40 CXXYIL. LILIACER. [ Thysanotus. 
the fibrous roots not tuberous, and general habit of T. triandrus, 
Leaves much shorter than the Scape, numerous, rather narrow, rigid, 
erect, hirsute. Scape 1 ft. high or more, erect, rigid, hirsute, bearing 
a single terminal umbel of 8 to 6 flowers the largest in the genus 
Perianth-segments 8 or 9 lines long, the outer ones with very narrow 
margins. Stamens 6, very unequal, the 3 longer ones ending in long 
narrow beaks.—Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xv. 338. 
W. Australia. Swan River, Drummond, 1st coll. 
W, 
shorter than the scape. Scape slender, simple, 6 in. to above 1 ft. long, 
bearing a single umbel of 8 to 6 flowers. Pedicels filiform, much longer 
t ; ; 
about 4 lines long. Stamens 6, 8 of them longer but not very much 
longer than the 8 others. Seeds with a white strophiole.— Baker in 
Journ. Linn. Soe. xv. 837, under T. chinensis, 
N. Australia. Foot of M‘Adam Range, F. Mueller ; Port Essington, Armstrong. 
T. chinensis, Benth. Fl. Hongk. 372, from South China and the Philippine Islands, 
which I had erroneously (as noted by Hance in Ann. Sc. Nat. ser. 5, v. 245) described 
from a dried specimen as having no fringe to the inner perianth-segments, does not 
appear to be specifically distinct from 7. chrysantherus. 
antherus, R. Br. Prod. 283.—A small glabrous tufted 
Species, with fibrous roots swollen into tubers distant from the stock. 
Leaves very fine, rather numerous, often as long as the scape. Scape 
under 6 in. high, slender, ending in a small almost corymbose panicle. 
Umbels few, all peduneulate, flowers usually 2 or 8 in the umbel, on 
pedicels rather shorter than the perianth, Perianth-segments 4 to 5 lines 
long tamens 6, all equal or nearly so, the anthers not at all 
ed, 
W. Australia. King George's Sound, R. Brown; Mount Melville and Upper 
Kalgan River, F. Mueller ; Perongerup, Mrs. Knight. 
, The numerous specimens I have now seen of this plant show that it is quite dis- 
tinct from the tropical 7. chrysantherus, to which Baker doubtfully refers it. 
9 ten 
roots swollen into tubers usually distant from the stock. Leaves more 
numerous and finer than in most of the tuberous-rooted species, rather 
shorter than the scape, with short searious sheaths. Scape 6 to 9 in. 
high, simple below the inflorescence, which forms a short rather dense 
somewhat corymbose panicle. Umbels all peduneulate, usually 3- or 4- 
flowered, the scarious bracts often numerous.  Pedicels rather longer 
than the perianth when fully out. Perianth-segments 4 to 5 lines long. 
Stamens 6, 8 of them longer than the 3 others. 
W., Australia, Swan River, Drummond, ist coll. and n, 802, Preiss, n. 1577. 
