172 FLORA OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA. 
Thysanotus. 
Stem erect, much branched from near the base; rigid, 
terete, striate; basal leaves linear or wanting ; ; 
lower branches. often fruitless ; flowers few in an 
umbel at the end of the branches 
Stem erect, unbranched in the lower portion. 
Flowers in a loose pal ; stamens 3 short and 3 
long 
Leaves long ; sehen all agian: in a Waist 
Flowers few, in umbels, or several sessile along the 
upper part of the scape, with broad white bracts 
Stem twining branched ; basal leaves few, upper leaves 
minute or ation ; flowers ins: or 2 egos’ 
terminal .. 
Dwarf, faces slender, ietes es exceedingly 
small Ae sp :F 
Tricoryne. 
Stems wiry, terete, with clustered branches; flowers 
p 3 > 
yellow, in umbels 
Chamaesecilla. 
Leaves often shorter than the scape; flowers few on 
long pedicels : 
Laxmannia. 
Stems branched, filiform ; leaves tufted at the base of 
the branches and under the sessile flower-heads ; 
sepals and petals transparent 
Calectasia. 
Stems clustered, firm; leaves crowded, linear, very 
acute or sharp-pointed me 
Corynotheea. 
Slender, rigid, dichotomously branched ; leafless 
Xanthorrhoea. 
. Stems arborescent. 
Leaves quadrangular ; en about 5 or 6 ft. ; penally 
simple. Scapes 3 to 6 feet = A 
Leaves flat below, slightly convex above ; abe up 
15 feet, often divided ; scapes up to 20 ‘feet 
dichotomus 
tuberosus 
exasperatus 
Baueri 
Patersoni 
exiliflorus 
elatior 
corymbosa 
sessilifiora 
cyanea 
lateriflora 
quadrangulata 
Tateana 
