Patersonia.] CXXII, IRIDEX. 401 
the 3 stigmatie lobes obovate-orbicular. or pide omg oblong, contracted 
and united in a cup or narrow and free at the base, retlexed on the 
style in the bud, spreading bagas st in fower. faite 
sessile within the bracts, linear or oblong, 3-angled, opening loculici- 
ally in 3 valves.—Herbs with a perennial short rhizomé. Leaves in 
ing a single oblong or lanceolate terminal spike, with two outer bracts 
enclosing 2 sino ac each with 1, 2 or several flowers and as 
many m Ss searious bracts, each braet of the 
_ The e genus E ti se ra-tropical Australia, or scarcely crosses the tropics 
the East coast, and is readily yon from m others by the infloresnonds, a as val 
as by seu er aes 
first b n 
e the third te also without a flower opposed to I have not, howev it ia 
my A shad to dissect a sufficient number of spikes to dio how far these ditiesetioes may 
speci 
Quite glabrous. Outer bracts of the spike prominently striate. 
Perianth-tube exserted. Stam sing tube short, trifid . . 1. P. glauca. 
Quite glabrous. Outer bracts ooth or cim. urely striate, 
Perianth-tube not exserted. Stan iaat S tube short, trifid. 
ges any. much Due than the leaves. Soutb-eastern 
EF — 
Sca Ua isit ‘shorter than the eared We stern spec $ P, occidentalis 
Glabrous or the leaves hairy on the edges. Outer dias gea 
) ely stria Staminal-tube long, undivided. 
Quite glabrous. Leaves under 3 lines broad. Outer bracts 
2 fo 24 in. long, acute, prominently keeled ii Yeli 
le. 
ienige PT idol cob wx. V REM MS. 
5. P. zanthing. 
ricis v^ AM at on the edges. ‘Outer bracts usually of a 
br 
rown. 
Tall stout plant. Leaves 4 lines broad, with prominent 
usually e margins. Outer bracts of the spike broad . 6. P. limbata. 
Low hing, i plants. Lan lline broad or less. Spike 
Usually” glabrous. Leaves rather thick, — bor- ` 
dered. Scapes gla —- dox 1 ft. bigh . 7. P. juncea. 
Slightly hairy. Habit of mca. Flowers white . 8. P. Maxwells. 
es hairy, opp dere Scape woolly, u in. 9. P. pygmea. 
Leaves Woo hairy . Seape woolly. Outer brécts 
dark and ibo ta Foki uide with deciduous wool | 
i ort. 
in 
Leaves about 1 line broad. Eastern species. . . + + 
