PRASOPHYLLUM STRIATUM 
Br. Prodr. 318 (1810); Benth, Fl. Austral. vi. 342. 
[PLaTE 302A.] 
Calyx: spathee vage. Perianthiumo. Corolla: petala 5 ; pallide 
virescentia, striis obscure purpureis longitudinalibus picta, 4-linearum ; 
€ quibus 2 superiora lanceolata, acuta, sursum vergentia, apice 
sursum flexa, arcte conglutinata quasi in unum petalum ovato-lanceo- 
latum, acute emarginatum, apicibus corniculatis; inferius oblongo- 
lanceolatum, integrum, acutum, porrectum, apice parum sursum flexum; 
2 lateralia paulo breviora, ovato-lanceolata, acuta, porrecta, parum 
divaricata, albida, striis longitudinalibus, purpureis. Vectarium petali- 
forme, eorumque longitudine, basi concavum, sub petalis superioribus 
primo porrectum, supra medium reflexum, supra seu extus carinatum 
carina virescenti pone stricta; margines albi compressi; lamina 
intus triplicata pro stylis. /¢/amentum 1, album, subliberum, vel 
ex apice styli intermedii, vel e superiore parte media lacune 
nectarii dependens, capillare, stylo longior. Anthere due, pyriformes, 
longitudinaliter intus bifida, lutece, dimidiatim recepte in Cavitatibus 
binis lamin propriz, que inter basin styli et petali inferioris 
porrecta ovata, acuta parva est vix longitudine unius lunex. (Ons. 
Filamentum ad insertionem subbulbosum ; bulbus  glutinosus, quo 
affigitur nunc petalo nunc nectario nunc apice styli.)  Germen 
inferum, oblongum, obtuse triquetrum contortum. Styli 3, subulati, 
adscendentes, glabri, petalis 4 breviores ; intermedius reliquis paulo 
longior, viridis, subtus pro filamento canaliculatus; laterales paulo 
breviores extus purpurascentes. (Ons. forte potius stylus unicus 
tricuspis usque a basi, vel lateralis considerandi uti appendices.) 
Bulbus ovatus. Lolium unum, caulinum, lineare, 
Tota 
Stigmata simplicia. 
cylindraceum, acutum, erectum, intus obsolete canaliculatum. 
planta glabra. 
Botany Bay. Not mentioned by Bentham as collected by Banks, 
IP ISI NORMINALIES) | IRIENKOJLIOMN DA 
Br. Prodr. 327 (1810). 
P. REFLEXA Br. ex Benth, Fl. Austral. vi. 359; Bailey, Queensland Fl. 1575 
[PLatr 3028.] 
Radix profunde descendens, 2-uncialis, filiformis, simplex, albido- 
subdiaphanus, terminata bulbo ovali, magnitudine nucis avellanec 
minoris. Foéia radicalia 3 vel 4, ovato-oblonga, acuta, tenera, subcana, 
petiolata, etc. Cantis teres. (Ops. an 2 species, altera aphylla foliis 
caulinis lanceolatis, altera foliis spathaceis?) Folium spathaceum. Calyx 
0. Petala 4, alba (lineis paucis viridibus striata) ; supremum ovato- 
lanceolatum, concavum, basi gibbosum, carinatum, apice incurvum, 
elongatum, acuminatum, 2} uncias longum ; petala lateralia oblongo- 
lanceolata, acuta sub petalo dorsali inflexa, illo + breviora ; petalum 
infimum basi cuneatum, infra medium bifidum, sinu lato; lacinize 
lanceolato-subulate, acuminate, longitudine petali dorsalis sed erectz. 
Nectarium pedicellatum ; pedicellus inter bases petalorum lateralium 
insertus, planus (vix 2 lineze) ; labium  lanceolatum, acutum, 
angustum, petalis lateralibus duplo brevius, erectum, apice inter 
lacinias petali infimi parallelum. 
versus, adscendens, vix 2 
Processus e pedicello introrsum 
lineas longus, planus, virescens, apice 
crinitus ciliis subulatis albis mollibus in stellam expansis. Co/wmna 
pistillarts sub petalo dorsali inflexa, basique illo adnata intus a 
basi ad lobas_ viscida,  superne utrinque exserens laminam 
descendentem in lobum oblongum album, adscendens in processum 
lanceolato-subulatum, rubicundum. 
cucullus antherarum_bilocularis. 
In sinu processuum insertus est 
Filamentao. Anthere 2, bilobe. 
Germen inferum oblongum 6-angulare, angulis extantibus. Sty/us 
0, nisi columna fructificationis. S¢igma longitudinale, columnz intus 
adnatum, viscidum. 
Botany Bay. Bentham places P. revoluta under P. reflexa. The figure is 
composite, as pointed out by Dryander: the inflorescence is that of P. revoluta, 
but the leaves are those of P. acuminata Br.; the radical leaves of P. nvoluta 
apparently disappear by the time of flowering. 
Burmanniacee 
BURMANNIA JUNCEA 
Sol. ex Br. Prod. 265 (1810); Benth. Fl. Austral. vi. 
397; Batley, Queensland Fl, 1513. 
[PuatE 302¢.] 
Radix annua, parum fibrosa. 
Caulis plerumque simplex (raro 
uno alterove ramo 
superne preditus), erectus, filiformis, teres, 
glaber, crassitie penne passerine, vix spithameus, Fo/ia_ sparsa, 
pauca, in inferiore parte caulis remota, subulata, supra plana, subtus 
parum carinata, integerrima, levia, vix uncialia. 
plerumque bini, raro tres. 
ad basin singuli floris. 
Flores terminales, 
Bractea parva, subulata, czerulescens, 
Cahyx nullus. Corolla monopetala, infundi- 
buliformis ; tubus cylindraceus, angustus, trilinearis, auctus alis tribus 
longitudinalibus semiovatis integerrimis, pallide sed vivide cceruleis, 
a divisura corolla ad basin germinis externis, semuncialibus ; limbus 
campanulatus, plicatus, sexfidus ; lacinia acute erecte; tres ovate 
g2 
bilineares ; alternze lanceolata: dimidio  breviores. 
faucibus adnata, 
filamenta 
Nectaria tria, 
cordata, plana, apice acutiore, deorsum spectante. 
nulla. Anthere sex, faucibus corollz ad latera 
nectariorum affixa, e lata basi, subulata, deorsum vergentia. Germen 
inferum, trigonum, alis corolla auctum, truncatum. S¢y/us filiformis, 
longitudine tubi, viridis, glaber, angulatus. Stigmata tria, exserta, 
Incrassata, cuneiformia, plana, obsolete biloba.  Capsula 
turbinata, trigona, membranacea, alis persistentibus aucta, trilocularis. 
Semina numerosa, subrotunda. 
Hab. 
viridia, 
in locis arenosis inundatis Nove Cambri prope Endeavour’s River. 
