117 



to be noted, however, that only the leaves on the young wood are 



present m Stoward 113. In floral characters Pritzel's specimen 

 agrees with the type. 



var. longistyla, Scott, foliis majoribus, perianthio paulum 

 minore, stylo exserto a typo recedit. 



Folia conferta, interdum minutissime apiculata, internodiis 

 longiora, majora, 0-8-1 -2 cm. longa, 2-2-75 mm. lata, marginibus 

 leviter nicrassata. Involucri phylla minus obtusa, pallidiora, 

 majora, 6 mm. longa, 5 mm. lata, venis distinctloribus. Peri- 

 anthii tubus brevior, super articulationem 0-75 cm. longus; lobi 

 oblongi, a2>ice rotundati, 2-2-5 mm. longi. F ilamenta tuhi 

 fence inserta, 0-5 mm. longa; antherae lineares 0-5-0-75 mm. 



longae. Ovarium 2-5 mm. longum, pilis 2 mm. longis; stylus 

 cxsertus, perianthio 1-2 mm. longior. 



West Australia. Victoria Desert, Camp 57, R. Helms 

 (Elder Exploring Expedition). 



Some of the differences noted above, e.g., the larger leaves, may 

 be due to the age of this plant, which appears to be only in the 

 first or second year of its growth. Perhaps the short filaments and 

 exserted style should rather be taken as a case of heterostyly — a 

 phenomenon not unknown in the Thymelaeaceae (cf. " The 

 Different Forms of Flowers on Plants of the Same Species," by 

 Ch. Darwin, p. 114). 



848. Brodiaea recurvifolia, C. 'H. Wright [Liliaceae-Allieae] ; 



B. sellowianae, Baker, affiuis, segmentis perianthii angustioribus 

 differt. 

 _ Bulbus ovoideus, usque ad 1 cm. diametro. Folia synanthia, 

 linearia, obtusa, recurvata, plana, glabra, marginibus minutissime 

 denticulatis, 6 cm. longa, 2-5 mm. lata. Pedunculus 2 cm. longus, 

 nniflorus, gracilis; spatha 18 mm. longa, membranacca, biloba; 

 pedicellas 1-3 mm. longus. Perianthium albiim vel dilute 

 Inteum; tubus 1-5 cm. longus; lobi elliptic!, obtusi, 6 mm. longi, 

 3 mm. Jaii, uninerves. Antlierae sagittatac, 3 mm. longae. 

 Staminodia oblonga, 1-5 mm. longa. Ovarium subglobosum, 

 loculis 10-12-ovulatis ; stylus 1-5 cm. longus; stigma breviter 



trilobum. ' ^ , m ■ 



TTiirGUAY: Montevideo, Arechavaleta 19, Canelan Lliico, 



Berro 5898. , . ,, 



This is quite a diminutive species of Brodiaea and has the 



fippearance of a dwarf ZephyrantJies. 



849- Fimbristylis (Trkhelostylis) Allenii, Tnrrill (Cyper- 



nceae-Scirpeae) ; F. quinquangulari, Kunth, affinis, sed gracilior, 

 foliis angustioribus brevioribusque, glumis apice rotundatis 

 apiculatis margine membranaceisciliolatis recedit. 



Planta «nnua, erecta, gracilis, glabra, ^ulnns 3 dm. altiS' 

 w«que ad 3 cm. supra imam basem vagina aphylla tectis. soiia 

 omnia basalia, anguste linearia, acutissima, 5-7 cm, lo»g»' ;^ °?^^ 

 lata, margine le?iter soabridn, glabra, phis minusve recurva. 

 Inflorescentia multispiculata, laxa, circiter 6 cm. longa et & c"i ; 

 diametro; bracteae valde vaginantes, 3 mm. longae; spiculao 

 <^ylindrico.ellipsoideae, multiflorae, 5 mm. longae, 4 mm. am- 



