Johnsonia. | CXXVII. LILIACEA. 69 
Stems slender, usually 4 to 6 in. long and always shorter than the 
: leaves, Spikes $ to 1 in. long, the bracts very pointed, rarely above 
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Swan Riv. App. 57, t. 7. F. Muell. Fragm. vii. 87. J. longifolia, Endl. 
in Pl. Preiss. ii. 40. 
W. Australia. Swan Ri iver, Drummond, 1st coll. and n. 210, 351, and 797, Preiss, 
n. 1584; Giga Naturaliste and Ca anning River, Oldfield. 
EM te - Muell. Leaves almost filiform.—J. mucronata, Endl. in Pl, Preiss, 
iver, Drummond, Preiss, n. 1580. 
8. J. acaulis, Endl. in Pl. Preiss, ii. 41,—A dwarf plant usually 
alant but sometimes nearly glabrous. Leaves scarcely distichous, 
rigid and fiat but rarely above 1 line broad and 8 to 6 in. long. . Spikes 
Sessile within the leaves or borne on stems shorter va themsel¥es, the 
bracts or glumes of a rich brown, very pointed and ciliate on the edges as 
in J. pubescens, but more Mom imbricate.—A variety only of J. pubescens 
in the opinion of F. Mue l. Fragm. vii. 87. 
. W. Australia. Foot of Stirling Range, F. Mueller, Preiss, n. 1581, and probably 
m the same region, Drummond, n. 202, 203, 352 and 353. 
39, ARNOCRINUM, Endl. and Lehm. 
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fo strophiole ; testa crustaceous, black, smooth and shining.—Stem 
om a tufted densely woolly base long branching and rush-like, Tabled 
eee small seale under each branch, rarely produced into a short 
Flows . iré: es radical or from the stock, linear, grass-like but al 
OWers in en terminal ovoid heads or short spikes, sessile within 
ibristo 1 acts. 
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hexandrous but I have never tou d pr r three stamens in several flowers T 
D ecd of both species, and this accords with "Oldücld's notes taken from the 
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sem: enveloped in a dense white wool, the whole plant otherwise 
