4:02 CXXXTII. LILTACEiE. 



Stomlcss plants, witli f^isciclod roots, with the habit o{ Tracliifamlra, but 

 readily known by tlie spirally-twisted, persistent perianth and solitary seeds. 

 Tlie genus was toiinded on several IS'ew Holland species, which are said to 

 have indehiseent seed-vessels. 4 Cape plants have been added, and in 

 C. Thimhergiiy K. and S., the capsule is as above described. 



27. CYANELLA, Linn. 



Perianth 6-partecl, slightly irregular, deciduous ; sepals con- 

 nate at base and aduate to the base of the ovary, widely 

 spreading, the lateral outer sepals 5-nerved, the lower 7-9- 

 nerved, the 3 inner 3-nerved. Stamens 6, at the base of the 

 perianth, declinate ; filaments short, glabrous, monadelphous ; 

 anthers of the 5 upper stamens slender (abortive), opening by 

 terminal pores, of the sixth (lowest), stamen large, perfect, 

 splitting longitudinally. Ovary partly infenor ; ovules several ; 

 style filiform, deiiexed ; stigma 3-fid. Capsule bluntly 3- 

 angled. Seeds several. — Kunth, I. c. p. 635. 



Plants with tubcro-bulbous roots and radical, lanceolate or linear nerve- 

 striate leaves, sheathing at base. Scape mostly branched. Flowers on long 

 pedicels, cernuous, purple, rosy, white or yellow, sweet-scented. — C. Capensis^ 

 with bright purple flowers, is common, and there are 4 others. 



GENUS OF DOrBTFUL AFFINITY. 



28. ERIOSPERMUM, Jacq. 



Perianth 6-parted, urceolate-campanulate, regular, marces- 

 cent ; sepals connate at base, 1-nerved, the inner wider and 

 shorter. Stamens G, in the throat of the perianth, much 

 shorter than it ; filaments broad, membranous, persistent. 

 Ovary sessile, subglobose ; ovules 6-8 in each cell ; style 

 thickish ; stigma obtuse, simple. Capsule membranous, 3- 

 celled, loculicidal. Seeds few, densely covered w^ith soft, 

 woolly hairs. — Kuntli^ I. c. p. G4i9. 



Stemless plants, with large, unshapely, tuberous roots. Leaves mostly 

 appearing before the flowers, petioled, with a broad lamina, coriaceous, 

 nerved. Scapes emerging after the leaves, simple, nude, racemose at the 

 summit ; pedicels elongate, not jointed to the perianth. — 8 or 9 species. 



Teibe 4. METUONiCEiE. (Gen. 29-31.) 



29. METHOWICA, Herm. 



Perianth 6-parted, marc^scent-persistent ; sepals distinct, 

 lanceolate, narrowed at base, undulate, without nectary, re- 

 flexed. Stamens 6, at the base of the sepals, very widely 

 spreading ; filaments long, filiform, straight. Ovary sessile, 

 oblicpiely oblong, 3-celled ; ovules numerous ; style filiform, 

 strongly bent backwards ; stigmas 3, long, narrow, channelled, 

 patent-recurved. Capsule turbinate, coriaceous, 3-celled, 



