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SisyriucJuKni hulbosiiiii ^Miller, — Bulb large, ovoid, with hard red- 

 brown tunics. Root-leaves 1-2, liuear, plicate, 1-1^ ft. long. 

 Peduncle slender, naked, i-1 ft. long. Inflorescence of several 

 peduncled clusters, subtended at the base by a reduced plicate 

 linear leaf. Spathes oblong, 6-12-flowered, about ^ in,, long. 

 Perianth white, fugitive, f-1 in. diam. Style-branches as long as 

 the anthers. 



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

 Tucuman. Figured by Plumier, and widely spread in cultivation. Keitia 

 uataleiviii Regel appears to be this plant, sent to Messrs. Haage and Schmidt 

 from Natal. Eleutlterinc aiionuila Herb, in Bot. Reg. 184.5, t. 57, is not 

 distinguishable, except by having six stamens. According to Dr. Kegel, the 

 etyle-branches in Keitia are sometimes bilid. 



21. Calydoeea Ilcrh. 



PeriantJi with any tube above the ovary ; segments subequal, 

 spreading, obovate-cuneate. Stamens inserted at the base of the 

 segments; filaments short, free ; anthers linear, basifixed, rolling 

 up spirally at the tip. Oranj clavate, 3-celled ; ovules many, 

 superposed ; style short, subulate ; branches filiform, capitate or 

 emarginate at the stigmatose tip. Capsule turbinate, loculicidally 

 3-valved. Seeds small, globose or angled by pressure. — liootstoek 

 a corm with membranous tunics. Boot -leaves terete or narrow 

 linear. Clusters one or more, peduncled. Flowers very fugitive, 

 blue or yellow. Diiiers from (Jelasine by its free filaments. 



Flowers blue. Style-branches long . . Sp. 1-7. 

 Flowers yellow. Style-branches long . . Sp. 8-9. 

 Style-branches very short .... Sp. 10. 



1. C. spEciosA Herb, in Bot. Eeg. 1843, Misc. 65. Sisyrinchium 

 speeiosum Hook, in Bot. Mag. t. 3. S, .vip/iioides Popp. lioterbe 

 hulhosa Klatt. — Bulb globose, i-f in. diam., with brown mem- 

 branous tunics produced above its neck. Boot-leaves narrow liuear, 

 plicate, 3-9 in. long. Stems 1-lieaded, 3-9 in. long, with 2-3 

 reduced leaves. Spathe 1-2 in. long ; outer valve small. Perianth- 

 segments blue, obovate-cuneate, f-1 in. long, yellow at the base. 

 Anthers as long as the filaments. Style-arms subulate, ^ in. long, 

 obscurely emarginate. Capsule clavate, ^ in. long, dehiscing at 

 the tip. 



Hab. Chili, about Valparaiso and Concepcion, Cumiiirj, i08\ Mathews, B081 

 Native name, " Tahay." Bulbs edible. 



2. C. FALLENS Griseb. Symb. Argent. 324. — Bulb brown, ovoid, 

 ^-f in. long. Root-leaves 1-3, narrow linear, 6-8 in. long. Stem 

 bifid, a span long. Spathe 2-flowered; outer valve short. Perianth 

 white or pale blue; segments oblong-lanceolate, subequal, 6-8 lines 

 long, sometimes dotted with red at the base. Style as long as the 

 anthers ; branches linear, emarginate. Capsule clavate, ^ in. long. 



Hab. Argentaria ; province of Salta, Lorcntz. 



3. C. cAMPEsiKis Baker in Journ. Bot. 1876, 187. Sisyrincltiuin 

 cainpestre Seub. lioterbe caiiiinstris Klatt. — Bulb globose, i in. 



