Moraec.] CLXXIH. IRIDEJE. 691 
concavum, tubo 0 ; segmenta libera, exteriora latissime unguiculata, lamina lata patente 
v. incurva, interiora exterioribus multo minora, erecto-patentia, ssepius obtusa, plus minus 
undulata. Stamina intra segment fil iis in tubum cylindraceum connatis ; 
anthere ad apicem tubi sessiles, patentes, styli ramis opposite. Ovarium 3-loculare, 
loculis oc-ovulatis; stylus intra tubum stamineum filiformis; rami ad apicem tubi 2- 
partiti, lobis anthera brevioribus lineari-subulatis apice stigmatosis, dente ad basin loborum 
loco stigmatis Cypelle breviter subulato v. glanduliformi nec papilloso v. 0. Capsula 
oblonga v. lineari-oblonga, apice convexa, breviter loculicide 3-valvis. Semina mutua 
pressione sepius angulata.—Bulbus tunicatus. Folia ad basin caulis pauca, angusta, v. 
latiora et plicato-venosa, caulina v. floralia scepe 2-3, dissita. Spatha unica terminalis, Y 
2 ad axillam folii floralis longe et inzqualiter pedunculate. Flores in spatha pauci, in 
una specie maximi, 
Species ad 7, Mexici, Americze centralis, Peruvice et Chile incole. Baer in Journ, Linn. Soc. xvi. 
136. Cav. Diss, Monad. t. 189 (Ferraria), 192, f, 2 (Sisyrinchium).. Red. Lil. t. 6 (Ferraria). Andr. 
Bot. Rep. t. 178 (Ferraria). .Klatt in. Linnea xxxi. 660, et in Mart. Fl. Bras, iii. 1, &, 69 ( Beatonia), 
et. (. 10. .Bot. Mag. t. 632 (Ferraria) et t. 6295. . Link, Kl. et. Otto, Ic. Pl. Rar. (. 20, 34. Suet, 
Brit. Fl. Gard, t. 128. — Fl, des Serres, t. 908, 2174. 
Herbert in Bot. Reg. 1843, Misc. 72, speciem typicam grandifloram, 7. pavoniam, & Beatoniis 
floribus minoribus distinxit i imprimis styli ramorum lobis in priore secus margines in Zeatonía apice 
sol. In is distinetio haud bene apparet; papillas stigmatosas in utraque 
vix breviter decurrente vidimus. Hydrotenia, Lindl., ex ic. et deser. a. Zeatonia non differt, nisi 
dente ad basin loborum stig paullo evidi et tenui. . 
8. Rigidella, Lindl. Bot. Reg. 1840, t. 106, et Misc. 35.— Perianthium basi cupulatum, 
tubo nullo ; segmenta 3 exteriora unguibus brevibus latis patentia v. reflexa, late oblonga, 
interiora root, stylo appressa, intra MM cpaler. occulta, v. angusta tubum stamineum sub- 
sequantia. Stamina intra petala affixa, tis in tubum cylind connatis ; 
antherw in tubo sessiles, erecto, angulis seu ramis styli opposit:e, extrorsum dehiscentes. 
Ovarium angustum, 3-loculare, loculis oc-ovulatis ; stylus intra tubum stamineum fili- 
formis, ramis basi breviter crassis mox 2-partitis, lobis lineari ib t rvis 
antheras non dentibus apice i breviter papillosis, adest etiam ssepius ad 
basin loborum dens brevis patens stigma Cypelle referens, sed non papillosus. Capsula 
oblonga, apice convexa, breviter loculicide 3-valvis. Semina subglobosa.—Bulbus tuni- 
catus. Folia radicalia pauca, longa, interdum lata, plicato-venosa, in petiolum longe 
contracta ; floralia longe acuminata. Spathre longe, b los 2-3 longos 
ad axillas ARR floralium terminantes. Flores in spatha oo, ioterdum numerosi, longe 
pedicellati, Capsule exsertz, 
Species editze 3, Mexici et Amerieze centralis incole. Bot. Heg. 1841, 4. 68. — Pazt. Mag. vii. 247, 
xiv. 121 eum ic. — Fl. des Serres, t. 602, 2216. 
9. Alophia, Herb. in Bot. Mag. sub t. 9779. (Trifurcia, Herb. l.c. Herbertia, Sweet, Brit. 
FI. Gard. t. 292.) — Perianthium tubo 0, patens ; segmenta libera, 3 exteriora breviter ungui- 
culata patentia obovata v. late oblonga, 3 interiors multo minora, acuta, erecta v. vix 
patentia. Stamina intra perianthium affixa, fil tis in tubum cylindraceum connatis ; 
anther: ad apicem tubi semsiloo, lineares, apice demum sepe tort, styli ramis appresss. 
Ovarium 3-loculare, loculis co-ovulatis ; stylus intra tubum stamineum filiformis ; rami 3, 
divergentes, Annon arcte ERU. iisque breviores, superne 2-| lobi, lobis breviter lineari- 
bus v. leviter tatis in parte margine papillosis. Capsula breviter 
oblonga, apice truncata v. convexa, loculicide 3-valvis. Semina sat numerosa, mutua 
pressione angulata.—Bulbus tunieatus. Folia pauca, anguste linearia, v. si paullo latiora 
leviter plicato-venosa. Spathre angustze, herbaceze, complicatse, solitarize, terminales ; v. 
in una specie 2-3 ad axillam folii floralis longe inceqi im.  Floresintra 
spotham plures, longe pedicellati ; bracteze spatha incluse. Capsulie exserts». 
ies 8 v. 4, Amerieanm. Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvi. 138. Bot. Mag.t. 3862. Lodd. Bot. 
1. 1547 (omnes sub. Herbertia). 
