Ayris.] -  OXXX. XYRIDEX. 81 
and paler centres. Bracteoles obtuse and obtusely keeled, quite 
glabrous. Inner perianth-segments ovate. Anther linear, oblong, 
seareely lobed at the base, with very fot filamenta ; staminodia 
capitate stigmas. 
W. Australia, Drummond, n. 199. 
Orper CXXXI. COMMELYNACEA. 
Flowers hermaphrodite or rarely polygamous, bons d EDU ir- 
regular. Perianth of 6 segments, free or rare ely un at th e, 
or size from the deja Stamens 6 or fewer ie abortion, vito to 
on one side of the flower, not alternating with the perfect stamens. 
Ovary 3.celled or rarely 2-celled, with 1, 2 or more orthotropous 
E SL 
entire or 3-lobed stigma. Fruit a capsule or rarely indehiscent though 
dry. Seeds thick, peltate or angular, the testa often wr ti- 
t 
culate, Embryo small, partly sunk in the side of the fleshy albumen 
ilu 
. Leaves din 
eai blue, pusple, or white, in parie ee umbels, or clusters, either 
rm is 
9pposed to the | leaf. 
The ord ical, - is common to the New and the 
Old W. od. "f vss ere leis prinio spread over both hemispheres, 
one is RU to to the Ms World, one en re Tae kupin region, and one only is 
endemic in Australia 
Rowe tro in a folded, riesco iti gi eere 
spatha or leaf tess or within short eaf-shea 
Perianth-segments ro. in 2series. Stamensall perfect. 1. CYANOTIS. 
Perianth-se gments free. Half the stamens reduced to 
Bracts ii icula 
"us tt aliod Flowe “ont ‘ovary a and 
