FLORA VITIENSIS. 305 
ternis validis, plurimis lori 
rai Sta naa ape” Santa Wate ne tae oe ae 
equantibus, Bractew triangule, setaces, acuminate via Nene pitig. Uta ad Ree ee 
eanninbate Sethe ACHE acuminate. Ovaria longius pedicellata, pedicellis bracteas sub- 
trinervia; sepala lateralia sepals Feo Haaintaienareaaae d cae! fees a ae 
a 7 orsa bequalia, sed in calear cylindraceum apice obtusato 
es ered ee eee: lamina trifida ; Jaciniz laterales triangule, extus rake sinuatee, 
EL ea ea ab isthmo brevissimo transverse obtusangulo quadrata emarginata ; 
nic ee a. i ba Hs oe ie lateralium ; carine tenues, longiores, apice confluentes in disco 
oe a at a a af : Oe ae roclinii limbus trilobus; lobi laterales trianguli; lobus medius por- 
ae Peas Tega ie : So iu nay juxta foveam 3 fovea cordiformis, cruribus geminis stigmaticis 
eivhath eee a, | ee a, utrinque apiculo inflexo, ac appendice lobulata mediana, Pollinia 
oettian arene lventitio parvo. In calcaris cylindri parietem superiorem carina de columne 
. ae it. “Flores viriduli, labello albo-flayo,” Seem. mss,—Adest specimen majus, quod habet 
pedunculum longiorem defloratum pluriflorum, folio in bulbo stipante nullo. Sed cum sit valde adultum, 
Orvo XCVIIL AMARYLLIDE. 
I, Crinum, Linn. Gen. n. 405, excl. sp.; Endl. Gen. n, 1276. Perigonium corollinum 
superum; tubo elongato, gracili; fauce hand ampliata; limbi 6-partiti laciniis subzequalibus, erectis, 
patentibus v. reflexis. Stamina 6, summo tubo inserta; filamenta filiformia, patentia v, declinata ; 
anther lineares, versatiles. Ovarium inferum, 3-loculare. Ovula oo, in loculorum angulo centrali 
9-seriata, horizontalia, anatropa. Stylus filiformis, inclinatus; stigma obtusum y. obsolete 3-lobum. 
Capsula membranacea, depresso-spherica, 3- vy. abortu 1—2-locularis, irregulariter rumpens. Semina 
pauca v, solitaria, angulato-subglobosa, seepe in bulbillos carnosos mutata.—Herbe, bulbo radicali, 
columnari v. sphzerico ; foliis multifariis ; seapo solido; umbella multiflora; spatha bivalvi; pedicellis 
bracteis ramentaccis interstinctis. 
1. C. Asiaticum, Linn. Sp. p. 419; Kunth, Enum, vol. v. p, 547 (excl. quib. syn.); bulbo 
magno, longe columnari, in collum producto ; follis lanceolatis (8—-4-pedalib.), basi convoluto-fascicu- 
latis; scapo laterali; spatha sphacelata; phyllis badiis laceris apice rotundatis, ramentis linearibus 
immixtis; umbella 10-12- y. c¢-flora; floribus candidis, subodoratis (vix semipedal.) ; tubo limbum 
subequante; laciniis exterioribus apice ineurvo-mucronatis.—Bot. Mag. t.1073, C. Asiaticum, var. 
toricarium, Bot. Mag. t. 2121; Rumph, Amb, vol. vi. t. 69. Nomen vernac. Vitiense, “ Viavia.”— 
On the sca-coast of the large Vitian Islands (Seemann! n. 640). Common in the Hast Indies and 
the Archipelago. . Perhaps also in the Tongan Islands, but Forster has left no materials to show 
what his doubtful C. Asiaticum is. 
Orvo XCIX. DIOSCOREZ:. 
I. Dioscorea, Plum. Gen. t. 26; Linn, Gen. n, 1122; Endl. Gen. n. 1201. Flores dioici. 
Perigonium herbaceum, tubo triptero cum ovario connato, limbo supero 6-partito, persistente, 
Stamina 6, basi perigonii inserta ; filamenta subulata; antheres subglobosv. Ovarium 3-loculare. 
Ovula in loculis 2, superposita, anatropa. Styli 3, distincti; stigmata obsoleta. Capsula themabres 
nacea, 3-locularis, 3-angularis, compressa, angulis salientibus loculicido-dehiscens. penina in 
a, membranaceo-alata, Embryo minimus, in albuminis cartilaginei cavitate majore 
—Herbz perennes vy. suffrutices yolubiles; rhizomate tuberoso ; foliis petio- 
datis v. hastatis, nervosis, venosis, sepius integerrimis, 
racemosis._—Helmia, Kunth, Enum, vol. v- p. 
loculis 2, compress 
prope umbilicum situs. 
latis, alternis v. oppositis, plerumque cor 
interdum palmatifidis ; floribus axillaribus, spicatis v, 
414. 
