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pale blue, 1-1^ in. long; outer, half as long, blackish, with a white 

 base. Style ^- in. long. Anthers as long as the filaments. 



Hab. Cape Colony ; south-western district. Introduced by Masson to Kew 

 Gardens in 17s8. The plate in Bot. Mag. is coiiied from his coloured drawing, 

 now at the British Museum. 



33. Symphyostemon fliers. {Pai/t/tirisma Herb.). 



reri<(nth-t\xbe funnel-shaped ; segments oblong, subequal. Sta- 

 mens inserted at the throat of the tube ; filaments connate at the 

 base; anthers oblong, versatile. Ot;c<??/ turbinate, 3-celled; ovules 

 many, superposed ; style filiform ; branches elongated, subulate. 

 Cdjifiuk' subglobose, loculicidally 3-valved. Seeds minute, triquetrous. 

 — Habit of Sisijrinchmin, from which it differs by its produced funnel- 

 shaped perianth-tube. 



1. S. NARCissoiDEs Miers in Trans. Linn. Soc. xix. 97. .S'/'.sw/- 

 rinclnuni narcissoides Cav. Diss. vi. t. 191, fig. 3. -S'. udoratissiiiii 

 Lindl. Bot. Keg. t. 1283. Galaxia narcissoides Willd. Gladiolus 

 hijionis Thunb. Solenomelus bijiorus Baker. — Rbizome none ; radical 

 fibres densely tufted. Leaves many, narrow linear, |— 1 ft. long. 

 Peduncle terete, 1-1-| ft. long, bearing 1-2 long-peduncled clusters. 

 Spathes 4-8-flowered, 1-1^ in. long; outer valve oblong-lanceolate, 

 green, with a membranous edge ; pedicels long. Perianth pale 

 yellow, 1^-1^^ in. long ; segments oblong, acute, as long as the 

 funnel-shaped tube. Filaments free at the top ; anthers versatile. 

 Capsule subglobose, J—| in. diam. 



Hab. youthern Chili and Straits of Magellan. 



2. S. ACAULE Benth. inedit. Sisyrincliiuin aeaule Klatt. Soleno- 

 vH'lus acaulis Baker. — Rhizome sliort ; root-fibres long and wiry. 

 Tufts crowded. Leaves rigid, narrow linear, 1-2 in. long. Stem 

 very short, 1 -headed. Spathe-valves rigid, dark green, oblong, 

 -^ in. long ; pedicels short. Perianth blue, with a narrowly funnel- 

 shaped tube ^ in. long, and oblong segments half as long as the 

 tube. Filaments free in the upper half ; anthers small, oblong, 

 versatile. 



Hab. Andes of BoHvia, alpine region, 1U,000— 17,000 ft., Mandon 1212 ! 



3. S. NIGRICANS Benth. Gen. Plant, iii. 700. Susariuni nitjHrans 

 Philippi. Solenomelus ni</rieans Baker. — Stem ancipitous leaty, ^ ft. 

 long, its leaves linear, turning black, the lowest 2-3 in. long, ^ in. 

 broad. Spathe solitary, ventricose, 3-4-flowered, above an inch 

 long ; outer valve ovate, with a narrow scariose margin. Periantli 

 yellow ; tube ^ in. long ; segments as long as the tube. Ovary 

 shorter than the tube, slightly isilose. Stamens mouadelphous. 



Hab. Chili, near Talca, Philippi. 



84. Cham^lum Phil. 



Perianth-tuhc cylindrical or narrowly funnel-shaped ; segments 

 subequal. Stamens inserted at the throat of the tube ; filaments 

 connate in a tube ; anthers linear, erect, (harj oblong, 3-celled ; 



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