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NEW GENUS OLSYNIUM. 



A very fine New Genus from Oregon, has 

 been blended with Shnjrinchium by the Enghsh 

 Botanists, which I have called Olsynium, mean- 

 ing hardly united. It differs by the Corolla 

 campanulate, the long free stamens only united 

 at the base, 3 stigmas &.c, and belongs to the 

 same natural family of Galaxidia, distinguished 

 from Iridia by stamens not quite free. 



OLSYNIUM. Corolla of 6 petals campanu- 

 late, each oblong, striate. Stamens 3, filaments 

 free and subulate, base contracted above the 

 united base. Style elongate, stigmas 3 acute. 

 Ovary and fruit as in Siryrinchium. Roots 

 fibrose, leaves sheathing, spatha bivalve, biflore. 



Olsynium grandiflorum Raf. Siryrhichi' 

 um grandiflorum. Douglas in Bot. register 

 1634. Bot. magazine 3509. Stem compressed, 

 leaves shorter, acute, spatha unequal margin 

 membranose, flowers twin drooping deep purple. 



A lovely and graceful plant, discovered at the 

 falls of Oakanagan on the Oregon River. It 

 is hardy, flowers vernal large, nearly two inches, 

 but never spreading flat as in Siryrinchium. 



