OXXVI. H^EMODORACE^. 377 



1. DILATRIS, Ber 



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Periantli petaloid, externally dowiiy, superior, ()-])arle(l, 

 the segments erect, persistent. Stamens G, 3 sterile, antlier- 

 less and short, 3 fertile, one of the antliers much larger than 

 the others. Ovary inferior, 3-celled ; ovules 1 in each cell, 

 peltate. Capsules subglobose. Seeds solitary. — Endl. Gen. 

 n. 1254. 



Eoots witli blood-red juice; leaves radical, cquitant, ensiforni, rigid, 

 sheathing at base. Flowers purple or yellow, corj'iiibose or paniclcd. — 3 

 species, Western. 



2. LANARIA, Thunb. 



Perianth petaloid, externally plumose-woolly, superior, 

 with a short tube, and 0-parted, spreading, equal, persistent 

 limb. Stamens 6, all fertile ; anthers versatile. Ovary infe- 

 rior, 3-celled; ovules 2 in each cell, ascending. — ^/ja^Z. Gen. 

 n. 1256. 



L. pliimosa, the only species, has a branched, woolly stem, glabrous, ensi- 

 form leaves, and panicled flowers, which are white-woolly on the outer, 

 purple on the inner surface. — Grows in Swellendam. 



3. WACHENDOIIFIA, Burm. 



Perianth petaloid, villous, 6-parted, irregular, the segments 

 oblong, the 3 upper erect, 3 low^er spreading, subsaccate at 

 base. Stamens inserted in the base of the perianth, 3 fertile, 

 3 antherless, short or wholly wanting; filaments of fertile 

 stamens declined, rather shorter than the perianth. Ovary 

 free, sharph* 3-cornered, 3-celled ; ovules solitary ; stj^le fili- 

 form, terminal. Capsule turbinate, sharply 3-angled. — Fndl. 

 Gen. n. 1251. 



Tuberoiis-rooted, red-juiced plants, with radical, sheathhig, nerve-plaited 

 leaves, pubescent stems, and dull yellowish, racemose or panicled flowers, 

 brownish on the outside. — Several species, in the Western districts. 



1. BARBERETTA, Harv. 



Perianth petaloid, 6-parted, regular, the segments oblong, 

 3-5-nerved, very delicate. Stamens 3, in the base of the 

 perianth, ascending ; filaments subulate, with narrow wings ; 

 anthers incumbent, 2-celled. Ovary oblique (of 1 carpel), 

 roundish-compressed, sessile on a fleshy disk, free ; ovule soli- 

 tary ; style lateral, filiform, exserted ; stigma simple. Cap- 

 sule ? 



Roots tuberous? Leaves radical, equitant, sheathing at base, manx- 

 nerved. Scapes simple, racemose. Bracts 1 to each flower, spathe-like, en- 

 wrapping the pedicel. Flowers snuxH, bright golden-yellow. —B. aarea, 



