from those of Broseracess proper, and closely agree with 

 the glands of Finguimla. In support of this affinity, other, 

 often most minute, structural characters common to the 

 two genera are described, but the value of such characters 

 in a classificatory point of view has not been established, 

 and the presence of some may be fortuitous where they 

 occur. On the other hand, the differences between Byhlis 

 and any genus of Lentibularieae are too glaring to need 

 mention. My own impression is, that until the other species 

 of Bijblis {B. liniflora^ Salisb.), and the allied Cape genus 

 Boridida, Linn., have been studied with the same care as 

 Mr. Lang has devoted to B. gigantea^ a pronouncement on 

 the immediate affinities of the latter must be regarded as 

 premature. Nor would it surprise me to learn that 

 B, gigantea was generically distinct from the typical 

 B. liniflora of tropical AustraHa, of which I have made only 

 a cursory examination. In one point my description of 

 B, gigantea differs from that of others, in which the 

 petals are described as united at the base ; I find them in 

 B, gigantea to be obscurely coherent at the very base 

 in a very young state only, and perfectly free in their 

 mature condition. 



The plant of B. gigantea here figured was raised from 

 seeds sent in 1899 to the Royal Botanical Gardens, Edin- 

 burgh, by Mr. A. Morison, of the Agricultural Department, 

 AYest Australia. It flowered first in 1900, since when 

 Dr. Balfour has sent plants to the Royal Gardens, Kew, 

 and has^ often kindly supplied me with flowers for 

 examination and description. 



Descr.— Whole plant, except the corolla, stamens and 

 pistil, cloth ed with multicellular gland-tipped hairs. Stem six 

 to twenty-four inches high, simple or sparingly branched, 

 stout, rigid ] rootstock woody. Leaves six to twelve inches 

 long, very narrowly linear, terete or channelled above, 

 involute m vernation. Flowers solitary, on axillary 

 pedunc es shorter than the leaves, very variable in size. 

 ^epats lanceolate, caudate-acuminate, usually much shorter 

 than the petals, but very variable in length. Petals 

 cuneate-obovate, contorted in bud, inserted on a narrow, 

 hypogynous disk, red-purple, flabellately many-veined, 

 tip rounded, crenulate. Stamens much shorter than the 

 petals, unequal, sub-declinate ; anthers basifixed, linear- 



