FLORA -CAPENSIS. 
Orpaxr CXXXITT. HE MODORACEZ, 
(By J. G. Baxer), 
Flowers hermaphrodite, regular or slightly irregular, Perianth 
corolline, with or without a tube, the segments usually persistent and 
biseriate, Stamens 6, all perfect, or 3, opposite the inner segments 
of the perianth ; filaments usually free; anthers 2-celled, versatile or 
erect, dehiscing longitudinally, rarely by terminal pores. Ovary 
wholly or partially free, 3-celled; ovules axile, one or many in a cell; 
style usually filiform, with a capitate stigma. Fruit usually a 
3-celled capsule with loculicidal dehiscence, rarely 1-celled and 
1-seeded by abortion. Seeds 1, few or many in a cell, globose or 
compressed ; testa thin or coriaceous; embryo placed in a marginal 
hollow of the fleshy albumen. 
Perennial herbs, often densely pilose, rootstock short, tuberous, never bul- 
bous. Leaves often distichous and firm in texture, Inflorescence various, usually 
racemose or panicled. 
Distris. A widely-spread small Order, concentrated in Australia, forming a 
connecting link between Jridea, Amaryllidee@ and Liliaceae. 
Tribe 1, EvunzMopoREx, Perianth persistent, pilose, 
I. Wachendorfia.—Stamens 3, Fruit free, 3-celled, 
II. Barberetta.—Stamens 3. Fruit free, 1-celled. 
IIL. Dilatris.—Stamens 3. Fruit inferior, 3-ce led. 
1V. Lanaria.—Stamens 6. Fruit inferior, 1-celled. 
Tribe 2, OPH1opoGONER. Perianth glabrous, Pericarp bursting at-anu early 
stage. Seeds fleshy. Pedicels articulated, 
V. Sansevieria.—Pertanth with a long tube, Fruit free. 
Tribe 8. ConantagREa. Perianth glabrous, deciduous. Fruit a 3-celled 
loculieidal capsule, 
VI, Cyaneila. Stamens all perfect, but unequal. Ovary 4-inferior. 
TI. WACHENDORFIA, Linn. 
Perianth rather oblique, funnel-shaped ; segments oblong, subequal, 
3 outer firmer, hairy outside, 3 upper shortly joined and sometimes 
obscurely spurred at the base. Stamens 3, opposite the inner seg- 
ments ; filaments included, filiform, declinate ; anthers small, ovate- 
sagittate. Ovary free, 3-celled ; ovules solitary in the cells ; style 
filiform, declinate; stigma capitate. Capsule acutely 3-lobed, 
dehiscing loculicidally. Seeds solitary in each cell, laterally affixed. 
Rootstock tuberous. Leaves lanceolate, plicate. Inflorescence copiously 
panicled. Flowers usually bright yellow. Stains paper red, 
DistRiB. Endemic. 
(1) thyrsifiora, 
Panicle dense, cylindrical ; seed smooth sia aad o 
Panicle lax, deltoid; seed pilose as Ae <s .. (2) paniculata, 
