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ers with flat subulate stamens, and also with the 

 next plant of Gussone, which is not a Skilla 

 neither, and another plant by purple flowers. 



GOO. Loncomelos purpurcus Raf. Skilla 

 cupaniana (Gussone ? R. S.) Lind. b. reg. 

 1878. fol. lanceol. denticul. acutis, fl. racemosis. 

 racemo oblongo multifl. 20-30fl. bract, linearib. 

 ped, dimidio, petalis ovatobl. obt, purpureis — 

 Sicily : this description is h'om Lindley figure, 

 where the petals are purple, ovary blue, stigma 

 31obe, filaments equal lanceolate, seeds central 

 few : the descr. of Gussone appears to recede 

 and apply to my Orn. ceruleum 54, by pauci- 

 flore corymb of blue flowers, but differ yet by 

 ciliate leaves and rostrate capsule. There 

 must be several akin sp. in Sicily, of different 

 Genera ; meantime I will state the great main 

 distinctions of 3 species of 3 Genera ! Lonco- 

 melos purpureus, raceme of purplish fl. sta- 

 mens lanceolate. Ornithogalum ceruleum, 

 corymb of blue fl. stamens subul. flat. Skilla 

 fistulosa, raceme of white flowers, stamens 

 filiform. 



661. Arisarum Tourn, Ad. Arum L. auct. 

 (name included in Asarum, Comarum &c.) 

 This Genus is the type of the Aroides family, 

 a fine singular tribe : in utter confusion as yet, 

 because the Genus was based on the mere spa- 

 tha, instead of the stamens. I mean to revise 

 it partly, but all the species must be examined 

 again, as well as those of Colocasia and Cala- 

 dium. — My real Arisarum has, spatha cucu- 

 lata uniloba, spadix brevier ad basis pistilifero, 

 in medio staminifero, filam, sterilis medialis 

 apice nudo clavato,antheris rhomboideis,sessiles 

 stigma sessile, baccis monolocul. oligospermis. 

 Rad tuber osa, scaposis s. acaules, fol. simpli- 



