68 HISTOIRE DES PLANTES. 
58? Leontochir PHiz.!t — Flores (fere Bonureæ) subregulares; 
perianthii foliolis spathulatis, basi in unguem contractis, apice sub- 
emarginatis ; petalis vix angustioribus. Stamina 6, subæqualia perian- 
thioque breviora, glandulæ epigynæ segmentorum basali affixa; 
filamentis subulatis liberis; antheris erectis oblongis, basi intrusa 
affixis. Germen inferum, 3-quetrum; placentis oppositipetalis parie- 
talibus, 2-seriatim œ-ovulatis; stylo columnari, apice stigmatoso- 
3-lobo. Fructus siccus, 3-queter, apice 3-valvis ibique glandulis per- 
sistentibus auctus; valvis medio placentiferis. Semina breviter ovoidea 
v. sphærica; albumine duro; embryone ad hilum parvo intrario. — 
Herba foliosa?; « radicibus tuberosis »; foliis alternis lanceolatis 
crebris; floribus in cymam terminalem condensato-capituliformem 
dispositis; bracteis parvis. (Chili) 
IV. HYPOXIDEÆ. 
09. Hypoxis L. — Flores hermaphroditi; receptaculo concavo 
germen intus adnatum fovente. Sepala epigyna foliacea v. colorata 
petalaque totidem conformia v. tenuiora patentia, imbricata v. indu- 
plicata. Stamina 6, imo perianthio affixa eoque breviora ; filamentis 
brevibus erectis, antheris ovatis v. linearibus, inter lobos basifixis; 
loculis parallelis v. basi sagittata divergentibus, inferne plus minus 
profunde liberis, introrsum rimosis. Germen nisi nune apice inferum, 
breve v. longiuscule cylindraceum; stylo columnari erecto, sæplus 
brevi, nunc basi conico; ramis stigmatosis 3, elongatis, liberis v. in 
massam oblongam conicamve coalitis. Loculi 3, completi v. incom- 
pleti alternipetali; ovulis in quoque œ, 2-seriatis. Fructus sphæricus 
oblongus v. cylindraceus, membranaceus v. herbaceus, perianthio 
diu coronatus, sub apice circumcissus. Semina œ, parva subsphærica; 
integumento (nigro v. fusco) crustaceo, lævi v. verruculoso, nune varie 
arlltos albumine carnoso plus minus farinaceo ; embryone intr ari0 
vario. — Herbæ perennes; caule subterraneo HHIbi fo Fra, tuberos0 
v. rhizomateo, tunicis v. fibris earum vestito; foliis basilaribus, 
lineari-subulatis v. brevioribus latioribus prominule nervosis ; floribus 
1. Descr. gs ge Il (879 68. — B. H., 2. Éd habitu. 
Gen., 11, 737, Pflansenfam., 8. 5 1. L. Ovallei pin. — BENTE: 
121. — BAK., pi m3 Hoo*. ee 1384, 
