SISYRINCHIUM. 129 



^ in. long, bright yellow veined with brown. Filaments ^ in. long, 

 united only at the base ; anthers linear, versatile. Capsule oblong, 

 ¥ ill. long. 



Hab. Tropical America. Introduced into cultivation about 1815. 



35. S. GRAJiiNiFOLiuM Lindl. in Bot. Reg. t. 10G7. *S'. asccndans 

 Poppig, Fragm. 4. S. majale Link, Klotzsch & Otto, Ic. t. 10. 

 Kchtlironeina f/raviinifoUa Herb. — Root-fibres fleshy, cylindrical. 

 Stems ^~1^ ft. long, flattened and narrowly winged, simple or 

 branched, with 1-2 leaves below the fork. Root-leaves weak, 

 linear, shorter than the stems. Spathes ventricose, 4-8-flowered ; 

 outer valves oblong, f-1 in. long. Perianth-segments oblong, 

 yellow, i in. long. Filaments united below the middle in a cylin- 

 drical column ; anthers linear, versatile. Capsule oblong, ^ in. 

 long. 



Var. S. MACULA.TUM Hook, in Bot. Mag. t. 3197. Echthronema 

 maculata Herb. — A robust variety, with several heads and perianth- 

 segments spotted with dark red at the base. 



Hab. Chili, about Valparaiso, &c. 



36. S. PACHYRHizuM Baker iu Journ. Bot. 1876, 269. 8. Sellowii 

 Klotzsch, inedit. — Root-fibres fleshy, cylindrical. Stems 1-2 ft. long, 

 flattened and narrowly winged, copiously branched in the upper 

 third, without any leaf below the fork. Root-leaves linear, weak, 

 much shorter than the stem. Clusters a dozen or more ; spathes 

 3-6-flowered ; outer valves lanceolate, rigid, \-^ in. long ; pedicels 

 exserted. Perianth yellow, J in. long. Filaments united to the 

 top in a cylindrical column. Capsule globose, ^ in. diam. 



Hab. South Brazil, Sello 3862 1 



37. S. RKSTioiDEs Spreng. Syst. i. 167. — Densely tufted. Root- 

 fibres long and slender. Stem slender, erect, a foot or more long, 

 obscurely ancipitous, with many narrow linear leaves from the 

 forks. Root-leaves very small or absent. Spathes 1-2-flowered, 

 ^-^ in. long ; valves rigid, lanceolate. Perianth very small, yellow. 

 Filaments joined only at the base. Capsule globose, ^ in. diam. 



Hab. Central Brazil, Paraguay, Argentine region and Uruguay. Scarcely 

 more than a slender variety of S. vaginatum. 



38. S. VAGINATUM Spreng. Syst. i. 166. *S. sulcatum Gillies in 

 Hook. Ic. t. 218. — Densely tufted. Root-fibres long and slender. 

 Stems a foot or more long, distinctly ancipitous, copiously branched 

 from low down, bearing many small linear sheathing leaves from 

 the nodes or elsewhere. Root-leaves small or not developed. 

 Spathe-valves rigid, lanceolate, i in. long. Perianth bright yellow, 

 I in. long. Filaments connate towards the base. Capsule globose, 

 ^ in. diam. 



Hab. Central and Southern Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay. 



39. S. Glaziovii Baker in. Journ, Bot. 1876, 268.— Root-fibres 

 very slender. Stem a foot long, flattened and broadly winged 

 throughout, i in. diam., bearing 1-3-heads on winged erect 

 peduncles, and about 3 short erect reduced leaves. Spathes about 



