70 HISTOIRE DES PLANTES. 
membranaceus, rectus v. arcuatus, 1-3-locularis; seminibus parvis 
sphæricis œ. — Herbæ glabræ graciles'; bulbi parvi tunicis paucis 
fibroso-reticulatis; folüs basilaribus anguste Jineari-subulatis, basi 
latiore vaginantibus; floribus in axi aerio brevi erecto paucis ; pedun- 
culo gracili. (Africa austr.?) 
V. BARBACENIEÆ. 
62. Barbacenia VANDELL. — Flores hermaphroditi regulares; 
receptaculo concavo vario germen intus adnatum fovente. Perianthü 
regularis tubus brevis v. supra germen plus minus evolutus; limbi 
lobis 6, subæqualibus erecto-patentibus (coloratis); petalis nunc 
tenuioribus. Stamina 6-œ, quorum oppositipetala 3, alternaque 
3 subæqualia, v. in phalanges 2-6-andras connata; filamentis superne 
gracilibus subulatis, basi extus v. ultra antheras appendicula squa- 
miformi v. petaloidea, integra, 2-loba v. lacera, stipatis; antheris 
basifixis linearibus, introrsum v. ad margines rimosis. Germen 
inferum, extus læve v. varie rugosum echinatumve; loculis nunc 
apice incompletis; stylo gracili, apice stigmatoso varie dilatato, capi- 
tato-3-dymo v. obtuse 3-lobo. Ovula in loculis œ; placentis axilibus 
peltatis v. stipitatis, plus minus alte 2-lobis v. lobulato-subramosis. 
Fructus receptaculo varie induto v. verrucoso cinctus, apice planus, 
cupulatus v. prominulus annuloque marginali disciformi coronatus, 
ab apice v. nunc a basi plus minus alte regulariterque loculicidus. 
Semina œ, compressa, angulata v. plus minus late alata; albumine 
carnoso v. duro granulosove; embryone ad hilum parvo incluso. — 
Herbæ perennes v. frutices, nunc arborescentes; caule tenui v. 
lignoso, nunc crasso, varie ramoso; ramis inferne foliorum delap- 
sorum vaginis persistentibus rigidis v. squarrosis imbricatisque dense 
obtectis. Folia alterna conferta, anguste v. late linearia, rigida, 
nunc elongata, apice nunc pungentia; peduneulis inter folia termi- 
nalibus solitaris v. pluribus, nunc valde elongatis. (Brasilia, Guiana, 
Venezuela, Africa trop., Madagascaria.) — Vid. p. 22 
1. Hypoxidis cam Tauxs. adspectu. — ZEYH., PI. cap. a n. 217 ({æia). — SPACE, 
2. Spec. 1, 2. THUNB., Diss. Jxia, n. 2, t. 1. sé à Buff, XIE, 115. 
