SISYRINCHIUM. 123 



Leaves 2-3, slender, terete, half as long as the stem. Spathcs 

 1-2-flowered, l-lj in. long; valves lanceolate, green with a narrow 

 white edge. Perianth-segments oblanceolate-oblong, i in. long. 

 Filaments -^^ in. long, connate to the apex in an ampullaeform 

 tube. 



Hab. Patagonia, Capt. Middleton ! (Herb. Forsyth). 



8. S. JUNCEUM E. Meyer in Rel. Haeuk. i. 118; Knowles & 

 West. Floral Cab. iii. 17, 95. — Root-fibres densely tufted, long and 

 slender. Stem leafless, terete, fistulose, 1-2 ft. long, ending in a 

 long whip-like bract, from the axis of which is produced one sessile 

 or a few or several shortly peduncled clusters. Produced leaves 

 2-3, weak, subterete, sheathing the lower part of the stem, often as 

 long as the stem. Spathes 1-1^ in. long, few- or many-flowered ; 

 outer-valves lanceolate, green with a distinct white border. Perianth- 

 segments oblong, ^-\ in. long, rose-red, rarely white. Filaments 

 connate in an ampullfeform tube. Capsule small, globose. 



Hab. Chilia, Bolivia, Southern Peru and Argentine region, ascending to 

 15,000 ft. Very variable. I cannot separate specifically .S'. scirpiforrne and 

 junciforme Poppig, .S'. roseuin Herb., S. Fliilippii Klatt and ,S'. (/racile, roneiim, 

 Jioribunduin, scirpeum, ncahrum, asperulum and colchaguense Philippi. 



9. S. piLiFERUM Klatt, Erganz. 45. — Densely tufted. Stem very 

 slender, leafless, terete, | ft. long, ending in 2-4 clusters, one 

 sessile in the axis of a small siibulate bract, the others shortly 

 peduncled. Leaves very slender, thread-like, fine pilose, about as 

 long as the stem. Spathes ^ in. long ; outer valves oblong, green 

 with a white edge; pedicels exserted. Perianth yellow, ^ij-^ in. 

 long. Filaments connate in a pilose cylindrical column. Capsule 

 globose, very small. 



Hab. Paraguay, 7)fl/aHSrt .5.53 ! This is referred by Grisebach in Symb. Fl. 

 Argent, to setaccani, and the same plant given as inhabiting several of the 

 Argentine provinces. 



10. S. GRAciLE Klotzsch ; Baker in Journ. Bot. 187G, 2G8. — 

 Base of the tufts surrounded by a dense mass of fine fibres. Stems 

 slender, terete, above a foot long, ending in several clusters on 

 slender erecto-patent produced peduncles bracteated at the base by 

 reduced leaves. Leaves slender, rigid, subterete, shorter than the 

 stem. Spathes cylindrical, 1-2-flowered, g-f in. long ; outer 

 valves rigid, lanceolate. Perianth pale yellow, i in. long. Fila- 

 ments connate in a column as long as the erect anthers, y^? in. 

 long. 



Hab. South Brazil, Sella 3863 ! 



11. S. BuRCHELLii Baker. — Root-fibres very slender. Tufts 

 crowded on a short rhizome. Stem slender, leafless, terete, 1^-2^ 

 in. long, ending in a single cluster, subtended by a small lanceolate 

 bract. Spathe ^ in. long ; outer valves oblong, with a narrow 

 white edge. Perianth-segments lanceolate, yellow. Stamens not 

 seen. 



Hab. Central Brazil, Burchell 5961 ! 



12. S. sECUNDiFLORUM Klatt in Linna^a, xxxi. 91 ; Fl. Bras. iii. 

 541, tab. 71, fig. 2. — Densely tufted. KooL-fibres very tsknder. 



