430 CXXIII. AMARYLLIDEZ. [ Conostylis. 
Perianth-lobes scarcely DE và m free part of the tube. 
Leaves subterete, rush-like, 209798, 0. filifo 
Leaves flat but very ttov, ` wide lon isi rigid distant sete . . 24. C. je eret 
Leaves fla " rigid, = v much thickened nerve-like ma rgins 
and distant pungen 25. C. bromelioides. 
Leaves flat rather "rii "the margins not prominent, with dis- 
tant rather rigid setze 26. C. aculeata. 
Perianth- om twice or three times as long as the free puto of 
K e. -Leaves flat, rarely almost terete, with few 
Sapes eir as long as the leaves. Flowers in a globular 
ad. 
Leaves rarely above 1 line broad. Stems usually po 91. C. Preissü. 
Leaves 2 to 3 lines broad. Stems v ET short. Scap 
. 22. C. bracteata. 
jr ae not half so long. as the leaves 
Flowers few in a loose oblong panicle. Perianth with -o 
sie intermixed with the crim um . 27. C. laxiflora 
Flowers numerous in a branching c . 28. C. cymosa. 
Flowers capitate. Perianth divided Miet to the ovary. 
Leaves mostly 2 to 3 lines broa 7. « « « 29. C. serrulata. 
Leaves ÀJ to 14 lines broad, or Mui émis 2. . . 80. C. cariina. 
3. Androstemma.— Perianth tubular above the ovary, the lobes all ae 
Secr. 
and narrow. Filaments erect, hoa much longer than the anthers. Ovules r 
‘numerous, bordering a peltate 
Dwarf vga tufted plant, with 1 " e solitary flowers almost 
sessile within the leaves, surrounde by short scarious bracts. 31. C. Androstemma. 
ECT. l. Bracuycauton.—Perianth divided to the ovary into 6 
senting. segments. Anther-cells distinct, pendulous from a short 
connective on sliort erect filaments. Placentas small, with few reflexed 
Mies 
foe culiar anthers and perianth of this plant might have afforded grounds for 
a ing it as a distinct genus of a value at dius equal to that of Androstemma. 
1 Brown, Prod. 301. Stems very short and 
brita , densely covered with tufts of distichous leaves, with brown. 
sheathing "bases, the lamina flat, rigid, 6 to 8 in. lon and 1 to 2 lines 
broad, striate, glabrous, without marginal cilia opes very short 
amongst the leaves, with a dense globose head of sessile flowers. 
racts lanceolate, the - inner ones linear. Ovary narrow-turbinate, 
pam outside, loosely so insi 
ong bis aring at first sight sessile and erect at the mouth of the tube, 
but the cells are really distinct from € ver m and pendulous from 
de Australia. ym Brown, = rege Xi same locality, Barter. 
T is also in Cunningham" 8 e bud marked as m $. W., Australia, Fraser, but n not 
in Cunningham's handwriting, and the specimen = in fact be of Baxter’s collecting. 
