100 NOMENCLATURE AND ARRANGEMENT OF ANTHERICUM. 
necies, placed t 
(Chlorophytum elatum, t. 216) ; but the other five Tm p 
t Kunth with a mark of doubt, evidently do not propet ly belong 
i i btful, and m 
tion of a large proportion of the species dou » 
plants which he described as new pr n comparison, to be Tu 
ove’ in. Since 1843 of course much additional materia accumu- 
and give the mere names alone of those which have been any wis à 
or ful ibed. I e taken considerable pains to seize 
the best distinctive characters of Kunth's genera, a poi enis 
detailed descriptions, it is not easy to understand. I belie 
divisions of th 
the g j 
but that the line of separation between them is too slight, eros 
tionships too many, for them to be properly regarded pa 
groups, on a par with those into which we separate Scilla, 
galum, la. Allium, 
Key to the Species. ts 
Group 1. Bulbine, L. owers yellow, with 1-nerved ts Se b: 
S naked. — Racemes always simple, Pedicels solitary, eum : 
the apex. Filaments all densely bearded. Ovules in each ce t her 
superposed. Seeds in each ce few.—Caulescent or acaulescen 
with decidedly fleshy leaves, 
Ves terete, about the thickness of a quill, nearly flat on the face. 
Caulescent. 1, frutescens. 2. rostratum. ju 6. fe 
Acaulesce 3. annuum. 4, asphodeloides. 5. altissimum. 
vosum. the 
iss terete, the thickness of the finger, deeply channelled down * 
ace, 4. premorsum. 8. pugioniforme. uid Lk 
Leaves laneeolate, flat on E 9. aloides. 10. latifolium. l 3 
nutans, 
Leaves nearly hemispherical, like those of a Mesembryanthemum. 
mesembryanthemoides, 
Group 2. Bulbinella, Kunth. Flowers minute, yellow or yello 
