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* SOWERB A laxiflora. 
Loose-flowered Sowerbea. 
TRIANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Nat. ord. Liviacez. 
SOWERBAA. Perigonium corollinum, sexpartitum, laciniis equali- 
bus, patentibus. Stamina 6, imo perigonio inserta: tria laciniis exterioribus 
opposita sterilia: filamenta filiformia, glabra. Ovarium triloculare. Ovula in 
loculis 2, peltata. Stylus filiformis, persistens ; stigma simplex. Capsula mem- 
branacea, bilocularis, loculicido-trivalvis. Semina in loculis subsolitaria peltata. 
Herba perennis, in Nova Hollandia orientali extratropica indigena ; radice 
Sasciculato-fibrosd, foliis radicalibus filiformibus, basibus dilatatis, scariosis, dis- 
tiché equitantibus, supra in stipulam intrafoliaceam solutam productis ; scapo 
simplicissimo, nudo, umbella congestd, capituliformi, bracteis membranaceis, 
exterioribus integris subsericeis interioribus lacero-multifidis ; pedicellis sensim 
erumpentibus, apice cum perigonio roseo articulatis. Endlicher genera plan- 
tarum, no. 1138. 
S. lazifora ; foliis triquetris scapo subsequalibus, pedicellis floribus dupld 
longioribus, sepalis petalisque ovatis, antherarum loculis elongatis. 
Swan River Plants, p. \viii. no. 276. 
A pretty little greenhouse herbaceous plant from Swan 
River, for which we are indebted to the Earl of Orkney. It 
differs from the old Sowerbea juncea in having paler and 
smaller flowers, the stalks of which are long and slender, and 
in the leaves being nearly as long as the scapes, and triangular 
not tapering. 
The plant has much the appearance of an Allium, but 
manifestly differs from that genus in having three of the 
stamens imperfect, scales only appearing in the place of fila- 
ments and anthers, a circumstance far from uncommon among 
the Liliaceous order of New Holland. 
* Named by Smith in honour of the late Mr. James Sowerby, whose 
English Botany and British Fungi are records of zeal and patience such as few 
have left behind them. 
