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DIANELLA longifolia. 

 Long heaved Dianella. 



HEXANDRIA MONoarmA. 



Nat. ord. AsPHODELBf. Brown, prod. I. 274. 



Cor. sexpartita, aequalis, patens, decidua. FU. curvata, aptce iacta*- 

 sata stuposa. AnihercB Uneares, strictae, basi inserts. Germ. K>Cttlis poly- 

 ap^is. Stytvis filifonnis. SHgma simplex. Bacca globosa, polysperilw. 

 Semina oTafia, umbiltco nudo. 



Herbse pereimes. Radix ^drosa. Folia graminea, ebmpata batibut «e- 

 mivaginantibus. Flores paniculati ; pedicellis jvxta apicem ariicitbtHi, 

 ban bracteold vnilateraU $tipatia: nutanta, earuletf anttieris apidbtuqua 

 ttvpotu Jtiamentorum Jtavu. Baccs ccEntfeo. Smuda nimdatHa, JkowD, 

 1. c. 279, 



D. longifolia, (oliis radicalibus ensiformibus elongatis (semunciam lati*) 

 niargine carin&que laevibus, paniculae ramis strictis parilim divisis : pedi- 

 cellis racemosis corolla brevioribus bracteft scariosft duplo loDg;ionbut. 

 Brown prod. I. 380. 



Drawn at Mr. ColviU's Nursery. Native of New Hol- 

 land ; where it was discovered by Mr. Brown. 



DiANSLLA, according to Mr. Brown, is limited by the 

 following definition : 



" Corolla six-parted, equal, spreading, deciduous. fUa- 

 ments bowed, thickened at tiie top, and towy (stuposa) . 

 AiUhers linear, stiff, and straight, inserted by their base. 

 Germen with many-seeded ceils. Style filiform. Stigma 

 simple. Berry globular, many-seeded. Seeds oval, with a 

 naked umbilicus." 



The grbup consists of perennial herbaceous plants, wiih 

 a fibrous rodt ; long grassy foliage, half-sheathed at the base ; 

 a panicled infloresence, with pedicles or flowerstalks jointed 

 near tbeitop, and supported on one side at the base by a 

 small brmcie; corollas nodding, blue, having the toujy tops 

 of the Aliments deep yellow, as well as the anthers ; bine 

 berries ;; Ibining seed. 



The Ifpbcies now makes its first appearance amongst us. 



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