436 CXXIII. AMARYLLIDEZ. [ Conostylis. 
17. C. prolifera, Benth. Stems slender, ped branched. 
Leaves in — tufts, narrow-linear, versi uy flac , tapering into fine 
iei varying in le ength from 1 to3 or 4 n., gla hut; striate, bordered 
y fine distant rigid cilia. Scapes longer akon the leaves, loos sely villous 
with plumose hairs, bearing 1 or rarely 2 distant linear or acuminate 
bra Flowers sessile in a terminal globose head, the outer bract 
uminate, usually but not always longer than the head. Perianth 
campanulate, 4 to 5 lines long, piunga teed outside, glabrous or 
slightly hairy between the stamens inside, the lobes longer than the 
free part of the tube. Ovules rather numerous, covering the small ovate 
aD d placentas. 
tralia. Swan river, Drummond; Murchison river, Oldfield. 
18. C. racemosa, Benth. Stems slender and proliferously branched. 
Leaves densely tufted, narrow flaccid an tone e, resembling those 
flat, the outer ones of the tuft or near in the upper tufts short, 
but some much elongated, attaining caca the lower tufts 
above 1 ft., varying in bre fro o near 2 lines, covered with 
a white tomentum concealing the veins p often ciliate on the mar- 
ins, at length becoming s Mida nearly glabrous and showing à 
ew strie. Scapes or peduncles usually longer 2a the leaves, with a 
linear or linear-lanceolate bract e or above the middle. Flowers 
to 20, almost sessile in a globular head, either ye se or rather loose 
it 
linear, on very short filaments. Ovules numerous, hein the short 
ore: ntas.— C. albicans, " "Oui Herb.; €. propinqua, Endl. in Pl. 
oo STA 
w. tralia. Swa Drummond, 1st coll., Oldfield; abundant on the 
poky att pes banks “of lone: Mund: A. Cunni ingham, Drummond, Preise, 
* vas laptoph yl/a. Leaves very densely tufted, narrow, with lon E pointe dw z 2 
n. long. Scapes often bearing 2 or 3 pedunculate heads of —Swan 
Deus mond ; Champion bay, Oldfiel eld. 
90. C. dealbata, Lindi. Swan Riv. App. 45. Very nearly allied to 
C. candicans and perhaps a variety — ' it with €. Preissii and 
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