Rami filiformes n u d i, flexuofi, laxi, g la b r i,
florentes.
Foili longe vaginatltja, linearia, circïter tria,
craflîüfcula , vix lineam dimïdiam lata, ftria du-
plici profunda, feapo breviora, fpirhamæa.
Flores fecundi, rèmoti.
Rachis flexuofa, mukiflorä,florihus fæpe decem.
Spatha exterior paullo major , glabra, ftnata,
bafi viridis; apice cinerea, membranacea, inte*
gra; interior bafi viridis ; apice membranacea,,
bifida, cinerea.
Coro lice tubus breviffimus, flavo-virefeens.
Limbi lacinia concavæ, flavæ, tribus exteriori-
bus dorfo purpurafeendbus.
Stigmata involuta, villofa, flavefeentia,
Capfula obfolete trigona, fexfulcata.
Semina fubreniformia.
A r is t a t a . I. Bulbus reticulatus, magnitudine
avellanæ.
Scapus (implex, teres, ere fh is, glaber, pal-
maris, ufque pedalis, vel paullo ultra.
Folia circiter quatuor vel quinque, linearia,
quinque-nervia, nervo medio et marginibus
craffioribus, acuta, erecta , glabra, (capo dimi-
dio breviora. .
Flores fecundi, rariffime unicus, ramis duo,
faepe a quinque ufque ad novem in rachide vix
flexuofa.
Spatbce fubmembranacex, ariftato-dentatae.
Corolla albo-incarnatæ.
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16. Pendula. 1. Radix monilifonni-articulara: articuli
plurimi orbiculati, depreffi, approximati,
carnofi, rufefeentes.
Folia radicaüa inferne fcapum vaginantia, li-
•neari-enfiformia, acuta, ftriata, glabra, pedalia
vel paullo ultra.
Scapus teres, glaber, ereflus, inferne craffi-
tie calami feriptorii, fuperne divifus', ramis ca-
pillaribus nutantibus , flexuofis, orgyalis.
Spa t ha membranaceas, lacerte.
Corolla in ramis alternae, magnte, incarnatae,
tubo brevi.
Omnium fxiarium akiflima, fpeciofa corollis
magnis, cernuis.
17. Bulb ifera. L Seapus fimplex vel ramofus, fubcompreflus,
ftriatus, glaber, inferne folds
vaginatus, palmaris ufque pedalis.
Folia enfiformia, nervofo-flriata, difiicha , e-
re£ta, glabra, fcapo breviora, fpithamaea.
Flores tres vel plures, magni, rachide inter
flores flexuofa.
Spatha membranacea, nervofo-reticulata, gri-
fea, apice fufea, lacera, filamentofo-ariftata.
Corolla tubus brevis, lineam longus: limbus
ultra medium , non vero ad tubum ufque 6-
parcitus: lacinia magnae, ovato-oblongae, obtu-
lifiimae, patentes.
Anther a lineares, Iongas, intus convexa:, ex-
tus lamellofe, albae.
Capjnla fexftriata.
Vari