(90 

 sexfida, infuiidibuliforrais , regularis v. irregularis, 

 tequalis v. insequalis : tiihus brevis fauce turbinata : 

 limbus erectus v. nutans. Stamina secunda ( direc- 

 tione vaga ) v. erecta , tubo sub fauce inserta. Stylus 

 gracilis. Stigmata angusta , llgulata, conduplicata , in- 

 tegra, recurva. Caps. membranacea ovato-rotunda 



oblongiuscula. Semina biserialia rotunda , ssepe de- 

 forraata. 



Herbce palmares pedales rarissime suborgyales. 

 Bulbotuber ovatum v. subrotundum supra attenua- 

 tum, exuviis moUibus, saepe sericeo-fibrosis : raro 

 catenato-multiplex atque perpendiculare. Folia col- 

 lateralia plura gladiata nervo plerumque nullo 

 conspicuiori v. prgecipuo, axillis plerumque bulbi- 

 fera j exterioi^a interdum falcata. Caulis teres, graci- 

 lescens, nudiusculus, simplex v. ramosus, raro elatus 

 paniculatusatque multiflorus. i^a^/^aplerumque laxa 

 ampla cuticulosa subhyalina, modo subcolorata, modo 

 fusco-nervosa. Flores saepius majusculi modo grandes 

 pauci dissiti nunquam parvi raro unicus. Antheroe 

 lineares mobiles introrsee stigmatibus subjectse, diver- 

 gentes v. parallelse atque contiguae. Stigmata soepe 

 longa, raodo longissiraa. Semina magnitudine fere 

 Sinapeos. A coordinatis e spatha. laciniata et habilu 

 proprio prseprirais distinguenda. C. B. S. indigena. 



pendula. 



Spai'axis j)endvda. Nob. in curt. mag. i482 

 ( in textu ) ; botan. regist. v. 5. append. Spreng. 

 S. V. 1. 149. 



Ixia pendula. TJiunb. diss. n. 16; prod. 9; 



