94 CXXXII. JUNCACER. 
line at least in the females, rarely almost petal-like. Anthers versatile, 
attached at the back between the basal lobes. Ovary 3-celled, with 1 
laterally attached ovule in each cell. 
l. XEROTES, Banks. 
Flowers dicecious. Males: Perianth of 6 segments or lobes all equal 
and similar, free or united to the middle, or more frequently the 3 outer 
free from the base thin and hyaline or scarious, the 3 inner more petal- 
rudimentary or entireiy defi Fe th persistent, 
usually of mer consistence than in the males, of 6 equal and similar 
segments. Stamens none or reducéd small clavate staminodia. 
Ovary sessile, 3-celled, with 1 (or rarely 2?) erect ovules laterally 
stigmatic lobes. Capsule nearly globular, surrounded by the persistent 
perianth, coriaceous, smooth and shining or transversely wrinkled or 
— noe ae wm striate, opening loculicidally in 3 valves. Seeds 
ovoi i 
adnate, not black ; albumen rather hard; embryo linear or very short, 
erect from the base of the seed.—Stems tufted on a very short or 
' creeping rhizome or stock, either densely leafy at the base only or 
slender elongated and leafy. Scapes or peduncles either very short or 
the inflorescence sessile in the tufts of radical leaves or at the ends of 
m 
The genus is nearly limited to A li dis : ia HN 
Caledonia. Some of the wi ustralia, one species only being also 
collections ; and when present, the unc f their being correctly the 
bit, especially in inflorescence, between wo sexes being gesserit 
z In wn's herbarium, the labels are unfi tely not correct 
work. There are, however, numbers or other indications in the herbarium which, 
with the aid of diagnoses, have enabled me to identify the whole ofthe species with 
tolerable certainty. _ 
Secr. I. Bux 
or branched rhachis. Female inflorescence similar or more simple. Perianth-segments 
~ from the base in both sexes or in the males the inner ones a hortly united. Leaves 
densely crowded or tufted on the very short or slightly elongated leafy stem (except in E 
peduncles terminal, 
eames Ee 
a a tte e reete rte me m ues 
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