586 HISTOIRE DES PLANTES, 
172. Compsoa D. Don'. — Calycis campanulati sepala 3, basi 
saccata intusque 1ib1 nectarifera. Petala 3, plana angustiora, nunc 
imbricata ; costa dorsali inter sepala prominula. Stamina 6, hypogyna ; 
filamentis complanatis, apice subulatis, liberis v. basi connatis, in 
alabastro recurvis; antheris dorsifixis, in alabastro extrorsis, post 
anthesin introrsis versatilibus demumque ob filamenta iterum recur- 
vata extrorsum spectantibus ; loculis longitrorsum rimosis. Germen 
oblongum, 3-quetrum, superne in stylum brevem 3-quetrum atte- 
nuatum; ramo quoque mox recurvo, apice 2-fido, papillis glandu- 
lisque bhyalinis stipitatis consperso. Ovula , angulo loculorum 
interno inserta subhorizontalia oblonga. Fructus erectus, 3-queter, 
septicidus; seminibus , planis; integumento reticulato-venoso ; 
albumine carnoso ; embryone juxta hilum minuto.— Herbæ perennes; 
rhizomate repente; foliis alternis, basi subsessilibus v. cordato- 
amplexicaulibus ; floribus®? in axillis superioribus solitariis paucisve 
cymosis, v. in racemum terminalem dispositis ; pedicellorum bracteis 
paucis v. 0. (India mont., China, Japonia®. | 
XXII. ANGUILLARIEÆ. 
175. Anguillaria R. Br. — Flores hermaphroditi v. sæpius 
polygamo-diæci ; receptaculo minuto convexo. Perianthium 9-seriale ; 
foliolis subæqualibus 6, patentibus, basi intus sulcatis et glanduloso- 
marginatis v. nudis. Stamina 6, hypogyna v. imis perianthiüi foliolis 
adnata ; filamentis basi dilatatis, cæterum filiformi-subulatis ; antheris 
(in flore fæmineo cassis v. 0) ad basin dorsifixis, ovato-oblongis ver- 
satilibus, extrorsum ad margines rimosis. Gérnibt sessile (in flore 
masculo rudimentarium), 3-quetrum; stylis 3, liberis v. ima basi 
connatis, linearibus, superne introrsum stigmatosis. Ovula ce, locu- 
lorum angulo interno affixa. Fructus obtusus v. vertice depressus 
capsularis loculicidus ; seminibus œ, sphæricis; albumine carnoso 
v. duro ; embryone juxta hilum brevi, oblongo v. obovoideo. — Herbæ 
1. Prodr. FI. nepal., 50 (1825). — Tricyrtis 2. Violaceis v. purpureis punctatis. 
WaLL., Tent. FI. nepal., L 61, t. 46 (1826). 3. Spec. 5. ScHuLT., Syst, VII, 1614. — 
—ENDL., Gen.,n. 1081.— Bax., in Journ. Linn.  Hook. F., F1. brit. Ind., VI, 358.— FR. et SAY., 
Soc., XVII, 463.— B. H., Gen., I, 831,n.176. En. pl. jap., 11, 74. — Rec., Gartenfl., t. 613. 
— ENGL Pflansenfam., 21, fig. 17. —Comps- — Bot. Mag., t. 4955, 5355, 6544 (omn. sub 
anthus SPRENG. » Syst., Qur. post., 137 (1827). Tricyrtide). 
