256 LILIACEAE juss. (Rhinopetalum.) 



nia interne supra basim fovea nectariflua excavata ihique 

 externe gibba, patentia; gibbus sepali superioris (exterio- 

 ris imparis) major, in calcar cornifonne obtusum produc- 

 tus. Stamina 6, basi sepalorum inserta! iisque breviora. 

 Filamenta filiformia, pubescentia. Antherae subrotundo-ellip- 

 ticae, apicatae, basi cordatae, antice supra basim affixae, 

 utroque margine secundum longitudinem debiscentes. Ova- 

 rium liberum, brevissime stipitatum, subrotundo-trigastrum; 

 carpidiis apice abbreviato-bicuspidatis. Ovula in loculis cre- 

 bra , biseriata, horizontalia, anatropa?. Stylus terminalis, 

 erectus. Stigma truncatum!, indivisum!. Capsula subro- 

 tunda, triquetra, brevissime stipitata, trilocularis, loculicido?- 

 trivalvis. Sernina in loculis crebra, horizontalia, irregulari- 

 ter obovato-oblonga, lenticulari-complanata, marginato-alata ; 

 testa membranacea, pallide cinnamomea, nucleo adhaerens, 

 margine in alam ampliata ; rhaphe linearis. Embryo minutus, 

 c3 r lindraceo-oblongus, in extremitate acutiore albuminis car- 

 nosi prope hilum inclusus. Herba bulbosa^ praesertim caule, 

 foliis floralibus, pedunculis et basibus calt/cum pilis punc- 

 tuliformibus pulverulenti-hirtella. Caulis simplex^ superne 

 bifoliatus, apice uni- vel ?'acemoso-pa?iciflorus. Folia lan- 

 ceolata; radicalia longissime petiolata\ caulina sessilia, se- 

 niiqmplexicaulia^ opposiia vel parum inter se remota; fio- 

 ralia linearia^ superiora Jfores stipantia saepe verticillata. 

 Flores pedunculati^ cernui, lilacini. 



1. R. KARELINI Fischcr in Eclinh. JYew Philos. Journ. Jan. 

 1830. p. 19. Don in Siveet. Brit. Fl. Garcl. ser. 2. iom. 5. t. 283. 

 (forma uniflora) — In montibus Uralensibus. 2J. (\. s.) 



LILIUM L/xVxV., JUSS., GAERTX., ENDL. 



Calyx 6-sepalus, corollaceus, regularis, deciduus ; se- 

 pala distincta, saepe basi angustato-unguiculata, inferne cain- 

 panulato-, rarius infundibulari-conniventia, superne patentia 

 vei revoluta, intus supra basim sulco nectarifluo exarata; 

 sulco nudo vel fimbriato - ciliato. Praefloratio alternativa. 

 Stamina 6, imae basi sepalorum inserta. Filamenta filifor- 

 mia, apice subulata. Antherae lineares, emarginatae vel 

 obtusae, basi bilobae, antice supra jbasim affixae, utroque 

 margine secundum longitudinem dehiscentes; apertae cur- 

 vatae, incumbentes. Ovarium liberum, prismatico - trigonum 

 (hexaquetrum in Martagone), sexsulcatum (Nees ab Esenb.), 



trilo- 



