HiEMODOKACE^. 589 



(non L.J. B. hastata, L. (Cuba) lias smaller samarse, and is distinguished by the aubsessile, 

 distantly glomerate, S flowers, and by the leaves.— 5'-6' high, suffruticose ; leaves 5"-2" 

 diam ; racemes often fascicled-geminate, usually exceeding the leaves ; special 3 racemes 

 d-S-ilowered, 2 -4 long, flexuose : pedicels hairy or glabrescent, as long as the perigone ; 

 S pengone I long, infundibular : segments oblong, bluntish; stamens 6, included, inserted 

 into the perigone : anthers didyraous, as long as the filaments ; ? flowers in simple racemes ; 

 samara 8 long, 3 broad above the semilunar seed. — Hab. Dominica !, Imr., common in 

 woods; [Cuba and Portorioo, exsynon. Kth^]. 



CXLI. lEIDEiE. 



Perigone coloured, of 3 exterior, and 3 interior divisions. Stamens 3, alternate to the 

 inner perigone : anthers extrorse. Ovaiy inferior, compound : cells many-ovulate. Peri- 

 carp capsular. Embryo axile in fleshy albumen. — Leaves mostly equitant, distichous, pa- 

 rcdlel-aerved. 



1. CIPURA, Auil. 



Limb of perigone 6-partite, interior segments usually smaller. Stamens distinct, inserted 

 into the perigone, " alternate to the stigmas :" anthers erect. Style 3-partite. — Bulbous 

 herbs ; most leaves rosulate ; spathe 'i-leaved, compressed. 



1. C. paludosa, Aubl. Leaves linear-acuminate ; flowers tevi, glomerate, approximate 

 to and much exceeded by the single, erect leaf of the stem. — Leaves 6"-12" long, all ex- 

 ceeding the inflorescence ; flowers pale-blue, alternate : perigonial limb 6"'-8"'long. — Hab. 

 Trinidad!, Lockh., dr., common in savannahs; [Venezuela!, Guiana!, Brazil!]. 



2. C. Taaxtiaicensis, Kth. Leaves lanceolate-linear, acuminate; flowers few, glome- 

 rate, scarcely exceeded by the leaves : spathe distant from the single short leaf of the stem. 

 — Jacq. Amer. Pict, t. 10. — Iris, L. — 14'-2' high; rosulate leaves as long as or shorter 

 than the stem: stem-leaf 3"-5" long; flowers yellow: perigonial limb 8"'-10"' long.— 

 Hab. Antigua!, Wullschl., Dominica, Imr., on grassy hiUs; [French Islands! to New 

 Granada]. 



3. C. plicata, Gr. Leaves lanceolate-acuminate ; flowers in geminate, unequal fas- 

 cicles : the fascicles approximate to and exceeded by the uppermost leaf; perigonial divi- 

 sions subequal. — Morsea, Sw. Marica, Curt. Sisyrinchium latifolium. Ait. — 2'-3' high ; 

 rosulate leaves 1" broad, or narrower, nearly as long as the stem, uppermost 10"-12", longer 

 peduncle 2"-3" long ; flowers white — Hab. Jamaica I, Waters, in hiBy pastures of the 

 western districts (5w.) ; Dominica !, Imr. ; S. Vincent, Guild. 



CXLII. HJIMODORACE^. 



Perigone coloured, of 6 divisions. Stamens 6-3 : anthers introrse. Ovary compound : 

 style simple. Embryo minute, in amylaceous albumen. — Herbs ; leaves mostly equitant, 

 parallel-nerved. 



1. XIPHIDIUM, Aubl. 



Perigone 6-leaved. Stamens 3, hypogynous, opposite to the interior leaflets of the peri, 

 gone: anthers erect. Capsule 3-celled: cells many-seeded. — Stem leafy below; raceme 

 terminal, compound ; flowers white or blue, one-sided along its branches. ■ 



1. X. floribundum, Sw. Leaves oblong-lanceolate, or oblong, acuminate, often dis- 

 tantly muricate at the edge, glabrous ; panicle pubescent ; perigonial leaflets oblong-lanceo- 

 late, glabrescent.— iSw. Fl. t. 2. infer. analyt.—X. albidum. Lam. X. giganteum, Lindl. : 

 a broad-leaved form.— 1'-2' high; leaves l"-2" broad; flowers 8-iO along the branches of 

 the panicle : perigone 4'" long.— Hab. Jamaica!, Pd. ; S. Kitts, Dominica!, Imr., S. Vm- 

 cent !, Guild. ; [Mexico to Brazil]. 



