Cl. 1. Spadicifere. Liriogame. Orv. 11. ErtosPERMeR. 15 
simplex. eh gia ea "m Sgen cum Lage gracilis, Pedicelli 
— longi actece squama 
c foem mum d Aca. | dada lata ovata, ails imbricata, Filamenta 
1 serie inserta, basi parum confluentia, lineari-attenuata, alterna 
icarpi en 
lus angustus, canaliculatus : Lamina multo longior, ovata vel lanceo- 
lata, integerrima, vix acuminulata, glabra vel mere rarius denas 
Species 4. E. Latifolium, Lancemf olium, Lanuginosum, Pube 
Jacq. An his jungenda Parvifolium Jace. Filamentis anguilla 
incqualibus abludens 
Phylloglottis. Petala ut in Eriospermo. Filamenta 1 serie — 
late cuneata, basi in Cotylum confluentia, equalia. Pericarpiu 
tenellum obtuse 3-lobum. Radia Arisari. Folia solitaria, 9-21 
pollices longa ; Petiolus valde soni iius: Lamina multo longior; 
late ovalis ; Ligulas parvas erectas strigos utesque toto me 
exserens unde nomen, Flores lutei Vittis 6 fuligineis. 
vara. Pedunculus simul cum folio, 1-13-pedalis. Pedicelli Soares. 
Species 1. Eriospermum Folioliferum Jacks. in Bot. Rep. No. 521. 
Ic. 
Thawmaza. Petala idis trie elliptica. Filamenta 2 serie- 
bus inserta, ium tenellum retuse 3-lobum. 
Radi 
^d 
Phylloglottidis, hee omnia potius unicum Folium nervo medio Cau- 
lem simulante mire decompositum constituant, quod a sagacissimo DE 
CANDOLLE Arminii relinquo. Ornithogalum Paradoxum Jace. 
Coll. Suppl. p. 81. t. 1. 
singular Vegetables form an important Link in the natural 
chain of Monocotyledones, connecting if my opinion be true, the 
various anomalous Flowers of Spadicifere with those of a more usual 
structure in Coronaric, and I believe them to have originally sprung 
from Parents of these two Classes. In Roots, Leaves, and 
they approach to Testudinaria, especially i Matériel, if I may 
fering merely in being placed above the floral Envelope, and their 
Seeds having very hollow Albumen ; on the other side, their Petals, 
Filaments, and Anthers correspond nearly with those of E i 
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moreover have Bulbs enlarged at the base into a 
solid Lump of several Heads, as well as Leaves spotted nearly in 
same manner. Four species, if not more, are now cultivated here, 
Latifolium, Lanceefolium, Dissert. and Parvifolium ; the last 
of which having g a small turnip-shaped Root, with narrower Filaments 
