Stypandra.] CXXVII. LILIACER. 55 
N. S. es. Port Jackson to the Blue Mountains, R. Brown, Sieber, n. 201, A. 
Cori ain and others; northward to New England, C. Stuart ; Newca astle, Leich- 
hardt ; Mount Mitchell, Beckler ; in the S.W. int erior, Fraser, M*Arthu 
ictoria. From Dandenong and the Upper Yarra to Gipps’ ui: F. Mueller 
and others. 
Tasmania. Near Georgetown, abundant, Gunn. 
umbellata, R. Br. Prod. d — Very near S. cespitosa, and 
ekka by F. Mueller (Fragm. v i. 65) as a variety only, smaller in 
every respect and very densely rar Radical leaves numerous, mostl 
5 to 8 in. long and only 1 to 2 lines broad, not so rigid as in S. cæspitosa. 
Stems including the inflorescence 8 to 10 in. high, the inflorescence mue 
less branched than in that species, and often reduced to a single umbel 
of 210 4 flowers on a simple scape. Perianth-segments about 5 lines 
long, white or yellowish. Capsule and seeds of S. cæspitosa.—Baker in 
Journ. Linn. Soc. xv. 856; Hook. f. Fl. Tasm. ii. 55. 
Tod, S. Wales. Port Jackson to the Blue Mountains, R. Brown, Sieber, n. 200, and 
others, 
p Victoria. Wendu Vale, Robertson; Mount William, Wilhelmi ; Latrobe River; 
Tasmania. Abundant in sandy soil throughout the island, J. D. Hooker. 
Var. Fraseri, Baker. uo and scapes filiform. inire: m the perianth- 
segments tel and only 3 to 4 lines long. Flowers pure w 
- Wales. Peat sible near Sydney, rare, Fraser, also fahat probably in 
the intérior eer Mitchel i. 
30. ARTHROPODIUM, R. Br. 
erianth persistent but not twisted, of 6 spreading segments, nearly 
equal in length, but the inner ones broader, and often erisped or shortly 
fringed on the edges. Stamens 6, attached to the base of the segments 
or almost hypogynous, shorter than the perianth; filaments shortly 
filiform » With a dense tuft of lars hairs or a papillose appendage in 
their upper part or occupying nearly the whole filament; anthers 
the testa smooth or minutel not s g.—Tufted peren- 
mals, with the fibres often Bikandi. Mis ry bers. Leaves radical 
crowded at the base of the stem, linear and grass-like, with scarious 
sheathing bases, Stems simple or with few elongated branches, leafless 
ls with only 1 or 9 short distant leaves below the inflorescence. Flowers 
90sely racemose, the filiform pedicels solitary or few together within a 
Scariose bract, and when several accompanied by very small bracteoles 
act. 
Within the br 
Besides the Australian ies, essy are all endemic, there are two from New 
Zealand, and one New ird 
