LAPIEDRA. 21 



Ilab. Coast-rocks at Nice, Mentone, and Villafranca. Flowers in April, 

 hence the name hyemalc is misleading. 



7. Lapiedra Lar/as. 



Fcrianth-inhe none ; segments lanceolate, subeqiial, spreading, 

 persistent. Stdinem epigynous ; filaments filiform ; anthers lanceo- 

 late, deeply sagittate at the base, erect. Ovarij 3-celled ; ovules 

 several in a cell, superposed; style filiform ; stigma simple. Cfipsule 

 small, deeply lobed, loculicidally 3-valved. Seeds 1-2 in a cell, 

 turgid, with a shining black crustaceons testa. — Monotypic. 



1. L. Martinezii Lag. Eleuch. 14; Boiss. Voy. t. 171. L. 

 Pldcidna Herb. Crinum Martinezii Spreng. — Bulb ovoid, 2 in. 

 diam., with a long neck. Leaves 2, lorate, developed after the 

 flowers, keeled with white. Scape slender, ancipitous, \ ft. long. 

 Umbel 4-8-flowered; spathe-valves 2, membranous, linear; pedi- 

 cels longer than the flowers. Perianth-limb \ in. long ; segments 

 white, with a broad green keel. Stamens and style shorter than 

 the segments. Capsule ^ in. diam., with 3 round lobes. 



Hab. South of Spain, flowering in September. Noticed by Clusius (1576) 

 and Barrelier (17 li). 



8. Hessea Herb, 



Perianth cut down nearly or quite to the ovary ; segments sub- 

 equal, oblanceolate or oblong, obtuse, spreading, 3-nerved down 

 the keel. Stamens inserted at the base of the perianth-segments ; 

 filaments filiform or flattened towards the base ; anthers small, 

 globose, basifixed. Ovary globose, 3-celled; ovules few in a cell; 

 style subulate throughout or dilated at the base ; stigma tricuspidate. 

 Capsule globose, membranous, deeply lobed, loculicidally 3-valved. 

 Seeds globose, green. — Rootstock a bulb, with membranous tunics. 

 Leaves generally produced after the flowers, filiform, linear or lorate. 

 Unihels many-flowered ; pedicels long ; spathe-valves 2 ; flowers 

 small, reddish white. 



Subgenus Hessea proper. Style not dilated at the base. 

 Stamens much shorter than the oblong perianth- 

 segments ....... Sp. 1-2. 



Stamens nearly or quite as long as the oblong- 

 lanceolate perianth-segments . . . Sp. 3-5. 

 Subgenus Imhojia. Style ovoid or conic at the base. 



Leaves filiform ....... Sp. 6-7. 



Leaves lorate . Sp. 8. 



1. H. sTELLARis Hcrb. Amaryll. 289. Amanjllis stellaris Jacq. 

 Hort. Schoen. t. 71. Strumaria stellaris Gawl. — Bulb globose, 

 f-1 in. diam. ; neck 1-2 in. long. Leaves lorate, produced after 

 the flowers, -1-1 ft. long. Peduncle 3-9 in. long. Flowers 6-30 in 

 an umbel ; pedicels 1-2 in. long ; spathe-valves lanceolate. 

 Perianth-tube scarcely any ; segments oblong, crisped, red at the 



