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DIANELLA striimosa. 



ColvilVs new Dicmella. 



HEXAXDRIA MOXOGYXLL 



ffat. ord. AsPARAGi. Jussieu yen. 41. Die. Florcs hormnphrodili. 



Germen superuni. 

 AsPHODELE^. Brown prod. 1. 274. 



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D I AN ELL A, SujvafoL 734. 



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D, strumosa, foliis la:te viridibus, om^in(^ la?vil)us, (latitudino, uV)i lutiori- 

 bus, subunciali): pamcuVk laxS, uunierosa, decomposltrt; coroH;c [»*'ri- 

 dulo-cernu3e laciniis reflexis, altern^ saturatius 3-*i-lineatis : filiumiitis 

 cum struma obesa saturativts colorat{i antherifera apice ailiculatis: ptJi- 

 cellis flore paufo brevioribus. 



Fol. gramineo'cnsata, nndique Iccviay Iceft (neqve ac inphrimis ohscnri) 

 virentia, carinala, caide lonyiora ; axnVm^ vaghiacea. CmxWs scsfpiipcda Us 

 V. ultra, viridiSy teres, solidus, Jlexuosus, elastico-rlyenSy admo Triiici vix 

 robustioTj remott articulatns intcrnodiis foliolo lanccolalo cayinaius, paiii- 

 cum nvmeros^y disfanter ramosd elasficd pafente comaius: peduncufi com- 

 munes ^rac/Zt5, patenteSj hasihYiicte^ foliaced mvltoties breciore anrminaia 

 amplexi; inferiores decompositi , lony lores; superiores semel dichotomi v. 

 simplices. Flores laxt racemosi, ccerxdesceutes : pcdiceHiyz/Z/orwiw, soUtarii, 

 strictly distanteSy crccto-patentes, sparsiy bracteola ovaio-acuminata jthnih 

 hreviore sphacelatirn viarginatA subtensi, cum Jiore artiadati. Cor. ejnar- 

 cido'persistensy cemua, extiis viriditate cdiqna svffusa; laciniis ojtinivo re- 

 Jlexis oblongis obtusis plants ceqnalibus, interioribus lined saturata trijdlci axi 

 parallcld striatisy exterioribus palUdioribus lined simili qtunlupliti nutatis, 

 stamina paulo brevlora, erecta: f\\am^.Jlava, opice Jtexa, anthcram medi- 

 f^te corpxisculo summo tumido oblongo hreviore aurantlnco prinno$o artintla- 

 tim connato gereiitia : antherze erectce, stantcs, staminece, saglllato-linearrs, 

 corpuscuU summitati apice declivi ad basin introrsum inserta. Stylus snpc 

 Tans stamina, Jillf or mis, albus: s\\gx{m apex simplex p%tlerulus: gtrnuAi pal- 

 lidum, globosurn, stylo brevius, loculis tribus bi:iCriato-polyipcrmis. 



Introduced by Mr. Colvill^ of the ('helsca Nurseiy, where 

 the plant flowered this spring-. Native of {\\k^ interior of 



New South Wales^ and lately observed by Mr. Cu 

 ham, the assiduous naturalist of tliosc reg^ions. 



Tlie species does not appear reducible to any of the 

 seven enumerated by Mr. JJrown ; by whom the corolla of 

 the genus is described as " deciduous," which in our plant 

 seemed to be ^^ permanent/' and to envelop in the faded 

 state the ripening capsule. We presume that the stami- 

 neous appcndicle we have termed stntma^ is the apex in^ 

 crassatiis stvposus of the filament, in the definition of the 



character of this group. 



In strumosa the leaves are bright green ; the corolla re- 

 flex, iiuier segnunls ruled down the middle M'ifh \hr^e 



