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Bulbine semibarbata (Haw. Revis. 33; Kunth Euum. iv. 565; 

 Anthericum semibarbatum, B. Br. Pr. 275 ; .Triglochhi racemosum, 

 Endl. in Lehm. Plant. Preiss. ii. 54) per totam Australiam extra- 

 tropicam dispersa est, et forsan ubique in contiueute Australia 

 occurrit, quum specimina a flumine Thringii e vicinia sinus Gulf 

 van Diemen iu coUectione Stuartii adsint. Plantam quoque genui- 

 nam vidi a flumine South Esk Tasmanise. Herba annua, locos 

 imprimis fontanos muscosos diligit, ubi autem s^pe pusilla ; statu 

 culto planta adeo luxuriat, ut ad altitudinem pedum quatuor 

 elongetur et racemus longitudinem pedalcm attineat. FoHa 

 tunc ad 2' longa et \" lata, basi adhuc latiora, pedicelli unciales. 

 Flores inodori. Bulbine suavis (Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 1838 Misc. 78 

 et in Mitch. Three Exped. ii. 270) tam a B. bulbosa, quam a B. 

 semibarbata differt fide definitiones, ab illa radice fibrosa, ab hac 

 filamentis non seminudis (de quibus saltem diagnosis tacet), Eques 

 Mitchell hanc plantara prope montem Colei reperit. Prgeclarus 

 Lindley hanc stirpem B. annute comparavit, qua re forsan ad varie- 

 tates B. semibarbatae trahenda. 



Bulbine bulbosa (Haw. Revis. 33 ; Charsley Wild Flowers around 

 Melbourne xi. 7 ; B. australis, Spreng. Syst. Veget, ii. 86 ; B. 

 Fraseri, Kunth Enum. iv, 565 ; B. Hookeri, Kunth Enum. iv. 566 ; 

 B. semibarbata, Schultes Syst. vii. 445 ; J. Hooker Fl. Tasm. ih 

 52 saltem partim ; Anthericum bulbosum, Br, Prodr. 275 ; Hook. 

 in Bot. Mag. t. 3017; A. semibarbatum, Loddig. Bot. Cabin. t. 

 330 sec. Kunth ; Hook. in Bot. Mag. 3129) in pratis a fluvio 

 Flindersii ad sinum Spenceri extendit, alpes ascendit; in Tas- 

 mania frequens. Planta ^-4' alta. Tuber globosum, solidum, na- 

 tivis edule, fibras nunc tenues nunc valde validas emittens. 

 Flores fragrantes, colore a sulphureo ad aurantiacum variantes, 

 frequentius numerosi quam pauci. Lanugo interdum tantum 

 spatiura breve in filamenti parte superiore occupans, interdum 

 autem valde extensa et longa, antheras fere occultans. Plantfe 

 duae in opere Bot. Mag. delineatse fonnas sohimmodo unius speciei 

 reprsesentant, quantum hactenus vidi. Flores magnitudinc in- 

 constantes, nihilominus eis B. semibarbatae semper conspicue 

 majores. 



Blandfordia nobilis (Sm. Exot. Botan. i. 5, t. 4 ; Bot. Mag. 

 2003 ; Bot. Reg. 286 ; Endl. Iconogr. 27) e vicinia portus Jacksoni, 

 folia producit angustius linearia, margine scabriuscula, aetate in- 

 terdura eroso-denticulata, stamina jam a triente infero tubi calycis 

 libera, bracteolas exteriores sgepe lanceolatas acuminatas pedicello 

 duplc V. aliquoties breviores. Huic speciei quoad bracteolarum 

 breviiatem et filamentorum insertionera satis congruunt Blandfordia 

 Cunninghami (Lindl. Bot. Reg. xxxi. 18; Bot. Mag. 5734) et B- 

 flammea (Lindl. Journ. of Hortic. Soc. v. 32; Bot. Mag. 4819; 

 Joum. d'Hortic. ii. 1). Flores B. flammeae fere campanulati per 

 eos B. Cunninghami in illos adhuc graciliores B. nobilis transire 



