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Bob. Brown Prodr. FIN. Holism. {l^äW). Ker, Gen. Irid. {W21). DC. et Duby Bot. Gall. 4 5 1 . (1828).
Undley, Synops. 2 5 4 . ( 1 8 2 9 ) . L. Beichaih. Compeetus (1828) etFlm-. excurs. ( 1 8 3 0 ) Fam. 42. Lindley,
Ä / S I ( 1 8 3 2 . ) 2 3 9 . Bartl. ord. not. 4 4 . Endl Gen. 1 6 4 . Kim in Linnaea X X Z 7 . 6 3 . 3 7 1 . 5 8 3 . X X X I / .
6 8 9 . XXXIV. 587. X X X K 291. 877. — IEIDACEAE Lindl Inirod. 2. ed. 3 3 2 . Veg. Kingd. 159.
MONOCOTTLEDONEAE COEOLLAOEAE. PEBlGOSIDMSUPEEnM 6-{Y. EECTIUS2X3-) PAETITUM, INTEEDUM INAEQüALE.
STAMINA TEIA BASI LACINIAEOM EXTEBIOEOM INSEETA, INTEKDUM MONADELPHA. ANTHEEAE EXTEOESUM DEHISCENTES,
OVAEIÜMINPEEDM TEILOCDLAEE TEIVALTE, VALVIS MEDIO SEPTIFEEIS. SEMINA PLUEA ANODLO LOCDLOECM INTERNO ADFIXA.
EMBEYO IK ALBUMINE AXILIS. — HJIBBAE BEIZOMATISUS TWIMBOSIS SBU BDLBOSIS, FOLIIS MNSIFOBMIBUS TEL LINEABJSU8
EQDITÄSTJBUS, FLOBIBUS SBATOIS OINCTIS SOLITABIIS V. IS ISFLOBESOMMTIAß OYMOSAS DISFOSITIS.
F L O E E S hermaphroditi reguläres v. irreguläres, saepius majusouli speciosi, plerumque fugacissimi,
singuli BEACTEI.5 duabus spathaceis v. rarius pluribus, utplurimum scariosis cincti, spatha
communi diphylla subfoliacea. PEEiaoNiDM corollinum superum, tubuloso-sexfidum, laciniis aequalibus
y. interioribus saepius minoribus dissimilibus, interdum subnuUis v. rarissime majoribus, regularibus,
utplurimum caducissimum, nonminquam post anthesin spiraliter convolutum marceseens.
STAMINA 3, epigyna v. perigonü tubo kciniarumve basi iuserta, semper lacinüs exterioribus
opposita, erecta, exserta v. inclusa. FILUIENTA filiformia, subulata, libera v. basi aut juxta
totam longitudinem in tubiim connata. ANTHEEAE exti-orsae, oblongae, ovatae y. sagittatae, basi
fixae y. medio dorso insertae, yersatiles; loculi oppositi, coutigui y. basi discreti, juxta longitudinem
dehiscentes. OvMirai inferum, trigonum y. prismaticum, rarius teres y. subglobosum, teiloculare.
OYDLA in locuiis plurima, bi—pluriseriata y. interdum uniseriata, angiilo interiori immediatim,
yel columnae centi-ali in loculos prominenti inserta, utplurimum liorizontalia, interdum
adscendentia v. pendula, anatropa. STYLUS simplex. STIGMATA 3, staminibus alterna y. opposita,
saepissime petaloideo-dilatata y. conyoluta, integra, bi — bifida. CAPSULA membranacea y. coriacea,
interdum cartilaginea, trigona y. gibboso-triloba, trilooularis, loculicido-tiiyalyis, yalyis medio
septiferis, placentìs neryiformibus dissepimentorum margini adnatis, y. in coliimnam centralem
a dissepimentis solutam persistentem connatis. SEMINA plurima, subglobosa y. pressione mutua
angulata, aut in situ liorizontali saepius plano - compressa, marginata v. alata. TESTA membranacea,
saepius laxa y. chartacea, aut interdum coriacea y. carnosa, umbilico basilari ope
rhapheos saepius liberae y. solubüis cum chalaza apicali, yis non semper manifesta, conjuncto.
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