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79. Hermione. Salisbury. — Style strait, slender; fila- 
ments conniving free at the point only, adnate 
unequally at and near the mouth of the tube ; 
anthers acute oval, attached at the middle, in- 
cumbent. (Cup shorter than the tube) 
Suborder 6. Galantheae. — Scapaceous, porandrous (i. e. an- 
thers opening partially), not operculate. 
§ 1. Scape solid ; seeds white or greenish. 
80. Galanthus. Linnceus. — Sepals and petals dissimilar ; 
anthers apiculate, opening at the top ; style fili- 
form, tapering. 
81. Acis. Salisbury. — Sepals and petals a little dissimi- 
lar ; anthers not apiculate, opening at the side 
near the top ; style filiform, attenuated upwards; 
stigma a little divided. 
82. Erinosma. Herbert. — Sepals and petals similar ; 
anthers not apiculate, opening at the top ; style 
clavate ; stigma triangularly acuminate. 
§ 2. Scape hollow r ; seeds black with a loose shining shell. 
83. Leucojum. Linnceus. — Segments nearly equal ; an- 
thers dehiscent laterally from the terminal ori- 
fice, but not to the base ; style clavate ; stigma 
acuminate. 
Suborder 7 ? Taccaceje ? — With aroid tuber and leaves ; 
filaments hooded at top, longer than the anthers. 
Referred by me to the subspadiceous plants, believing 
the perianth not to be truly petaloid ; but I have never seen 
its flower. It has an evident affinity to Orontiaceae. 
Tacca. Linnaeus. — Perianth regular persistent ; fila- 
ments inserted at the base of the segments, di- 
lated below ; anthers adnate within the hood ; 
ovary 1 -celled, with three parietal polyspermous 
placentae. 
Ataccia? Prezl. 
Divisio Prima. — RAMOSiE. 
Subordo 1 . Xerophyteas. — Schistandrae. 
1. Xeropliyta. — Perianthium tubatum limbo regulari 
persistente ; filamenta basi laciniarum inserta ; 
antherae longae lineares subsessiles ; stigma ob- 
