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SISYRINCHIUM GRANDIFLORUM. DLARGE- 
-FLOWERED Sisyvrincnium. 
Class and Order. 
Monapetpuia TRiaANDRIiA. 
( Nat. Ord.—Irinea. ) 
Generic Character. 2 
Spatha diphylla. Calyxo. Petala 6, subequalia, plana. 
Filamenta connata. Stylus 1. Capsula trilocularis, mfera. 
Specific Character and Synonym. ‘* 
Sisyrincuium grandiflorum ; caule stricto compresso foliis 
erectis vaginantibus longiore, spatha biflora pedun- 
culos subequante, perianthio late campanulato, fila- 
mentis longissimis subulatis basi contracta solummodo 
connatis erectis demum patentibus. Lal 
Sisyrincuium grandiflorum. Dougl. in Bot. Reg. t. 1364. 
A most lovely and graceful plant, remarkable for the 
large size and peculiarly bright purple colour of its flowers. 
The very long filaments, broad at the base, below which 
they are contracted and where alone they are combined, 
seem to be at variance with the characters of other species 
of Sisyrincuium, and may, perhaps, entitle the subject of 
our plate to rank as a distinct Genus. It was discovered 
by the late Mr. Dovetas, on low hills of the Columbia, from 
the Great Falls to Oakanagan, in dry soils, flowering in 
May ; and introduced to the gardens of the Horticultural 
Society of London. Our wild specimens precisely accord 
with those here figured, only they are rather smaller and 
the flower is less drooping. It appears yet to be a rare 
plant in collections, and though stated by Professor Linpiey 
to be perfectly hardy, the shelter of a greenhouse is afforded 
it at Glasgow, where it flowers in March. 
Descr. 
