106 HANDBOOK OK IHIOE.E. 



the anthers; branches largo, cuneate. Capsule clavate, 1-1 i in. 

 long. 



Hab. Central and Southern Brazil, Scllo, Pdedel, Glaziou, 6731 ! 8013 ! 



3. S. c.ERULEA Klatt, Erganz. 29. — Bulb ovoid, brown. Leaves 

 linear, ^ in. broad, the upper gradually shorter. Stem simple, 

 terete, leaty, geniculate, li-8 ft. long. Spathe 2i in. long ; valves 

 i;nequal. Periautli with obovate outer segments 1^ in. long; 

 inner much smaller, lanceolate. Filaments short. Style-brauches 

 dilated, yV in- broad. Capsule clavate, an inch long. 



Hab. Central Brazil ; Caklas, Reynell, 1217 ! Glaziou's 17278 is probably 

 an allied species, but the dower is not known. The spathe is only an inch long. 



4. S. EURYANDRA Baker. Herbertia eunj/nub-a Griseb. PI. Lorentz. 

 222. — Bulb ovoid, ^ in. diam. Koot-leaves linear, 6-8 in. long, 

 ^-f in. broad. 8tem simple or forked, 3-0 in. long. Spathe-valves 

 unequal, ^-i in. long ; pedicels twice as long as the spathe. 

 Perianth blue ; outer segments obovate, twice as long as the 

 stamens ; inner shorter, suborbicular. Style-branches obovate- 

 cuneate. 



Hab. Tucuman, Lorentz. 



5. S. GENicuLATA Klatt, Ei'gauz. 29. Aloplda ticnicuUita Klatt. 

 — Bulb ovoid-oblong. Radical leaves subterete, li^-2 ft. long, 1 lin. 

 diam. Stem naked, geniculate at the apex, a foot or more long, 

 the inflorescence subtended by three reduced leaves. Spathes 

 peduncled, 3-flowered ; pedicels 1^ in. long. Perianth violet ; 

 outer segments obtuse, 1^ in. long; inner shorter. Anthers longer 

 than the filaments. Style-arms bifid. 



Hab. Central Brazil ; province of Matto Grosso, Ricdcl. 



6. S. UMBELLATA Klatt. Ei'gauz. 29. Herhertia wnbtUnta Klatt 

 in Fl. Bras. lii. 530, tab. 09, fig. 1. — Bulb oblong, ^ in. diam., with 

 brown membrauous tunics. Eoot-leaves linear, plicate, a foot or 

 more long. Stem under a foot long below the inflorescence, which 

 is elongated, twice forked and consists of several clusters, and is 

 subtended at the base by a small linear leaf. Spathes ^ in. long; 

 valves green, outer sborter. Perianth blue, ^ in. long. Anthers 

 linear, much exceeding the free filaments. Style much overtopping 

 the anthers, with three small ovate cusps. 



Hab. South Brazil, ScUol The lilaments are wrongly figured as niona- 

 delphous in ' Flora Brasiliensis.' 



7. S. GRACILIS Benth. Gen. Plant, iii. G95, excl. syn. — Bulb 

 small, globose; tunics brown. Root-leaves linear, plicate, sub- 

 petiolate, a foot or more long, i-^ in. broad. Stein naked below 

 the inflorescence, which consists of 2-4 clusters on long peduncles, 

 and is subtended by 1-2 large linear leaves. Secoud inner spatlie- 

 valve lanceolate-acuminate, H-2 in. long ; outer shorter ; both 

 firm, green. Flower "large, blue." Anthers ^ in. long; filaments 

 very short. Style-branches short, cuneate. Capsule oblong- 

 cylindiical, ^-| in. long. 



Hab. Bahia, Martins ! (labelled CijpcUa Seiibertiana), Blanchct, 27il ! 

 Piauhy. Gardner. 2 121 ! British Guiana, Appun, 1500 ! 



