992, ON THE NATURAL ORDER TACCACEZ. 
Now it appears to me that these differences, in so sma all and 
com lat isolated a family, are amply sufficient to justify the 
retention of both J'acca and Ataccia ; if this, however, be leaner 
the discovery of the very distinct and well-marked genus with 
which I have now the good fortune to augment this “interesting 
group demonstrates, I conceive, the necessity of so doing. 
whilst it agrees with Tacca in the second, fourth, and fifth of the 
characters above noted, it accords with Ataccia in the first, third, 
and sixth, disagreeing with both notably, besides a few minor 
Scurzocapsa. 
Perigonium calycinum; tubus cum ovario connatus ; limbus 
iis cnc, ser inzequalis, demum deciduus. Stamina 6, ea 
sita 
ad utrumque latus processu etaceals auctis, brevibus, apice cucul- 
latis, intus in cornua duo brevia deorsum productis ; antheris inter 
cornua adfixis, loculis parallelis, adproximatis. Ovarium cum. 
perigonii tubum connatum, 1-loculare; placentis parietalibus tribus, 
nerviformibus. Ovula plurima, adscende ntia, ope funiculi adfixa, 
fioeicomtalil anatro opa. Stylus brevis, 8-lamellato-alatus, alis 
inferne glanduloso- Gnibrinlaten lobis 8 verticis umbraculiformis, 
latis, emarginatis, purpureo-marginatis, infra stigmatiferis, alter- 
nantibus, i lisque equilongis, alulisque 8 vix prominulis, glanduloso- 
fimbriolatis, iis interjectis. Capsula 1-locularis, secus angulos in 
_valvas 3 spongiosas mox recurvas medio seminifer ras, ad basin 
usque dehiscens. Semina oblonga, curvu esicu- 
losa, mucosa, demum sicca, brunnea, longitudinaliter suleato- 
8 lata. bryo minimus, in basi albuminis carnosi, hilo 
proximus. 
Herba austro- chinensis, radice perenni, tuberosa ; foliis radi- 
calibus, integris, nervosis, ptyxi plicativo-condupli scapis 
— filiformibus intermixtis, basi involucro tetraphyllo foliaceo, 
5+ §S. prawracrnza.—Tota glaberrima, foliis latiuscule lanceolatis 
integerrimis acutis inferne undulato-crispis in petiolum semi- 
pollicarem basi vaginantem sensim angustatis = poll. lon pgis 
2-24 poll. latis costulis arcuatis utrin rsd e 5-6 supra impres ssis 
phy atis a lin. os umbella 15-20- 
: ra,* floribus pedicell to 7-lineali fultis filamentis fili- 
ormibust flavis eos duplo superantibus intermixtis, perigonii 
a ca viridis lobis exterioribus lanceolatis primum erectis mox 
+ According t to , Baillon phan vi, 248) the inflorescence is eatly ee 
of gage or uniparous scorpioid cymes 
aillon suspects these may really represent lateral bractlets rather than 
abortive pedicels, as they are ‘oes described to 
