110 HANDUOOK OF IHIDK.T;. 



Hab. Southern Brazil, Sello ! Habit of C. campeittrk. 



9. C. FURCATA Baker in Journ. Bot. 1876, 1.S8. Xemasti/Iis 

 furcata Klatt in Fl. Brns. iii. 515, t. 65. — Bulb brown, ovoid. 

 Radical leaves linear, plicate, a foot or more long, \-^ in. broad. 

 Stem a foot long, 2-4-headed. Spathe cylindrical, 1^ in. long ; 

 outer valve much shorter. Perianth yellow, an inch long ; segments 

 ovate, acute. JStyle-bruuches bifid at the tip. Capsule oblong, 

 ^ in. long. 



Hab. Monte Video, Sello, 1108, 1129. 



10. C. NUDA Baker in Journ. Bot. 1876, 188. Gelasine nuda 

 Herb. Roterbe f/iacilis Klatt. — Bulb small, globose. Root-leaves 

 1-2, filiform, ^ ft. long. Stem very slender, |-1 ft. long, bearing 1, 

 few or several clusters, sometimes naked, sometimes furnished with 

 a leaf below the forks. Spathe cylindrical, f-1 in. long ; valves 

 acute, outer shorter. Perianth-segments oblong, blue, h in. long. 

 Filaments ^-^ in. long, as long as the anthers. Style long, 

 subulate, tricuspidate only at the tip. 



Hab. Uruguay, Tweedie, 704! Fox, 442! Gibert, 564! Eecedes from 

 Calydorea by its very short style-arms. 



22. Gelasine Herb. 



Perianth-tnhe very short; segments equal, obovate. Stawens 

 inserted at the base of the segments ; filaments united to the top 

 in a cylindrical column ; anthers basifixed, erecto-patent. Ovanj 

 clavate ; ovules many, superposed ; style short, subulate ; stigmas 

 linear, simple. Capsule turbinate, loculicidally 3-valved. Seeds 

 minute. — Hootstnck a tunicated corm. Leaves plicate in the tj'pical 

 species. Flowers several in a spathe, fugitive, blue. 



1. G. AzuREA Herb, in Bot. Mag. t. 3877.— Corm oblong. Eoot- 

 leaves plicate, subpetiolate, li-2 ft. long, an inch broad at the 

 middle. Stem 1-headed, 2 ft. long, with 3-4 reduced sheathing 

 leaves. Spathe cylindrical, 2-3-flowered, 1^-2 in. long; outer 

 valve the largest, green. Perianth bright blue, under an inch long; 

 segments obovate-cuspidate. Staminal column shorter than the 

 anthers. Style-branches linear, short, ascending. 



Hab. Uruguay and province of Kio Grande, South Brazil, Ticecdie, 703 ! 



2. G. TRicHANTHA Baker in Engl. Jahrb. viii. 315. — Corm 

 globose, i in. diam. Stem 1-headed, 1^-2 in. long, with one linear 

 leaf from the base, and another halfway up. Spathe cylindrical, 

 ^ in. long. Perianth bright blue, ^ in. long ; segments oblauceo- 

 late, subequal, very hairy on the outside. Tube of filaments short ; 

 anthers ^ in. long. Style-branches spreading between the base of 

 the anthers. 



Hab. Mountains of Guatemala, alt. 5000 ft., Lehmann, 1541 ! 



23. Nemastylis yiitt. (including Chlamydostylis Baker). 



Pe)ia>ith without any tube above the ovary; segments spreading, 

 obovate-cuneate, subequal. Stameus free at the throat of the seg- 



