92 



Sisyrinchium pulchellum. 



R. Br. Prodr. 305; Renealmia pulchella, R. Br. Prodr. 592; Libertia pul- 

 chella, Spreng. Syst. Veg. i. 168; L. micrantha, A. Cunn. in Hook. 

 Companion to the Bot. Mag, 11. 375; J. Hook. Fl. K Zeal. i. 252; L. 

 Lawrencii, J. Hook. FI. Tasm. u. 34 t. 129 ; Nematostigma pulchellum, 

 A. Dietr. Syst. Willd. 228. 



Minus, rhizomate procurrente fibroso, foliis gramineis caule 

 simplice haud alato brevioribus fere lasvibus, panicula brevi e 

 fasciculis paucis oliganthis sessilibus constante passim ad fascicu- 

 lum solitarium reducta, pedicellis pertenuibus bracteas lanceolato- 

 cymbeas acuminatas bracteolasque mox conspicue supei^antibus 

 tenulssime pubescentibus, calycis parvi glahri segmentis omnino 

 patentibus ohlongo-ohovatis ohtusis perfecte albis, interioribus 

 exteriora latitudine paulo excedentibus, staminibus liberis calycem 

 cequantibus glabris, stigmatibus stylo fere duplo longioribus paten- 

 tibus haud acutatis, capsulae parvae trigono-globosas pedicello pluries 

 V, multoties longiore prseditae loculis oligospermls, seminibus rufe- 

 scenti-fuscis, 



In tractu Blue Mountains, C. Moore ; alibique in Nova-Austro- 

 Cambria, R. Brown ; in regionibus alpestribus ad fontes fluviorum 

 Latrobe-River, Tangil, Tyers-Kiver, Tarra Yarra sicut in cacu- 

 mine silvatico montis Juliette ; in Tasmania crebrius, 



Planta sesquipedalis v. ssepe humilior, passim pauci-pollicaris. 

 Caulis angulatus v* paulo compressus. Folia satis laxa, in£equali- 

 ter striata. Pedicelli sesqui-poUicares v. varle breviores, nunquam 

 brevissimi, passim bini, raro solitarii. Bracteol^ paucilineares, 

 interdum solitarise. Alabastra omnino alba. Sepala basi haud 

 in tubulum coalita. Columella triptera, a capsulje valvis tarde 

 secedens. Semina circiter §'" longa, ovato-rotunda, obtuse trigoua, 

 nitidula, reticulari-rugulosa, funiculo brevi pertenui appensa. Em- 

 bryo ellipsoideo-cylindricus, prope hilum locatus, albumine cartila- 

 gineo aliquoties brevior. Radicula peripheriam spectans. 



Sisyrinchium tricoccum (Libertia tricocca, Philippi coll.) e Val- 

 divia nostram speclem toto habitu florumque magnitudine £emu- 

 latur, differt autem pedicellis glabris (signo in planta Neo-Zelandica 

 inconstante) et praacipue sepalis exterioribus multo minoribus her- 

 baceis, filamentis basim versus connatis et forsan fructibus me 

 nondum visis. 



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Sisyrinchium cyaneum, 



Lindl. Bot. Eeg. 1090 ; Orthrosanthus multiflorus, Sweet El. Austr. 11 1. 11 ; 

 Lodd. Cabinet 1474 ; Paxton Magaz. xi. 245 ; Libertia stricta, Endl. in 

 Lehm. Plant. Preiss. ii. 32 ; L. laxa, Endl. 1. c, ; L. graminea, Endl. I. c. ; 

 Wuerthia elegans, Regel Gartenflora ii. 46 et in Bot. Zeitung 1851, 596. 



Elatior, rhizomate procurrente fibroso, foliis ensato-linearibus 

 rigidulis caule paniculato haud alato saepe brevioribus, panicula 

 elongata e fasclculis longe pedunculatis pauci- v* plurifloris 



