Gilliesiance. 



N. O, Iridese. 



TAB. CCXVIIL 



SiSYRINCHlUM SULCATUM- GUI. msL 



Caule repetitim dichototno gracili ancipiti (sub lente) sulcato 

 flexuoso glaberrimo, foliis parvis subulatis, pedunculo terrai- 

 nali solitario curvato, capsula globosa. 



S. sulcatum. Gillies in Herb, nostr. 



Hab. Maldonado, in South Brazil. Dr Gillies. 



A very curious and distinct species, which I can hardJy doubt 

 belongs to the Genus Sisyrinchiuniy although the only specimen 

 I possess is destitute of flowers. The stem is scarcely a span 

 high, slender, much branched in a dichotomous manner, anci- 

 pitate, from the stem being furnished with a narrow wing on 



each side, deeply striated or almost furrowed (as well as the 

 leaves), whence Dr Gillies* specific name. At every angle or 

 geniculation is a small broadly or ensiformi-subulate leaf, with 

 a sheathing base. Peduncle scarcely an inch long, terminated 

 by a globose capsule. 



