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Cnon L.J. R. hastata, L. (Cuba) has smaller samara:, and is distinguished by the subsessile, 

 distantly glomerate, $ flowers, and by the leaves. — 5'-6' high, suffruticose ; leaves 5"-2" 

 diam. ; racemes often fascicled-geminate, usually exceeding the leaves ; special $ racemes 

 3-8-flowered, 2"'-4'" long, flexuose : pedicels hairy or glabrescent, as long as the perigone ; 

 $ perigone §■'" long, infundibular: segments oblong, bluntish; stamens 6, included, inserted 

 into the perigone : anthers didymous, as long as the filaments ; $ flowers in simple racemes ; 

 samara 8'" long, 3'" broad above the semilunar seed. —Hab. Dominica !, Imr., common iu 

 woods; [Cuba and Portorico, ex synon. Kth.']. 



CXLT. IKIDE.E. 



Perigone coloured, of 3 exterior, and 3 interior divisions. Stamens 3, alternate to the 

 inner perigone : anthers extrorse. Ovary inferior, compound : cells many-ovulate. Peri- 

 carp capsular. Embryo axile in fleshy albumen. — Leaves mostly equitant, distichous, pa- 

 rallel-nerved. 



1. CIPURA, Aubl. 



Limb of perigone 6-partite, interior segments usually smaller. Stamens distinct, inserted 

 into the perigone, "alternate to the stigmas:" anthers erect. Style 3-partite. — Bulbous 

 herbs ; most leaves rosulate ; spathe 2-leaved, compressed. 



1. C. paludosa, Aubl. Leaves linear-acuminate ; flowers few, glomerate, approximate 

 to and much exceeded by the single, erect leaf of the stem. — Leave9 6"-12" long, all ex- 

 ceeding the inflorescence ; flowers pale-blue, alternate : perigonial limb 6"'-8'" long. — Hab. 

 Trinidad !, Lockh., Or., common in savannahs ; [Venezuela!, Guiana!, Brazil !]. 



2. C. martinicensis, Kth. Leaves lanceolate-linear, acuminate ; flowers few, glome- 

 rate, scarcely exceeded by the leaves : spathe distant from the single short leaf of the stem. 

 — Jacq. Amer. Pict. t. 10. — Iris, L. — 14'-2' high; rosulate leaves as long as or shorter 

 than the stem: stem-leaf 3"-5" long; flowers yellow: perigonial limb 8"'-10"' long. — 

 Hab. Antigua !, Wullschl., Dominica, Imr., on grassy hills ; [French islands ! to New 

 Grauada]. 



3. C. plicata, Gr. Leaves lanceolate-acuminate ; flowers in geminate, unequal fas- 

 cicles : the fascicles approximate to and exceeded by the uppermost leaf; perigonial divi- 

 sions subequal. — Morsea, Sw. Marica, Curt. Sisyrinchium latifolium, Ait. — 2'-3' high ; 

 rosulate leaves 1" broad, or narrower, nearly as long as the stem, uppermost 10"-1 2", longer 

 peduncle 2"-3" long; flowers white — Hab. Jamaica!, Waters, in hilly pastures of the 

 western districts (Sw.) ; Dominica !, Imr. ; S. Vincent, Guild. 



CXLIL HJIMODORACEiE. 



Perigone coloured, of 6 divisions. Stamens 6-3 : anthers introrse. Ovary compound : 

 style simple. Embryo minute, in amylaceous albumen. — Herbs; leaves mostly equitant, 

 parallel-nerved. 



1. XIPHIDIUM, Aubl. 



Perigone 6-leaved. Stamens 3, hypogynous, opposite to the interior leaflets of the peri- 

 gone : anthers erect. Capsule 3-celled : cells many-seeded. — Stem leafy below ; raceme 

 terminal, compound ; flowers white or blue, one-sided along its branches. 



1. X. floribundom, Sw. Leaves oblong- lanceolate, or oblong, acuminate, often dis- 

 tantly muricate at the edge, glabrous ; panicle pubescent ; perigonial leaflets oblong-lanceo- 

 late, glabrescent. — Sw. Fl. t. 2. infer, analyt. — X. albidum, Lam. X. giganteum, Lindl. .- 

 a broad-leaved form. — 1'-2' high; leaves l"-2" broad; flowers 8-JO along the branches of 

 the panicle : perigone 4'" long. — Hab. Jamaica!, Pd. ; S. Kitts, Dominica!, Imr., S. Vin- 

 cent !, Guild. ; [Mexico to Brazil], 



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