Milligania. | CXXVII. LILIACER. 27 
lin. long. Flowers 8 to 6, in a vers eorymb about as long as the 
leaves, the pedicels short, each one in the axil of a leafy bract not 
longer than the perianth, Perianth ek 4 lines long, divided to about 
the middle into narrow-oblong lobes, the tube broad, very shortly adnate 
at the base. Stamens shortly exserted from the tube; anthers ovate- 
erae Style cene about as long as the ovary, very shortly 8-lobed 
at he apex. Capsule shorter than t the tube, the angles scarcely pro- 
ent a a onerune readily in 3 slits, tek not quite ripe in the 
ipédmina 
Tasmania. SUE country on the Huon River, E. Johnston. 
4. M. stylosa, F . Muell. Herb.—Radical leaves 6 in. to above 1 ft. long 
and 3 to 1 in. broad in the broadest part, but rapidly tapering to a long 
int. Stems stout, 1 to 14 ft. high, the loose wool of the inflorescence 
much shorter than in M. longifolia. Panicle rather dense, with 
numerous flowers, and a few broad leafy bracts of 1 in. or more under 
perianths. Flowers racemose along the branches, on pedicels of 2 to 
4 lines long. Perianth-segments narrow, about 2 lines long, reflexed 
under the fruit. Stamens rather shorter than the perianth, with small 
ovate anthers. Ovary depressed-globular, the ovules rather numerous ; 
style subulate, at least as long as the ovary, shortly but distinctly 
9-lobed at the apex not 2 lines diameter, with 3 obtuse pro- 
minent angles, the pericarp m ed but opening readily at the angles 
ee not que m ri cimens. Seeds few, Diack A ar, 
Summit of Mount Lapeyrouse, where it forms dense masses, Oldfield, 
hermaphrodite flowers and capsular fruit place this this phat un- 
doute i in Milligania ad not in Astelia. 
15. WURMBEA, Thunb. 
Perianth persistent, divided to the middle or more deeply into 6, rarely 
8, spreading lobes or segments all equal and similar. Stamens 6, rarely 
8, attached to the base of the lobes or meee and shorter than them ; 
filaments filiform, usually dilated at the base; anthers ovate, erect or 
almost — the cells opening laterally or pgs nn outwards in longi- 
tudinal slits. Ovary ampi 9-celled, with several ovules in each cell; 
— Small herbs s, the base of the stem and persistent brown leaf- 
unis —€— into a narrow tunieated bulb. Leaves ed ovate 
late or linear. Flowers either solitary and te rina 
terminal mike; sessile along vh rhachis, Mp enitn cx el ll 
polygamous. Bracts n 
one, 
