Syringodea
(from syriggodes, fistular; in reference to the slender perianth tube). ORD. Irideae. A small, South African genus (three species) of pretty, dwarf, greenhouse herbs. Flower solitary in the spathe, subsessile or shortly pedicellate; perianth salver or funnel-shaped, with a long and very slender tube and sub-equal, spreading lobes; stamens affixed to the throat; spathes sub-sessile within the leaves, narrow, hyaline. Leaves filiform. Only the typical species, S. pulchella, has been introduced. For culture, see Ixia. S. pulchella (rather pretty). fl., perianth tube cylindrical, 1 1/2in. to 2in. long, thickened above; limb pale purple, the segments obovate-cuneate, deeply emarginate; spathe valves lanceolate, 1/2in. to 3/4in. long. Autumn. l. four to six, setaceous, falcate, glabrous, 3in. to 4in. long. Bulb globose, thick, one-flowered. South Africa, 1873. A very pretty plant. (B. M. 6072; F. d. S. 2096.)