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antherae erectae, basi affixae poris terminal, et 
latere dehiscentes; stylus tenuis clavatus; stigma 
triangulare acute attenuatum ; capsula trigona 
trilocularis trivalvis. 
Subordo 7. Tacceje? — Bulbo et foliis Aroideis. Filamentis 
superne cucullatis antheras superantibus. 
A me ad subspadiceas relatus ob perianthium vix, ni 
fallor, petaloideum, affinitate non dubia ad Orontaceas 
spectans. Flores nunquam aspexi. 
Tacca. — Per. regulare, persistens ; filamenta basi 
laciniarum inserta infra dilatata ; antherae cu- 
cullae intus adnatae ; ovarium 1-loculare placentis 
3 parigtalibus polyspermum. 
Ataccia? — Prezl. 
First Division. — BRANCHED. 
Suborder 1. Xerophyte^:. — Scliistandrous, i.e. anthers open- 
ing laterally and completely. 
1. Xerophyta. — Perianth tubed, limb regular persis- 
tent ; filaments inserted at the base of the segments ; 
anthers long, linear, subsessile ; stigma oblong, di- 
lated ; capsule rough, 3-celled; seeds numerous. 
(Style and stamens straight?) 
A suffruticose plant, with small alternate branches, harshly 
clothed by the dry imbricating sheaths of the old leaves ; 
leaves rigid, acute, like those of pinus, crowded at the ends 
of the branches; flowers terminal, generally solitary. Native 
of Madagascar, only known by Commerson’s dry specimen. 
2. Vellosia. — Perianth eampanulate, scarcely tubed ; 
stamens sometimes 12, 15, 18, or 24, connected in 
3 or 6 groups ; filaments short ; anthers erect ; (pollen 
globular?) style straight tripartible; capsule 3-celled, 
3-valved ; valves at the top, horizontal or imperfect, 
(probably meaning a transverse fissure below the 
opercle as in Hypoxis) seeds square, cuneate, with a 
single shell. 
1. Squamata. — Pohl Braz. ic. v. i. t. 9. flowers blue. — 
2. Ramosa. Martius. Braz. t. 6. blue. — 3. Aloaefolia. 
ib. t. 7. blue. — 4. Asperula, ib. t. 8. blue. — 5.Plicata, 
ib. t. 9. white. 
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