33o dioscorea; 



Obs: Parvus ordo a Smilaceis , qui})us habitu si- 

 niilis, sejunctus ex perigouio adhcerente , fructu cap- 

 sulari, et albumine ampla casdtate exsculpto; Tamui 

 fructu baccato Smilaccis , iufero Dioscoreis accedit. 

 Genera 4- Frutices vel hcrbae tuberibus perennanti- 

 bus, omues prseter Tamum intratropicales, caule vo- 

 lubili , foliis alternis sub-oppositisve simplicibus in- 

 tegris vel palmatisectis plerumquc reliculato-venosis 

 parvis bracteatis. Pertinet ex Mart: ad class: II. (Zo- 

 xines), subclass: III. (^Epigyiia^), ser: I. (^Symmetricce), 

 cob: X. (StegocarpcB hexandrce') , et ord: ^'i. (Dios- 

 corece). 



I. Tamus Lin: gen: ed: Schreb: n. 1527. = Spr: syst: 

 n. 3187. = Lam: ill: t. 817. (Dioec: hexandr: h.). 



» Perigon: in foem: coroUinum glandulis 6. ad fau- 

 • )) 'cem inslructum. /S.y/: .3-parlitus stigmatiLus 2-fidis. 

 )) Bacca 3-locularis oligosperma. Ccterf ordinis. » 



Obs: Genus constans 3. stirpibus, quarura seq: sola 

 europsea. 



^ I. 7'. communis = L. sp: i^5S. = Spr: syst: 

 III. 906. = Lam: ill: t. 817. Ic: taur:- vol. 7. t. 36. 

 Vern: Macciocan , Pan dla serp (Anglia, Eur: austr:, 

 Asia med: Pedeni: vulgatissima iu sylvis All: n. 21 16. 

 E.E fl: segus: p. 81. et fl: tor: II. p. i45. Biroli fl: 

 aeon: II. p. i34- Sardin: ad sepes et in sylvis Moris 

 st: sard: III. p, 11.). Perenn: Badix tuberosa, caulis 

 sinistrorsum volubilis , folia longe petiolata glabra 

 cordata integerrima acuminata , racemi axillares fo- 

 lio longiores, flores parvi ocbroleuci , baccse ovats 

 rubrae. 



