328 IRIDEA. 
6. CIPURA. 
Cipura, Aubl. Pl. Guian. i. p. 88, t. 18; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. iii. p. 694. 
About four species, inhabiting Mexico, the West Indies, and South America. 
1. Cipura paludosa, Aubl. Pl. Guian. i. p. 38, t. 13; Klatt in Mart. Fl. Bras. 
iii. t. 64; Griseb. Fl. Brit. W. Ind. p. 589. 
Marica paludosa, Willd. Sp. Pl. i. p. 246; Bot. Mag. t. 646. 
Cipura humilis et C. graminea, H. B. K. Nov. Gen. et Sp. i. p. 820. 
Sout Mexico, Cordillera of Vera Cruz at 3000 feet (Galeotti, 5372).—VENEZUELA ; 
GutaAna; Braziu; Trinipap. Hb. Kew. 
7. SPHENOSTIGMA. 
Sphenostigma, Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. Lond. xvi. p. 124; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. iii. 
p. 694. | 
A Tropical-American genus of about half-a-dozen species. 
1. Sphenostigma longispatha, Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. iii. p. 695. 
Cardiostigma longispatha, Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. Lond. xvi. p. 102. 
Gelasine longispatha, Herb. in Benth. Pl. Hartw. p. 53. 
Calydorea longispatha, Baker in Trimen’s Journ. Bot. 1876, p. 188. 
Botherbe longispatha, Klatt in Linnea, xxxi. p. 564. 
SourH Mexico, Anganguio (Hartweg, 403). Hb. Kew. 
[Hleutherine plicata, Herb., a member of this Order, widely dispersed in the West 
Indies and South America, may be expected to occur within our limits. | 
[Calydorea, as limited by Bentham and Hooker (Gen. Plant. iii. p. 695), is by 
mistake recorded by them as being represented in Mexico. | 
8. NEMASTYLIS. 
Nemastylis, Nutt. in Trans. Am. Phil. Soc. v. p. 157; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. iii. p. 696. 
Of this genus six species have been described; they are scattered from Carolina to 
Bolivia and Brazil. 
1. Nemastylis multiflora, Benth. et Hook. ex S. Wats. in Proc. Am. Acad. 
xvi. p. 160. 
Chlamydostylus multiflorus, Baker in Trimen’s Journ. Bot. 1876, p. 186, et Journ. Linn. Soc. Lond. 
xvi. p. 107. 
Morea foliosa, H. B. K. Nov. Gen. et Sp. i. p. 822? 
Nort Mexico, Morales, San Luis Potosi (Schaffner); Sovru Mexico, Zimapan 
(Coulter, 1536, 1538), Chiapas (Ghiesbreght, 628).—Anpus. Hb. Kew. . 
Watson has incautiously attributed this species to Bentham and Hooker, who say :-— 
“C. multiflora, Baker, cui referenda Calydorea punctata, Baker, species includere. 
videtur 2 vel 3, inter se affines sed distinctas.” 
