114 CXXXII. JUNCACER. [ Xanthorrhea. 
long, with white obovate spreading laminz. Stamens nearly twice as 
long as the perianth ; anthers ovate-oblong. 
Queensland, Moreton Island, M‘Gillivray. ; 
N.S. Wales. Hastings River, Bechler; Brunswick and Tweed Riven, 
C. Moore. 
2. X. minor, R. Br. Prod. 288.—Leaves crowded on the very 
short and thick caudex, 1 to 2 ft. long and from 1 to nearly 2 lines 
wide, flat but thick or more or less triquetrous. Scape when full 
obtuse in the southern ones.—Hook. f. Fl. Tasm. ii. 59; F. Mue 
Fragm. iv. 112; Bot. Mag. t. 6297. : 
.S. Wales. Port Jackson, R. Brown, Backhouse; Richmond River, Jfr* 
Hodgkinson. 
Victoria. Wendu Vale, Robertson ; Port Phillip, Melbourne, Dandenong Rang’ 
F. Mueller and others; French Island, Beveridge; Gipps’ Land, F. Mueller. D 
asmania. Abundant, covering in some places large tracts of ground, J. ^ 
Hooker. 
oblong, with concave tips pubescent outside ; inuer segments with ee 
white spreading laminz, about 1 line diameter, contrasting with the e 
colour of the rest of the spike. Filaments longer than the periant 
at first erect, at length spreading; anthers shortly ovate.—F. Mue! 
Fragm. iv. 112. 
W. A Swan River, Preiss, », 1619; Blackwood River and ye 
Naturaliste, Oldfield ; Perongerup, F. Mueller, the latter specimens remarkable 
the spiral twist of the bunch of leaves. : 
4. X. pumilio, R. Br. Prod. 288.—Caudex not elongated. le 
under 1 ft. long, very much recurved, flat, the dorsal midrib but slight!¥ 
prominent, 1 to 2 lines broad. Scape under 1 ft. high, with a spike 
only about 1 in. long, oblong-cylindrical when in flower, ovoid-globula 
when in fruit, apparently glabrous, with the obtuse bracteoles 
perianth of X. arborea, the flowers smaller than in any other species. 
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