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SISYRINCHIUM graminifolium. 
Grass-leaved Sisyrinchium. 
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MONADELPHIA (TRIANDRIA MONOGY NIA) MONANDRIA. 
Nat. ord. TRIDEZ. 
SISYRINCHIUM L.—Calyx superus corollaceus 6-partitus; laciniis 
subeequalibus. Stamina 3. Filamenta connata. Stigma trifidum; laciniis 
indivisis. Herbæ caulescentes. Caulis sepius ramosus, anceps. Folia 
vaginantia. Flores spathacei. Kunth. synops. 1. 315. 
S. graminifolium ; scapo terete, foliis lineari-ensiformibus scabriusculis scapo 
-— subeequalibus, spathis exterioribus subfoliaceis : interioribus obtusis mar- 
ginatis: intimis membranaceis, laciniis perianthii oblongis mucronatis, 
scapo mono-tri-stachyo, ovario glanduloso. 
B. pumilum ; scapo monostachyo foliis breviore. 
-.. Radix fasciculato-tuberosa. Folia radicalia 4-6-uncialia, lineari-ensifor- 
mia, debilia, scapo breviora, sub lentê pilis brevibus scabriuscula. Scapus 
erectus, foliis elatior, foliosus, nunc subramosus, foliis supremis spatham 
foliaceam mentientibus. Fasciculi florum sepius 3, subdistuntes, spathis ut 
folia scabriusculis, nunc (rar) foliaceis, exterioribus ovatis obtusis : interiori- 
bus apice rotundatis membranaceo-marginatis ; intimis membranaceis nu- 
merosis. Flores ultrà spathas paululüm exserti, pedicellis filiformibus glabris. 
Laciniæ perianthii subæquales, oblonge, mucronate, lutee, basi maculá 
cordiformi fuscá notate. Staminum columna pubescens. Stigmata patentia, 
Subulata, simplicia. Ovarium glandulosum, oblongum, triloculare, polysper- 
mum, ovulis axi tristiche horizontaliter affixis. 
A native of the country near Conception, in Chile, 
whence roots were brought to the Horticultural Society, in 
1825, by Mr. James M‘Rae. Our drawing was made in 
the Chiswick Garden, where the plant flowers in the stove, 
= April and May. It would probably grow m a warm 
order. 
This is an evergreen perennial plant, from 6 to 9 inches 
high, with narrow grassy foliage, which, when carefully 
examined, is found to be covered with minute hairs. The 
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