^0 HEXANTHERIA. TRISTYLIA. 



Radix bulbosa \ bulbus solidus. Vetus in anthe' 

 si plants ovat^s , mdgnifudine nucis avellanect , 

 undiqiie albus \ hinc coniexus et obsolete striatus , 

 basi unguiculatus , paulo supra unguiculam umbi- 

 licatus , umbilico fusco , rotundo , radiculis emor- 

 tuis pr£teriti anni mumto ^ apice. ^cutus^ vage et 

 irregulariter excavatus , residuisque jihrosis pris- 

 tini caulis instructus ; inde verticaliter canalicula- 

 tus , basi canalicuU unguiculo opposita , novumaue 

 hulbuyn semiamplexante : extus nonnullis tunicis 

 siccis , fuscis ( qu^ anno pj^iterito spatha et imi 

 foJii vagina pnesertim fuerant ) vestitus, Habitu 

 et usu non absimiHs vitello aut etiam cotyledoni , 

 ufrique in Monocotyledonibus laterali ; ciiyn suis 

 succis novum bulbum plantulamque nutriat j sensim 

 ipsis exhauriatur et in rugas contrahatur , donec 

 tandcm in illius provectiori atate arescat] putreat, 

 Bulbus novus in anthesi plant£ , ovato-subrotun- 

 dus , albus , vix lineam longus , apice in cauliculurn, 

 terminatus , basi unguiculo oblique intus adh^rens , 

 extus pectiiiatim rhizophorus. Caulis in anthesi 

 subtcrraneus , albus , subteres , ■ filiformis , super- 

 k-e dd_fructtficationis receptaculum incrassatus , se- 

 7nninciaWs uncialisve , pdulo infra ynediuyn nodulo 

 instructus , incurvus , canaliculoqne bulhi prisci la- 

 teraliter incuynbens , basi novo bulbo insertus , ex- 

 terius tmicis siccis\, veteri bulbo coiyimunibus , spa- 

 thaquesicca ,'i)bteGttis\ intus spatha viridi 7wva ^ 

 vaginaque folii infimi et laminis foUorum vestitus, 

 Spatha nova albida ,' yyieryibranacea , striata , ner- 

 rosa\ cylindrica ^ ex basi novi bulbi exorta , apice 

 modice hinc scissa , inde obtusa , ungues petaloruyn 

 connectens , et ipso4-um fere longitudine , extus ve- 

 teri-spathd foliisqug siccis dnni pneteriti ohtecta. 



'Fbli'atriaj£qualia ; in anthesi intra spaihayyi 

 recondita , scapum et unguespetalorum iyferne tegen" 



tia ; 



