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Gardner ianaj. N. O. Irideoe. 



TAB. CCXIX. 



SiSYRINCHTUM ALATUM. 



r 



Caule erecto simplici vel parce ramoso subflexuoso latissime 

 ancipiti-alato folioso, foliis ensiformibus falcatis alisque tenui- 

 striatis, spatha diphylla terminalij pedunculis 2-4 aggregatis, 

 perianthio glabro purpureo-lineato, capsulis ellipticis. 



Hab. Demerara. Dr Hancock, Organ Mountains, Brazil. 

 Mr Gardner (2d ColL n. 683). Marshes of La Plata. Tweedie. 



Caulis erectus, pedalis et ultra, subflexuosus, simplex vel raro 

 divisus, utrinque lato-alatus, foliosus. Folia biuncialia, ensi- 

 formia, basi equitantia, subfalcata, acuta, striata. Spatha 

 diphylla, bracteis foliiformibus. PeduncuU 2-4 ex eadem 

 spatha, spatham excedentes. Germen inferum, ovale. Peri- 

 anthii lacinics 6, obovatse, glabrae, flavae, purpureo-lineatae. 



Capsula elliptica, erecta. 



This species of Sisyrinchium has, it would appear, an exten- 

 sive range ; from Demerara, where it was first found by Dr Han- 

 cock, to the marshes of the Plate River; yet I do not find that 

 it has been described by any author. 



