Cyperacece.] 



CHILI. 



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3. ORNITHOGALUM. Linn. 



1 . O. gramineum ; scapo angulato folia linearia superante, floribus umbellatis, pedunculis 

 erectis, perianthii laciniis ovatis acutis striatis. Bot. Mag. t. 2419. — Lilio-narcissus polyan- 

 thus albus, Phalangii flore. Feuill. Chil. v. 3. p. 30. t. 21. 



Hah. Conception. 



4. ANTHERICUM. Linn. 



1 . A.? plumosum ; radice fasciculata, foliis lineari-ensiformibus, scapo nudiusculo striato 

 angulato 2-4-floro foliis triplo longiore, perianthii laciniis exterioribus glabris interioribus 

 barbato-plumosis. Ruiz et Pav. Fl. Per. v. 3. t. 300. / 6. Bot. Mag. t. 3084. 



Hab. Conception. — This probably belongs rather to Thysanotus, Br. 



5. STYPANDRA. Br. 



1. S. ccerulea; radice fibrosa, foliis ensiformibus subdistichis erectis scapo ramoso brevi- 

 oribus, perianthii laciniis exterioribus oblongis interioribus ellipticis latioribus. — Antheri- 

 cum cceruleum. Ruiz et Pav. Fl. Per. v. 3. t. 299. — Bermudiana, &c. Feuill. Chil. v. 2. t. 8. 



Hab. Conception. — Mr. Brown, in his Prodromns Fl. Nov. Holl. p. 279, first suggested that this species, 

 as also the Anthericum coarctation of the Flora Peruviana, was referable to Stypandra. 



Ord. LXVIII. JUNCE^. Juss. 



1. LUZULA. DC. 



1 . L. interrupta ; culmo parce folioso, foliis planis latiusculis nervosis, panicula racemoso- 

 spicata recta, floribus fuscis, capitulis oblongis, bracteis ovatis acuminatis membranaceis 

 funbriato-ciliatis, perianthii laciniis exterioribus ovatis interioribus brevioribus latioribus 

 aristato-acuminatis capsulam subrotundam obtusam paulo superantibus. — Desv. Journ. Bot. 

 p. 163. t. 6. / 4. ? Rozm. et Schul. Syst. v. 7. p. 261. 



Hab. Conception. — La Harpe unites this with L. racemosa, Desv. perhaps correctly, but we are not 

 quite certain that ours is the plant intended by Desvaux: it is, however, that which Rcemer and Schultes 

 (1. c.) have described from Chili, as seen in the Herbarium of Martius. The panicle consists of dense 

 racemose spikelets, one of which, at a distance from the others, arises from the axil of the upper leaf. 



Ord. LXIX. CYPERACECE. Juss. 

 1. SCIRPUS. Linn. 



1. S. minimus; annuus, spica subglobosa subsolitaria laterali, culmo angulato foliisque 

 capillaribus, achenio acuto triquetro densissime impresso-punctato, setis hypogynis 3. l ahl, 

 Emm. 2. p. 253. 



Hab. Conception. — This seems to agree exactly with Vahl's plant. 



2. S. longifolius; radice repente, culmo folioso triquetro, foliis angustis acute carinatis 

 spongiosis culmum superantibus, spiculis 4-5 glomeratis subsessilibus lateralibus, glumis 

 emarginatis mucronatis, setis hypogynis 3, stylo 3-fido. 



Hab. Conception. — Very similar to S. mucronatus; but the leaves are much longer. The bracteas are 

 oblong and scariose, and furnished with a dorsal nerve that becomes a long triquetrous mucro. The glumes 

 resemble the bracteas, but the mucro is shorter. 



