522 HISTOIRE DES PLANTES. 
41. Medeola GRON.! — Flores (fere Clintoniæe) hermaphroditi ; 
perianthii foliolis 6, membranaceis patenti-reflexis, mox marcescen- 
tibus demumque deciduis. Stamina 6, hypogyna ; filamentis subulatis; 
antheris supra basin dorsifixis; loculis basi liberis, ad margines 
subextrorsum rimosis. Germen sessile subsphæricum ; stylis 3, diver- 
gentibus recurvis, introrsum stigmatosis. Ovula in loculis pauca v. 1, 
adscendentia. Fructus baccatus pulposus; seminibus paucis subo- 
voideis; albumine copioso subeartilagineo ; embryone minuto. — 
Herba perennis; rhizomate crasso horizontali; ramis aeriis erectis, 
basi vaginis paucis stipatis ; foliis ad medium ramum verticillatis 3-9, 
ovato-oblongis v. lanceolatis, membranaceis subsessilibus, reti- 
culato-venosis : floribus in cymam umbelliformem terminalem dis- 
positis paucis; foliis floralibus latis involucrantibus 3; pedicellis 
demum recurvis. (America bor.?) 
VII. ASPIDISTREÆX. 
42. Aspidistra KER. — Flores hermaphroditi ; perianthii campa- 
nulati tubo lato adque faucem haud v. vix contracto ; limbi lobis 6, 
v. sæpius 8, 2-seriatis patentibus; petalis nune paulo minoribus. 
Stamina 6-8, sub medio tubi affixa inclusaque; filamentis brevissi- 
mis; antheræ dorsifixæ ovato-oblongæ, nune horizontalis, loculis 
introrsum rimosis. Germen sessile, 3, 4-loculare; stylo brevi mox 
in pileum magnum orbiculari-peltatum stigmatiferum dilatato ; pileo 
cameram antherigeram ad faucem claudente, superne 3, #4-sulco; 
sulcis 2-fidis; costis incompletis ; demum nunc 6-8-lobo. Ovula in 
loculis oppositisepalis 2-6, primum adscendentia; micropyle extrorsa. 
Fructus baccatus, sphæricus v. obovoideus ; Seb albumino- 
sis 1, 2; albumine corneo. — Herbæ pérénnes : rhizomate crass0, 
brevi v. repente; foliis basilaribus amplis elongatis elevato-nervosis, 
in petiolum erectum basi breviter vaginantem attenuatis; floribus in 
scapo basilari erecto brevi solitariis ; squamis in scapo paucis v. ®; 
dense imbricatis. (Asia temp. mont. et or.) — Vid. p. 420. 
1. L., Gen., . ans n. 305; ed. VI, n. 455. — 2. Spec. y M. nn — SPRENG.; Sysl-, 
d., Gen., 42. — Gen, n. 1178. — Ban, 11,150. — K., Enum., IV, 217: — BART r.. Med. 
in Journ: Linn. Soes x, 583, —B. H., Gen. Bot. ! t. 38. sr Suit. à Buff., XW, 210. — 
NE, 833, n. 180, ENGL.., Pflansenfam.. 83, Bol. Mag., t. 1316 
