26 FLORA TELLLK. 



nielia by capsule and scales on petals as it Pit- 

 cairnia and Hexalepis. T he sp. of Uromelia 

 with unilocular beny form the G. Psedomelia 

 of Neckrr. 



8G3. RiiizEMYs R. (root turtle) Ttsludina- 

 ria Burchell b. reg. 921. diff. Dioscorca stylis 

 3 coalitis, Radix cimplissima epigea. Hardly 

 different from Dioscora, generic names derived 

 by aria cannot stand. Very singular huge roots 

 edible like yams called Hottentot Bread. 2. 

 types. 1. Rh. elephantipes R. Tamns do W. P. 

 fol. renif. planis, raceniis axill — 2. Rh. monta- 

 na R. fol. cord. subt. glaucis nervosis. Both 

 from S. Africa. 



864. Ruscus L. auct. this Gr. must be care- 

 fully revised, as it has many anomalies, the C 

 Danae of McEnch and Persoon for the R. race- 

 mosus must be adopted, differing by habit, co- 

 rolla and fruit. The real Ruscus bears the 

 flowers on the leaves that are perhaps enlarged 

 expansions or peduncles. The R. androgynus 

 is not a Danae, but includes 2 distinct sp. 1. R. 

 latifoUus Raf. androg, W. Dili, t. 250. Hook. 

 b. m. 3029. fol. subcord. ovatis ocum. fl. sub- 

 sess, in capitulis multifl. congestis. Madeira, 

 f). yellow white in a notch of the leaf. — 2. R. 

 anthopus Raf. androgynus^ Sims b. mag 1898. 

 fol, ovatobl. acum. fl. solit- pedicelis fl. eq. Ca- 

 nary Ids. — Both must form the S. G. Gurenias 

 (Diosk) by fl. marginal, corolla 6parted rotate, 

 anthers sessile in a central tube or nectary. The 

 G. Peliosanthes of R. Brown differs by cor. tu- 

 bulose, nectary globose slaminiferous. 



8G5. SiRAiTos R. (n. jap.) diff. Ahalon^ fl. 

 hermaphr. petalis G obi. obt. stani. G filam. su- 

 bul. brevis, antheris 4gonis, ovar. ovat. stylis 3 

 revol. caps, unica 3Iocul. — A Genus blended 



