42 BURMANNIACEAE. 



STENOMERIS. 



tia, analropa (?). Styl. crassus obverse pyramidalo-lripterus, ap. tri- 

 lobus, lob. conipressis, bilobulalis, inlus in iongum stigmalosis (?), ubi- 

 que versus b. appendicib. staminum punctum adhaerentiae praebentib. 

 Fructus (haud plane maturus) siccus membranaceus , indehiscens (?); in 

 herbario vitlam longissimam (fere pedalem) flcxuosam simulans, revera 

 Iriplerus, Irilocularis, loculis versus angulum internum hinc inde semini- 

 /eris. Sem. (immatura) lin-oblonga, more generis Pini alata, quoad stru- 

 cturam inlernam haud nota. 



Hciba (v. frute.\?) scamlens , habitu et facie Dioscoreae v. Smilacis, ecirrhosa , gla- 

 liorrima , e.\siccatione toia nigrescens. F. alterna, petiolata, cordata, cuspidata, ovata, 

 iiitegerr, , arcualim 7-nervia , nervuiis transversis reticulata , rigide membranacea, 

 nitida. Cymae axillares vage divisae laxe multinorae , folio longiores v. breviores. 

 Fl. )tedicellati (pedicellis hinc inde bracteolis subulalis stipatrs) circ 8 — 10 lin. longi. 

 Species unica : 

 1. STENOMERIS DIOSCO»EAEFOLI.\. Naud. 1. c. — Hab. Luzonia Phillipinarum ; Cu- 

 ming, n. 875, in herb. Ilook. — (Thismieae, Miers , sect. Stenomerideae Naud.) 



1219. BURm.^lVXIA Linn. 



(Walp. Ann. I. 812.) 



1. BURMANNIA TENELLA Benth, — Bentham Triurideae and Burmanniac. collect. by 

 Mr. Spruce , in Kew gard. misc. VII. p, 13. 



Filiformis, f. squamaeformib. minutis linearib. appressis, florib. solilariis 

 V. in cyma bitida paucis dissitis, perianthii angulis alatis. 



lierba Vi ped. caule simplici v. rar. diviso. Squamae paucae in parte inf. omnes 

 appressae , vix lin. long, Fl. albidi , laciniis apicalib. luieis , magnitudine B. biflorae, 

 nunc solitarii , nnnc lerni lateralib. longe pedicellatis, niinc rarius pluries secus ramos 

 cymac bifidae subsessilcs, remoti ; alae oblong., angulo exteriore acuto - adscendente. 

 Aniherar. conneclivura ap, cornub. 2 brevib, b. membranula obovaia appendiculatum. 

 Caps, iriloc. et semina omnino Burmanniae. — In silvis areaosis per longitudinem 

 fl. R. Uaupes. 



Icone§ addeiidae. 



BURMANNIA sp. — Griffllh ootulae (1851) p. 236 (sinc descr.) tab. 262 fig. 2. 

 BURMANNIA AZUREA. — Griffilh 1. c. p, 236 tab. 262. fig. 1. 



Ordo XVIII. IRIDEAE r. Dr. 



(Walp. Ann. III. 610.) 



]IIE:R.%9IA C. Koch. 

 (Genus novum Iridearum.) 



Porigonium corollinum, infundibuliforme, lubobrcvi, laciniis oblongis, 

 aequalibus, erectis, basi macula oblonga nectarina iustructis; stamina 3, 

 lubi margine inserta, erecta, inclusa; antheiae oblongae, apice curvato- 

 conniventes, basi bitldae, filamenti emarginalura insidentes; germen 

 ovaturn, vix trigonum, spatha arida , nervoso - striata, apice profunde 

 laciniata, maciilas nectarinas cingenle inclusum'*; stylus filiformis, stigma- 

 (ibus 3 linearibus. 



