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capsule 16 to 18 mm. long, prominently nerved. — Mexico. State of 

 San Luis Potosi : near Tancanhuitz, 2 May, 1898, E. W. Nelson, 

 110. 4393 (hb. U. S. Nat. Mus., and hb. Gr.). 



Hymenocallis graminifolia. Roots fleshy-fibrous : bulbs ovate- 

 rotund, about 3 cm. high aud nearly or quite as broad, covered with 

 dark-brown scales: leaves lorate, 1.5 to 2 dm. long, 5 to 7 ram. broad, 

 obtuse, entire, thin or subraembranous: peduncle 1 to 1.5 dm. long, 

 strongly 2-edged, especially above: flowers few (1 to 4), sessile: spathe- 

 valves lance-attenuate, scarious : perianth-tube about 4 cm. long, green- 

 ish ; segments lorate, narrowly lanceolate, slightly exceeding the tube : 

 staminal-cup broadly funnel-shaped, about 3 cm. high ; free portion of 

 filament nearly or quite 2 cm. long: anthers versatile, 14 mm. long: 

 style slender, greenish ; stigma overtopping the anthers : cells of the 

 ovary each containing 2 ovules. — Mexico. State of IMorelos : valley 

 near Yantepec, altitude 1230 m., 6 July, 1901, C. G. Pringle, no. 8532 

 (hb. Gr.). 



In habit this species approaches H. humilis, Watson, and H. galves- 

 tonensis, Baker, but differs materially in the size of the staminal-tube. 



Hymenocallis Pringlei. Bulbs ovate-rotund, about 4 cm. long, 

 equally broad, covered with dark-brown scales, which are continuous 

 over the cylindrical 4 cm. long, and 1.8 cm. thick neck : leaves lanceo- 

 late, 1.2 dm. long, 1 to 2.5 cm. broad, narrowed at both ends, obtusish, 

 entire, glabrous on both surfaces : peduncle 2 to 2.5 dm. long : spathe- 

 valves lanceolate, attenuate, 4 to 5 cm. long, 12 mm. broad at the base, 

 thin and scarious: flowers 4 to 6 : perianth-tube 3.5 cm. long; seg- 

 ments somewhat exceeding the tube, narrow, 3 to 4 mm. broad : 

 staminal-cup rather narrowly funnelform, 1.8 to 2 cm. high ; free 

 portion of filament about equalling the tube : style slender, greenish ; 

 stigma slightly overtopping the anthers : ovary sessile, bearing two 

 ovules in each cell. — Mexico. State of Hidalgo : hillsides near Tula, 

 altitude 1100 m., 20 July, 1896, C. G. Pringle, no. 6371 (hb. Gr.). 



Sisyrinchium bracteatum. Roots tuberous, fascicled : scapes 

 1 to 2 dm. high, simple below, branched above, erect or very slightly 

 flexuous, hirsutish-pubescent to nearly glabrous : leaves linear-attenuate, 

 0.5 to 1.5 dm. in length: inflorescence branched, bearing several short- 

 pedunculate spathes ; peduncles mostly less than 1 cm. (rarely 1.5 cm.) 

 long ; bracts of the inflorescence foliaceous, 6 cm. or less in length, 

 ciliate: spathe of two slightly unequal bracts, 13 to 16 mm. in length, 

 rather strongly nerved, glabrous, the inner bract usually somewhat ex- 

 ceeding the outer : flowers of the spathe 2 to 4 : perianth yellow ; ovary 



