Gardneriane. N. O. Iridee. 
TAB. DXITI. 
SisyRincnium «tncurvAtTuM. Gardn. 
Caule erecto simplici subflexuoso latissime ancipiti-alato folioso, 
foliis ensiformibus falcatis apice obtusiusculis incurvatis 
alisque tenuistriatis, spatha diphylla terminali, pedunculis 2-3 
aggregatis, perianthio glabro luteo, capsulis globosis. 
Sisyrinchium incurvatum. Gard. Herd. Bras. n. 5890. 
Has. In open grassy places, near the summit of the Organ 
Mountains, Brazil. March, 1840. 
Caulis erectus, pedalis et ultra, subflexuosus, simplex, utrinque 
lato-alatus, foliosus, Folia vix bipollicaria, 5-6-lin. lata, ensi- 
formia, basi equitantia, subfalcata, acutiuscula, incurvata, 
striata. Spatha diphylla, bracteis foliiformibus. Peduncult 
2-3 ex eddam spathd. Germen inferum, globosum. Peri- 
anthit lacinie 6, obovate, glabre, flave. Capsula globosa, 
erecta. 
This species has very much the habit and appearance of 8. 
alatum, Hook. (Tab. 219 of this work), also found by me = 
the Organ Mountains; but differs in its more robust habit, 
broader, more obtuse, and more incurved leaves, and globose — 
capsule.—G. Gardner. _ 
