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G. 0. cHiMBORACENsis Biikci' in Gcii'cl. Cliron. 187G, ii. 67. Moraa 

 chiniboraceiifiis, acorlfolia and iiladioloidi'a H. B. K. Sisi/rincltiiltn 

 Moritzianum Klatt. 8. occii>((pitni/Hm Ruiz. — Rhizome short, stout, 

 obHque. Leaves rigid, Hnear, finely ribbed, a foot or more long, 

 ^-^ in. broad. Stem subterete, 1-2 ft. long, bearing 1-2 reduced 

 leaves. Panicle ^-1 ft. long, with one or few short ascending 

 branches and numerous sessile clusters. Spathes ^-f in. long, 3-4- 

 flowered ; outer valves oblong or oblong-lanceolate, green with a 

 scariose border. Perianth blue, with a short cylindrical tube and 

 oblong segments ^ in. long. Stamens half as long as the segments. 

 Capsule oblong-trigonous, ^-^ in. long ; pedicels short. 



Hab. Mexico, along the Andes to Bolivia and Peru. Mandon's 1209 is a 

 high alpine variety with narrow leaves and few 1 — 2-fiowered spathes. 



7. 0. spicATUS Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvi. 113. Sisi/rin- 

 chiuiii spicatuiii Seubert. — Root with a dense crown of bristles. 

 Leaves narrow-linear, strongly ribbed, 6-9 in, long. Peduncle 

 leafless, distinctly winged, |-1 ft. long, bearing several sessile 

 clusters in a dense terminal spike. Outer spathe-Vcilves lanceolate, 

 \ in. long, brown with a membranous border. Perianth blue, 

 with a short tube and oblong segments ^ in. long. Capsule small, 

 oblong-trigonous, not exserted from the spathe. 



Hab. Southern Brazil, Scllo ! 



28. BoBARTiA Ker. 



Perlnath-tnhe none or very short ; segments subequal, spreading, 

 obovate. Stamens inserted at the base of the perianth ; filaments 

 short, free, flattened; anthers lanceolate. Ovary turbinate, 3- 

 celled ; ovules many, superposed ; style short, triquetrous ; branches 

 spreaduig, subulate. Capsule coriaceous, turbinate, loculicidally 

 3-valved. Seeds small, angular. — lihiMine short, thickened into a 

 corm in B. JiUfurmis. Leaves rigid, terete or ensiform. Clusters 

 fascicled, rarely single, usually overtopped by a rigid bract. Flowers 

 more than one in a spathe, fugitive, pale yellow ; pedicels usually 

 as long as the spathe. 



Clusters of flowers single .... Sp. 1-2. 

 Clusters of flowers fascicled. 



Stems terete ...... Sp. 3-0. 



Stems flat Sp. 7-8. 



1. B. FiLiFORMis Ker, Gen, Irid, 30, Moran tUij'onuL'i Linn. fil. ; 

 Thunb. Diss. No. 10, tab. 2, fig. 2. Marica Jllifonnis Ker. ^7.s■//- 

 rinchium JiUj'orme Spreng. — Rootstock a small globose corm. Stem 

 slender, terete, 1-2 ft. long, ending in a single cluster, subtended 

 by a small subterete bract. Leaves slender, terete, rigid, shorter 

 than the stem. Spathe cylindrical, 1-H in. long ; valves rigid, 

 outer short. Perianth-segments obovate-cuneate, an inch long. 

 Anthers and style- branches ^ in. long. 



Hab. Cape Colony ; south-western provinces. 



2. B. MACRosPATHA Baker. — Stem terete, above a foot long, 



