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longer and shortly bifid at the point. Filaments about as long as the petals. 



Ovary almost sessile. Style long and subulate. Capsule short ovoid, 

 obtuse. 



_ N. Australia- Grassy flats along tLe Victoria river and other parts of Arnhem's Laud, 

 Jy, Mueller; N.W. coast, Bp7oe ; Nichol Bay, Walcotl. 



Var. levcaniha. Leaves larger, broader, aud less rigid. Sepals completely scarious aud 

 Avnitc, without any prominent midrib. — Victoria river, F. Mueller, 



3. P. spirostyles, K MaelL in Eep, Bahh, Exp. 8. Glabrous and often 

 y;pry glaucous, woody at the base, with numerous rigid opposite or dichoto- 

 nious branches^ our specimens not exceeding 6 in. Leaves very naiTOw-lint\nr, 

 the margins reyolute so as to be almost terete and filiform^ rarely exceeding 

 3 m., often clustered. Stipules small, with sabuhUe poirits. Flowers large, 

 on very short pedicels, either few in the upper forks, or forming at length 

 a broad corymbose cyme. Sepals 3 to 4 lines long, acute, wdiite and scarious 

 "With a prominent midrib, the outer ones shorter and broader than the inn(T. 

 Petals and stamens perigynous, united in a tube of fully 3 lines, with the 

 slezider filaments projecting considerably beyond the free oblong tops of tlie 

 petals. Ovary shortly stipitatc, tapering into a long spirally twisted decidu- 

 ous style. Capsule stipitate, oblong, tapering at the top, nearly as long as 

 the sepals. Seeds numerous, very smalL 



N- Australia. Gilbci-t's River, i^. Mueller. 



ynandra 



A glabrous an- 



ii«ah U'ith a rosette of petiolate spatlmlatc or oblong radical leaves. Stems 

 several, erect or decumbent, not above 6 in. high, with diclu)tomous or clus- 

 tered branches. Leaves narrow-linear, with recurved or revolute unirgins, the 

 longer ones above ^ in., but mostly shorter, aiul not much clustered. Stipules 

 small, with fine points. Flowers ^^rather larger than in P. corymbosa, in small 

 rather loose coryml)ose cymes, all more or less pedicellate, the floral leaves all 

 reduced to scarious bracts. Sepals about 2 lines or nearly 3 lines long in tlie 

 capitate variety, wdiite and scarious with a prominent midrib often purple. 

 Petals united with the stamens in a tube of about 1 line, their free part shorter 

 and entire, sometimes very short, the filaments about the same length. Ovary 

 sessile, with a subulate style. Capsule oblong, tapering at the top, with k\y 

 seeds. 



N. Australia. Hooker's Creek and Sturt's Creek, F, MnelJer. 



S. Australia. In the interior at Wirravvirraloo, BaUat/e's Expediflon, 



Var. (P) densiflora. Leaves small aitd few. Flowers larger, iu a dense, nearly globular 

 head of 1 ia. diameter. Petals notched, ^ , _ , 



Queensland. N.E. coast, A. Cunningham; Port Denison, Filzalan ; Eockhainpton, 

 Tfiozet. 



Var. gracilis. More slender. Sepals ahont U hues long. Petals rutlier broad, notched. 



N. Australia. Port Essltigtou, A, Cunmugham, Armstrong, 



Section 2. Aylmeuia, J/r/;-/.— Petals and stamens free or nenrly so, 

 ^vith 5 short staminodia inside the petals aud opposite to them. Sepals very 

 scarious. 



*. P. violacea, TiiniUi. Pubescent, erect and slightly branched, 1 to 3 

 ft- high. Leaves narrow-linear, fiat or concave, \ to 1 in. long, oflen clus- 



