De Mdiinthio, ^ 5. 



Caulis rimplex, foliatus, vaginarus, (hiarus, fltxuofus, ere- 



Ouj, g aber, digiralis vel palmaris. 

 FoUa tna caulina altcrna, vaginanria, bafi larioraj conca- 



va, fenlim anguftara, apice feracea , dillicha, paren- 



(ia, inregerrinia, glabra, longitudine caulis velpaulo. 



longiora, fupenora breviora. 

 Fhves fpicari, fparii. 

 Spica fiexuofa, pollicaris vel digiralis. 

 Corolla huic fpeciei connata monopetala* a Melanthiis tac 



mcn jure non feparanda. 

 l^arjctns quadruplex hujus datur. 



«) humilior , coroHis albis: Isciniarum finarginT- 

 bus rnaculaque fupra os tubi porpureJs, Rami- 

 nibus albis, fpica -^ vel 4-fiora. 



/3) coroiiis totis purpureis , marginibus nig^riSj (la.- 

 minibus purpureis, fpica ovara.. 



y) coroilis albis, marginibus fufcis, fpica longiore> 



iy corollis cotis albis, elongatis, fpica longa. 

 IsVciliatum: i?Wix carnofa , globofa, glabra; fibrillofa. 

 Ciiulis ere£lus, iimplex, vaginatus, teres, fuperne ftriatuSj 



glaber, palmaris vei fpirhamaeus, muitiflorus. 

 Foli.i pauca, circiter tria, cauhna, alterna, vaginanria, cu- 



cuiiafa, a bafi lara fenfim anguftata, apice filiformia, 



et-ecta, integra, glabraj fuperiora breviora j margi* 



ne faepius renuisfime carrilagineo-ciliera. 

 Flores fpicati, raro pauci, faepius plurimi. 

 Corolia 6-pera!a, parens. Ungves anguftati , ftaminiferi. La- 



mina ovara , obrufa, 

 Colov corolla albus, 

 Filarmnta 6, ungvibus paulo fupra bafin inferta, fubula- 



ra, peralis dimidio breviora, alba. 

 St^li rres, filiformes e ceniro germinis, albi, loDgitudine 



(lamiDum. 



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