(12.) 



Aoiis incerta. 

 xantliospila. 



Trilonia xanthospila. Sjjreng. S. T"\ i. i54. 

 J^oh. botan. reglst. vol. 5. in appendicis notd. 



Gladiolns xanlliospilus. Redoute liliac. i24. 

 Roemer et sch. syst. veg. i. 442. 



An huc vel rectius ad Sparaxidem referenda 

 sit, in vivo determinandum. 



WATSONIA. 



Ixia, Gladiolus , ^ntholjza , Meriana , PJialangium. 



Inflor. spicata. Spatha bivalvis, plerumque rigida 

 et cauii arrecte appressa. Cor. lubuloso-sexfida , re- 

 gularis v. irregularis, subsequalis : tubus angustus in 

 faucem brevem turbinatam v. longam cylindraceam 

 sensim vel abrupte dilatatus : limbus nutans v. erec- 

 tus, laciniis planiusculis. Stamina secunda ( adscen- 

 dentia ) v. erecta. Antherce niobiles. Stigmata exilia , 

 linearia conduplicata bipartitu,' segmentis subtilibus. 

 Caps. cartilaginea , elongata , tereti-prismalica. Semina 

 biserialia, numerosa, imbricato-deflexa, polyedra , 

 marginata v. iramarginata, modo antrorsum in alam 

 extensa. 



Herbce subpedales v. ultratripedales. Bulbotuber 

 depresso-orbiculatum v. globoso-ovatum , vertice bi- 

 propaginiferum , haud raro gummiferum j exuuiis 

 scariosis vel e fibris subligneis grosse reticulatis. Folia 

 collateralia phira, angustissime v. late gladiala, v. te- 



