Conostylis. CXXIII. AMARYLLIDEZ. 441 
ing.— Androstemma eese Lindl. Swan Riv. App. 46; Field. Sert. Pl. 
ve 2 dl. in Pl. Preiss. ii. 24. 
ustralia. Swan vem mond, 1st tbe n. 762, Preiss, n. 1409; South 
Bao ur Oldfield ; icd F lats, C. Gray 
5. BLANCOA, Lindl. 
Perianth persistent, tubular, the limb of 6 nearly equal almost con- 
duplicate valvate short lobes. Stamens 6, with ovate-oblong anthers 
on very short filaments or nearly sessile at the d «d x tube. 
iudi the BENUNS: dedic pmoseewooly. 
e genus is limited to the single sp es, endemic in West Australia. It has 
united b by F. Mueller with aeti but. is, in fact, much more nearly anpnecied with 
Anigozanthos, but separated from lius by characters which appear to of full pe pecie 
1. B. canescens, Lindl. Swan Riv. App. 45. Leafy branched stems 
or rhizomes very short and shortly villous. Leave s rigid, 6 in. to 1 ft. 
long, about 2 lines broad, finely striate. Scape reis than the leaves, ` 
ing u “liner leaf near the base 
onn inside. Anthers much shorter than the tobak Style usually 
ortly protruding from the perianth—Endl. i n Pl. Preiss. ii. 24; 
Conostylis caneseens, F. Muell. Fragm. viii. 19. 
. Australia. Swan river, Drummond, 1st coll. n. 748, Preiss, n. 1410. 
"E ANIGOZANTHOS, Labill. 
(Schweegrichenia, Spreng.) 
Perianth persistent, the tube much elongated above the ovary, often 
recurved at the end, the limb more or less oblique ; lobes 6, lanceolate, 
almost induplicate valvate, equal or those on the lower side more deeply 
Separated and the tube usually split open between the 
almost to the base. Anthers pda or — on "S NM at 
the orifice of the tube, the MK free at the base € wholly 
inferior, 3-celled, the summit flat or conical; style Magi "aliform, 
