XYRIDACÉES, 229 
Corollæ tubus tenuis; lobi ovati v. elliptici. Staminodia inter lobos 3, 
tenuiter filiformia glabra, v. sæpius 0. Stamina fertilia 3. Germen ° 
apice acutiusculum v. cupulato-6-dentatum ; stylo longo, supra basin 
appendiculis linearibus reflexis v. recurvis 3 instructo, apice stig- 
matoso fimbriato-3-lobo. Placentæ 3, parietales v. extus ab apice 
plus minus alte solutæ liberæ adscendentes. Ovula orthotropa c, 
fructus, semina cæteraque Xyridis. — Herbæ perennes; foliis basi- 
laribus scapisque Ayridis, nunce basi 1-foliatis v. altius 2-6-vaginatis ; 
vaginis per paria suboppositis; capitulis brevibus v. angustis; 
bracteis 1-floris laxe imbricatis v. appressis. (America trop?) 
1. Imbricati v. torti; ut videtur, cærulei. 3. Spec. ad 7: SEUB., in At A bras., 11, 
2. Ubi notum oblongo-3-quetrum. 1,229, t. 30. — Niuss., loc. 
PT à D os 
xH1, — 16 
