Tas. 5055. 
XIPHIDIUM FLorispuNpDuM. 
Copious-flowered Xiphidium. 
Nat. Ord. WAcHENDORFIACEZ.—TRIANDRIA MonoGYNIA. 
Gen. Char. Perianthium corollinum, hexaphyllum ; foliolis patentibus, exteri- 
oribus dorso puberulis, interioribus paulo minoribus glabris. Stamina 3, hypo- 
gyna, perigonii foliolis interioribus opposita ; filamenta filiformia ; anthere basifixe. 
Ovarium liberum, trigonum, triloculare. Ovula in placentis e loculorum angulo 
centrali tumentibus, plurima, amphitropa. Stylus filiformis; stigma capitato- 
trilobum. Capsula subglobosa, carnoso-mollis, trilocularis. Semana plurima, 
subglobosa.—Herba perennis in America tropica cis Aiquatorem obvia ; radice 
fibrosa ; caule simplici, hirsutiusculo, basi folioso ; foliis ensiformibus, equitantibus, 
* geotees integerrimis v. subserrulatis ; floribus paniculatis, subsecundis, nutant- 
bus. Endl. 
XIPHIDIUM floribundum, 
Xipuipium floribundum. Sw. Prodr. p. 17; Fl. Ind. Occ. v. 1. p. 80. ¢. 2. 
Vahl, Enum. v. 2. p. 162. Reem. et Schult. Syst. Veget. v. 1. p. 487. os 
a, albiflorum ; floribus albidis. Sw. (Tas. Nostr. 5055.) 
Xipurp10 albidum. Lam. Ill. v. 1.p.181. Spreng. Syst. Veget. v, 1. p. 170. — 
Xipuipium album, Willd. Sp. Pl. v. 1. p. 249. ne 
Ixta Xiphidium. Lofl. It. p. 179. 
‘8. ceruleum ; floribus intus ceruleis. Sw. aS gers 
Xrpurprem ceruleum. Aubl. Guian. v. 1. p. 83. ¢. 11. Willd. Sp. Pi. [os 
p. 24. 6 | : 
Xipuipium giganteum. Lindl. Bot. Reg. v. 32, under t. 6g, and v. 33, ander ‘1. 
This is a little-known plant, peculiar to tropical America, — 
remarkable for its equitant leaves and Iris-like habit, with only 
three stamens, but having a regular floral envelope of six pieces, = 
and a superior ovary, as in Asphodelee. Its affinity is natural 
with Wachendorfia, and these two genera have generally been 
placed in Hemodoracee ; but Mr. Herbert has cine pe | 
them the Nat. Ord. Wachendorfiacee, which 18 gone: ns a 
Lindley, though the position of this Order-1s not very dleadly a 
determined. The species, too, have apparently been nee ges! 2 
multiplied ; and it is generally acknowledged that the blue- an a 
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