16 Orv. 11. Ertosprrunn. C7. 1, Spadicifere. Liriogame. 
of unequal length, must perhaps be separated when the Order is 
better known. To the Leaf of nes I have seen nothing at 
all analogous except in Ruscus; but in that Genus only one Leaflet 
issues from the nerve of the e while i in Phylloglottis they are 
very numerous all over its dise, ligular, strigose, and pubescent ; 
this induces a suspicion that the Foliage of T'hawmaza may really 
QUvIN however has described it with a Stem, an many scattered 
multifid Leaves, saying nothing about its affinity to Eriospermum. 
Clas. 2. Conoxanrx, L. 
Class so named by LixN£, from its Flowers being employed to 
form Garlands and Chaplets. I limit it nevertheless within narrower 
bounds than he did, excluding every Genus which has articulated 
tals i 
their points especially of the three outer havi a pubescent Hook, 
by which they previously cohere as in S; han æ. e 
perennial tunicated Bulbs, but in a few species, the solid part ren 
their Coats —" so slowly, and is so thick, that they approach in 
som. a Tuber. No Genus is yet known in Coronaric with 
Pericarpium iiien, and it is always capsular; their Seeds also 
hard or fleshy Albumen. Their Flowers are in a simple Spike, 
which nd a gradual abbreviation of its Rachis in some Genera almost 
becomes a Fasciculus. Loré £, who occasionally abused his great 
nl y 
to denote one finc the most branched Inflorescences existing, namely 
a Bunch of G penas of the Greeks; dco though several modern 
authors con cmo to pervert its first meaning like NÉ, I have not 
done so lately, but adhered to A. L. pE is USSIEU’S, Hatter’ 8, TOURNE- 
FORT's, and our n excellent Botanist Ray’s practice, in describing 
the Infloresce 
Petala 6, varié coalita nunc in Tei röja dorso apicis rarius 
gibba, nunc post florescentiam vegeta, demum marcescentia. Fi 
menta petalis varié inserta, nune ipso limbo. Antheræ 2- - lóouleres, 
4-valves, introrsum dehiscentes. Pericarpium superum, 3-loculare, 
tun ; Radieula Hilo versa. Herbe in Promontorio 
Bonz Spei +5) pital Folia 2-9, angustissima latissimave, estate 
evanida. Spica longissima aut fascieulum m entiens. — Pedunculus 
medio foliorum, rarius axillaris, solidus. Bractec l-rie sub singulis 
vedicellis, iiiv 5 in aliis steriles et comose. 
