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Sexes I. Glomeratee.—Male flowers sessile and numerous in sessile clusters, Cap- 
sules Beir or M ly so 
stamens attached to the centre 2 the inner 
ianth-4 segments. Bracts obtuse and shor 
Paianth about m her longs all the niue free from 
the base, thi d bro 1, X, Banksii. 
Perianth about 1 line a: the inner segments connate 
id. 
ear the middle , ‘ > 2 X, dura, 
Stamens wd attached to the base ofthe segmen nts. 
Bracts, at least the lower ones, with su bulate points 
cantly exceeding the flowers, eins often rigidly 
2-toothed at the apex, Eastern 3. X, longiflora, 
Bracts scarious, obtuse, or very eint: vith short points, 
estern species. 
Leaves flat, 2 or more lines broa 
Leaves thick a nd rigid, under i ft. mostly 2-toothed 
end, Male scapes from the lower axils , 4, X. rigida. 
en eei 1 ` long; entire, Female scapes ter- : 
inal, ve 00.5 « 0. X, Drummondii, 
Di thick or bist. ane 1 line broad. 
Leaves athe thick, Scapes above 6 in, Tong p. & o rid 
ves filifo Mae under 4 in, lon, «X. o0 
Seres II, Pascic ulatæ.— Male flere n numer ie in FORT IRAE uh dE an X. 
Bini but on pedicels vetet the B 
Capsule transvers rsely rugo stern species, 
Flowers numerous, in distinct cl lusters € the branches 
of pP crisi or along a simple rhachi: - 8, X. multiflora, 
Flowers all erect and irregular riy clustered in a small 
- narrow compact panicle. EX f . 9. X. tororid. 
Capsule smooth, Western speci 
Leaves glabrous, linear or filiform, Male flow 
distinct clusters ; perianth-segments me with 
teen d x gom "E 
Leave hairy o he back at least at the base A X seri 
yeiga glabrous, "at above 1 line broad, with thickened 
*Male lower dark purple in tines clusters or rarely 
a single ean aes hea . 12, X. purpurea, 
Male f flowers gods oured in ‘small. clusters, all con- 
ous o; edcus 80 in a terminal spike (48, .X. Pre 
A Ser ERIES II —Sparsifloræ.— Male le flowers pedicellate or rarely sessile, a scat- 
tred in simple racemes or loose panicles, rarely here and there 2 cr 3 tog ether, 
les loose ( ery short es). Perianth- 
on v 8. sca 
Hy ements all similar, , usually narrow or 
yaline bracts "um prominent, Pe sid “segments 
ong. 
te 4) 
pone minute, Perianth- -segmen ents scarcely 1 line long: "i x demo 
anicles less branched or reduced to simple racemes. Inner 
perianth-segments thicker than the outer, usually ovate 
or broad, 
noe Ba of the stems short and tufted. 
ers pedicellate, in a € loose panicle or 
simple raceme, Eastern erm speci . 16. X. filiformis, 
Flowers Eo nei in a simple bd spike. Western 
17. X. eespitosa. 
Sg ag x clongated. Leaves filiform. Racemes 
reg Western species «os MM M —— de 
ll Ooyhalógyus. M. wers „i in edil ori ird y pedunculate elust: 
heb une rmn din e ei, d the pertanth ni ew ty int 
