426 CXXIII. AMARYLLIDEJE. [ Tribonanthes. 
3. TRIBONANTHES, Endl. 
Perianth persistent, more or less woolly, deeply divided into 6 seg- 
ments nearly equal wm C erect at the base and connivent or 
cohering into a short hen spreading. Stamens 6; filaments 
broad, lining -— ae “tube and usually vva ^: it, produced 
beyond it into 2 oh ges; anthers 
channelled lamina. Pie. emma or € in : terminal cyme or 
head. Bràsts lanceolate or ovate, usually acuminate. 
The is limited to West Australia. ig species appear to be very variable 
and difficult to j distiagruluh by positive shia 
ess ie cm n pede on ig back yes longitudinal 
nt laminæ. or more, sessile. Perianth- 
Hm ents glabrous insi cem 1. T. brachypetala. 
RATAA flat on the back. ` Perianth- „segments 
oolly on both sides. 
Rara feitar isoa as ong as or longer than the anthers. ; 
solitary within a broadly-ovate bract; nm 
usually glabrous slong the centre outside $3, 4 Ton 
owers 2 or more, sessile or nearly so. Bracts ovate or 
lanceolate . 8. Tia 
Flowers 2 or more, distinctly pedicellate E T. poche 
Filament-appendages much shorter than the anthers. eng 
solitary or several, on mien ay than the o 5. T. longipetala. 
i ypetala, Lindl. Swan Riv. Pa 44, Stems thickened 
into bulbs at the vee often gres 1 ft. high, more or less woolly i in the 
upper part. Leav to 4, with broad s Eres ases, tapering into 
very narrow vw terete but usually "rines A lamina, the lowest 
sometimes 6 in. long, but sers? very much shorter. Flowers 3 to 6 
e 
2 obovate ap dages longer on the an ther, each with a und 
appendage divided into 4 longitudinal lamine.  Protruding apex of 
the capsule 3-valved.— 7. odora, Endl. in Pl. Preiss. ii. 28. 
s Swan river, Drummond, 1st eei Canning river, Preiss, n. 2394; 
between Swan river and King George’ 8 Boi; Harv 
Endlicher does not explain upon what grounds he proposed to suppress Lindley’s 
names for this and the T. longipetala, 
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