284 Scitamineze. [ Stachyphrynium. 
linear-oblong, spreading; stam.-tube longer than the cor.- 
tube, segm. unequal, petaloid; anth. 1-celled; fr. subglobose, 
indehiscent or rarely dehiscent.—Sp. 8. 
For Phrynium geylanicum Bth. read: 
Stachyphrynium zeylanicum K. Sch. Marantacez in Engl. 
Pflanzenreich IV, 48, p. 46 (1902). Phrynium zeylanicum Benth. in 
Gen. Pl. III, p. 653 (1883). 
For Phrynium capitatum Willd. read: 
P. ovatum Druce in Rep. Bot. Excl. Cl. 1913, p. 422 (1914). 
Pontederia ovata Linn. Sp. Pl. p. 288 (1753). Phrynium capitatum 
Willd. Sp. Ply k, p. 17.(1797): 
POSE s207.— 
Sansevieria zeylanica Willd. Sp. Pl. II, p. 159 (1799); Livera 
in Ann. Perad. IX, p. 192 (1924); N. E. Br. in Kew Bull. 1915, p. 227. 
Aloe hyacinthoides var. zeylanica Linn. Sp. Pl. p. 321 (1753). 
Stemless; rootstock creeping stoloniferous; 1. 5-12 in., a 
tuft erect of ascending; slightly falcate, about 25 ft. long, 
11 in. broad, pale green with transverse bands of dark green, 
concave above; margin membranaceous, colourless or green, 
turning brownish red as the leaf dies; the outer leaves more 
or less flat, the inner almost semi-terte; all leaves longi- 
tudinally furrowed and on the back; infl. racemose, 1-2 ft.; 
fls. in suberect fascicles of 6 on a minute swelling in the 
axils of bracts 4 in. long, jointed near the base; fl. +4 in. 
across: fruit globose, about 4 in. diam. 
Fl. greenish-white, somewhat scented. 
Endemic. 
The specimen described by Trimen was a cultivated one and S. 
Roxburghiana, which is considered distinct by N. E. Brown. The 
description is here amended after Livera. 
CXXVIIJa.—IRIDACEA. 
Perennial rhizomatous herbs; leaves linear, distichous; 
inflorescence terminal or axillary; flowers bisexual, usually 
regular; perianth corolline, superior; perianth-segments 6, 
biseriate; stamens 6, opposite the outer whorl of perianth 
segments; anth. erect or versatile; ovary inferior, 3-celled; 
ovules usually numerous in each cell; fruit a capsule; seeds 
subglobose; endosperm horny; embryo small. 
Part IV. 
