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e base. Lobes about } in. Stamens attached far 
above the middle. . ... .. ...* e V^ g 
Perianth (about 2 in.) narrow in the lower part, very broad 
upwards. Lobes about jin. Stamens attached below 
l. B. marginata. 
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Flowers few, in a loose raceme, the pedicels much longer than 
the bracts. 
Perianth (1 to 12 in.) narrow in the lower part, abruptly 
dilated at about the middle, not broader at the throat . 3. B. nobilis. 
Perianth e or more) broad almost from the base an 
much dilated upwards, almost campanulate . . . . 4. B.Jfammea. 
2. B. grandiflora. 
. B. inata, Herb. in Bot, Reg. 1842, Misc. 84, 1845, t. 18.— 
Stems rather stout, attaining 2 to 3 ft. Lower or radical leaves often 
lo 
ches. 
at first very short, but lengthening to 1 or even to 2 inches. Bracts 
ting one. Perianth 11 to 14 in. long, narrower and more y 
tapering to the base than in the other species, the lobes broad, about 3 
lines long. Filaments adnate to far above the middle of the corolla tube. 
Capsule 1 to 1} in. long, tapering into a stipes often 1 in. long.—F. 
Muell. Fragm. vii. 71; Aletris punicea, Labill. Pl. Nov. Holl. i. 85, t. 
111; B. grandiflora, Hook. f. Fl. Tasm. ii. 49 ; Baker in Journ. Linn. 
Soc. xi. 865, not of R. Br. ; B. Backhousii, Lindl. Bot. Reg. 1845 under 
t. 18; B. intermedia, Herb. in Bot. Reg. 1845, Misc. 64. 
Tasmania. Not uncommon in various parts of the island, ascending to 4000 ft. 
J. D. Hooker and many others. 
2. B. grandiflora, R. Br. Prod. 296.—A tall handsome species, 
with the many-flowered crowded racemes of B. marginata, and the 
hamii, Li 
Bot. Reg. 1845 under t. 18; Bot. Mag. t. 5734; Baker in Journ. 
