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Herba perennis Nove Hollandi» Austro-occidentalis erecta 
glabra Stypandre habitu, caule simpliee compresso foliato, foliis 
rigidulis inferne canaliculato-triquetris superne plano-linearibus, 
corymbo v. panicula terminali, pedicellis cum calyce articulatis 
quocum szpe asperulis, sepalis tenerrimis cyaneis patentibus. 
Genus notis Stypandrz, Chlorophyti, Bidwilliz, Dianellz, Czsize 
et Phalangii magis minusve particeps. 
"Agrostocrinum stypandroides. 
Ad flumen Vasse River. Oldfeld. Ad rivos Phillips e£ Hay 
River. Mx. 
Radix ignota. Caulis ulnaris v. brevior, firmus, striatus, inferne 
lenius compressus, superne anceps. Folia radicalia inferne cana- 
liculata, non in vaginam ampliata, 3-9" longa ; caulina inferiora 
sepe semipedalia et longiora, lineam latitudine parum excedentia ; 
superiora paucipollicaria ; omnia acuta.  Panicula pauci- v. pluri- 
flora, subeymosa seu imperfecte dichotoma. ^ Bracteolm ad pedi- 
cellorum basin lineari-subulatz, inferiores pluri-lineares, superiores 
sesqui- v. paucilineares. Pedicelli uncia paulo longiores v. 
breviores, gracile filiformes, sparsi, erecti. Calyx 6-8" longus; pars 
basalis tubulosa, 1" longa, setulis brevibus asperata; pars supra- 
basalis imbricato-persistens, squamam subrotundam satis scariosam 
in sepalis exterioribus majorem antice purpurascentem postice 
hyalinam v. albidam bi- v. tri-linearem formans ; pars decidua 
pene 1j" lata. Filamenta pallida, lineam vix excedentia. An- 
therz 2-23" longze, psene 1" latze, flavze, sursum sensim attenuatz, 
apice oblique truncatz. Stylus dilute eceruleus, glaber, filiformis, 
circiter 4" longus, germinis vertici impresso impositus. Capsula 
circiter 3" longa, apice lobis 3 conniventibus compressis emargi- 
natis foveata. Semina lineam paulo excedentia, splendentia, atra. 
Huc forsan Stypandra seabra pertinet. 
Hodgsonia. 
Sepala sex, petaloidea, trinervia, integerrima, fere lanceolata, 
basi connata, post anthesin contorta. Stamina sex, inzqualia. 
Filamenta basi connata; tria brevissima, antheram minutam sterilem 
subovatam acuminatam gerentia, sepalis exterioribus opposita ; 
tria brevia, basi dilatata, antheras fertiles gerentia, sepalis interiori- 
bus opposita. Znthere tres fertiles, connate, basifixz, lineari- 
filiformes, sursum attenuatze, biloculares, introrsum longitudinaliter 
dehiscentes, apice hiantes. Stylus capillaris. Stigma perminu- 
tum, indivisum. Germen triloculare, pauci-gemmulatum. Fructus 
ignotus. oe : 
Stirps glabra, erecta, perennis, rigida, habitu junceo v. restiaceo 
gaudens, Novam Hollandiam austro-occidentalem incolens, rhizo- 
mate fibroso, caule aphyllo simplissimo per przelonga intervalla 
