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8. S. poLYCEPHALA Baker. — Bulb and root-leaves not seen. 

 Stem naked below the inflorescence, which consists of 0-12 or 

 more laxly panicled clusters, and is subtended at the base by a 

 thin pUcate eusit'orm leaf 1^ ft. long, 1^ in. broad at the middle. 

 Second inner spathe-valve oblong-navicular, acute, f in. long; outer 

 much shorter ; both firm, green. Flower yellow; outer segments 

 obovate-cuueate, i in. long. Filaments very short. Style-branches 

 ovate. 



Hab. Central Brazil ; Goyaz, Gardner, SiiVjl 



9. S. BOLiviENsis Baker. — Bulb small, globose. Koot-leaves 

 1-2, linear, plicate, a foot or more long. Stem slender, 1 -headed, 

 1-1 ft. long, with a large linear plicate leaf from the middle. 

 Spathe ventricose, under an inch long ; outer valve tlie longest, 

 green, oblong-navicular. Perianth fugitive, bright blue, ^ in. long ; 

 segments subequal, obovate-cuneate. Column of filaments ^ in. 

 long. Style-branches short, dilated. Capsule clavate-oblong, i in. 

 long. 



Hab. Ancles of Bolivia ; Sorata, alt. 8000— 900y ft., Mandon, 1225 ! 



10. S. Speuceana Baker. — Bulb ovoid, 1 in. diam. ; outer tunics 

 hard, brown. Koot-leaf linear, plicate, subpetiolate, 2-3 ft. long. 

 Stem forked, 3 ft. long, with a large plicate leaf from tbe middle, 

 and a small leaf from the fork. Spathe an inch long, 5-G-flowered. 

 Perianth fugitive, bright blue, 1| in. diam. ; inner segments small. 

 Staminal column ^ in. long. Style-branches small, cuneate. 



Hab. Ancles of Ecuador, at Banos, Spruce, 5063 1 



11. S. longispatha Benth. Gen. Plant, iii. 695. Canli()sti;/)iiir 

 hmf/ispatha Baker. Roterbe lungispatha Klatt. Gehisiue lont/is/Kit/iti 

 Herb. — Bulb globose, f in. diam, with brown membranous tunics. 

 Produced basal leaf single, linear, a foot long. Stem terete, above 

 a foot long, bearing a single terminal cluster. Spathe cylindrical, 

 with the outer valve produced into a long cusp. Expanded perianth 

 bright blue, 2 in. diam. ; segments oblong, subequal. Anthers 

 ^ in. long; filaments very short. Style much overtopping the 

 anthers ; branches large, cuneate. 



Hab. Mexico, in mountain pastures near Anganguio, Ilartwet/, 403 ! 

 Cardiostigma differs from Splienostigma by its regular Sist/ruicluuiii-like perianth, 

 and should, I still think, be regarded as a distinct genus, although Mr. Bentham 

 has reduced it. 



20. Eleutherine Herb. 



Perianth without any tube above the ovary ; segments obovate- 

 cuneate, spreading, subequal. Stamens attached to the base of the 

 segments; filaments short, free; anthers linear. Uranj oblong, 

 3-celled ; ovules many, superposed ; style very short, with 3 subu- 

 late branches stigmatose at the tip. Capsule oblong, loculicidally 

 3-valved. Seeds small, angled by pressure. 



1. E. plicata Herb, in Bot. Reg. xxix. sub t. 57. Morcea pl'uata 

 Sw. Mariea plicata Ker in Bot. Mag. t. 655. Galatea plicata. 

 Salisb. Cipiira plicata Griscb. Sisi/rinc/uuin pabnlfoliuui Red. Lil. 

 t. 352. Ixia amcricana Aublet. Monra palini/olia Jacq. Ic, t. 227. 



