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or less glandular-pubescent inflorescence. Stock tufted, usually crowned by 

 the bulb-like, persistent bases of tlie leaves. Leaves radical, from broadly 

 obovate or orbicular to ovate or spatliulate, 1 to 2 in. lojig including the 

 rather lon^ petiole, obtuse, thick, often glaucous underneath. Scapes I to 

 2 ft. long, with 1, 3, 3 or rarely 4 whorls of small, narrow, acute leaves. 

 Eaceme slender, simple, 2 to 4 in. long, the pedicels all short and 1-flowrrod 

 or rarely the lower ones 2-flowered. Calyx-lobes free, longer than the ovary. 

 Corolla almost without appendage, the labellum ending in a fine point. 

 Capsule nearly globular, not above \\ lines long.— DC. Prod. vii. 334; 

 ;S^. marginatum and S, pruinosim, Sond. in PI. Preiss, i. 379. 



"W". Australia. King George's Sound, R. Brown, Baxter, Preiss, n. 2236, to Swan 



Kiver, Brummond, \st ColL n. 529, Preiss, n, 2232, and Vasse river, OJdfieJd. The 



species may be confounded at first sight with S. carnosum, but is readily distinguished by 



the absence of the scarious scales on the stock, and the presence of verticillate leaves on the 

 scape, 



37. S. articulatiim^ R Br. Prod, 570. Glabrous, except the glan- 

 dular-pubescent inflorescence. Stock tufted, often very thick or more or less 

 proliferous. Eadical leaves obloag-spathukte, obtuse or mucronate-acute, 

 narrowed into a long petiole, attaining with the petiole 4 in. in the larger 

 specimens, 2 in. in the smaller ones, rather thick, glaucous underneath. 

 Scape varying from ^ to \\ ft. high, but usually rather short, stout, bearing 



1 or 2 whorls of small, linear or lanceolate leaves. Raceme or panicle dense, 



2 to 4 in. long, the peduncles short, but the lower ones often with 2 or 3 

 flowers. Calyx-lobes free. Corolla rather large, the appendages of the 

 throat very prominent, the labellum apparently without any. Capsule ovoid- 

 oblong, fully 3 lines long.-^DC. Prod. vii. 334. 



^,^^' Australia. King George's Sound, R, Brown^ Baxter, Druwmond, Uh Coll. h. 

 173. Readily known by its stout hahit, short inflorescence, and large capsule. 



S. Yohistam,^ Sond. in PL Preiss. i. 378, from Sussex district, Preiss. n. 2235, which I 

 nave not seen, is probably, as he suggests, a very tall specimen of this species ; he describes 

 the capsule, however, as only 2 lines Ion 



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38. S. Brunonianum^ Benth. inHueg. Emm, 72. Glabrous and often 

 glaucons, even the inflorescence scarcely glandular. Stock tufted or rarely 

 shortly proliferous. Eadical leaves from linear to oblanceolate, acute or 

 rarely almost obtuse, 1 to 2 in. long or even longer, rather flaccid and 

 scarcely striate. Scapes 1 to 1| ft. long or rarely under 1 ft, with 2 to 5, 

 usually 3 or 4, whorls of narrow, acute leaves. Eaceme loose, 2 to 4 in. 

 long, with numerous small flowers, the pedicels usually bracteate but rarely 

 2-flowered, the lowest often collected in whorls. Calyx-lobes free. Corolla 

 ^^ith appendages to the throat, the labellum without any or with very small 

 ones. Capsule small, globular.— DC. Prod. vii. 334; Sond. in PI. Preiss, L 

 380; Eot. Eeg. 1842, t. 15 ; S. compressim, Lindl. Swan Eiv. App. 29. 



W. Australia. Swau lliver, Br/mmofid, 1st CoIL ». 521 or 527, also ». 13 a^id 

 ^rdColt.n. 176; Murchison river, O/d/ehL 



Var. minor. Smaller, with sniall, very acute leaves, ^ to | in. long. — S, tenue, Sond. in 

 ■^1. Preiss. i. 380.— Kalgan and Harvey rivers, Oldjield ; foot of Stirling Ranges, 

 ^' Mueller, also Drummond, {Wt Coll. F) n. 170. This variety almost coanects the species 

 w»th 8. diuroides. The flowers are pink {F. Mueller). 



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