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SISYRINCHIUM. 
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Clafs and Order. 
GYNANDRIA TRIANDRIA. 
Generic Charaéer. 
~Monogyna. Spatha diphylla. Petala 6 plana. Capfula tri- 
locularis, infera. 
Specific Charader and Synonyms. 
SISYRINCHIUM iridioides foliis enfiformibus ; petalis ob- 
longo-obcordatis, venofis; germinibus 
pyriformibus, fubhirfutis. | 
SISYRINCHIUM SBermudiana. Lin. Syft. Vegetab. p. 820. 
var. 2. Spec. Pl, p. 1353- 
BERMUDIANA iridis folio, radice fibrofa. Drll. Elth. 48. 
t. 41. f. 48. 
SISYRINCHIUM Bermudiana foliis gladiolatis amplexicau- 
libus, pedunculis brevioribus, Miller's 
Di. ed. 6. sto. 
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On comparing the prefent plant with the Bermudiana grami- 
nea flore minore ceruleo of DitieNnivs, both of which I have 
growing, and now in pots before me, the difference appears 
fo ftriking, that I am induced with him and Mixxer to con- 
fider them as diftinét {pecies; efpecially as, on a clofe exa- — 
mination, there appear charaéters fufficient to juftify me 
in the opinion, which charatters are not altered by culture. 
It is a native of the Bermudian Iflands, and flowers in the 
_ open border from May to the end of July; it is not uncom- 
mon to keep it in the greenhoufe, for which, from its fize, 
_ &c. it is very well adapted; but it is not neceffary to treat It 
tenderly, as it will bear a greater degree of cold than many 
_ plants ufually confidered as hardy. 
__ It may be propagated moft readily by feeds, or by parting 
its roots in the autumn; fhould be planted on a border with 
an eaftern afpeét; foil the fame as for bulbs. : 
