Liriogame. Cl.3. Tetre. ORD. 1. GerHYLLIDEX. 43 
delicious to eat by some people, ripening so well upon an imported 
Bulb during its vere’ from the Cape of Good Hope, as to have been 
tasted here in great perfection. The additional number of Anthers 
in this and Villosa, appears to constant and natural ; 
the last time indeed that Ciliaris blossomed at Chapel Allerton, they 
were reduced to the usual complement of six, but its B n 
windling several years, and two or three of the Filaments were 
ple 
only half an Anther on each bran 
Ord. 2. Hxroxiprx R. Br. 
ricarpium inferum parumve superum, 1-3-loculare; membra- 
naceum et lateribus irre iter rumpens, vel succulentum et clau- 
sum. Petala 6, disco pe — cingente vel coronante inserta, 
nune in Tubum longissimum coalita, in cunis imbricata, dum post 
explicationem clauduntur alice involuta, extus viridia, mar- 
Filamenta 6, disco petalisve inserta, marcescentia. An- 
there filamento confluentes, aut vacillantes, extrorsum dehiscentes. 
Stylus 1. Stigmata 3, coalita vel distreta, sæpe sagittata. Semina 
numero indefinita, Placentis 3 e pariete m —— sæpe con- 
subrotunda, 
vel instar Tunicæ nigrescente rostellata ; enia pom crustacea ; 
umen carnosum ; Embryo axilis ; Radicula lus minus ad latus 
sub Mieropyla. Herbe 5—12-pollicares. Radix eph car- 
a et — succo flavo ; vel bulbosa Tunicis basi in arginem 
erosum dilatatis, et e gemmis prioris via exsucce pei nascens. 
» 2i. agen 
nc piata, sape pubescentia, toto anno vegeta aut cestate 
evanida Flores s sepius jeny aie. l-r& vel laxe sa eg in 
Pe 
rii, Pedo breves aad infimi sepe oppositi. Bractee 1-rie, 
2 opposite, breves et setacew, vel longissime et vaginantes. 
Sect. 1. Pericarpium succulentum, non dehiscens. 
Curculigo Gaertn. Leucoium Lour. Petala in Tubum brevem 
a To. fructui herentem coalita; dein in Limbum diu ante 
tubum evanidum disjuncta, oblonga; tota vero simul marcescentia. 
Filamenta ore tubi ins erta. Anthere filamento confluentes. Styl 
Her 
veg utei, erecti. vel nutan 
i hermaphroditique in aliis, tarde prodeuntes, inodori. Pani- 
cula fasciformis. Pedunculus amie. is exterioribus, nune bre- 
vissimus et fere totus hypogeus æ 1-rie, lineari-lanceolate, 
foliacee. Species 4. C. Orchioides Gæ GÆRTN., Mar in Bot. Mag. No. 
1076.  Brevifolia, Latifolia, Eag Ensifolia R. Be. An harum 
vere congener Recurvata Dry 
Empodium. Petala et Stamina Curerdigonis, awe tubo discretus. 
Stigma 3-partitum. Semina reniformia. n Promontorio 
