102 CXXXI. JUNCACER. [ Xerotes. 
acuminate, the inner ones and bracteoles much shorter broad and 
obtuse. Perianth rotate, spreading to abou ines diameter, the 
segments all equal or the inner rather broader and almost petal-like. 
nthers small, the bright yellow contrasting with the deep purple 
of the segments. Rudimentary ovary very small, conical, obtusely 3- 
angled. Female flowers unknown. 
W. Australia. Swan River, Drummond, lst eoll. Preiss, n. 1534 ; Vasse River, 
Oldfield ; Blackwood River, Mrs. Hard; Upper Hay River, Miss Warburton; Lake 
uir, Muir. 
Var. capitata. Inflorescence reduced to a single ovoid or globular terminal head, 
the pedicels short, but the flowers those of X. purpurea, not of X, Preissii.— Upper 
ay and Kalgan Rivers, F. Mueller, Miss Warburton. 
close or slightly interrupted at the base. Male flowers much smaller 
than in X. pur, 
"EP ; 
dense globular clusters, all contiguous or the lower ones shortly distant. 
otherwise as in X. of rates e 
male, but the flowers fewer sessile and rather larger. Ovary obtusely 
triquetrous, with a very short conical style and 3 large recurved stig- 
matic lobes. Stamens usually present, but with small imperfect anthers. 
Fruit of X. Endlicheri, but much smaller. 
WV. Australia. King Georges Sound, Marwell; Swan River, Drum- 
mond, lst coll. and n. 807 and 808;  Pries, n. 1032; Cape Naturaliste, 
Oldfield, 
_ Serres IIT. Sparsirtorz#.—Male flowers pedicellate or rarely sesti 
singly scattered in simple racemes or loose panicles, rarely here an 
there two or three together. 
filaments. Flowers in slender s 
sessile within the tuft of leaves, 
and pedicels very prominent, hyaline, ovate or lanceolate. Male flowe 
scattered along the branches, on filiform pedicels shorter than or mo 
j Vesey or rarely with a seco? 
preading panicles of 2 to 4 in., pearly 
Searious b 
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