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THYSANOTUS intricatJs, 

 Entangled Thysanotus. 



TRIANDRIA MONOGYNIA & HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 



Nat. Ord. LiLiACE^. 



THYSANOTUS. Botanical Register, vol. 8 . foL 655 . 



T. intricaivs ; caulibus teretibus glabris sulcatis, ramis divaricatis ultimis 

 furcatia, foiiis squamseformibus, pedunculis rigidis ancipitibus subbi- 

 floris, staminibus 6 styloque decurvis- 



T. intricatus. Bot. Register, 1838. miscell. 111. 



Caulis diffusus, angulatus,glaber, 2-3 pedes longus, alte sulcatus, basi teres ; 

 ramis rigidis, intricatis, divaricatis, denique furcatis, sensim tetragonis, ultimis 

 pedunculos efficientibus elongatis ancipitibus apice\-3-floris. YoYia.minima, rigida, 

 ovata, carinata, utrinque uninervia, scejiiils viridia, nunc sphacelata. Pedicelli 

 basi Jhliis duoMis pluribusve oppositis, sphacelatis v. scariosis, aliquandb in 

 wnijloris dejicientibus, bracteati, medio aHicidati. Flores violacei, pollicem 

 lati. Sepala pedicellis duplb longiora, lineari-lanceolata, acuminata, quinque- 

 costata, herbacea, margine petaloidea. Petala fimbriata, in medio herbacea, 

 tricostata. Stamina 6, violacea, declinata ; antberis apice emarginatis, basi 

 cordatis, alternis brevioribus. Ovarium triloculare, triyonum ; ovulis in medio 

 locidorum geminis, collateralibus, pendulis; stylus suhulatus, violaceus, antheria 

 longior. Descriptio ad spontaneam. 



A pretty Swan River plant, introduced by Robert Mangles, 

 Esq. of Sunning Hill. When it was drawn for this work I 

 only knew it from its Garden state, in which it formed a mass 

 of weak trailing branches, with numerous flowers at the ex- 

 tremity, and its specific character was so framed as to express 

 that circumstance. I now however find, from wild specimens in 

 my possession, that its branches are naturally rigid, and short 

 jointed, and that the supposed debility of the plant arose 

 from its being drawn up in cultivation. Its flowers, which 

 when expanded are beautiful, are produced either singly, or 

 in twos and even threes, at the end of one of the forks into 

 which the branches ultimately divide, and it always happens, 

 in the wild state, that of such forks the arm which bears the 

 flowers is very much longer than the other. 



