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genera here enumerated, fo g the first three anom tri re limited to A 
tralia with the exception of & single species foun in New Cal a rder 
comprises E ew alous genera fro rts of the world not found 
in Aus hole it is very nearly d to Liliacee, to which some of t 
Asa allied to Lilia 
genera sake included have been occasionally referred, according as the greatest 
weight me eddie ehem to the distinctive characters derived from the perianth the 
seed or the habit. h of n following tribes has been roenan by some botanists 
as a pao onder, or or "the first three have been united with a few extra-Australian 
ra as an in e Or dar etween Liliacee and iMi without however any 
gene 
common satin | ripe character. 
Trine I. Xerotes. Perianth anot, usually dry, Marien or Errare at least in the 
females, rarely be petal-like. Anthers versatile, att ached a the back between the 
basal lobes, ua 3-celled, with l laterally attached bale in Br cell. 
Style poe with 3 ronucvod branches. 
ae aves i in n radi Montag eafy stems, not 
inged above the shea 1. XEROTES. 
Flowers hermaphrodite, Style subulate, with a small ter- 
minal s 
gen smooth, Leaves in raion! ints bordered when 
ung by a scarious lacerated m . . 2, CHAMJEXEROS. 
Capsule muricate. Leavy veritas kan leafy stems . . s ACANTHOCARPUS. 
n Z£anthorrheze UE per sot gie Pin inner thin and scarious 
petal-like, the flowers usually small,  Anthers entire at both ends, versatile, dorsally = 
pte i die: the middle. Sty tyle subul late with a es terminal stigma. Caudex either 
ery short, thick, and har d, or elongated and woody. 
Perianth-segments all free. owy 3-ceìled, with few 
ovules in each cell, Flowers in long dense cylindri- 
cal spikes, on a long wap à or pe uncle . 4. XANTHORRH £A, 
Outer LE ae nts united in a tube. Ovary 1- celled, 
: 3 (o ften « sd 1 perfect) ovules erect from a bas 
Senis fios in diei heads on a maro] 
peduncle 
. : - + » 6. Dasypocon. 
Trine IIT. Calectasiese. Perianth- -segments all rigid, Sape oe Anthers 
bacs Style twiet teith a meiit ter "eni eis Flowers rather lar 
Perianth Ó 
à 3-celled in l erect ome in each ce 
pepeng tted. Caudex vem and woody. 
in gloi xev heads on dapi nal peduncles aia in 
. many sheathing bra . . 6. Kine. 
Stamens dad. Cose s long and solitary within a 
: rigid radical lea y ieo cde DAXTREUA, 
Perianth hy Cra: €— usually blue, with a cylin radii. 
ary l-celled with 3 erect centra 
_ Flowers solitary on the short branches rof ra Le 8. CALECTASIA, 
Tar E IV, Eujunceæ, Perianth small, the segments all free and glume-like. Anthers 
ou Sig with 3 lin 3 iaa stigmatic branches. Leaves grass-like or terete, mostly radical 
Ovary 1-celled, with 3 erect ovules . 9. LUZULA. 
Ovary 1-c -celled, or more or less perfectly 3-celled, with 
Several often many ovules to each placenta . . : 4d. aioe 
Trine I, XzRorEX. Perianth small, ba dry scarious or hya-. 
