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Bowie and preserved in the British Museum, which agree with 

 original Syringodea in all points except that the segments of the 

 perianth-limb are entire and do not expand so fully. I would there- 

 fore propose to modify the generic characters so as to include these, 

 and add from one of the Kew specimens the character of the capsule, 

 which is substantially that of its neighbours Crocus and Romulea. 



Genus Stringodka, Hook, fit., Bot. Mag., tab. 6072. (Orde 

 Iridacem. Tribe Ixie(B.) — Perianthium corollinum, hypocrateriforme 

 vel infundibulare, segmentis 6 aequalibus obovatis integris vel inter- 

 dum emarginatis, flore expanso ascendentibus vel patulis, tubo gracili 

 elongate. Stamina 3, ad faucem tubi inserta, gequilateralia, erecta, 

 limbo breviora, filamentis brevibus liberis filiformibus, antheris basi- 

 fixis lineari-sagittatis. Ovarium triloculare, ovulis in loculo pluribus 

 horizontalibus ; stylus tubum paulo superans, stigmatibus tubus 

 patulis integris cuneatis. Capsula oblonga, membranacea, seminibus 

 plurimis minutis turgidis. Herbse bulbosse capenses, foliis synanthiis 

 setaceis duris, persistentibus, spathae valvis membranaceis, floribus 

 parvis evanescentibus. 



1. S. PULCHELLA, Hooh. fil., loc. cit. — -Bulbus globosus, 6-8 lin. 

 crassus, uniflorus tunicis brunneis membranaceis. Folia 4-6, setacea, 

 falcata, glabra 3-4 poll, longa. Spathae valvse lanceolatse, 6-9 lin. longae. 

 Tubus cylindricus, 1^-2 poll, longus, superne crassior. Limbus con- 

 color, pallide purpureus, segmentis obovato-cuneatis profuude emargi- 

 natis, flore expanso patulis. — C. B. Spei, in campis montis Sneewlerg, 

 alt. 4:500 pede^, Bolus, 1852! 



2. S. BiooLOE, Baker ; Trichonema longitubum, Klatt in Linnma, 

 34, 665. --Bulbus globosus, 1-4-florus, 6-8 lin. crassus, tunicis brun- 

 neis membranaceis secus collum 1 -2 poll, longum productis. Folia 

 6-8, setacea, falcata, 3-6 poll, longa, glabra vel pilosa. Spathae valvae 

 lanceolatae, 6-18 lin. longae. Tubus filiformis, purpureus, 1-2 poll, 

 longus. Limbus saturate purpureus, fauce luteus, segmentis obovatis 

 obtusis integris 3-4 lin. longis, flore expanso ascendentibus imbricatis. 

 — C. B. Spei, Somerset, Bowker!, Coleslerg, Dr. Shaw !, Grahams- 

 town, McOwan!, Graaf-reinet, Bowker!, Fat River, Burke, 446! 



3. S. FiLiFOLiA, Baker. — Bulbus oblongus uniflorus, 3 lin. crassus, 

 tunicis brunneis nitidis duris cuspidatis. Folia 6-8, setacea, glabra, 

 1-1|- poll, longa. Spathae valvae lineares, membranaceae, 5-6 lin. 

 longae. Tubus filiformis, 1 poll, longus. Limbus 6 lin. longus, 

 lilacino-purpureus, fauce luteus, segmentis obovatis, ascendentibus, 

 integris. — C. B. Spei, Bowie in Herb. Mus. Brit. 



THE APETALOUS FUCHSIAS OF SOUTH AMEEICA, WITH 



DESCRIPTIONS OF FOUR NEW SPECIES. 



By W. B. Hemsley, A.L.S. 



So far as I am aware, descriptions of only two South American 

 species of Fuchsia destitute of petals have hitherto been published. 

 The first, F. apetala, was described and figured by Ruiz and Pavon in 



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