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SISYRINCHIUM MICRANTHUM. SMALI- 
FLOWERED SISYRINCHIUM. 
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Class and Order. 
Monapetpuia T'ricynia. 
Generic Character. 
Spatha diphylla. Cal. 0. Petala 6, subequalia, plana. 
Filam. omnino connata. Stylus 1. Caps. 3-locularis, infera. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Sisyrincuiummicranthum; cauleancipiti flexuoso, spatha ine- 
quali, pedunculis filiformibus, capsulis trigono-globosis. 
SisyRINCHIUM micranthum ; scapo ancipiti ramoso folioso, 
spatha subtriflora ineequali floribus subequali, petalis 
linearibus acuminatis, foliis gramineis canaliculatis. 
Willd. Sp. Pl. 3. p. 579. 
SisyRIncuium micranthum ; radice fibrosa, caule ancipiti 
bipoliicari, foliis alternis canaliculatis, floribus minimis. 
Cav. Diss. 6. p. 345. t. 191. f. 2. 
We find no account of this plant but what has been derived 
from the description and figure by Cavaniuxes above quoted, 
which were taken from a solitary dried specimen in JusstEv’s 
herbarium, collected in Peru. Communicated in July last 
by Mr. Anperson, of the Botanic Garden, at Chelsea; to 
whom it was sent by Mr, Orro, from the Royal Botanical _ 
Garden at Berlin. | 
