Sisyrinchiew.] OLXXIH. IRIDEJE. 697 
loculis lateraliter dehiscentibus. Ovarium 3-loculare, loculis oc-ovulatis ; stylus brevis, 
ramis longi lis, lineari-filiformibus v. anguste membranaceo-dilatatis, inter antheras 
patentibus, papillis stigmatosis terminalibus v. secus mu ines breviter decurrentibus. 
Capsula subglobosa obovoidea v. breviter oblonga, obtusa v. truncata, 3-sulea, loculicide 
3-valvis. Semina angulata v. compressa, levia v. foveolato-rugosa.—Rhizoma repens, 
caule terminali tenui v. elato. Folia ad basin caulis distiche imbricata, equitantia, 
linearia v. anguste ensiformia, ssepius rigidula, prominenter venosa. Oymule nune laxe 
umbelliformes, nune dense. fere capitulif i v. secus ped lum sim- 
plicem v. parce ramosum .sessiles. 
T e r 
Spathz bractezque breves, laxie, membranaces v. 
scarios:e, flores pedicellatos non includent 
Species 8, Chile, Australie et Nove Zelandiw incole. Baker im Journ. Linn. Soc. xvi. 152. 
Hook. f. Handb. N. Zel; Fl. 274; Fl. Tasm. t. 129. Benth. Fl. Austral. vi. 412. Klatt in Linnea, 
xxxi. 380, et in Mart, Fl. Bras. Vi. i. f. 68. — Bot. Mag. t. 3294, 6263. ' Bot. Reg. t. 1630. 
25. Bslameanuda, Adans. Fam. ii. 60. (Pardanthus, Ker in. Ken. et. Sims, Aun. Bot. 
i. 246.) — Perianthium tubo brevissimo explanatum ; lobi patentes, oblongi, subzequales. 
Stamina basi perianthii affixa, filamentis filiformibus liberis; antherw lineares, vix 
sagittatz, basifixe. Ovarium obovoideum, 3-loculare, loculis co-ovulatis; stylus fili- 
formis, ramis elongatis apice "dilatatis emarginatis papillis terminalibus. Capsula obo- 
voidea, membranacea, loculicide 3-valvis, valvis dehiscentia irregulariter reflexis axin 
centralem erectum: placentiferum | relinquentib Semina majuscul ibglob axi 
persistenti diu affixa, testa nitida laxa intus succulenta; embryo in centro albuminis 
cornei normalis, brevis.—Caules e rhizomate repente erecti, validi. Folia ensiformia, 
] I tia 9-9-chotome ramosa, foliis floralibus sub ramis primariis 
viridibus spathaceis, superioribus spathisque t inalib b riosis. Flores 
intra spatham numerosi, pedicellati, bracteis scariosis oppositi. Capsule. majusculie, 
exsertz. 
Species 1, Indis orientalis Chin:e et Japoniz incole, jam diu in hortis eulta et hine inde in variis 
regionibus inquilina, — Geta. Fruct. i.40,7. 13 (Iria). Red. Lil. (. 121. Bot. Mag. t. Vil (Iaia). 
Fl. des Serres, t. 1632 (Pardanthus). 
M» p 
96. Orthrosanthus, Sweet, Fl. Austral. t. 11.— Perianthium tubo brevi nunc brevissimo 
explanatum ; lobi ovati v. oblongi, subzequales, patentes. Stamina basi perianthii affixa, 
flamentis liberis v. basi dilatata in cyathum brevissimum connatis; antherw erect, 
oblongm. Ovarium oblongo-lineare, 3-loculare, loeulis cc-ovulatis; stylus brevissimus, 
rümis filiformibus inter antheras p tibus apice stigmati vix dilatatis. | Capsula 
oblonga, truncata, basi attenuata, loeulieide 3-valvis. Semina ovoidea v. mutua pressione 
angulata.—Rhizoma lignosum, brevissimum. Folia linearia v. anguste ensiformia, 
longa, rigidula v. graminea, ad basin eaulis equitantia. Infl tia terminalis, sim- 
plex v. ramosa ; spathze oblongz, secus ramos sepius dissitze, sessiles v. pedunculatze, 
interdum plures bractea spathacea inclusz, bracteis int is v. scariosis. 
Flores in quaque spatha sepius 2-20, brevissime pedicellati. 
Species 7, Americae australis andins v. icm v. Australie occidentalis incole, Baker in 
Journ. Linn. Soc. xvi, 112. Benth, FL, Austral, vi. 410. Bot. Reg. t. 1090 (Sisyrinchium). — Lodd. 
Bot. Cab. t. 1414. 
0. polystachyus, Benth., ex Australia austro-oceidentali, a ceteris differt spathis (prveter ter- 
minalem) pli soeus ramos sessilibus. 
Klatt, qud Bericht. 46, species Americanas ad Solenomelum transfert, nobis uti. Bakero 
melius Orthrosantho convenire videntur. 
97. 1 Keitia, Regel in Act. Hort. Petrop. v. 639.— Perianthium supra basin 6-partitum ; 
lobi patentes, obovati, interiores paullo minores, cieterum consimiles. Stamina ima basi 
" i affixa, fl tis plan: pressis. basi tantum connatis sursum liberis sensim 
attenuatis; anthere lineari-oblongw, erecta, basifixe. — Ovarium 3-loculare, loculis 
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