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SISYRINCHIUM JUNCEUM. 



of Sisyrinchium. The perianth is six-parted, and equal, the filaments are con- 

 nate, the anthers are free, the fruit three-celled and inferior, the style is divided 

 into three parts in the upper part, and the stigmas are entire. 



From the above description, we conceive that it cannot be well separated 

 from the genus, but may probably form a sectional division. It is a native of 

 Chili, and was discovered by Mr. Cuming. 



Our drawing was made from a specimen in the collection of the Birmingham 

 Horticultural Society, and was raised from seeds presented to that establishment 

 in the year 1832. It is certainly a beautifully-delicate plant, and in habit and 

 root resembles S. grandiflomtm. From its beauty it merits extensive cultivation, 

 its blossoms being abundant, and continuing for at least two months. 



It should be potted in a mixture of peat, sand, and loam, and protected in a 

 cold frame. It may be propagated by offsets, and probably by seeds, but as yet 

 those have not been perfected in the Society's gardens. 



This tribe of plants is for the most part peculiar to the New World ; two 

 species only are described by Dr, Brown, in his Prodromus of New Holland 

 Plants, as peculiar to that country. 



The generic name is formed from avs, a pig, and pt>yx°s, a snout ; the specific 

 name from juncus, a rush, in reference to its rush-like appearance. 



