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THYSANOTUS isantherus. 
Even-anthered Thysanotus. 
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HEXANDRIA (reriès TRIANDRIA) MONOGYNIA. 
Nat. ord. AspuoDELEE. Brown prod, 1. 274. 
THYSANOTUS. Cor. 6-partita, patens, persistens; laciniis interi- 
oribus latioribus, limbo utrinque colorato, marginibus fimbriatis ciliis articu- 
latis. Stam. 6, (rard 3), ime corolla: inserta, vel a, declinata. 
Filamenta glabra, brevia. Anthere lineares emarginaturæ baseos insert, 
3 interiores seepids elongate reclinatæ. Germen loculis dispermis. dus 
filiformis, declinatus. Stigma parvum. Capsula 3-loc., 3-valv., valvis 
medio septiferis. Semina bina, altero erecto, altero pendulo, strophiolata. 
Herbæ perennes. Radix fibrosa, v. à bulbis fasciculatis carnosis. Folia 
angusiè linearia, sepiüs canaliculata, quandóque filiformia, v. abbreviata. 
Flores terminales, umbellati, raró sparsi, pedicellis medio articulatis, Co- 
rolle laciniæ intús cerulee, extüs calycinæ. Anthere Ls loculorum 
valvulá exteriore productiore, exteriores quandóque albicantes, in triandris 
deficientes. Capsula corollá emarcidá tecta. Semina atra, margini interiori 
(sept in pedicelli speciem attenuate) strophiole albe cyathiformis vasculosa: 
inserta. Albumen densé carnosum. Embryo excentricus? Brown prod. 
1. 282. 
OBS. Affinitate propids ARTHROPODIO, idedque ANTHERICO, quàm 
Asparagoideis. Brown l. c. 
Div. I. Hexandri. . . 
T. ésantherus, bulbis fasciculatis, foliis radicalibus canaliculatis caulem te- 
retem lzvem subsimplicem feré æquantibus, umbellis 4-5-floris, antheris 
æqualibus. Brown prod. 1. 283. 
* A rather numerous genus of perennial herbaceous 
* plants, natives of different parts of New Holland. The 
** root is either fibrous, or consists of clustered fleshy bulbs. 
“ Stem generally branched and leafy. Leaves linear, nar- 
** row, often channelled, sometimes threadsbaped, or short- 
* ened. Flowers terminal, umbellate; rarely scattered; 
* their stalks jointed in the middle. Corolla blue within ; 
* three at least of its segments green at the back. Anthers 
* purple; the outer ones sometimes whitish, which in the 
* triandrous species are wanting. Seeds black. The per- 
“ manent corolla and smooth filaments, principally distin- 
“ guish this genus from Mr. Brown's ARTHROPODIUM (Prod. 
“1, 276.), by which it is related to the Linnean ANTHERI- 
“cum. The learned author (Mr. Brown) whom we follow 
* defines twenty-one species, of which he seems doubtful 
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