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SISYRINCHIUM eraminifolium. 
Grass-leaved Sisyrinchium. 
ot as 
MONADELPHIA (TRIANDRIA MONOGYNIA) MONANDRIA. 
Nat. ord. In1pEx. 
SISYRINCHIUM L.—Calyx superus corollaceus 6-partitus; laciniis 
Subsequalibus. Stamina 3. Filamenta connata. Stigma trifidum; laciniis 
indivisis. Herbee: caulescentes. Caulis-sepius ramosus, anceps. Folia 
vaginantia. Flores spathacet. Kunth. synops. 1. 315. 
S. graminifolium ; scapo terete, foliis lineari-ensiformibus ,scabriusculis scapo 
subzequalibus, spathis exterioribus subfoliaceis : interioribus obtusis mar- 
ginatis: intimis membranaceis, laciniis perianthii oblongis mucronatis, 
scapo mono-tri-stachyo, ovario glanduloso. 
B: pumilum ; scapo monostachyo foliis breviore. 
' Radix fasciculato-tuberosa.~ Folia radicalia 4-6-uncialia, lineari-ensifor- 
mia, debilia, scapo breviora, sub lente pilis brevibus scabriuscula. Scapus 
erectus, folits elatior, foliosus, nunc subramosus, foliis supremis spatham 
foliaceam mentientibus. Fasciculi florum sepius 3, subdistantes, spathis ut 
folia scabriusculis, nunc (rard) foliaceis, exterioribus ovatis obtusis ::intertort- 
bus apice rotundatis membranaceo-marginatis ; intimis membranacers nu- 
merosis. Flores ultra spathas paululiim exserti, pedicellis filiformibus glabris. 
Laciniee perianthit subaequales, oblonge, mucronate, lutee, basi maculd 
cordiformi fuscd notate. Staminum columna pubescens. Stigmata patentia, 
subulata, simplicia. Ovarium glandulosum, oblongum, triloculare, polysper- 
mum, ovulis aur tristiche horizontaliter affixis. 
A native of the country near Conception, in Chile, 
whence roots were brought to the Horticultural Society, in 
1825, by Mr. James M‘Rae. Our drawing was made in 
the Chiswick Garden, where the plant flowers in the stove, 
in April and May. It would probably grow in a warm 
’ border. : 
This is an evergreen perennial plant, from 6 to 9 inches 
high, with narrow grassy foliage, which, when carefully 
examined, is found to be covered with minute hairs. The 
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