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FLORA TELLUR. 



branosis inscrtis apex segm. cor. ovar. stipitat. 

 stigma . . . caps. 31oc. polysp. Fades Mliacea^ 

 scaposus umbella nmltifi. cerulea. — Type Sc 

 umbellaris li. Brodiea grandiflora Pursh, Nut- 

 tal Eat. &c, which has been proved by Hooker 

 to be quite diflerent from the Br. grandifl. of 

 Smith, not even of same Genus ! but it is not a 

 Blilla as surmised by him. Of Family Aloides 

 called the Missouri Hyacinth. 



857. Brodiea Sm. &c. Hookeria Sal. Cor. 

 tubulosa 6fida, stam. 3, squamis 3 alt. ad tub. 

 inserta. Ovar. stipit. style filif. stigm. 3 caps. 

 31oc. sem. centralis, scaposa, bulbosa, fl. um- 

 bellatis. — Type Br. grandiflora Sm. b. reg. 

 1183. b. mag. 2877. fol. lin. elong. canalic. 

 acum. umbella 5-8flora. In Origon, fine large 

 blue flowers. Type of a new family with Sow- 

 erbea, Xiphidium and Leucoryne 657 &c akin 

 to Xyrides and Commelines,which may be cal- 

 led XYPHIDIA, it differs from them by Co- 

 rolla equal, from Aloides by 3 stamens, from 

 Irides by ovary free. Does Wachendorjia be- 

 long to it? 



858. CoNANTHEs R, (conc fl.) diff*. Fitcai- 

 rma,flowers conical, cal. 3part. Fetalis 3 undul. 

 longis nudis stam. 6 ineq, 3 longior, stylo elon- 

 gato, stig. 3fldo. Parasita, scaposa, racemosa. 

 — Type C. albiflos 11. Pitc. do Hook. b. m. 

 2641. fol. lin. lane, integris acum. scapo race- 

 moque simplex. Brazil, fl. white. 



859. Hexalepis R. (6 scales) diff". Tilland- 

 sia, cal. 3part. scariosis colorat. convolutis, cor. 

 tereta 3part. convol. squamis 2 ad bas. petalis 

 alt. ad stam. 6, sed ovario circondans, stigma 

 31obo fimbriate. foL imbric. fl. spicatis — Type 

 H. psittacina R. Till, do Hook. b. m. 2841. 

 fol. ligulatis acutis basi iniiat, spica rachi flex. 



