Xerotes.] CXXXII. JUNCACER. 99 
attached to the base of the segments, those opposite the outer segments 
with mueh shorter filaments than the others. No rudimentary ovary. 
Female flowers and fruits unknown.— Lomandra rigida, Labill. PI. 
Nov. Holl. i. 93, t. 190. 
Ww. Australia, Labillardiére. Lucky Bay, R. Browne; Cape Arid, Maxwell, 
5. X, Drummondii, F. Muell. Herb.— Leafy base of the stem very 
short. Leaves 1 to 2 ft. long, rather rigid, flat, 2 to 3 or rarely 4 lines 
broad, mostly rounded at the apex, the imbricate sheathing bases 
H . 
Pad: Australia, Drummond, n. 59. This may possibly prove to be the real 
male of X. Sonderi, if the very different female specimens gathered by F. Mueller 
a8 such be Properly referred to X. odore or X. Endlicheri. 
A X.S nderi, F. Muell. Fragm, vii. 206.— Leafy base of the 
Sem very short. Leaves Lto 2 ft. long, rather rigid, flat, 1 to 21 
? 
W. Australi . rfr PER à Ex 
i a. King George’s Sound and ad oining districts, Preiss, n, 1559 
Drummond, n. 209 and 364, F, p, ueller. : i ; 
viii morn Specimens gathered by F. Mueller and referred to this species (Fragm. 
ear are precisely similar to those of X. Endlicheri, and have not the foliage of 
e X. Sonderi, which much more nearly resembles that of X. Drummondii. 
Tracts 8 = 
al and free from ; eae 
i the base, ovate, about 4 line long. Stamens 
reina to the base of the segments. Female flowers and fruit 
w. Austral; : 
Appears. te Swan River, Drummond, 1st coll. ; Preiss, n. 1529. This species 
Which E me to be n 
~ Muelle; re 
early allied to X. Sonderi, rather than to X. Endlicheri, to 
it, wee 
fers it, Fragm. viii. 205. 
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