Liriogame. Cl.6. Spathacee. Orv. 1. GALANTHES. 97 
splitting nearly to the base, wet pem id attenuated, Capsule 
membranaceous, splitting widely i into 3 horizontal valves, with the 
Embryo of its Seeds short and more club-sha Dd 
Ord. 2. OpoRANTHER, 
Pericarpium ovale, carnosum, dem m coriaceum, 3-loculare, sub 
apice 3-valve. Petala 6, in Tubum ore coi d nune basi hypogzeum 
marginibus coalita, dein in Limbum ngrian em disjuncta oblonga, 
e 
inserta, su , regularia, ei oe opposita longiora. Antheræ 
vacillantes, £ ise bere 4-valves. Stylus erectus vel parum recli- 
natu: i i i 
nigr m Embry x um. 
Herbe in utráque orá Maris Mediterranei, Græciâ et Persia, 6-10- 
pollicares. Bulbus ovatus, Tunicis membranaceis. Sti. tipule 2-3, va- 
ginales, truncate. Folia 3-6, bifaria, glauca - viridia, lorata, ee 
Ped 
estatem evanida. Flos luteus, erectus, 1-rius m odorus. 
culus ex 1 alterave pus pem t e, nune ao cak pes erectus, 
post florescentiam in t nceps, solidus tea 
us, paru 
l-ria, spathacea sibus. "Pedicellus kaa vel nullus. 
Sternbergia Krrars. Corolle Tubus lon ngus basi hypogæus 
Se 
einie patentes, spatulato-lanceolate. ^ Semina o albo cinota, 
Herb» prope Buda Ors, in Tauride, cias: caleareis aridis, 5-7-pol- 
licares. Bulbus mag gnitudine Ovi Columbe. Folia cæsia, anguste 
lorata, plus minus torta, initi o cestatis c _ Flos luteus, ee folia 
autumno pro 
compressus Bini 4. -B Colchicidora. ium Amaryllis ra 
Ker. An huc Amaryllis Exigua Scuo 
Oporanthus L'Ecrvs. Corolle Tubus b iR Lacinim i ineurvo-pa- 
tentes, obovato-lanceolate. Seminaignota. Herbe in Espana, Pelo- 
ponneso, circa Aleppo montibus, 6—9-pollicares. Bulbus magnitudine 
i Galling. Folia 4-6, lette viridia, recurvo-patentia, lorata, glabra, 
fine veris evanida. Flos luteus, levi kakita ut meis naribus vitelonir 
ulphuris. Pdunculus. mov p Jola ia v aad. MM nune < 
I brevior 5, 
eminem Lutea L. Citrina Stara 
io É only knew one of these Plants, pa joined that to his Ama- 
ryllis; but their real affinity according to my judgment was long 
ago perceived by L'Ecrvsr, ake dnd them to o sedas with 
which they agree in almost every point, except the Crown of t 
floral Envelope. That a very great likeness may exist in the floral 
Envelopes of both Dicotyledones and Monocotyledones without any 
immediate relationship i is Mus by Physalis and Convolvulus, Datura 
and Portlandia, Begonia and Hydrocharis, oo and Crocus. 
Ranunculus and Ali n Deücikiem and Potamogeton: and while 
the regular Petals, insertion of Filaments rom the mouth of the 
Tube, and albuminous Seeds with a black membranaceous Coat, 
remove Oporanthee to a considerable distance from Amaryllidee ; 
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