168 CONTRIBUTION TO A SOUTH QUEENSLAND FLORA, 



B URMANNIACE-3E . 



Burmannia juncea, Sol., in R. Br., Prod. 265. 



As the station for this Burmannia given in the Austr. Flora is 

 so remote from our locality, it might be doubtful whether the 

 little filiform Burmannia, which grows in such an abundance in 

 wet ground near the Logan River, be B. juncea, or B. disticha. 

 Still considering the specific characters, which differentiate both, 

 no doubt can be left in the mind of those who observe these forms 

 as to the identity of this with B. juncea, and its separation from 

 B. disticha. The two grow side by side. A casual observer would 

 not confound them. If this Burmannia be a degenerate form of 

 B. disticha, because of climatic influences, and difference of soil, 

 how are we to explain the luxuriant growth of B. disticha on the 

 same spot, under the same climatical conditions ? Mr. Bailey 

 quite concurs with me in the opinion that this cannot be separated 

 from B. juncea. It flowers from April to September. 



IrIDEjE. 



Libertia paniculata'i Spreng., Syst. I., 168. 



Siill a doubt remains in my mind, whether this plant, or its 

 congener L. pulchella, be the one I gathered on the Coomora. 

 The only specimen I happened to find, having been mislaid, I am 

 unable to identify it with either one or the other. It flowers in 

 December. 



Amaryllide/e. 



Crinum flaccidum, Herb., in Bot. Mag. 2121 and 2133. 



The bulb of this Crinum not seen by Bentham is obovate and 

 buried four or six inches below the surface. Its small diameter 

 measures one or one and a-half inches. The perianth lobes are 

 obovate, those of C. pedunculatum, being linear. The style 

 measures one-third of the stamens, whereas that of C '. pedunculatum 

 goes as high as two thirds of them. In the month of December 



