112 MONOCOTYLEDONE.X. | LILÆA. 
membranaceam, 30 mill. longam dilatata, ligula bilobata 1-2 mill, 
longa. Flores feminei solitarii sub anthesi inconspicui; styli gracil- 
limi, 3-4 cent. longi et ultra. Fructus 5 mill. longi, tricostati, 
apice tridentati. Scapi plures, foliis multo breviores, graciles, sub 
anthesi 4-5 cent. longi, postea ad 10 cent. accrescentes. Flores 7-15, 
sessiles, in spicam sub anthesi vix 4 mill. longam dispositi, arcte ses- 
siles, inferiores sspe distantes. Perigonii lacinia (bractea ?) ovata, 
acuta, scariosa, 1 mill. longa, caducissima. Spica fructifera fere 
strobiliformis, usque ad 15 mill. longa ; fructus 4-5 mill. longi, 2-3 
mill. lati. 
In paludibus et in locis humidis Americæ australis et borealis. 
1° America australis, in Nova Granata prope Bogota ac in Peruvia 
(Humboldt et Bonpl., Karsten in herb. Vindob., Goudot in herb. 
Vindob. et Kew), in Bolivia (Mandon n. 1434 in herb. Mus. Par. 
Kew, Cand., etc.), Santiago de Chili (Gay in herb. Cand. et Mus. 
Par.) Uruguay prope Montevideo (Gibert n. 392 in herb. Kew) 
Buenos-Ayres (Tweedie in herb. Kew), in Sierra de Cordoba (Hiero- 
nymus). — 2 America borealis, in pratis humidis Columbiæ britan- 
nice (Seouler in herb. Kew, Hooker l. e.), in California, Coast 
Range (Bolander n. 134 in herb. Cand. specimen fere 50 cent. 
altum). 
