238 Sir J. E. Smith's Botanical Tlistori/ 



plant Ahama; but the prior right of Narthccium, published in 

 1742, is irrefragable. 



The genus whose illustration is the object of the present disqui- 

 sition, maj therefore be considered as now established beyond the 

 reach of controversy, under the following name and characters. 



ToriELDIA. 



Huds. Tl. Angl. 157- Sm. FL Brit. S97. Bnjaiid. in Ait. Hort. 

 Kew.v.'ii. 32i. PtirshAmer.Sept.2\6. Decatirl. Fr. v. n'l. 1Q3. 



Anthericum. LifiJi. Gen. PI. ed. i. 106. Hall. Hist. v. ii. 98. 

 Narthccium. Ger. Gallopr. 142. Juss. Gen. 47. Lamarck Illustr. 



t. 268. 

 Isidrogalvia. Buiz et Pavon Periiv. v. iii. 69. Dryand. 



Char. Ess. Calyx trifidus. Petala sex, aequalia. Stt/li verti- 

 cales, breves. Capsxilce tres, superae, basi junctee, pol^'spermaj. 

 Antlierce subrotundee. 



CiiAR. Nat. 



Cal. Perianthium inferum, remotiusculiim, monophyllum, mem- 

 branaceum, trifidum, parvuni, persistens. 



Cor. Petala sex, oblonga, concava, a?qualia, patentia, persisten- 

 tia, calyce multoties longiora. 



Stam. Filamenta sex, petalis opposita, subulata, simplicia, gla- 

 bra, longitudine corollae. Antherae incumbentes, cordato-sub- 

 rotundas. 



Pint. Germina tria, supera, conniventia, acuminata, desinentia 

 in stylos brevissimos, verticales, distantes. Stigmata capitata. 



Peric. Capsulse tres, basi connexae, gibbosae, carinatae, membra- 

 nacea?, uniloculares, bivalves, intus praeciput; dehiscentes. 



S€?7i. Numerosa, elliptico-oblonga, angulata, valvularum mar- 

 gin! internae utrinque inserta. 

 ' Narthecium, 



