inch long, slender, with a small, subulate bractea at the 
base. Perianth patent, in five very deep, narrow, ovate, 
concave, segments. Stamens spreading, about as long as 
the segments. Filaments very hairy, and, especially, the 
anthers at the back and between the two linear lobes, where 
the hairs are exceedingly long : all yellow. Germen small, 
globose. Style declined, subulate, as long as the stamens, 
almost white. 
For this species of Anrnericum our Botanic Garden at 
Glasgow is indebted to Mr. Fraser, the Colonial Botanist 
at New South Wales, many plants of it having flowered 
with us during the months of May and June. Only two 
species of this Genus are yet enumerated as natives of New 
Holland; of these, one (A. semibarbatum, Br.) has fibrous 
roots and stamens of which the outer only are bearded ; 
the other, (A. bulbosum, Br.) has a bulbous root and all 
the stamens bearded. The latter characters are conspi- 
cuous in our plant: but Mr. Brown further says of his A. 
bulbosum, that it has depressed bulbs and declined filaments, 
characters which do not well accord with the present indi- 
vidual : on which account it may, perhaps, deserve to be 
considered a new species. Mr. Brown gives it as a native 
of Port Jackson. 
Fig. 1. Stamen. 2. Pistil —magnified. 
