CENT. VII. Gl 



ily of Hypoxidcs — Type C. andica Raf. Co- 

 nanthera bifolia Sims b. m. 2 190. C. campanula 

 b. reg. 1193. fol. 3-4 liii. acutis, scapo ramoso, 

 fl. panic, cernuis ceruleis. Ancles of Chili ! 



ij^o. AuROTA Raf. (Nymph) cor. supera 6 ^ ^^ '^^ 

 part, patens, stam. in disco epigyno insertis G A->' '-^ 

 eq. stigma capit. caps, basi 31ocul. apice nio- 

 noloc. polysp. sem. globosis. jl. radieatis sess- 

 ilis. — Very different from Curculigo except by 

 habit. Type A. latifolia Raf. Curculigo do ^ 



Ait. b. m. 2031, b. reg. 751. fol. petiol. lato lan- 

 ceol. plicatis. Polynesia, fl. yellow sessile on 

 the thick root, akin to Hypoxis and Hypoxides. 



956. Curculigo Roxb. W. P. this G. of 

 which C. orchioides was the type, is now in- 

 creased to many sp. but all those that have not 

 3 stigmas and a monoloc. capsule with few 

 seeds like this type, ought to be excluded. Is 

 the Ovary realy free or inferior in all ? 



657. Leucoryne Lindl. difi'. ad Brodiea, 

 cor. hypocraterif. stam. 3 sess. intubo,3infauce 

 sterilis — Plants of Chili, 3 sp. L. odorata, irio- 

 ides, aUiacea. Near family Xuridia. 



658. Triteleia Hooker near last, cor. 6fida 

 basi tubulosa, stam. 6 fertilis, ovar. stipit. stig- 

 ma 3partito — Two sp. from Chili, T. ttniflora, 

 bivalvis, and perhaps a third from California 

 Tr. peduncularis ; but two others form my G. 

 Tulophos 700. 



659. Skilla jistidosa Raf. precis 1814. Fol. 

 erectis linearib. obtusis glabris canalicul. sea- 

 pus fistulosus tereto, racemo elongato, bracteis 

 brevis, petalis ovatis obtusis albis — On Mount 

 Etna on rocks, estival. This is a real Skilla 

 with filiform stamens and white flowers, which 

 Lindley has blundered so far as to unite with 

 my Ornitliogahim ceruleum 54, with l)lue flow- 



