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umbels on a simple or branched axis ; outer bract of the cluster 

 large, ovate-cuspidate, membranous, inner small, oblong ; pedicels 

 ^-^ in. long. Inner segments of the perianth white, obovate- 

 cuneate, i-f in. long ; outer oblong, half as long, greenish brown. 

 Stamens half as long as the perianth ; filaments connate towards 

 the base. Capsule globose, ^ in. diam. 



Hab. Chili. L. cra>isa Graham, from Juan Fernandez, is a robust variety 

 with very rigid leaves | in. broad. 



8. L. CERULESCENS Kuuth in Linnaea, xix. 382, L. Lechleri 

 Griseb. Sisi/rinc/uum sessUijionuii Hook, et Arn. — Leaves linear, 

 rigid, green, a foot or more long. Stem 1-2 ft. long, bearing 2-4 

 reduced leaves. Inflorescence 4-G in. long, consisting of very 

 numerous many-liowered umbels, sessile on a simple or little- 

 branched rachis ; outer bract of the cluster firm, ovate-lanceolate, 

 inner ovate, very membranous ; pedicels very short. Flowers blue, 

 iunner segments oblong, ^ in. long ; outer much sliorter, greenish 

 brown. Stamens as long as the perianth ; filaments connate at 

 the base. Capsule very small, globose. 



Hab. Chili. Differs from all the other species by its blue flowers. 



26. Belemcanda (Rlwede) Adans. 

 [PardantJms Ker.). 



Perianth with a very short tube above the ovary ; segments ob- 

 lanceolate oblong, unguiculate, the three inner rather shorter, 

 spirally twisted as they fade. Stamens inserted at the base of the 

 segments ; filaments subulate ; anthers linear, basifixed. Ovary 

 clavate, 3-celled; ovules many, superposed; style subulate ; branches 

 flattened and emarginate at the stigmatose apex. Capsule turbinate, 

 loculicidally 3-valved down to the base, the valves separiiting from 

 the persistent axile placenta. Seeds the size of a pea, globose, black. 



1. B. cmNENsis Leman in Red. Lil. t. 121. B. punctata 

 Moeuch. Ixia cldncnsis Linn. Bot. Mag, t. 171. Pardanthus 

 ehinensis Ker ; Flore des Serres, t. 1G32. — Rootstock a short stoloni- 

 ferous rhizome. Leaves about six in a lax tuft, etjuitant, ensiform, 

 1-1^ ft. long, an inch broad. Stem 2-3 ft. long, bearing a few 

 reduced leaves. Infloresence a lax corymbose panicle ; clusters 

 8-12-fiowered ; outer spathe-valves lanceolate, i-1 in. long ; 

 pedicels 1-2 in. long, articulated at the apex. Perianth-segments 

 red, spotted, fugitive, 1-1^ in. long. Filaments ^ in. long. 

 Capsule 1-1| in. long ; valves reflexing, persistent, i-i in. broad. 



Hab. China, Japan and Cochin China. Has been extensively cultivated 

 for two centuries or more. F. ncpalcnsc Sweet and F. jopoiiicus Hort. are 

 garden varieties. 



27. Okthosanthus Sweet. 



Perianth-tnhe very short ; segments oblong, subequal, spreading. 

 Stamens inserted at the base of the perianth ; filaments free or 

 connate at the very base ; anthers linear, erect. Ovary clavate, 

 3-celled ; ovules many, superposed ; style very short ; branches 



