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NEW GENUS OLSYNIUM. 
A very fine New Genus from Oregon, has 
been blended with Siryrinchium by the English 
Botanists, which I have called Olsynium, mean- 
ing hardly united, It differs by the Corolla 
campanulate, the long free stamens only united 
at the base, 3 stigmas &,c, and belongs to the 
same natural family ofGALAxiDiA, distinguished 
from Iridia by stamens not quite free. 
OLSYNIUM. Corolla of 6 petals campanu- 
late, each oblong, striate. Stamens 3, filaments 
free and subulate, base contracted above the 
united base. Style elongate, stigmas 3 acute. 
Ovary and fruit as in Siryrinchium. Roots 
fibrose, leaves sheathing, spatha bivalve, biflore. 
Olsynium grandiflorum Raf. Siryrinchi- 
um grandiflorum. Douglas in Bot. register 
1634. Bot. magazine 3509. Stem compressed, 
leaves shorter, acute, spatha unequal margin 
membranose, flowers twin drooping deep purple. 
A lovely and graceful plant, discovered at the 
falls of Oakanagan on the Oregon River. It 
is hardy, flowers vernal large, nearly two inches, 
but never spreading flat as in Siryrinchium. 
