28 CXXVII. LILIACER. [ Wurmbea, 
Besides the four Australian species which are endemic in the south-western 
districts, there are several from South Africa 
Leaves ovate or lanceolate. Spikes denso. Perianth 
6-lobed. 
Perianth-se. segments united to the middle, 7 to 9 linos long 1. W. tubulosa 
Perianth-segments united to 1, 3 to 4 lines lon 2. W. Drummondii. 
Leaves linear or linear-lanceolate. Spikes fo Aowera. 
erianth-segments 6, united to 4 3. W. pygmea, 
Prik almost filiform. Flowers solitary. Perianth- 
segments 8, very shortly united . 4. W. tenella. 
ubulosa, Benth.—Bulb and lower leaves unknown; upper 
ses broadly lanceolate, contracted at the base and tapering into a long 
oint. nse, of above 10 flowers. Perianth 7 to 9 lines long, the 
mc united to near the middle into a narrow tube; lobes acute, 
without transverse glands. Stamens attached to the base of the lobes, 
much s orter than them, with small anthers. Ovary in the flower 
examined narrow, probably imperfect, with 8 long filiform styles. 
W. Australi Champio e Nf Herb. F. Mueller, where there are only tw 
spikes, but the peculiar flowers admit of referring them to any other mia ; 
the perianth-tube is indeed yd than i in any African «fh except W. longiflora. 
mondii, Benth.—A dwarf plant, none of our specimens 
eeding 4 Bulb tunicated, shining. Leaves 2 or 8, ovate 
ieitodlats, acute but not acuminate, 1 to 1} in. long in our specimens 
and 3 to 6 lines broad at the base. Flowers in a rather dense spike, 
polygamous and usually small, but the perianth varying from under 3 
to above 4 lines in length, the segments united to about 1 of their length. 
Stamens attached to the base of the lobes and shorter than them ; 
anthers small, shortly ovate. Styles scarcely longer than the ovary. 
W. Australia. Swan River, Drummond, 1st coll. 
9. W. pygmea, Benth.—Nearly allied to W. Drwmmondii and 
stature as small, but the leaves much narrower, linear or linear-lanceo- 
arrow 
late, contracted at the base, flowers smaller, fewer in the spike, often 
only ES us 2, ee -segments 6 (or very rarely a 7th) scarcely united 
and 
W. Australia. Swan River, Drummond, 1st coll., Preiss, n. 1599. 
.4. W. te 
cocta ed at the base. tree sho cbr dun de enun the 
T caesar ir dilated oh united in a ring at the base ; anthers small. 
