 tatis roseis. — South Africa. Delicate annual with 

 minute leaves and flowers. 



3G6. LiKiACTis, Raf. (lily star) Fetalis 6 

 equalis patulis stellatis, 3 ext. apex subbident. 

 Stam. 6 brevis eq. filam, subul. glabris, antheris 

 linearis, ovar. sess. trigono, stigma sessile trigo- 

 no supra piano. Caulescens, 1-2^ — Fine new C 

 united to Tulipa by Hooker; but really distinct 

 by petals, stigma ^'C. 



367. Liriactis albljlora, Raf. Tulipa stellata 

 Hook. b. m. 2762. Fol. gramineis convolutis, in- 

 fimis falcatis, superis tortilis, fl. amplis, albis, 

 petalis ellipticisobtusis. — From Kumana in East 

 Indies, two feet high, brown bulb, large white 

 flowers 4 inches broad spreading in the day as 

 Ornithogalum, closing at night. 



368. Pleurostima, Raf. (lateral Stigma) 

 Corolla infund. basi adh. tubo angulis 6 verru- 

 cosis, limbo 6fido, lac. lanccol. 3 ext. angustior. 



