72 Orv. 8, AspHopELE®. Cl. 4. Sarmentacee. Liriogame. 
trali, precipue ad oram utramque Maris Mediterranei, 3—6-pedales. 
Radix MR perennis ; fibris crassis filipendulisve ; nunc centum 
librarum ponderis. olia cæsia, lineari-attenuata, teretiuscula vel 
eu 0 
simplea: vel ramosa, nune in 2 asaini radicalem coarctata. Pe- 
ngior. Pedicelli supra arti- 
culum incrassati, fructigeri erecti vel cernui. Bractece l-ric, scariose. 
Sect. 1. Petala et Filamenta irregularia. 
BAL stoi Pericarpii Loculi sinubus oppositi. Flores spicá longá 
mplici, flavi. Pedunculus inferne dense flit species 9. As 
wear Luteus L. Liburnicus Scor. Creticus, T. 
Sect. 2. Petala et “eae cdm 
Asphodelus, J. L. Filamenta ultra opereulum meri Antheræ 
oblongæ. Pericarpii Loculi sinubus oppositi. Flores Spicá itm 
ramosá. Pedicelli fructiferi erecti, Species 2. Asphodelus Ramos 
L. vacet foliis latioribus sed floribus minoribus, filamentis pes 
erecti 
Dokii Filamenta ultra operculum lineari-lanceolata. 
there reniformes. Pericarpii loculi lobis oppositi. Flores Spicá 
gracili ramoså. Pedicelli fructiferi erecti. Species 1. Asphodelus 
Gethosyne. Filamenta ultra operculum subulata. Antheræ ob- 
ngæ. Pericarpii Loculi lobis oppositi. Flores fasciculo creen 
a fructiferi cernui. vnBoovyn letitia. Species 1. Asphode 
caulis Desr. 
a The Ordinal and Generic itae of these few Plants, which 
differ far too much to remain in one Genus, are very clear and easy. 
Dorydium corresponds so little in HH abit, and its irregular Flowers, 
with all the others, that I place it ina separate section ; its Peduncle 
below the ora is thickly beset with Leaves. In the second section 
with regular Petals Asphodelus has a Pericarpium like that of Dory- 
of this Genus two very distinct Species are still confounded in the 
gardens about London, both passing for Ramosus L. though Haworrn 
longago pointed out theirdifferences. In Ophioprason onthecon 
the cells of the Pericarpium are opposite the lobes in the usual 
manner, and its Filaments are linear-lanceolate above their opercular 
base. Gethosyne, so named from its enlivening the parched soil of 
Algiers, agrees with Ophiopraso nin its Pericarpium, if DESFONTAINES 
figure be co i 
Flowers and cernuous that Genus sufficiently. 
Ord. 9. ee stead 
Petala 6, receptaculo inserta, basi coalita, inferne convergentia, 
dein recurvo-horizontalia, spatulata, interiora latiora margine cri 
pulo, in cunis = ion tabescentia. Filamenta 6, carina peta- 
lorum infra medium rta, lineari-attenuata, inferne canaliculata 
