Cectega 17 
PATERSONIA SERICEA. SILKY PATERSONIA. 
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Clafs and Order. 
HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIAs 
Generic Charaéer. 
Cor. hypocrateriformis ; Tubo longo gracili; Limbo fex- 
partito, laciniis interioribus minutis. F7/. connata. Stylus 
capillaris, apice exferto, in plerifque clavato-tumido, clave 
medio fepius articulatim conftri€to. Stigm. 3, Jamineformia, 
indivifa, fubcucullata. Cap/. obtufe trigona, prifmatica, per- 
gaminca. Sem. numerofa. Brown M/cr. Flor. Nov. Holl, 
Oxs. Plantz perennes. Radice fafciculatim fibrofa. Caule fubnulla. 
v. brevi imbricatim foliofo, compreffo, fuffruticofo, fimplici, aliquando ramofa, 
Foliis diftichis, equitantibus, angufte enfiformibus, linearibufve, compacts. 
Scapo terminali, folitaria, fimpliciffimo. Spatha communi unica, terminali, 
bivalui, valvis fepe fufcatis fphacelatifve ; includenti partiales nonnullas, 
confertas, unifloras, fcariofas. Floribus breve pedicellatis, fpeciofis, coeru- 
leis, fugaciffimis. Capfulis fubfeffilibus, patha perfiftenti inclufis, Patria 
Nova Hollandia, extra tropicum. Statio flerilia aprica, prope oras, folo 
Jaxofo v. arenofo, rarius in pratis humidis. Brown loc. cit. GENOSIRIS. 
Labillardiere ? 
Specific Character and Synonyms, 
PATERSONIA /ericea. Scapus, fpatheque fericee. Folia 
enfiformia, ftriéta, {capo vix duplo longiora, 
interdum fubaquantia ; paginis glabris, mar- 
ginibus tenuiflime pubefcentibus, carina 
bafeos lanata. Brown Mfcr. Flor. Nov. Holl. 
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Descr. Root fibrous, perennial ; Leaves radical, feveral, 
about fix inches high, linear-enfiform, narrow, obfoletely plano- 
Convex, ftiffifh, elaftic, ob{curely nerved, {mooth, tomentofely 
ciliate, edgewife oppofite, diftich, at the bafe conduplicate 
and equitantly compaét, diverging upwards; Scape central, 
ubaffurgent, one fafcicled, from round comprefled, fomewhat 
enlarged upwards, tomentofe, about the length of the leaves ; 
floral fafcicle fpathaceous, many-flowered, terminal, ovate- 
anceolate, valves conduplicate, compreffed, compaét, two 
Outer, thickifhly membranous, fphacelate, brown, ftriatulate, 
tomentofe, inner thinner, fcariofe ; Flowers produced in fuc- 
Ceffion, largifh, ephemeral, violet-coloured, hypocrateriform ; 
tube fubtriquetral, partly enclofed by the fpathes, fhorter than 
€ limb, which is fixparted, explanate; guter /egments ovate, 
: obtufe, 
