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1. T. MARTixicENsis Hei'b, in Bot. Eeg. 1844, Misc. 88. Iris 

 niartiiiicensis Linn. Bot. Mag. t. 416; Red. Lil. t. 172. Cipura 

 wartinicensis H. B. K. ; Baker in Ref. Bot. t. 310. Marica martini- 

 cevsis Ker. M. semiaperta Lodd. in Bot. Cab. t. 685. Foarchun 

 fiuminensis Allem. Sisyrinchhon fJinniiie7ise YeW. Fl. Flum. ix. t. G8. 

 — Corm small, ovoid ; tunics brown, membranous, splitting into 

 fibres. Root-leaves several, moderately firm, linear, above a foot 

 long. Stem terete, 1-1^ ft. long, simple or forked, with a large 

 linear leaf from the fork. Spathes long-peduncled, many-flowered, 

 an inch long ; outer valves firm, oblong. Perianth fugitive, bright 

 yellow ; outer segments obovate, ^-f in. long, concolorous or 

 minutely spotted with brown ; inner much smaller, with a small de- 

 flexed limb. Style-branches each tipped with three small tubercles. 

 Capsule oblong, ^-f in. long. 



Hab. Tropical America, from Mexico and the West Indies to South 

 Brazil. Lanshergia caracasana De Yriese, as figured by Klatt in Flora Brasili- 

 ensis, iii. tab. 67, fig. 2, has small cusi^s to the tubercles of the style-crests, but 

 I do not think it is a different sfjecies. 



2. T. MERiDENSis Herb, in Bot. Reg. 1844, Misc. 88. — Habit of 

 T. martinicensis, but the flower much larger, the outer segments 

 furnished with a transverse brownish slightly pubescent band at 

 the base of the blade, with 5 contiguous spots and on the claw a 

 large spot with three small ones on each side and three at the 

 base ; inner segments slightly pubescent at the base and also 

 spotted. 



Hab. Venezuela ; high mountains of the province of Merida. Imported 

 by Mr. Harris m 1844. Renuidea funebris Morren in Belg. Hort. iii. tab. 1 ; 

 Klatt Fl. Bras. iii. 528, tab. 68, fig. 1, is the same or closely allied. Morren's 

 plant came from Caracas and it is given by Klatt as Brazilian. 



3. T. SPATHATA Baker. Lnnsheiffia spathata Klatt Fl. Bras. iii. 

 538. — Basal leaves linear, rigid, above a foot long. Stem 6-8 in. 

 long, 2-3-headed, its reduced leaves 2-3 in. long, sheathing, keeled, 

 ending in a long cusp. Spathes long-peduncled, about 2 in. long. 

 Perianth j'ellow ; outer segments obovate, under an inch long, 

 ^ in. broad ; inner | in. long, ^ in. broad. Style-branches with 2 

 small crests. Capsule oblong, | in. long. 



Hab. South Brazil ; province of St. Paulo, Riedel 479. 



4. T. juNciFOLiA Benth. Gen. Plant, iii. 690. Lanshergia juncifolia 

 Klatt Fl. Bras. iii. 525. — Corm ovoid ; sheaths many, brown, rigid. 

 Produced leaves 1-3, rigid, terete, erect, 1-2 ft. long, Stem leaf- 

 less, terete, shorter than the leaves, ending in a single cluster of 

 flowers. Spathe 1-11 in. long; valves rigid, oblong-lanceolate, 

 strongly ribbed ; 2 outer shorter than the inner. Perianth fugitive, 

 bright yellow in the type ; outer segments obovate, an inch long ; 

 inner half as long, with a short broad deflexed tip. Style-branches 

 ending in two short linear crests. Capsule broad-oblong, ^ in. 

 long. 



Hab. Damp sandy campos of Central Brazil. Corm used as purgative and 

 called " Ruibarbo do campo" and " Jonquillo do campo." L. violacea, purgans, 

 monticola and cathartica, fully described by Klatt in Flora Brasiliensis iii. 527, 

 must be either forms of the same species or very closely allied. 



