50 Orv. 4. H.gwopong;s. Cl. 3. Tetre. Liriogame. 
shaped with an irregular Limb, and being quite of a green colour, 
not yellow, in living . epus I pe shortened RDIERE’S ses- 
me URS 
only Genus which has gradually attenuated concave Leaves like 
those of Helonias, and I therefore place it here with some reluctance ; 
but its Corolla is urceolate, as well as staminiferous, and its pubes- 
cence agrees. Pleca is remarkable for its additional Stamina, gene- 
rally 9, but sometimes encreased to 12, or reduced to the natural 
number of 6; ; its Petals are white and spread out into a star; Dr. 
Srws thinks this Genus more closely allied to Scheuchzeria ! Nar- 
thecium is beautifully characterized by its woolly Filaments, the 
alves of its Capsule splitting dorsally as well as e 
and the Coat striated: I have seldom met with 
abundance autumn, without etrao 
etric L. our Black Game, among it; this lo 
r00. t 
in = orkshire; so that I conjecture e Birds may feed upon its 
i easily be ascertained by examining the craw of 
one shot at such places in that season. Tofieldia, the ‘original An- 
ericum of Lixw£ has a Pericarpium more or less deeply divided, 
and generally distinct Styles ; the Nectaries of this Genus however 
being in the sinuses at the base of the Pericarpium leave no doubt 
of its belonging to this Order, with which it corresponds in Habit ; 
and as there is an insensible gradation from trinity to wnity in the 
Fruits of different Species I do not yet admit T'riantha of NvrrAr, 
but only having seen dried specimens, it may be a legitimate Genus, 
i To Seeds 
fering not less than their Capsules, from having no tail B aine: 
like those of Aletris, to a very long one, like those of Narthecium. 
Ord. 5. VERATREX. Junci J. sect. 4. 
Petala 6, receptaculo nunc basin pericarpii circumdante inserta, 
ter sae 
receptaculo petalisve inserta, marcescentia. Anthers versus petala 
lateribusve dehiscentes, Valvis sepius incurvis, in multis cito de- 
eidus.  Periearpium 1 vel 3 plus minus coalita, fere constanter 
supera, varie dehiscentia. Stylus 1 vel NIA 3, decidui vel per- 
sistentes, aps simplex vel 3-fidum ia numero MW 
vel plicata, ha 
Flores albidi sweet eiripipecees, erecti. Spica simplex vel pani- 
culata, raro l-flora, terminalis, Peduneulus caule continuatus. 
Bractee bg ramos pedicellosque 1-rice 
