i. Gemmingia Chinensis (L.) Kuntze. Blackberry Lily. (Fig. 



IRIS FAMILY. 



453 



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Ixia CJiinfHiis ! Sp PI y, . 

 Kelamcamda Ckinm 



Pordanlhus CkiiUMtii Kcr in Karate 

 Ann. Bert, i 



Stem rather stout, i ,S 4 ull. leafy. Ltaraa 

 pale green, nearly erect, c.ju.um. folded. ft'. 

 i(/ lon K . S"-ia" wi.lc. the two side. 

 above the mi<Mle; bract* lanceolate. 

 shorter than the leave*, the upper OM aca 

 rious; flowers several or numerous, i 

 broad; perianth-acgmeoU obtoae at the apex. 

 narrowed at the base, persistent and coiled to- 

 gether on the ovary after flowering, mottled 

 with crimson and purple on the upper aid*; 

 capsule about i ' hi^h and rather more th 4 

 in diameter, truncate or rounded at the mm- 

 mil; mass of globose seeds erect, 

 a blackberry, whence the 



On hills and along roadsides, soother* 

 V<>rk Indiana and Missouri. Natural 



i/ed from Asia. Juiu- J 



4. SISYRINCHIUM L. Sp. PI. 954. 1753. 



Perennial tufted slender herbs, with short rootstocks, simple or branched a-edged or > 

 ringed stems, linear grass-like leaves, and rather small mostly blue terminal flower* um- 

 bellate from a pair of erect green bracts. Perianth-tube short or none, the 6 spreading seg- 

 ments oblong or obovate, equal, mostly aristulate. Filaments united to above the middle 

 in our species. Ovary 3-celled, each cavity several ovulcd. Style-branches filiform, on- 

 divided, alternate with the anthers. Capsule globose, oval or obovoid, locnlicidally 3- 

 valved. Seeds subglobose or ovoid, smooth or pitted, dry. 



About 70 species, all American. Besides the follnv j others occur In the \Vr%tern 



.States. Those here described have all been referred to 5. lift ii.ndiana I. . by American author*. 



The two bracts equal or nearly so; stems usually branched al 



Leaves i"-3" wide; capsule subglobose, 2"-$'' in diameter \v!u !i inatur. i mi moid ft. 



Leaves J^"-i}^'' wide; capsule oval, i"-2 M in diametet wlu-n maturi 

 The lower of the bracts longer than the upper; sti-in- nu>-t!y MiupK'. 



i. Sisyrinchium graminoides Bicknell. Stout Blue-eyed Grass. (Fig. 1083.) 



Sisyrinchium anceps S. Wats, in A. Gray, Man. Hcl. 



6, 515. 1890. Not Cav. 

 Sisyrinchium graminoides Bicknell, Bull. Torr. 



Club, 23: 133. 1896. 



Rather light green, somewhat glaucous; stem 

 broadly 2-winged, stout, erect, or reclining, 8'- 

 iS 7 tall, usually terminating in two unequal 

 branches subtended by a conspicuous grassy leaf. 

 Basal leaves equalling or shorter than the stem, 

 i // -3 // wide; often lax and grass-like; edges of 

 stems and leaves usually perceptibly rough -ser- 

 rulate; bracts i' long or less, green, nearly or 

 quite equal but the outer one occasionally pro- 

 longed; umbels 2-4-flowered; pedicels filiform, 

 S//_ I2 " long, exceeding the bracts, finally often 

 spreading or recurved; flowers 6 // -9 // broad; 

 petals sparsely pubescent on outer surface; cap- 

 sule subglobose, 2> // -3 // in diameter when 

 mature; seeds black, nearly globular, about #"- 

 f-3 // in diameter, pitted. 



In grassy places, in moist or dryish soil, sometimes 

 in woods, Massachusetts to Florida and Louisiana 

 Plant dark in drying- April-June. 



