﻿TAB. XXVI 



LvcoroDiUM Mathewsii. 



Ascendens v. erectum subslmplex undique foliosum, foliis nume- 

 rosis erecto-patentibus imbricatis flaccidis lineari-subulatis 

 uninerviis remote ciliatis, spica terminali sessili, bracteis subu- 

 latis ciliatis summis sterilibus. 

 Hab. Bagasan, Andes of Peru. Mathews (». 1778). 



Sometimes the lower part of the stem creeps and sends forth 

 a branch : at other times the whole stem seems to be erect, about 

 a foot high, thickly clothed with nearly erect, imbricated leaves, 

 which are not at all rigid, but thin and almost membranous. 

 The bracteal scales scarcely differ from these but in being more 

 subulate, broader at the base, and there bearing the two-valved, 

 kidney-shaped capsules filled with a fine powdery substance. 



Fig. 1. Stem-leaf. / 2. bracteal scale, with its capsule: 

 maynified. 



