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l-flowered, ^ in. long ; pedicel as long as the spatlie. Perianth 

 yellow, ^ in. long. Column of filaments cylindrical. 



Hab. Andes of Ecuador on the slope of Pinchincha. Gathered by 

 Humboldt. 



20. S. uxisPATHACEUM Klatt in Linnaea, xxxiv. 737. — Densely 

 tufted, Pioot-fibres long and slender. Peduncle simple, leatiess, 

 slender, 2 ft. long, narrowly margined towards the top only. 

 Leaves tV in. broad, about as long as the stem, which ends in a 

 long subterete leaf. Spathes 4-fiowered ; valves lanceolate, an 

 inch long ; pedicels much exserted. Flowers not seen, probably 

 yellow. Capsule oblong, ^ in. long. 



Hab. Andes of Bolivia ; Sorata, alt. 9000—11,000 ft., Mandon 1219 ! 



21. S. Jaiiesoni Baker in Journ. Bot. 1876, 269. — Densely 

 tufted. Stems simple, leafless, 6-8 in. long, very narrow, winged 

 only towards the top. Pioot-leaves narrow linear, rigid, rather 

 shorter than the stem. Spathes 2-4-flowered ; outer valve rigid, 

 lanceolale, above an inch long, the other shorter. Perianth yellow, 

 J in. long. Filaments free down to the base. Capsule oblong, -J 

 in. long. 



Hab. Andes of Ecuador, Jameson 246 ! 



22. S. PATAGONicuji Philippi. — Pioot-fibres slender. Stem 

 simple, leafless, 5-6 in. long, flattened and distinctly winged down 

 to the base, ^^ in. diam. Leaves linear, i-. in. diam., much shorter 

 than the stem. Flowers 2-3 in a cluster ; spathe-valves lanceolate, 

 1-1^ in. long; pedicels much shorter. Perianth ^ in. long, yellow 

 veined with brown. Filaments ^ in. long, connate above the 

 middle ; anthers small, oblong. 



Hab. Patagonia, on the banks of the Eio Palera, Guagardo ! 



•^ 28. S. ACEE Mann in Proc. Amer. Acad. vii. 206. — Root-fibres 

 slender. Stem simple, leafless, 1-1-|- ft. long, distinctly winged 

 throughout, tz-^ in. diam. Leaves linear, shorter than the stem. 

 Spathes 4-6 flowered ; outer valves lanceolate, f-1 in. long ; pedi- 

 cels exserted. Periauth yellow, ^ in. long. Filaments free down 

 to the base. Capsule turbinate, ^ in. long. 



Hab. Mountains of the Sandwich Islands, alt. 3500 — 7000 ft. Used by 

 the natives for tattooing in black. 



24. S. cALiFORNicuM Dryand. in Ait. Hort. Kew, edit. 2, iv. 135. 

 S. lineatiim Torrey. 5. flaridiim Kellogg. J\Iarica californica Ker 

 in Bot. Mag. t. 983. Hydasti/lus califamicus Salisb. Echtkronema 

 californica Herb. — Root-fibres long and slender. Stem simple, 

 leafless, 1-1^ ft. long, broadly winged throughout, ^ in. diam. 

 Leaves many, weak, hnear, shorter than the stem. Spathe 3-6- 

 flowered ; outer valves lanceolate, 1-1^ in. long. Perianth-seg- 

 ments oblong, ^ in. long, yellow veined with brown. Filaments 

 ^ in. long, slightly connate at the base only ; anthers linear, 

 versatile. Capsule oblong, I in. long. 



Hab. California eastward to Oregon. There is a sijecimen from Kew 

 gardens in the herbarium of Bishop Goodenougli, dried in 1797. I have not 



