À 
a 
E 
4 
be 
E 
Patersonia.] CXXII. IRIDEX. 405 
tu 
} line vite prominently striate, very shortly dilated and sheathing at’ 
le base. Scapes slender, as long as or longer than the leaves, quite 
glabrous. Spike about 13 in. long, like that of C. pygmea rather narrow, 
, W. Australia. Swan river, Drummond, 1st coll., n. 772, Preiss, n. 2352; Vasse 
river, Oldfield ; Stirling range, F. Mueller. 
pee. Leaves nearly 1 ft. long, and scape still longer.—Cape Naturaliste, 
dfield. 
P. Roei, Endl. in Pl. Preiss. ii. 31, which I have not seen, is probably the same 
species. : 
8. P. Maxwelli, F. Muell. Stems slender but short as in P. pygmea. 
. Leaves strongly ribbed, with a prominent nerve-like margin, slightly 
o 
lin. long; 
Sty e 
ro 
Staminal tube slender, the filaments scarcely free at the E 
axwelli, F. Muell. 
articulate at the base of the anthers.— Genosiris Mi 
viL Si: 
W. Australia, M'Callum's Inlet, Maxwell, 
us wool. rac 1 
ong, narrow, acute, brown, rather smooth and shining, with very fine 
obovate, ł in. long, the inner ones minute, tami unn 
rather long and slender. Style apparently articulate near the | 
the anthers.—Endl. in Pl. Preiss. i. 32; Genosiris pygmea, F. Muell. 
phim Drum coll. n, 770; Gordon river, Preiss 
` i mond, 1st . ^, ; Go river 1 
v. t ee: Boemie Bae and adjoining districts, F. Mueller, Oldfield, and 
others; Salt river, Maxwell. 
