14 rM>»:. TELM u. 



Raf. Scilln. do Jaq. Sr. {nmpamtl 1a — 2 E. un- 

 dulahim Raf. Scilid do Desf. Persoon Slc. 



17. XURIDIA Raf. A.N. 1815. TheXiiRi- 

 DEs. Stamina tenia libera. Ovarium liberum. 

 capsula polysp. Perigonum 3-6 part. This tribe 

 of monocotyle plants is certainly distinct from 

 the Restidia, type G. Restio, which has sin- 

 gle seeds, nuts or fruit, like Unisemia. It differs 

 from Irides chiefly by free Pistil, from Galax- 

 iDEs (the monadelphous Irides) besides by free 

 stamens. Xuris is the typical G. Eriocaulon,, 

 Xiphidium, Mayaca^ Wachendorfia,, Slc. be- 

 long to it, as well as the following: 19 to 21- 



18. Xuris mispelt Xyris by L. too near Iris. 

 vere char. cal. persistens squamis 3 ineq. 2 mi- 

 nor carinatis internis. cor. evanescens petalis 3 

 nnguicul. Stam 3 anth. subsess. ad ung. adn. 

 anther obt. ovarium obov. 3 lobo. stylo 3fido, 

 3 stigma, caps. 3 valvis uniloc. seu ad basis sub 

 Slocul. valvis septiferis set placentiferis polysp — 

 Scaposis^ fol. gracilis^ fl. capitatis, bract, 

 squamosis imhricatis — Linneus had only one 

 sp. X. indica, R. Brown alone added 15, and 

 now we know 35 species ! but some have peculiar 

 characters, and form the 3 next Genera. The 

 following 25 sp. belong here ; but several are yet 

 united by mere habit, the fructif . not being prop- 

 erly known. A', pubescens Desf. platycaulis 

 Poiret, capensis Thunb. rnacrocephala Vahl, 

 anceps Lam. t. V3%pusina, denticidata, palu- 

 flosa, scabra., levis, bractcosa,, juneea, gracilis, 

 filifolia,flexifolia, brevifolia, lacera, vivipara, 



lanata, &c. of Brown and others; besides 6 N. 

 Amer. sp. brevifoUa Mx, earolinianaW. fim- 

 briata Elliot, fistidosa Raf. (juncea Baldw, 

 not Br.) obovaia Raf rctusa Raf. see my mon- 

 om*. in New flora N. Amer. 



