628 ASPHODELEAE (Echeanclia.) 



latis; scpalis oblongis, aureo-lutcis ; ovarii loculis 23-24-ovulaiis. 

 Conanthcra Echeandia Pers. Synops. 1. 370. lAnli et OUo , Ic. 



5. /. 3. *) Roem. et Schult. Syst. 7. 432. 1690. Schlechtend. et 

 Cham. in Linnaea 6. 50. **) Anthcricum retlcxum Cavanill. 

 Ic. 3. 2t. t. 241. Willd. Spec. 2. 140. Phalangium rcflexum 

 Poir. Encycl. 5. 250. Ej. SuppL 380. — Mexico (Rcal del 

 Monte , in dumetis propc Xalapam [Schiede.]). 2\* — Radix 

 fasciculata; tibris caruosis, cylindraccis. Caulis scapiformis, 

 crectus, 2-2|-pedalis, ramosus; ramis simplicibus, patulis, brac- 

 tca ovato-lanccolata acuminato-subulata vaginante stipatis. Fo- 

 lia radicalia anguste lanceolata, superne angusiato-acutata, 

 basi vaginantia, striato -nervosa, ncrvis pcr venulas transvcr- 

 sas conjunctis, plana , subcarnosaj, glabra , marginc subtilis- 

 sime denticulato-ciliolata, 16-18-polIicaria, 6-7 lin. lata. Flores 

 ■pedicellati; tcrni, interdum plures (4-6), fasciculati, in apice cau- 

 lis ct in ramis remoie racemosi, aperti cernui, aureo-luici; pe- 

 dicellis mcdio articulatis. Bracteae fasciculos florum stipantes 

 ovaiae, acuminato-subulatae, nervosac, margine hyalinae. Sepala 



6, distincta, oblonga, dorso medio trinervia, ncrvis apice con- 

 flucntibus; cxtcriora acuta; interiora laiiora et obtusa. Sta- 

 mina 6, in- alabastro hypogyna, acquaiia. Filamenta anthcris 

 brcviora, linearia, superne retrorsum papuloso-crispata. Anihe- 

 rae bilocularcs, introrsae, lanecolatae, obtusae, dorso supra ba- 

 sim bifidam affixae, in tubum cylindraccum connatac, luteac. 

 Ovarium liberum, scssilc, oblongum, trigastrum, apicc rotun- 

 dato-trilobum; ovula in loculis 23-24, biseriata, anatropa. Sty- 

 lus erecius, filiformis, stamina parum supetans. Stigma cras- 

 siusculum, obtusum, integrum, papillosum. (Descr. juxta spe- 

 cimen cult. cxsicc.) 



2. E. AtBlFLORA. Caule inferne hirtello-scabrido, superne 

 paniculaio-ramoso; foliis lanceolato-linearibus , complicato-sub- 

 falcatis, subtilissime denticulato- ciliolaiis ; pedicellis infra me- 

 dium articulatis; sepalis lanceolatis, albis, zona dorsali viridi; 

 ovarii loculis 13-ovulatis. Conanthera albitlora Schlechtend. et 

 Chamisso in Linnaea 6. 50. (v. s.) E. leucantha Klotzch in herh. 

 reg. Eerol. (excl. patriaT) — Prope Hacienda de la Laguna. 

 (Mexico.) 2± — Cauiis scapiformis, superne paniculato-ramosus, 

 glabcr; ramis simplicibus, patulis, bractea vaginante ovato-lan- 

 ceolata acuminato-subulata stipatis. Folia radicalia lanceolato- 

 linearia, angustato-acuiata, siriato-nervosa, nervis per venulas 

 transversas conjunctis, complicato-falcaia?, exsiccaia mcmbrana- 

 cca, glabra, margine subtilissime denticulato-ciliolata, subsesqui- 

 pedalia, 9-10 lin. lata, Flores fasciculato-congesti, in apice cau- 



*) Dubitamus fere, quin Iiuc pertinet Conanthera Echeandia Lk. et 

 Otto, in qua flores omnes solitarii et petala mul-to minus reflexa quam 

 in icone Cavanillesiana. (Schull. fit.) 



**) Folia in planta Schiedeana angustiora et longiora quam in culta. 



