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NEW GENUS OLSYNIUM. 



A very fine New Genus from Oregon, has 

 been blended with Siryrinchimn by the English 

 Botanists, which I have called Olsynium, mean- 

 ing hardly united. It differs by the Corolla 

 campanulate, the long free stamens only united 

 at the base, 3 stigmas &.c, and belongs to the 

 same natural family of Galaxidia, distinguished 

 from Iridia by stamens not quite free. 



OLSYNIUM. Corolla of 6 petals campanu- 

 late, each oblong, striate. Stamens 3, filaments 

 free and subulate, base contracted above the 

 united base. Style elongate, stigmas 3 acute. 

 Ovary and fruit as in Siryrinchium. Roots 

 fibrose, leaves sheathing, spatha bivalve, biflore. 



Olsynium grandiflorum Raf. Siryriiichi- 

 um grandijlorum. Douglas in Bot. register 

 1634. Bot. magazine 3509, Stem compressed, 

 leaves shorter, acute, spatha unequal margin 

 membranose, flowers twin drooping deep purple. 



A lovely and graceful plant, discovered at the 

 falls of Oakanagan on the Oregon River. It 

 is hardy, flowers vernal large, nearly two inches, 

 but never spreading flat as in Siryrinchium. 



