Sfj/Udhim.] ^ Lxrii. stylidte^. - 31 



less thyrsoid and glandular-hairy like that of S, leptophjlhm, the flowers 

 rather numerous. Capsule linear, 3 to 4 lines long.— Sond. in PL Preiss. i. 

 387 ; 8. imtcronifoUum, Hook. Bot. Mag. t. 4538 (copied in Lemaire, Jard. 

 Fleur. t. 59, and in Fl. des Serres, vi. t. 606) ; S, Ilookeri, Planch, in Fl. des 

 Serres, vi, 229. 



"W. Australia. Swan River and adjoining districts, Dnmmond, \st ColL n, 534 

 (referred by Sonder to S. lepiophyll urn) , 535, also n. 18, 19, Zrd ColL «. 1 69 ; Preiss, n, 

 2284, 2285 ; Phillips Range, 3IaxiceIL 



r 



77. S. bulbiferum, BentJi. in Hueg. Ennm, 73. A small much- 

 branched proliferous species, erect or rooting at the lower tufts, glabrous 

 except the glandular-pubescent scapes and inflorescence. Leaves , very 

 nnn'ow-liuear, scarcely acute, from about ^ to above \ in. long, densely 

 tufted at the ends and bases of the branches, with a few smaller intermediate 

 ones, the bases of the old tufts often bulb-like. Scapes or peduncles | to 

 about 2 in. long, with a loose almost corymbose raceme of 3 to 7 flowers, 

 rarely reduced to a single one. Bracts short and very narrow. Calyx-lobes 

 free, very obtuse, not \ the length of the tube. Corolla without appendages 

 to the tliroat. Capsule narrow, slightly contracted upw^ards, but not beaked, 

 ttJider \ in. long in the normal form— DC. Prod. vii. 336; Sond. in PL 

 Preiss.i. 388 ; S. prollferum, DC. Prod. vii. 783. 



iV. Australia. Swan River and adjoining districts^ Drummond^ \st Coll,, also «. 171 ; 

 Freiss, n. 2281, 2283, Oldfield. 



Var. macrocarpum. Capside almost sessile, 8 to 9 lines long. — 5*. recurvum. Grab, in 

 Bot. Mag. t. 3913.— Harvey river, OldJiekL 



var. ciliatum^ Sond. Leaves ciliate-hirsute. Peduncles all or nearly all 1 -flowered.— 



'UTnmon 



78. S, breviscapum, Br. Prod. 572. A small, much-branched, pro- 

 liferous species, the stock or stem and foliage glabrous. Leaves verjmnrrow- 

 liuear, scarcely acute, about \ in. long, densely tufted at the base and ends 

 of the branches, with a few scattered ones between the tufts. Panicles 

 ovoid and very compact, on very short scapes or peduncles clothed with 



spreading white hairs. Flowers in nearly sessile clusters, intermixed with 



small leaf-like bracts. Calyx-lobes very short, obtuse, with scarious margins. 

 Corolla-lobes narrow, the throat without appendages, the labellum very 

 Sj^f^U. Capsule linear-lanceolate, glandular-pubescent, 3 to 4 lines long, 

 shghtly contracted at the top, but not beaked.~DO. Prod. vii. 337 ; S, erio^ 

 podmn^ DC. Prod. vii. 784 ; Sond. in PL Preiss. i. 388. 



«^- Australia. Swan River, Drummond, Ist Coll. n. 547, also n. 21 ; Darling Range, 

 ^olhe ; Gordon river, Olafield ; near Maddiugton, Trehs, ?/. 2282 ; King George's Sound, 

 y^^^ingham ; Lucky Bay, R. Brown {specimens in fruit and very near the following 

 ^^i'iety) ; base of Stirling Range, F. Mueller, 



var. erythrocahjx. Inflorescence not so dense. Peduncles or scapes less hairy. Calyx 

 ^ery red.— i'. involucratum, F. Muell. Fraem. i. 154.~Fitzgeratd Ranges and Cape Arid, 

 MaxwelL 



79. S. eglandnlosum, F. MuelL Iragm. i. 150. Stems rather slender, 

 ^ore or less proliferous-branched, from a few inches to a foot long or more, 

 glabrous, except a dense cottony wool about the old leaf-tufts, scarcely per- 



