Beers : CLXXVIIT, LILIACEZE. T9] 
ti longatisque, interiores seg ' 
Capsula minima. 
Species 1 Australie austro-occidentalis cla. Benth, Fl. Austral. vii, 67. Specimina nostra 
haud perfecta. 
.90 moryu, Tabill, PL Nov. Holl. i. 81, t. 10r. (Baumgartenia, Spr. Syst. ii. 91.)— 
phum tubo tenui cylind ; lobi 6, 
Luci iem stato patentes post : anthesin non torti. Stamina 6, basi TODPeUE 
affixa, iisque sul il ; anthere parve, ovatz, basifixse, 
loculis introrsum dehiscentibus. Ovarium sessile, ovoideum, 3-loculare ; stylus filiformis, 
stigmate parvo capitato ; ovula in loculis oo (ad 20). Capsula bracteis perianthioque per- 
sistente inclusa, loculicide dehiscens. Semina pauca, estrophiolata, testa nigra crustacea. 
—Rhizoma perenne. Caules brevissimi czespitosi v. longiores ramosique, basibus persis- 
tentibus foliorum imbricatis obtecti. Folia in rhizomate v. apices versus ramorum dense 
conferta, brevia, anguste linearia v. fere filiformia. Flores ad apices ramorum in capitula 
globosa v. ovoidea longe pedunculata conferti, intra bracteas sessiles. Bractes arcte 
imbrícatee, exteriores pauc:e vaeus, subulate, involucrum erectum v. patens formantes, 
t lat, b lam latiorem cum flore singulo foventes. 
Species 2, Australians, —BentA, Fl. Austral, vii. 70. — Lindl. Swan Riv. App. t. 9. 
91. Alania, Endl. Gen. Pl. 151.—Perianthium persistens, non tortum ; segmenta 6, a 
basi distincta, oblonga, subzqualia. Stamina 6, hypogyna, perianthio parum breviora, 
filamentis filiformibus ; antherz minimse, ovatze, dorsifixe, loculis introrsum dehiscentibus, 
Ovarium sessile, RTT 3-loculare ; stylus brevis, meonrvus. stigmate parvo sub- 
capitato ; ovula in loculis pauca. Capsula subglob licide del Semina 
pauca, in loculis ssepe solitaria, oblonga, estrophiolata, testa nigra crustacea nitida ; 
albumem carnosum.— Caulis perennis, humilis, diffusus, ramosus. Folia conferta, 
lineari-! filiformia, acuta, basi in 1 vaginas bbricatas caulem obtegentes dilatata. Flores 2x 
bell. conferti, pedicellati. — Bractee numeross, fuscz, 
scarioss, imbricat 1-9 exteri vacum interd bfoli: inat Flores 
parvuli, primum pedicellis brevibus subcapitati, pedicellis tamen ibus mox 
umbellati. 
Species 1, Australiana, Kunz, Enum. Pl. iv. 644. — Benth. Fl. Austral. vii. 62, 
92. Sowerbeea, Sm. in Trans. Linn. Soc. iv. 218 ; v. 160, t. 6. —Perianthium persistens, 
non tortum ; segmenta 06, à basi distincta v. seriei interioris basi breviter connata, ovata 
v. oblonga, subs»qualia, demum fere seariosa. Stamina perfecta 3, segmentis interioribus 
opposita iisque breviora, filamentis Trovissimia j H we oblonge, basifixo, loculis fere 
ad basin discretis erectis int 3, alterna, 
breviter filiformia, v. interdum desunt. Ovarium. breve S-loculare ; stylus filiformis, 
stigmate parvo ; ovula in loculis 2-6. Capsula p te inclusa, ] 
dehiscens. Semina pauca, angulata, testa crassiuseule mombranacea nigra minute granu- 
lata; embryo in albumine carnoso brevis.—Rhi izontale, nodosum, 
Folia radicalia, lineari-filiformia. Caules seu scapi epioll simplices v.rarius ima basi 
ramosi, juncei. Flores in bell conferti, pedicellati. 
Bractem parv:e, scariosc, ad basin pedicell dense i bri , 2 v. 3 exti Smepe 
paullo majores rigidioresque vacuze. 
Species 3, Australian. Benth. FW. Austral. vii, 61, Red. Lil. t. 341, Andr, Bot, Rep. t, 81. 
Bot. Mag. t. 1104, Lodd. Bot. Cab, t. 181. 
