Patersonia.] CXXII. IRIDEX. 403 
striate. Spikelets with 3 or more flowers each. Ovary with a few 
hairs towards the apex. Perianth-tube slightly hairy at the base 
ey pene gi the bracts; outer segments ovate-elliptical, acute 
abou long, the € about 1 line long, narrow-lanceolate but 
appearing villae when shrivelled. Staminal column divided to about 
e middle. Si Mode: abiti the middle.— P. bicolor, F. Muell. in 
mg be dior! 
Port lip, R. Brown; near Portland, Robertson ; ree tes and 
Glee rans and ks mE: range, J/. Muelle er; ken ls Wilhelmi 
mania 
s. Pens alia. “Onkaparinga and Lofty riers F. igi 
end me of longiscapa was originally pr ku sed k m for = iy sear of the 
The latter, however, has the foliage, the smoot er bracts, the pubsooent apex of to 
ovary, and the shorter perianth-tube of P. occi sare whi i s may prove to 
me "eid as doubtfully suggested by R. Brown i in his n 
cidentalis, R. Br. Prod. 804. Stems very short, the whole 
pane eh mee except the ovary and perianth. Leave s rigid, sent 
ongest often above 1 ft. long and usually 2 to 3 lines [peel 
varying from er shorter to rather longer than the leaves, dilated 
and striate under t Outer bracts 14 in. long or rather more, 
prominently or rather obscurely keeled, the striæ scarcely or not at all 
conspicuous, the inner membranous bracts often slightly exceedin 
Rete near the base of the anthers.—P. sapphirina 
Reg. 1839, t. 60 (passing S An in M dram for P. Me. 
Genosiris occident, alis, d uell. F 
W. Australia. Kin akin ae iut ucky bay, R. Brown; King George's 
Sound and adjoining distict, "iiad, F. Mas. and others, and thence to Swan 
e iig se mmo » 
atifo olia. Tdv 3 to 4 lines broad. Flowers very numerous in the spike. 
; Oldfield. 
Var, ? angusti olia. Leaves under 2 lines broad. Poss ibig a distinct species. P. 
tenuisp patha a P. tu toan, Endl. in Pl. Preiss. ii. 31.—Swan river, Preiss, n. 2338; 
Mu fohisóni Peng Oldfie 
Var. iA sigs o¥ T "Muell. Fragm. vii. 32. Inner segments of the perianth subu- 
late. —Cap well. 
= epidural is pont a Mia "et and appears to be common in West 
Diesingii, E an in P Ys _ ii. 30, from Swan river, n. 2356, has the 
 Uhknown to me: all are described as Aerea nd are on y distinguished from eac 
. Other and from P. occidentalis, as far as the disguósos extend, b: y slight differences in 
. Stature, in the proportion of iiri scape eee the foliage, in the = r the keel of 
