268 NKW ABISTEJE AND SISYlUNCniA. 



Folia dura, persistentia, glabra, stricta, erecta, pedalia, angustissime 

 linearia, trincrvia. Scapus subtcres, strictus, gracilis, erectis nudus, 

 pt'dalis vel scsquipedalis. Spatha soUtaria terminalis 3-4-tlora, valvis 

 duris linearibus, cxteriori 2-3 poll, longo. Pedicelli 12-15 lin. 

 longi, Perianthium flavum, 4 lin. lougum. Capsula oblonga, 4 lin. 

 longa. Andes Buliviic ; Mandon, 1218! 1220 bis! Huanaco, alt. 

 \Q,Q(iO pedes; Pcarce, 87 ! There is no species already described with 

 yellow flowers and terete stems. 



S. Glaziovii, Baker. — Perenne, dense cfcspitosum, glabrum, fibris 

 radicalibus gracilibusbrevibus. Folia firma, linearia, crebre striata, lJ-2 

 lin. lata, inferiora 3-4 poll, longa. Caules pedales, late ancipite, superne 

 parce ramosi, foliis pluribus reductis 1-2 poll, longis praediti. Spathce 

 3-4, terminales, pedunculatae, 3-4-floroD, valvis duris lanceolatis sub- 

 sequalibus 8-9 lin. longis. Perianthium lutcum, 6 lin. longum, seg- 

 mentis obovatooblongis obtusis 2 lin. latis. Filamenta li lin. longa, 

 in columnam cylindricam prorsus connata. Capsula globosa, 2 lin. 

 longa. Rio Janeiro ; Glaziou, G732 ! Intermediate between ^S*. //vV/i- 

 folium and alatum. It may be the plant figured in " Flora Flurainensis," 

 vol. vii., tab. 2, under the name of Souza Canes, which is Sist/- 

 rinchixim Canes of the 2nd edition of Steudel's " Nomenclator." 



S. Weieii, Baker. — Perenne, glabrum, erectum, 3-4 pollicare, 

 dichotomiter ramosum. Caules flexuosi, distincte alati, ad nodos 1 

 lin. lati. Folia plura, alterna, omnia segregata, lanceolata, acuta, 

 rigidula amplexicaulia, 9-12 lin. longa, basi 1-1-^ lin. lata, costa ad 

 marginem exteriorem contigua. Spathte terminales, pedunculataa, 

 biflora), valvis duobus lanceolatis flrrais viridibus foliis omnino con- 

 similibus, pedicellis ccrnuis longe exsertis. Perianthium non A'idi. 

 Capsula globosa 2 lin. crassa. Brasilia meridionalis ; AVeir, 372 ! 

 Intermediate between 8. alatum and vagitiatum. 



S. MoxosTACUYUM, Baker. — Perenne, dense ca}spitosum, fibris radi- 

 calibus gracilibus brevibus, collo radicis dense setosum. Folia omnia 

 radicalia, anguste linearia, 3-4 poll, longa, -^-1 lin. lata, stricta, erecta, 

 9-ll-nervata. Caulis scmipedalis vel pedalis, distincte anceps 

 nudus, simplex, spatha unica terminali et 1-2 lateralibus, sessilibus 

 segregatis praiditus. S-patha) l-2-flora3, valvoe dura^, lanceolata), 6-9 

 lin. longa;, subccquales vel exterior longior cuspidata. Pedicelli 

 spatha breviores. Ovarium glabrum, turbinatum, 1 lin. longum. 

 Limbus luteus, 4 lin. longus, segmentis oblongis. Filamenta 1 lin. 

 longa, basi solum connata. TJraguay in collibus Saxosis prope Monte- 

 Video; Gibert, 745 ! llesemblcs 8. iVn/Z/o/mw in flower and general 

 habit. Remarkable for its naked distinctly ancipitous stem, Avith 2-3 

 clusters of flowers, the side ones sessile, as in the Chilian 8. cuspi- 

 daturn, Poppig. 



S. GEACiLE, Khtzsch MSS. — Pcrcnnc, fibris radicalibus brevibus 

 gracillimis, collo radicis setis dcnsis stipato. Folia radicaulia plura, 

 stricta, erecta, pcdala, subtcretia. Caulis gracilis, strictis, obscure 

 anceps, dimidio inferiore nudo, superne paniculato. Spatha; termi- 

 nales peduiicuiata) l-2-flora3, valvis lanceolatis firmis acutis sub- 

 aM^ualibus G-0 lin. longis. Pedicelli erecti, exserti, gracillimi, 12-15 

 lin. longi. Perianthium flavum, 3 lin. longum. Ovarium minutum 

 fcurbiuatum glabruni. Brasilia meridionalis ; Sello, 3863 ! This is 

 allied to >S. micranthum and iridifolium. It is referred by Dr. Klatt 



