Cyperacece.] CHILI. 4,9 



3. ORNITHOGALUM. Linn. 



1. 0. gramineum; scapo angulato folia Hnearia superante, floribus umbellatis, pedunculis 

 erectis, perianthii laciniis ovatis acutis striatis. Bot. Mag. t. 2419. — Lilio-narcissus polyan- 

 thus albus, Phalangii flore. Feuill. Chil. v. 3. p. 30. t. 21. 



Hab. Conception. 



4. ANTHERICUM. Linn. 



1. A.? plumosum; radice fasciculata, foliis lineari-ensiformibus, scapo nudiusculo striato 

 angulato 2-4-floro foliis triplo longiore, perianthii laciniis exterioribus glabris interioribus 

 barbato-plumosis. Ruiz et Pav. Fl. Per. v. 3. t. 300. / 6. Bot. Mag. t. 3084. 



Hab. Conception. — This probably belongs rather to Thysanotus, Br. 

 5. STYPANDRA. Br. 



I. S. ccerulea; radice fibrosa, foliis ensiformibus subdistichis erectis scapo ramoso brevi- 

 oribus, perianthii laciniis exterioribus oblongis interioribus ellipticis latioribus. — Antheri- 

 cum cceruleum. Ruiz etPav. Fl. Per. v. 3. t. 299. — Bermudiana, &c. Feuill. Chil. v. 2. t. 8. 



Hab. Conception. — Mr. Brown, in his Prodromus Fl. Nov. Holl. p. 279, first suggested that this species, 

 as also the Anthericum coarctatum of the Flora Peruviana, was referable to Stypandra. 



Ord. LXVIII. JUNCE.E. Juss. 

 1. LUZULA. DC. 



1. L. interrupta; culmo parce folioso, foliis planis latiusculis nervosis, panicula racemoso- 

 spicata recta, floribus fuscis, capitulis oblongis, bracteis ovatis acuminatis membranaceis 

 fimbriato-ciliatis, perianthii laciniis exterioribus ovatis interioribus brevioribus latioribus 

 aristato-acuminatis capsulam subrotundam obtusam paulo superantibus. — Desv. Journ. Bot. 

 p. 163. t. 6. f. 4.? Reem. et Schul. Syst. v. 1. p. 261. 



Hab. Conception. — La Harpe unites this with L. racemosa, Desv. perhaps correctly, but we are not 

 quite certain that ours is the plant intended by Desvaux: it is, however, that which Rcemer and Schultes 

 (1. c.) have described from Chili, as seen in the Herbarium of Martius. The panicle consists of dense 

 racemose spikelets, one of which, at a distance from the others, arises from the axil of the upper leaf. 



Ord. LXIX. CYPERACEiE. Juss. 

 1. SCIRPUS. Linn. 



1. S. minimus; annuus, spica subglobosa subsolitaria laterali, culmo angulato foliisque 

 capillaribus, achenio acuto triquetro densissime impresso-punctato, setis hypogynis 3. Vahl, 

 Enum. 2. p. 253. 



Hab. Conception. — This seems to agree exactly with Vahl's plant. 



2. S. longifolius; radice repente, culmo folioso triquetro, foliis angustis acute carmatis 

 spongiosis culmum superantibus, spiculis 4-5 glomeratis subsessilibus lateralibus, glumis 

 emarginatis mucronatis, setis hypogynis 3, stylo 3-fido. 



Hab. Conception.— Very similar to S. mucronatus; but the leaves are much longer. The bracteas are 

 oblong and scariose, and furnished with a dorsal nerve that becomes a long triquetrous mucro. The glumes 

 resemble the bracteas, but the mucro is shorter. 



