PAT AGONIAN EXPEDITIONS : BOTANY. 



Perianth 18 mm. long, its segments oblanceolate, pale yellow, veined 



with brown. Filaments united half-way. Capsule globose, 6 mm. diam. 



(Chili & Andes., cult.) ; Patagon., in foothill and mountain meadows. 



S. STRIATUM MICROSPATHUM (Phil.). 



In rocks by Nahuel-huapi. 



4. SYMPHYOSTEMON Miers. (Susarium Phil. p. p.) 



Roots fibrous. Leaves linear, radical. Scapes short, amid the leaves 

 or longer, sometimes i -leaved. Spathes 1-2, sessile or stalked, each 

 with pediceled flowers. Perianth funnelform, its tepals distinct, white, 

 yellow or purple-striped. Filaments united. Style branches clavate. 

 Capsule ovoid, protruding from the spathe. Seeds angled. 



Species 5, extratrop., S. Amer: 



i. S. BIFLORUS (Thunb.) Bak. (S. narcissoides Cav., Miers.) 



Rhizome none. Radical fibers tufted. Leaves numerous, narrow-linear, 

 15-30 cm.; scape, terete, 30-45 cm. long; bearing 1-2 long-peduncled 



clusters. Spathes 4-5-flowered, 25-35 mm. long, the 

 outer valve oblong-lanceolate, green, with a mem- 

 branous edge. Pedicels long. Perianth pale-yellow, 

 30-37 mm. long; the segments oblong, acute, equal- 

 ling the funnel-formed tube. Filaments free above, an- 

 thers versatile. Capsule subglobose, 6-8 mm. diameter. 

 (S. Chili); Magellan; N. & E. Fuegia, "belonging 

 to the Steppe-Flora." (Dusen.) "Blue-white bells 

 streaked with purple." (R. O. Cunningham.) Got 

 by Hatcher at Rio Coy. 



2. S. LYCKHOLMI Dusen. 



Root fasciculate. Stem erect, terete, rough, simple. 

 Symphyostemon lyck- Radical leaves 2-3, rough, linear-terete, attenuate- 



holmi. Inflorescence and sheathmg Outer bracts 2 shorter than the Upper 

 flowers (after Dusen). & ' rj 



leaf, lanceolate, embracing each other, white, scarious- 

 margined. Flowers 3-4, their pedicels scarcely exceeding the bracts ; 

 their tube dilated upwards, their 5-6 lobes broad, subacute, with purplish 

 lines. Filaments united (Fig. 56). 



