18 LXiii. STYLTDIE^. [Slylidiiuu. 



l)otli to the throat and labellum. Capsule shortly ovoid. — DC, Prod. vii. 334 

 (excl. var. ^.) ; Candolha glauca, Labill. in Ann. Mus. Par. vi. 454. t. G4 ; 

 S. nudum^ Lindl. Swan Eiv. App. 29. 



"W", Australia. King George's Sound and adjoiuing districts, A. Cnnnhigham. 

 Maclean^ Tlarvey^ Bnmmond, Mh ColL n. 174, 3r^ ColL n, 178. Our specimeu of Prciss's 

 r. 2237, referred Ly Sonder, PL Preiss. i. 378, to S. amoeumn, has not the verticillate 

 leaves of that species, and seenis to heh>ng to S. glauaim. This, the chief character which 

 separates the two species, may not, however, be constant. 



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Series 6. Diversifolije. Leaves rosulate or tufted on the stock or 

 shortly proliferous stem, without intermixture of scarious scales, but with the 

 addition of 1, 2 or more whorls of smaller narrow leaves on the scape below 

 the inflorescence. 



34. S. amoenumj R. Br. Prod. 570. Glabrous, except the p;landular- 

 pubescent inflorescence. Stock tufted or shortly proliferous. Eadical leaves 

 oblanceolate spathulate or almost obovate, mucrouate-acuminate, f to \\ in. 

 long including the petiole, rather thick, scarcely striate, often glaucous 

 underneath, quite entire or slightly denticulate at the end. Scape J to \^ or 

 even 2 ft. high, with a single whorl of small, narrow, acute leaves above the 

 middle, Eaceme rather loose, 2 to 4 in. long, simple or veiy rarely the 

 lower peduncles 2-flowered. Pedicels longer than the calyx. Calyx-lobes 

 free. Corolla "bluish" or "pink," usually violet when dry, the throat with 

 very few appendages, the labellum without any, but ending in a fine point. 

 Capsule ovoid-globular, about l\ lines long. — DC. Prod. vii. 334. 



^V- Australia. King George's Sound, R. Brown^ Baxter; Cape Naturaliste and 

 "Blackwood river, OldJieJd; Stirling Range and Toolhrauup Lake, MaxwelL Drummond's 

 Zrd Coll. n. 178, seems also to he the same species, which scarcely differs from B. glancuw-i 

 except in the whorl of leaves on the scape, and even this is sometimes very minute so as to 

 be easily overlooked. 



Var. caidescens. Stock shortly proliferous or lengthening out hclow the terminal tuft 

 into a leafy stem of 1 to 2 in. — S. caulescens, Lindl. Swan Riv. App. 29; DC. Prod. vii. 

 782; Sond. in PI. Preiss. i. 378.— Swan River, Drummond, Ut ColL n, 528, also n. 27. 



35. S. striatum^ Zmdl. Swan Eiv. App. 28. Glabrous or the inflo- 

 rescence slightly glandular-pubescent. Stock densely tufted or slightly pro- 

 liferous. Leaves oblanceolate or oblong-spathnlate, acute, rather rigid, pro- 

 minently striate and slightly glaucous in the typical form. Scapes 1 to 2 ft. 

 high, usually with a single whorl of very small, oblong-linear leaves above 

 the middle, which, how^ever, is wanting in a few of the smaller specimens. 

 Kacemes 3 to 6 in. long, rather loose, simple or the lower peduncles slightly 

 branched, the pedicels longer than the ovary. Calyx-lobes free, longer than 

 the ovary. Corolla with appendages to the throat but none to the labcUun]. 

 Capsule shoi'tly ovate, but not seen ripe. 



AV- Australia. Swan River, Druwmond, \st ColL and n. 125 ; «. 25 and 2nd ColL 

 n. 278 are larger specimens, often with 2 whorls on the scape. 



Var. glaucam. Leaves less rigid, more obtuse, often longer, glaucous underneath, those 

 on the scape broader than in the typical form, the raceme looser, often branched.^ — 5. stria- 

 ium^ Sond. in PI. Preiss. i. 379. — Swan River, Preiss^ n. 2238 ; Swan and Vasse rivers, 

 Oldfield, also Bmmmond, Wi ColL «. 348, 319. 



36. S. diversifolium, 5. Br. Prod. 570. Glabrous, except the more 



