LILIACÉES. 579 
summo apice leviter imbricata. Petala nunc tenuiora, imbricata v. 
torta. Stamina 6, hypogyna v. leviter perigyna, nunc raro imo pe- 
rianthio affixa ; filamentis subulatis, basi nunc dilatatis; antheris 
ovatis v. oblongis, nunc linearibus, basi sæpius intrusa affixis, erec- 
üs, introrsum v. lateraliter rimosis. Germen sessile v. brevissime 
spititatum, oblongum v. rarius ovoideum ; stylo brevi v. columnari, 
nunc subsubulato, crasso v. tenui, apice stigmatoso-3-lobo ; lobis 
brevibus v. majoribus recurvis, conduplicatis. Ovula in loculis ©, 
2-seriata. Fructus oblongus v. subsphæricus, 3-queter, coriaceus 
v. membranaceus, loculicidus. Semina œ, plus minus compressa v. 
angulata, circumcirca nunc marginata v. subalata; albumine 
carnoso; embryone breviore, — Herbæ perennes; bulbo tuni- 
cato; tunicis exterioribus membranaceis paucis siceis, nune intus 
lanatis; interioribus autem paucis crassis carnosis involventibus ; 
folis basilaribus paucis v. 1; scapo simplici folia bracteiformia 
pauca gerente; flore terminali 4, v. paucis laxe cymosis, nunc 
quoque (Séellaster) pluribus laxe umbelliformi-cymosis. (Europa, 
Africa bor., Asia occid., centr. et orient. temp.) — Vid. p. 461. 
159. Liütiam T.! — Flores fere Tulipe; perianthii infundibularis 
v. subeampanulati foliolis sessilibus v. basi in unguem contractis, aut 
alte conniventibus, aut erecto-patentibus, basi intus sulco longitu- 
dinali plus minus concavo nectarifero instructis, apice ca ha 
revolutis. Stamina 6, sub gynæceo inserta; antheris dorsifixis, linea- 
ribus v. oblongis, versatilibus demumque recurvis; loculis introrsum 
rimosis. Germen sessile; stylo longo, superne sæpe clavalo, apice 
Sligmatoso capitato-3-dymo v. crasse 3-lobo. Ovula ce. Fructus 
nunc oblongus, coriaceus v. chartaceo-membranaceus, loculicidus. 
Semina œ, orbiculata compressa v. anguste marginata (pallida v, 
brunnea) : albumine carnoso ; embryone breviore. Cætera Tulipe. ma 
Herbæ perennes; bulbo sæpe squamoso; squamis carnosis nu 
imbricatis ; caule erecto, simplici v. apice ramoso foliato ; folirs La 
rumque alternis, nune subverticillatis, angustis, loriformibus v. ovalis 
Cordatisve, sessilibus v. longe petiolatis ; floribus® solitariis termina- 
1. Inst., 369, t. 195. —L., Gen., ed. I, n. 258; pansenfuns., 00 Merisgon El lt OU pr 
edVi, #40 El LR mere 100 (hui tunicis paucis laxis; transitum ad 
RS Yaeseiunts, rubris v, pur- 
.— Bak., in Journ. Linn. Soc., à : is speciosis. 
: Fe % æpius maguis sp 
XIV, 295.—B.H., Gen. LI1,816,n.138.—ENGI.,  pureis, S&P … 
