SISYRINCHIUM. 131 



valves oblong, with a broad white edge ; pedicels very short. 

 Flowers not seen. Capsule oblong, |- in. long. 

 Hab. Peruvian Andes ; gathered by Maclean. 



45. S. RiGiDiFOLiuM Baker. — Root-fibres long and not very 

 slender. Tufts densely crowded on a short rhizome, mixed with 

 old rudimentary brown leaves, splitting into fine fibres. Stem 

 slender, wiry, obscurely ancipitous, leafless, 6-9 in. long, ending in 

 a subterete tip 1^ in. long, from the base of which arise 1-2 clusters. 

 Produced root-leaves several, rigid, narrow linear, shorter than the 

 stem, yV ^^^' diam. Spathes 3-4-flowered; outer valves oblong. 

 Flowers not seen. Capsule oblong, torulose, | in. long. 



Hab. Andes of Bolivia ; Acliala, alt. 12,000 ft., Mandon 1214 ! 



46. S. LuzuLA Klotzsch ; Klatt in Linnaga, xxxi. 89. — Root- 

 fibres very slender. Stems crowded on a short rhizome, slender, 

 subterete, wiry, a foot or more long, bearing only at the base a 

 short sheathing rudimentary leaf, ending in a short terete tip, 

 subtending a dense cluster of spathes. Spathes 3-4-flowered, J in. 

 long ; outer valves oblong, green, with a broad white edge ; pedicels 

 much exserted. Perianth small, rose-red. Filaments joined in a 

 cylindrical hairy column. Capsule globose, -^^ in. diam. 



Hab. Campos of Central Brazil ; gathered by Sello and Eiedel. 



47. S. LATEEALE Baker in Journ. Bot. 1876, 269. — Root-fibres 

 slender. Stems slender, terete, leafless, 6-9 in. long, ending in a 

 long terete point, at the base of which are placed 1-2 sessile spathes. 

 Root-leaves slender, subterete, as long as the stem. Spathes cylin- 

 drical, 2-4-flowered, f in. long ; outer valves lanceolate ; pedicels 

 much exserted. Perianth ^ in. long, bright yellow, with brown 

 veins. Filaments connate to the top in a long cylindrical column; 

 anthers small, oblong. Capsule globose, ^ in. diam. 



Hab. Andes of Bolivia ; Sorata, alt. 8000—9000 ft., Mandon 1220 I 



48. S. FAscicuLATUM Klatt in Linnaea, xxxi. 97. — Densely 

 tufted. Root-fibres very slender. Stems rigid, terete, leafless, 

 1-2 ft. long, ending in a terete point, with a fascicle of clusters at 

 its base. Root-leaves terete or narrow linear, much shorter than 

 the stem. Spathes 2-8-flowered, ^-^ in. long ; outer valves lanceo- 

 late, rigid, pale green ; pedicels much exserted. Perianth ^-^ in. 

 long, yellow, with brown veins. Filaments united to the top in a 

 cylindrical tube; anthers small, oblong. Capsule globose, k i"- 

 diam. 



Hab. Uruguay, Paraguay, and banks of the Parana. 



49. S. Sellowianum Klatt in Linna;a, xxxi. 375 ; Fl. Bras. iii. 

 359, tab. 70, fig. 2. — Densely tufted. Root-fibres very slender. 

 Stems simple, leafless, broadly winged, 3-24 in. long, ending in a 

 long leaty point, at the base of which is a fascicle of sessile clusters. 

 Root-leaves weak, linear, ^-1 ft. long. Spathes 5-6-flowered, 

 f in. long ; outer valves lanceolate, pale green ; pedicels hairy, 

 much exserted. Perianth yellow, ^ in. long. Filaments connate 

 in a cylindrical column. Capsule small, globose. 



Hab. Monte Video, Sdlo ! K 2 



