12 CXXVII. LILIACER. [ Astelia. 
a breadth of 8 or 9 lines, the silky hairs of the upper portion very short 
Perianth-segments about 23 lines long and very spreading in the males, 
more erect and 8 lines long in the females. Ovary oblong, contracted 
at the end, with 3 very short obtuse stigmatic lobes, 1-celled, with few 
ovules on 3 parietal placente. Berr ry ovoid-oblong, under 1 in. long, 
surrounded by the somewhat enlarged persistent perianth. Seeds 
bular.— Hook. f. Fl. Tasm. ii. 60; A. psychrocharis, F. Muell. in Hook. 
Kew Journ. viii. 332. 
Mount Wellington in Gipps’ Land, and in thé Baw-Baw Mountains, 
at an vices of 4000 to 5000 ft., F. Mueller. 
asmani fountain, 53 Brown ; abundant on all the mountains, J. D. 
-Hooker and others. 
Trise IV. Drymopnite®.—Perianth-segments distinct, spreading. 
: Anthers Z.: Style deeply divided into 3 stigmatie branches. 
Embryo near the hilum. Perennials with leafy stems. Leaf-veins all 
parallel. Bery indehiscent. 
5. DRYMOPHILA, R. Br. 
Perianth deciduous, of 6 distinct equal segments lanceolate and 
ae or almost reflexed. Stamens 6, hypogynous, not exceeding the 
anth and sometimes much shorter ; fluente filiform ; anthers oblong, 
Grot attached between the short basal lobes, the cells opening in longi- 
tudinal slits. Ovary sessile, short, 3-eelled, with several often many 
ovules in each cell superposed in 2 rows. Styles 3, linear, — 
flattened, recurved, apparently esate from near the base. 
a globular or ovoid berry. Seeds globular or variously shaped je 
mutual pressure; testa thickly membranous or almost crustaceous, 
a 
eid branched leafy stems. Leaves distichous, spreading, sessile or 
early so. Flowers solitary or fors 2 together in the axils, articulate 
on recurved pedicels, without brae 
The genus is limited to Australia. 
Berry blue, globular. Seeds 8 to 20, with a smooth brown 
testa - 1. D. eyanocarpa. 
Berry orange, ovoid. Seeds 3 or 4, with a very pale-coloured 
minutely-wrinkled testa - 2. D. Moorei. 
1. D. cyanocarpa, R. Dr. Prod. 292.— Stems usually about 1 foot 
high, simple or with a few divarieate branches in the upper part, with a 
few brown sheathing scales in the lower leafless part. Leaves sessile or 
nearly so, tavoite or almost oblong, varying from 1 to 8 in. in length, 
marked with numerous prominent nerves. Flowers white, the pedicels 
. Varying from scarcely above 1 line to nearly } in., spreading or 
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