212 Z)/-. Joseph CoRREA de Serra 



Corolla monopetala, infundibiiliformis, fexpartlta ; laciniac fex, ob- 

 longo-lanceolatae, concavas, dorfo caiinata:, tres interioies bafi 

 latiores. 



Stam'ma. Filamenta fex, longitudine fere petalorum, fubnlata, an- 

 therarum bafes profunde peneriantia ; antherse eicdlae, lubcylin- 

 drics, biloculares, poll; foecundationem extiiKftoiiifoimes. 



Pijlillum. Stylus unicus (ex tribus connatis), trifulcatiis, longitu- 

 dine ftaminum ; ftigma trilobum, 



Fructus. 



Iriduvice nulla. 



Pericarpiitm. Capfula turbinato-ovata, fubtrigona, trifulcata, vef- 

 tigiis petalorum ftylique coronata, trilocularis, trivalvis ; fubftau- 

 tia duplex : interior lignofa, exterior corticofa, ftriata, fibrofa. 



Placentatio. Chorduls piftill^res fex, per paria difpofitas, axi difle- 

 pimentorum afRxs. Semina chordulis piftillaribus alternatim af- 

 fixa, ut fingula tantum feries in unoquoque loculo appareat. 



Dehtfceniia duplex : per axira difTepimentorum, et per valvarum 

 futuras. 



Semen Liberum. 



Forma. Semen planum, reniforme, rugofum. Nucleus lateralis, fub- 



triqueter, dimidiam hujus partem obtinet. 

 InteguwenUim. Duplex; exterius fpongiofam; nuclei cartilagineum. 

 Perifpermum. Amygdalinum, nucleo conforme. 

 Ji/w^ryo monocotylcdoneus, minutus. Cotyledon foliaceo-comprefla, 



plana, cuneiiormis. 



Obfervation i. The Jgave, Power cea, and Doryanthes, have a 

 very ftri£t affinity. The antherae, filaments, and the difpofition of 

 feeds offer the greatefl: differences. Theantheraj in the Agave are 

 inambentes, in the Fourcrcea the filaments are alated; the corolla 



bexapetala. 



