42 Cr. 3, Terre. Liriogame. 
and not at the opposite ere of the Seed. Their juice is occa- 
sionally yellow or red, and in some Genera dreadfully cathartic. 
Ord. 1. QETHYLLIDES. 
Pericarpium flavescens cum maculis, ellipticum, 3-loculare, car- 
nosum, indehiscens, diu hypogæum. Petala 6 in Tubum peresa 
reclinatum disjuncta, obovato-lanceolata, interiora angustiora ; mar- 
cescentia. Filamenta ore tubi inserta, basi plus minus dilatata vel 
erassiora, luxu sspe pee et biantherigera, brevia, erecto- 
patentia. Anthere filamentis confluentes, 2-loculares, 4-valves, 
longze, post anthesin ses minus contorte ut in Hypoaideis multis 
Stylus 1 Stigma 3-lobum lobis retusis. Sem * ni- 
compressa ; Tunica ochroleuca, Aral tenuissimo undique obducta; 
Albumen cito rancidum; Em axi albuminis 4 brevior, rec 
inferne clavatus latere prominulo ubi Li Pham nd. Radicula Hilo 
versa. Herbe in Promontorio saes Spei, 7 —10-pollicares. Bulbus 
ovatus ; Tunicis crassi uamaceis. Stipulae 1-3, albide maculis 
parvis purpur quamacee, scariose isthmis transversis. Folia 
7-12, basi repente in squamas Bulbi transeuntia, anguste linearia, 
sepe spiraliter torta et pubescentia, estate evanida. Flos lacticolor 
y mes erae extus, ante folia nudus, lesus odore vulpino graveo- 
n paucis mihi visis l-rius. Pedunculus adeo brevis ut Fructu 
dd vie emergat. Bractea a figurá Horti Schonbrunensis adhuc 
tantum nota, que vel wna apice 2-fida sit, vel 2 opposite ut in multis 
Hypoxideis. Gethyllis L. a totus TN cujus tres Species cert 
innotuerunt, Spiralis, Ciliaris e 
The evident similitude of ph yllis to vct in its Bulb, 
Stipules, and Leaves, induces me with our present knowledge of 
Monocotyledones, to make these Genera connect be een of Coro- 
narie and Tetre; and though not yet sufficiently acquainted with 
the Inflorescence "and Bractes of the form rmer, which are only to be 
understood by dissecting the Bulb, so far from agreeing with Mr. 
R. Brown respecting its ag I do not refer it even to the same 
Class; but if it does belong to Spathacew, the remark in his Pro- 
dromus p. 290, “ad sectionem secundam Am aryllidearum transferri 
debet," is quite unaccountable ; for he defines that by ** Radix fibrosa. 
Flores subspicati vel corymbosi;" placing Doryanthes there, which 
ly has no oe to Gethyllis ; and the description of its 
Seeds does little so great a carpologist, his outer Coat only 
adhering round the Hilum, and being a true Arillus of Richard, 
i i ir real 
in 
the tendency of its Petals to roll in on one side towards the top, and 
more especially in its per — long — pom rachis 
seek with the ting ; coarse 
Pollen. The Fruit of Gethylis Ciliaris is an inch in Pres eter by 
three long, fragrant like that of the other Species, and thought 
