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THYSANOTUS junceus. 
Rushy-stem' d Thysanotus. | 
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HEXANDRIA (rariits TRIANDRIA) MONOGYNTA, 
Nat. ord. ASPHODELEX. Brown prod, 1. 274. 
THYSANOTUS. Supra fol. 655. 
Div. Hexandri. 
T. junceus, radicibus fibrosis, caulibus ramosis diffusis teretibus striatis: 
ramulis subangulatis, foliis radicalibus abbreviatis caulinisque strictis 
patenti-erectis, umbellis paucifloris, antheris inequalibus. Brown prod. 
1. 283. 
Chlamysporum juncifolium, Salish. Parad. londin. 103. 
Herba perennis cespitosa, radice fibrosá. Caules pedales v. ultrà suc- 
cessive plurimi, tereti-juncei, cinereo-virentes, obsoleté striati, Sastigianter 
ramosi, crassitudine feré penne corvinæ ; rami alterni distantes, ad basin foliolis 
binis oppositis subulatis stipati. Folia stricta, lineari-subulata, semiteretia, 
canaliculata, radicalia pauca, erecta, sesqui-bitncialia, caulina breviora, 
paucissima, inferne sita. Umbelle terminales, pluri- (5-6-) flora; pedun- 
culi successivi, flore breviores, teretes, juncturä infra medium articulati, ar- 
ticulo utroque diversé virente, bracteis ovato-acutis mucronatis margine 
seariosis articulo inferiore brevioribus appressis distincti. Cor. hexapetalo- 
partita, rotata, unciam diametro excedens, tota intús purpurá violaceá vivi- 
dissimé micans, basi brevè connivens: laciniæ equilonga, exteriores 3 al- 
terna pluriès angustiores lineares mucronate recurvo-patentes persistenter 
conniventes, extüs virentes, interiores ovales ciliis profundis dense arti- 
culatis concoloribus fimbriate, mucronate, costá mediä intüs saturatiès 
coloraté extüs virente atque minulá, convoluto-deliquescentes. Stam. 
3 alterna interiora longiora declinata 5 feré corollá breviora, exteriora. 3 ad- 
scendentia; fil*. viridia hypogyna lia tereti-compressa robusta, antheris 
breviora glabra; antheræ purpureo-fusce, introrsæ biloculares basi subsagit- 
tato-mutice loculis receptaculo. pallid? colorato filamenti continuo extern? 
plano adnate, apice per rostellum duplex è lateribus involutis partis er- 
terne longioris valvarum formatum introrsüm dehiscentes; pars valvarum in- 
terna subbrevior atque saturatiüs colorata; interiores plus duplo longiores, 
subulato-lineares; exteriores lineari-oblonge, obtuse. Germ. viride glabrum 
ellipticum obsolete angulosum, loculis biseriato-polyspermis: stylus albus 
staminibus. interioribus equalis, filiformis, eurvalo-inclinatus, germine phi- 
riès longior: stig. punctum pruinosum inconspicuum. " 
Originally observed by Mr. Brown in New Holland, 
where it grows in the vicinity of Port Jackson. Nothing 
can exceed the brilliancy and beauty of the purple of the 
interior of the corolla of the blossom, which, though of 
Short duration in regard to individual flowers, continues to 
display itself abundantly for near two months together 
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