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Iphigenia.] 1. I. novæ-zealandiæ, ''Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc.'' xvii. (1879) 451.—Bulb (corm) subglobose, ⅓ in. diam.; sheaths reddish, membranous. Stem 1–2 in. high. Leaves 2 or rarely 3, ½–3 in. long, narrow-linear, sheathing the greater part of the stem and exceeding it. Flower solitary, ¼ in. diam. Perianth-segments 4–6, oblanceolate, acute, with 6–8 longitudinal veins. Stamens 4–6, slightly shorter than the segments; anthers white, subglobose. Ovary broadly oblong, 2–3-celled; styles 2, rarely 3, subulate. Capsule broadly oblong, usually 2-celled, ⅙–⅕ in. diam.—Anguillaria novæ-zealandiæ, ''Hook. f. ex T. Kirk in Trans. N.Z. Inst.'' x. (1878) App. xi.





Perennial, rarely annual herbs. Rootstock short, stout, scaly. Stems usually simple, slender, stiff, erect, cylindrical or compressed, sometimes septate within. Leaves usually all radical, often rigid and terete like the stems, sometimes flat and grassy, occasionally absent or reduced to sheaths. Flowers small, green or brown, regular, hermaphrodite or more rarely unisexual, in axillary or terminal cymes or clusters, rarely solitary. Perianth inferior, coriaceous or scarious, persistent; segments 6 in 2 series, imbricate. Stamens usually 6, inserted on the bases of the perianth-segments, the 3 interior sometimes wanting; filaments free, flattened or filiform; anthers 2-celled, introrse. Ovary superior, 1-celled or 3-celled; style short or long; stigmas 3, filiform; ovules few or many, anatropous. Fruit a 1- or 3-celled capsule, loculicidally 3-valved. Seeds few or many, erect; testa membranous, often lax at each end; albumen copious, fleshy; embryo minute.

Densely tufted perennial herbs. Rhizome short, horizontal, branched. Stems crowded on the rhizome, strict, erect, terete. Leaves 1 or more, together with several sheathing scales at the