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gustior 2 sup. minor. Stam. 6 declin. 2 sup, 

 antheris brevior. — Type Fr.paUidnm R. A. do 

 Grab. b. uiag. 3010. tbi. sparsis lin. lane, den- 

 ticul. subaniplex. fl. unihelhit. 2-5petabs acum. 

 ext. obov. int. eliipt — Chib, fl. incurnate, tbe fi- 

 gure rcprcsenti- the style clavate entire wbile 

 the description tells it is 3 gone witb 3 stigmas! 

 — While the G, Arnarylis has undergone such 

 a revision and division the akin G. Alstroeme- 

 ria has been left untouched, although present- 

 ing striking anomalies, I therefore present this 

 and the 2 next reformed Genera out of it, but 

 there are probably more. 



899. LiLAViA li. (bird lily) diff. Alstroeme- 

 ria, cor. campan. subeq. petalis 3 internis an- 

 gustior brevior, stam. 6 subeq. rectis, antheris 3 

 alt. major eliipt, stigma 3, caps. 3gona. — Type 

 L. psiftacina R. Alstr. do. Lehm. Sweet t, 15. 

 b. mag. 3033. Caule flexuoso, fol. cuneat. obo- 

 vatisque obt. tortis, umb. 4-5fl. involucrata, pe- 

 talis cuneat. acum. Mexico, fine red flowers 

 with purple spots, and greenish tips. 



900. DoDECASPERMA R. diff. Alstr. cor. camp, 

 petalis connivens subeq. 3 int. unguicul. stam, 

 inclusis subeq. ovar. semisupero, stylo basi in- 

 erassato recto, stigma 3. caps, plana apice tri- 

 valvis, valvis septif, septis ad utrinque latere 

 23p. sem. 12 globosis cnccineis. — Type D, ncU' 

 tifolta R. Alstr. do Link t. 29. b. ma:;. 3059. 

 Vohibile, fol. petiol, lanceol. acum. subtus pu- 

 bescens, fl. umbel, bracteis lanceol. Detalis ext. 

 obi. croceis, internis spatulatis flavis. Mexico 

 disc, by Deppe. Certainly quite unlike the two 

 above in habit and characters. 



