SISYRINCIIIUM. 125 



nearly to the top in a cylindrical column. Capsule globose, -} in. 

 diam. 



Var. S. scABRUM Cham, et Schleclit. in Linnaea, vi. 57. — Dwarfer, 

 with narrower leaves and smaller flowers and capsules. — Mountains 

 of Mexico. 



Hab. Throughout Tropical America from Mexico to Uruguay and Chili ; 

 and naturalised in Mauritius. I cannot separate specifically .S'. llcrteroi and ,S'. 

 Lechleri Steud and S. aznrt'um Philippi, and cannot draw any definite line of 

 demarcation between the forms of S. chilense and the northern ,S'. anguntiJoUiim 

 Miller. An infusion of the leaves is drunk like tea by the Chilians. 



15. S. Bermudiana Linn. Sp. Plant. 1353, ex parte (Dill. Hort. 

 Elth. tab. 41, fig. 48). S. iruhndes Curt, in Bot. Mag. t. 94.— 

 Root-fibres long and slender. Stem a foot or more long, flattened 

 and broadly winged, ^ in. diam., bearing 2-3 clusters on erect 

 winged peduncles and a leaf from the middle. Eoot-leaves thin, 

 linear, nearly as long as the stem, \ in. broad. Spathes sometimes 

 6-8-flowered, f-1 in. long; valves lanceolate, green with a very 

 narrow white edge. Petals obovate, mucronate, violet, ^ in. long. 

 Filaments joined to the apex in a cylindrical column ^ in. long. 

 Capsule oblong, ^ in. long. 



Hab. Bermuda. Well figured by Dillenius in 173'2. Gathered lately by 

 Governor Lefroy and Professor Moseley. Not hardy in our London gardens. 



16. S. MACRANTHUM Griseb. Symb. Argent. 320. — Stems flattened, 

 broadly winged, leafless, 1-1^ ft. long, i in. broad. Eoot-leaves 

 linear, 6-9 in. long, ^ in. broad, scabrous on the margin. Clusters 

 1-4, on peduncles bracteated at the base, 1-2-flowered ; spathe- 

 valves lanceolate, |-1 in. long. Perianth-segments violet, f-1 in. 

 long. Filaments joined nearly to the apex in a cylindrical column 

 ^ in. long. 



Hab. Argentine region ; provinces of Salta and Cadoba. 



17. S. MiNUTiFLORUM Klatt in Linnasa, xxxi. 71. — Root-fibres 

 slender. Stems flattened, 2-4 in. long, bearing 1-2 leaves. Root- 

 leffves narrow linear, shorter than the stem. Spathe terminal, 1-3- 

 flowered, ^ in. long. Perianth rose-red, ^ in. long. Filaments 

 connate in a glabrous cylindrical column J^ i^- loi^g- Capsule 

 globose, very small. 



Hab. Monte Video, Sello 113. Grisebach's Argentine plant so-called is S. 

 micranthum. 



18. S. ScHAFFNERi S. Wats. hi Proc. Amer. Acad, xviii. 100. — 

 ' Root-fibres very slender. Stem simple, leafless, 2-4 in. long, dis- 

 tinctly winged down to the base, t'b in. diam. at the top. Root- 

 leaves weak, linear, |^ in. broad, at most as long as the stem. 

 Spathes 2-6-flowered ; valves equal, h in. long, or the outer larger 

 and leaf-like. Perianth yellow, J in. long. Filaments t'j in. long, 

 free nearly or quite to the base. Capsule globose or turbinate ^ in. 

 diam. 



Hab. Mexico ; mountains of San Luis Potosi and Chihuahua. 



19. S. pusiLLUM H. B. K. Nov. Gen. i. 323. Marica pusilla Ker. 

 — Stem simple, leafless, narrowly winged, about 2 in. long. Root- 

 leaves numerous, very narrow, 2 nerved, 1-2A in. long. Spathe 



