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SISYRINCHIUM cyaneum. 
Sky-blue Sisyrinchium. 
MONADELPHIA (TRIANDRIA MONOGYNIA) MONANDRIA. 
Nat. ord. IrtpEx. 
SISYRINCHIUM. Supra, vol. 12. fol. 1067. 
S. cyaneum; caule paniculato, foliis lineari-ensiformibus scapo subsequalibus 
margine glabris, perianthii laciniis ovato-oblongis uniformibus, staminibus 
subliberis stylo multd longioribus. 
Orthrosanthus multiflorus. Sweet fl. Australasica, fol. 11. 
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This was first discovered upon Kangaroo Island, off the 
south coast of New Holland, in 1803, by Mr. Brown, but 
with no perfect fructification. It was subsequently observed 
in the same place, in a similar state, by M. Leschenault ; 
and has lately been detected with ripe fruit upon the same 
island, by Mr. William Baxter, collector to Mr. Henchman. 
No other station has yet been found for it. 
It is a half-hardy, evergreen, herbaceous plant, and per- 
haps may be preserved in the winter in the open border, 
with a little protection. Its beautiful sky-blue flowers are 
produced in abundance from May to July; but they open 
only in the early part of the day. Our drawing was made 
at Mr. Mackay’s Nursery, in June last. 
We do not find a single point of structure in which 
this plant recedes from Sisyrinchium. Its habit is the 
same; its stamens are inserted opposite the outer segments 
of the flower, and alternate with the styles; the stigmata 
are those of Sisyrinchium; and, as far as is at present 
known, the fruit also. The separation of the filaments 1n 
this plant is a character common to it with many admitted 
Sisyrinchia, and has been noticed both by Mr. Brown, in 
