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mlontalgiam sedat. Ilerbam contritam et cum lacie datam in febri clioiericacommendant. 1'olia juniora inter obsonia comeduntur.

Ordo l>V. Xiiliaceae*

Ilerbac hulbosae v. tuberibus perennantes, interdum annuaev. radicibus fibroso-fasciculalis frutescentes aut nonnumquam ar-boreae, trunco (bulbo cylindrico elongato) e foliorum vaginis con-flato. Caulis simplex v. apice ramosus, foliatus v. aphyllus,scapiformis. Folia simplicia, integerrima, basi vaginantia v. am-plexicaulia, radicalia congesta, caulina saepius sessilia, plerum-que linearia, plana, canaliculata v. interdum teretia, rarissimelamina dilatata, nervosa praedita. Flores plerumque perfecti,saepissime terminales, nunc solitarii, nunc racemosi, spicati,umbellati v. capitali, rarius paniculati, bracteis scariosis v. spa-thaceis instructi, regulares aut rarius subirregulares. Perigo-nium liberum, hexaphyllum, foliolis biserialis, distinctis v. intubum apice sexdivisum coalitis, siccis v. basi melliferis. Sta-mina 6, receptaculo v. imae perigonii basi inserta, rarissime 3,foliolis interioribus opposita v. perigonii laciniis plura, serie unav. altera tunc abortiva; filamentis distinctis, filiformibus v. planisinterdum tridentatis aut trifidis, dente intermedio anlherifero,antheris introrsis, bilocularibus, basi v. dorso insertis, longitudi-naliter dehiscentibus. Germen liberum, triphyllum, carpophyllo-rum marginibus in dissepimenta axim centralem plus minus mani-festum attingentia introflexis triloculare. Stylus terminalis, sim-plex; stigmata 3, plus minus distincta. Gemmulae in loculorumangulo centrali paucae v. plurimae, anatropae v. ampbitropae.Fructus trilocularis, capsularis, loculicide trivalvis, valvis medioseptiferis, v. septicide dehiscens aut baccatus. Semina plurima,rarius pauca v. solitaria, integumento vario, in aliis membranaceopallido, interdum marginato, in aliis crustaceo, fragili atro.Embryo in axi albuminis carnosi situs, rarius intra albumen ex-centricus, longitudine varius, rectus aut curvatus, extremitateradiculari hilo proxima.

Slllt 01(1 0 T. Tulipacrac. Perigonii foliola distincta v. imabasi cohaerentia, saepe nectarifera. Stamina receptaculo v. perigoniibasi inserta. Fructus capsularis. Semina anatropa, in plerisque com-pressa, integumento pallide fusco, spongioso v. duro. Embryo in basialbuminis minutus, rectus v. incurvus.

Genera.

1000. Eryllironium Linn.

Dens Catiis Tournef.

1034. Lloydia Salisb.

1091. Tulipa Tournef.

1092. Oritliya Don.

1093. Gagea Salisb.

Rhahdocrinnm Rchb.Nectaiiliotlniuni Ledeh.

Ornithoxanthum Z/f.

1093. Calochortus Fursb.

a. Calochortus Pursh.

b. Cycinljotlira lien.

1090. Erilillaria Linn.