14 Orv. 10. Droscormes. Cl. 1. Spadicifere. Liriogame. 
like tha t Anemone Nemorosa ; Leaves at ei e of the Stem 
ished it in WrurpENow's Species Plantarum by the name of 
Piperifolia; this has no Stipules, and its inner Petals rather broader, 
pe ws other parts of its Flower ee with the next Genus P. 
ich separate on account of its Stipules and sessile owe, 
Tuber annually; Styles united; Stigmata short and obtuse; 
only winged at the top; and these differences joined to their 
md floral Envelope, which Mr. J. B. Ker expressly says ought to 
be called a Corolla, take away all doubt about separating 
from Dioscorea; my name is derived from their singular Tubers, 
that Masson told me the first time he saw Elephantipes in a garden 
at Cape Town without Leaves, he took it for an hybernating Tortoise. 
Ord. 11. EmgrosPERMEX. 
Petals 6, basi eoalita, ovata vel elliptiea, su subsequalia, marcescentia. 
Filamenta 6, basi petalorum 1-2 seriebus inserta, lata, basi plus 
re ula 
ssh dehiscentes. Pericarpium fere Dioscoree quamvis supe- 
rum, membranaceum,3-loculare, monies post dehiscentiam im ie 
Stylus 1. Stigma parvum, 3-lobum. Semina 5-7 in singulis locu- 
lis, versus basin septorum inserta, "ereeta, lagenzformia; Tunica 
fulva, coriacea, in Stipitem attenuata, Villis densissimis ante Valve 
dehiscunt conduplicatis barbata, a medio ad € amplam apicis 
minis: Radi- 
tenui Albumine vestita: Embryo fere magni 
cula sub ; Cotyledon ultra albumen irs versus stipitem, 
comp ve nulla, si in uno exem i 
æ 
Spei. Radix tuberosa, sepe informis, inferne fibras spurias ag gens, 
succo adstringente. Folia hine inde e tubere 1-ria, polymorpha, sim- 
plicia ; aut cauliculo dense alterna, et inciso-multifida ; carnosa, 
vesieulis rubris subtus aspersa, parum nervosa, in cunis lateribus invo- 
luta. i 2-3, si Tuber alte lateat longe mee carnose, 
Flores ante folia vel rarius simul pu erecti, inodori. Spica 
