Borya. | CXXYII. LILIACER. 71 
. B. nitida, Labill. Pl. Nov. Holl. i 81, t. 107.—A densely puc 
g 
to 6 in. o 
more, diffuse creeping arely erect, simple or branched, the lower 
it 
lobes linear and nearly the same j* de —R. Br. Prod. 286; F. Muell. 
Fragm. vii. 87; B. lucens, Poir. Dict. viii. 615 (probably a clerical error 
for B. nitida, though taken up by Kunth. Enum. iv. 645, as distinct) ; 
Bawngartenia nitida, Spreng. Syst. ii. 91. 
W. Australia. un wn, Labil- 
lardiire, and many preg ag n ig CIUS E and 
many o — nd. naam’ to Dep Arid, Maz 
man 
m. wipe it becomes difficult to define distinct varieties. In the commonest 
‘orm the leaves are ees ve rarely sare 1} in. long, spreading or recurved, especially 
h the short tufted state, straighter and more rigid in the more elongated and 
A ched forms or states. The don: state includes z scirpoidea, Lindl. Swan Riv. 
lab t. 9; pon d's Dil pean n. 941; Preiss's n. 1597, ii The latter is 
well as p 7e 8 original form and that t which Brown ive e Labillardiére’s name, as 
5 Dm ond's n. 796 ( scl), Press's n. Mega 
: gracilis and B. cataracte, Endi. Pl. Preiss, ii. 43, Preiss, n. 1596 and 1594 are 
small states of the comm ates e 
Bauingartenia spheeroce, aoe $ reng. Sys ii 91 E aae rigid 
lav etimes piano ng. any 2 ong, but connected with the 
, B. sublanosa, F. Muell. Herb, Drummon ites is a dwarf variety with the 
ounger leaves more or less sprinkled with long Fidos woolly hited 
‘xwell’s specimens from Cape Arid show a remarkably rigid variety. 
a B. septentrionalis, F. Muell. Fragm. v. 41.—Stems short, erect. 
P. Pin in dense tufts, very erectand rigid um fine, 1} to 2 in, long. 
uncles 6 to 10 in, sins Flower-heads } to $ in. diameter, with 
ind. humerous flowers, the flowering bracts longer than in B. nitida, . 
the outer iüvelenad braets usually shorter than the poet The 
Boae of the flowers and other characters precisely the same as in 
Froica posit from Bece this species is most distinctly bet ar by geo- — 
