IRIDEZA. 331 
9. Sisyrinchium tenuifolium, Humb. et Bonpl. ex Willd. Hort. Berol. t. 92; 
Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. Lond. xvi. p. 118; Red. Lil. t. 275; Bot. Mag. tt. 2117 et 
2313. . 
Echthronema tenuifolia, Herb. in Bot. Reg. Misc. p. 85. 
Souta Mexico, Santa Fé, near the city of Mexico (Bourgeau, 415), without locality 
(Graham). Hb. Kew. : | 
10. Sisyrinchium tinctorium, H. B. K. Nov. Gen. et Sp. i. p. 324; Baker in 
Journ. Linn. Soc. Lond. xvi. p. 118. 
Marica tinctoria, Ker, Gen. Irid. p. 23. 
Sisyrinchium tingens, Steud. Nomencl. Bot. ed. 2. 
Sisyrinchium rigidum, Lehm. in Hamb. Gart. Zeit. vi. p. 415. 
Sout Mexico, Chiapas (Ghiesbreght, 818), Mirador (Liebmann).—AnpxEs. Hb. Kew. 
11. Sisyrinchium, sp. 
Nort Mexico, Rinconado (Hdwards). Hb. Kew. 
12. Sisyrinchium, sp. 
South Mexico, Zimapan (Coulter, 1539). Hb. Kew. . 
“Published by Klatt (Linnea, xxxv. p. 383) as S. andinum, Phil., but that is a 
Solenomelus and quite different.”—J. G. Baker. 
13. Sisyrinchium, sp. 
Mexico, without locality (Halsted). Hb. Kew. 
Order CXLV. AMARYLLIDEZ. 
Amaryllidee, Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. ii. p. 711. 
Sixty-four genera, including about 650 species, widely dispersed in the temperate and 
tropical regions of both hemispheres. They are especially numerous in the Mediter- 
ranean region in South Africa and South America. 
1. HYPOXIS. 
Hypozis, Linn: Gen. Plant. n. 417 ; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. iii. p. 717. 
A genus of about fifty species, inhabiting Tropical Asia, Australia, the Mascarene 
Islands, Tropical and South Africa, and Tropical and North America. 
1. Hypoxis decumbens, Linn. Ameen. Acad. v. p. 396, et Sp. Pl. ed. 2, p. 439; 
Mart. Fl. Bras. iii. p. 51, t. 7. fig. 1; Griseb. Fl. Brit. W. Ind. p. 585; Baker in Journ. 
Linn. Soc. Lond. xvii. p. 107; Mart. et Gal. in Bull. Acad. Brux. x. (reprint, p. 3). 
Anthericum sessile, Miller, Fig. Pl. t. 39. fig. 2. 
Hypozis mexicana, Roem. et Schult. Syst. Veg. vil. p. 761. 
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