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ENUS Litrem. Liwwevs. Pertcontom corollinum, deciduum, hexa- 
phy led foliola basi wgecticomyrpeioons ineapes ries ormi-campanulata, apice 
patentia vel revoluta, intus s tructa. Sramrna 6, perigonii 
foliolis basi sabadhezrentia. Ovariom triloculare. Ovuxa plarima, biseriata, 
horizontalia, anatropa. Styius terminalis, subclavatus rectus vel subcurvatus ; 
stigma subtrilob APSULA trigona, sexsulca, ris, loculicido-trival- 
bias Sema plurima, ecsgpene bine aye. plano-compressa, testa lutescente, 
hefhine per decurrente. 
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Empryo in axi albuminis carnosi rectus B segue extremitate radiculari 
umbilico proxima. Enpzicazr. Genera Plantarum, p. 141. 
SPECIES. Littum speciosum. Tsrunzerc. Foliis sparsis petiolatis; 
caule ramoso, ramis unifloris, a iss Sarai revolutis intus papuloso- 
dentatis. Wiztpenow. Species Plan 86. 
CHARACTER OF THE fos. Liuium. Periegone resembling a 
corolla, deciduous, of six pieces or folioles; folioles slightly cohering 
at the base, funnel-shaped or campanulate, spreading at the apex, or 
curved back, having on the inner surface a nectariferous groove. 
STAMENS six, slightly adhering to the base of the folioles of the peri- 
gone. Ovary three-celled. OvuLes numerous, in two rows, horizon- 
tal, anatropous. Sry.x terminal, somewhat club-shaped, straight or 
only slightly curved; stigma somewhat three-lobed. Capsue three- 
cornered, six-furrowed, three-celled, becoming three-valved by a locu- 
licidal dehiscence. SEEDS numerous, in two rows, horizontal, com- 
pressed into a flat form, test yellowish, somewhat spongy, furnished 
with a membranaceous margin, along which the raphe runs. Empryo 
either straight or segmoid in the axis of a =, albumen, the radical 
extremity next the umbilicus. 
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DESCRIPTION OF THE Species, LiLivm Sreciosuille Stem a scaly 
bulb, from which springs the part bearing the leaves. ‘and flowers. 
LrEavEs scattered, alternate, shortly petiolate, lanceolate, acute, about 
six inches long, green on both surfaces but of a lighter hue beneath, 
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