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No. 158. 
ENUS. Litium. Linyzvs. Prriconium corollinum, deciduum, hexa- 
phyllum; foliola basi subeokurentia, infundibuliformi-campanulata, apice 
patentia vel: rey oluta, intus sulco nectarifero adherentia. Ovarium triloculare. 
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sulea Bre scpetty loculicido-trivalvis. Semrna plurima, biseriata, horn, 
plano. spin testa Anteisndattes subspongiosa, imembranacen-marzinata, © 
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jibiadidens, extrémiftate radiculari umbilico on a eos! in Europa et 
Asia media et septentrionali, in Japonia et i » hee non i 
erica boreali indigene, bulbose; foliis iniie vel sa sastictiint. Series 
magnis, speciosis, pioctis vel nutantibus. Enpzicwer. Genera Plantarum, p. 141. 
SPECIES. Lizroum Tuunsercianum,. (Romeret Scuutres.) Caule superne 
villoso, a ovato- uassslaa fitirlactbe s alternis superioribus verticillatis, 
floribus mines ives orcetigy perianthii laciniis ay ota ys tentibus apice revo- 
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CHARACTER OF THE GENUS, aie PE 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. 
Sramens six, slightly adhering to the base of the folioles of the 
perigon. Ovary three-celled. OvuLes numerous, in two rows, hori- 
zontal, anatropous. STYLE terminal, somewhat club-shaped, straight 
or only slightly curved; stigma somewhat three-lobed. CapsuLe 
three-cornered, six-furrowed, three-celled, becoming three-valved by a 
loculicidal dehiscence. SEEDS numerous, in two rows, horizontal, 
compressed into a flat form, testa yellowish, somewhat spongy, fur- 
nished with a membranaceous margin, along which the raphe runs. 
Empryo either straight or segmoid in the axis of a fleshy albumen, 
the radical extremity next the hilum. 
DESCRIPTION OF THE Species, Litium THUNBERGIANUM. PeER- 
MANENT STEM, consisting of a scaly bulb, which emits a shoot about 
three feet high, bearing the leaves and flowers,,smooth below, clothed 
