Sisyrinchiea. OLXXII. IRIDEZE. 695 
globosa v. angulata.— Bulbus tunicatus. Folia pauca, longa, plicato-venosa. Inflores- 
centia supra folium florale simplex v. parce ramosa. Spatha unica terminalis v. pauez, 
longe ped lat inatee 1 late v. elongatze, herbacesm. Flores in spatha pauci, 
pedicellati; bractea infima swpe herbacea spathze subsimilis, ceeterzo v. omnes breviores 
tenuiores. Capsule e spatha exsertze. 
Species nobis adsunt 5, Americance tropiee. S. Sellowianum, Baker (Alophia. Sellowiana, Klatt in 
Mart. Fl. Bras. iii. i. 516, t. 65), e Brasilia, et. S. lineare (Alophia linearis, Klatt in Linnza quoad 
plantam Colombianam), styli ramis apice hyalinis cuneatis, S. gracile (Cypella. gracilis, Baker in 
tis, S, longi (U 
1 H "n? 
Journ. Linn. Soc. xvi. 129) styli ramis apice hyalinis . longis; 
ispatha, Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvi. 102), planta Mexicana a Herbertio ad Gelasinam, a 
Klattio ad Rotherbem, ct a Bakero prius ad. Calydoream relata, styli ramis euneatis sed quam in 
emteris crassioribus. Alophia linearis, Klatt, quoad specimina Brasiliana, Gardn., est. Calydorea 
Gardneri, Baker. Specimina Spruceana n. 3063 e Pafios speciem Sphenostigmatis adhue ineditam 
indicant. SpAenostigma angustifolium et. 8. eeruleum, Klatt, Ergünz, und Bericht. 29, e Brasilia, nobis 
ignotze sunt. 
19. Eleutherine, Herb. in Bot. Reg. 1843, sub t. DT. (Galatea, Salisb. in. Trans. Hort. 
Soc. i. 310, absque char.)—Perianthi tubo planatum ; segmenti oblonga, basi con- 
tracta, squalia, patentia. Stamina basi perianthii: affixa, fil iis brevibus liberis ; 
antherce erectze, 1 liter v. subi dehiscent Ovarium oblongum, 3-loculare, 
loculis cc-ovulatis ; stylus brevissimus, ramis subulatis indivisis apice stigmatosis. Cap- 
sula oblonga, apice truncata, loculicide :3-valvis. Semina ovoidea v. mutua pressione 
angulata.—Bulbus tunicatus, brunneus. Folia radicalia longa, aeuminata, basi longe con- 
tracta, plicato-venosa, caulina prwter florale 0. Inflorescentia ad axillam folii floralis 
laxe flexuoso-ramosa, interdum ad pedunculos 2-3 reducta. Spathz in caule v. pedunculis 
terminales, oblong; vix v. non acuminatz. Flores intra spatham plures, breviter pedi- 
cellati, bracteis spatha parum brevioribus. Capsule intra spatham omnino inclusz v. vix 
apice breviter prominentes. 
Species genuine 2 v. 3, sub E. plicata, "Herb., in herbariis confosee, Indice occidentalis et Americee 
australis tropieze incole. Baker im Jourm. Linn. Soc. xvi. 100. — Cav. Diss. Monad. t. 191, f. 1 
(Sisyrinchium). | Jacq. Ic. Rar. t.227 (Morea). Red. Lil. t. 852 v. in textu 353 (Sisyrinchium). 
Bot. Mag. t. 655 (Marica). 
His addidit Herbert in Bot. Reg. 1843, t. 57, speciem humilem hexandram, ad specimen unieum in 
horto enatum patria ignota deseriptam. In herbariis nostris deest, et species valde dubia remanet 
verisimiliter ex ordine exeludenda. 
90. Catydorea, Herb. in Bot. Reg. 1843, Mise. 85. (Botherbe, Steud. ex Klatt in 
Linea, xxxi. 502.)— Perianthium tubo subnullo explanatum v. basi breviter campanu- 
latum ; lobi basi contracti, patentes, sequales v. interiores paullo minores. Stamina basi 
perianthii affixa, filamentis erectis liberis ; antherze lineares, apice ssepe flexuoso-recurvz. 
Ovarium 3-loeulare, loeulis co-ovulatis ; stylus filiformis, ramis subulatis divaricatis apice 
stigmatoso spe leviter clavatis v. ginatis. Capsula obovoidea, truncata, loculicide 
3 valvis. Semina globosa v. angulata.— Bull i b ,Levis. Folia radicalia 
pauca, angusta, interdum fere filiformia, floralin in caule simplici 1-2. Spatha unica, 
terminalis, v. paucze pedunculatze v. sessiles, anguste, acutze v. acuminats. Flores intra 
spatham paucm, pedicellatz, bractea exteriore spathacea interdum spatha ipsa paullo 
longiore. Capsule e bracteis exsertce. 
Species ad E. australis extratropicze v. tropieze et Mexiei incole.  Zaker in Journ. Linn. 
Soc. xvi. 101 (excl. C. punctata ad .Nemastylidem referenda).  Klatt in. Mart. Fl. Bras, iii. i. 543, 
1. TI (Rorznnz) ; Ergüne. und -Bericht. 68. Bot. Mag. t. 3544 (Sisyrinchium). 
21. Gelasine, Herb. in Bot. Mag. t. 9119, excl. sp. n. 2 ad 4.—Perianthium tubo bre- 
vissimo subinfundibuliforme fere campanulatum ; lobi squales, obovati, erecto-patentes. 
Stamina fauci affixa, filamentis in tubum brevem connatis; antherw in tubo. subsessiles, 
lineares, rectz, connectivo angusto, Ovarium 3-loculare, loculis co-ovulatis ; stylus 
