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linearibus, labello membranaceo hastato : laciniis lateralibus linearibus ascendentibus intermediá basi rhombeà barbatá 
in apicem linguiformem attenuata. 
This very curious little plant looks like a diminutive form of O. barbatum ; its flowers are very pale bistre plentifully 
bestrewed with minute brown specks an freckles. It is a curiosity, but not brilliant enough in appearance to suit the 
taste of any except botanists. The resemblance of the blossoms to some kind of fly is striking. 
501. Sisyrincutum MAJALE., Link, Klotzsch 5 Otto. A half- 
hardy perennial, from Chili, belonging to the Order of Irids. 
Flowers yellow with a brown eye. (Fig. 249.) 
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A dwarf perennial, with rough narrow grassy leaves, and large rough green spathes, from among which the flowers 
appear in succession for some weeks in May and April. The roots are fleshy and fasciculate ; the stem is from six 
inches to one foot and a half high ; the sepals and petals bright yellow, with a deep brown spot, variable in size, at the 
base of each. This is no doubt the Sisyrinchium graminifolium, var. pumilum, of the Botanical Register, t. 1914 (1915), 
of which specimens are before us from Conception, where they were gathered by Macrae. The true 5. graminifolium 
is represented by No. 478 of Cuming's Chilian Collections. According to Dr. Klotzsch, the species most nearly allied 
