TRIGYNIA 
titus, lacinias tres exteriores minimae, persistentes; 
stamina sex, libera, filamentis basi incrassatis; ovaria 
tria, coadunata; stigmata tria, sessilia, subpubescentia ; 
baccae tres ; duae plerumque abortivae; subspiiaericae, 
pisiformes, monosporae ; caro pauca, subamarescens, 
sporis non adhaerens. Spora ossea, rufescens, punctis 
aspera, basi area umbilicali depressa notata; papilla 
exigua lateralis embryonem obtegens. Albumen car- 
tilagineum, albumj embryo parvus, conicus, horizonta- 
lis ; hinc Character essentialis : Flores hermaphroditi : 
spathae partiales i stamina sex libera, filamentis basi in- 
crassatis; ovarici tiia, coadunata; baccae tres, monospo* 
rae, duae plerumque abortivae i spora ossea; embryo 
lateralis. 
1017. CHAMAEROPS, CL’eVANTAIL) rinn. 
juss. lam. tab. 500. (palma). — Polygama. Spatha 
monopliyila, compressa, bifida \ spadix ramosus; flores 
hermaphroditi: calyx sexpartitus , laciniis tribus exterio- 
ribus minoribus (calyx. P. corolla tripetala — internae 
laciniae — ) — corolla nulla ; filamenta connexa in cylin- 
drum , monadelpha, et munita dentibus sex, singulo 
anthera ornatum J ovaria tria cincta cyatho-; styli tres; 
drupae tres, parvae, globosae, monosporae ; flores masculi : 
calyx , corolla, stamina ut in hermaphroditis, dioici, 
£ Ovarium triloculare, loculis nionosporis , duobus abor- 
tientibus, miciiaux; — folia profunde palmata aut jdi- 
gitata, in petiolis utroque latere spinosas.) 
IOI3. TOFIELDIA, (TOFIELDE) huds. SMITH, 
ANTHERICUM linh. NARTHECIUM juss.iam. tab. 
208. HERJTIER.A Comes de sterkberg in diariis bota- 
nicis I. p. 83 . IlELONIAS willd. (_ liliacea ?) — 
Calyx trifidus; corolla persistens, infera, petala sex ae- 
qualia; capsulae tres, superae, basi connexae, polv- 
sporae. 
IOI 9 . NOLINA, (NOLINEE) michaux amer, 
bor. t. 241. ([asphodelea 2.) — Calyx sexpartitus, 
patens , brevior ; ovarium triangulum ; stylus bre- 
vissimus; capsula trigona, membranacea tricocula- 
