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a single terminal cluster and several reduced sheathing leaves. 

 Spathes cylindrical, 2-3 -flowered, 2 in. long; outer valves rigid, 

 linear. Perianth whitish, rather fugitive ; outer segments with a 

 reflexing orbicular blade and cuneate claw ; inner segments one- 

 third shorter, much narrower, connivent. Stamens and style 

 shorter than the inner segments. Capsule an inch long. 



Var. ALPiNA Hook. fil. Fl. Tasm. ii. 34. — An alpine form with 

 slender stems, and short leaves not above a in. broad. 



Var. D. LATiFOLiA Benth. Fl. Austral, vi. 400. — A robust variety 

 with leaves 2-3 ft. long, nearly an inch broad ; spathes longer, 

 5-6-flowered ; petals variegated with lilac and yellow. 



Hab. New South Wales, Victoria, and Tasmania. D. latijolia was gathered 

 by Oldfield on Mount Lapeyrouse, in Tasmania. 



25, LiBEETiA Spremj. {Renealnda R. Br. Xeinatostitjma Dietr.). 



Perianth without any tube above the ovary ; segments spreading, 

 obovate, the three outer usually shorter and firmer than tiie three 

 inner. Stamens inserted at the base of the segments ; filaments 

 free or connate towards the base; anthers linear-oblong, versatile. 

 Omry subglobose ; ovules many, superposed ; style subulate ; 

 branches entire, filiform, stigmatose at the apex. Capsule small, 

 coriaceous, loculicidally 3-valved. Seeds triquetrous, — Rootstock a 

 short rhizome. Leaves linear, equitant. Clusters many, panicled ; 

 pedicels exceeding or equalling the bracts. Flowers small, generally 

 white. 



Clusters lax ; pedicels longer than the bracts . Sp. 1-6, 



Clusters dense ; pedicels short. 



Flowers white Sp, 7, 



Flowers blue Sp, 8, 



1. L. PULCHELLA Spreng, Syst. i. 169, L. wicrantha A, Cunn, 

 L, Lau-rencii Hook, fil, Fl, Tasm, ii, 34, t. 129. Sisyriiichium put- 

 cheU.mii R, Br, — Root-leaves linear, entirely green, not rigid, 3-6 in. 

 long. Stem \-l ft. long, with a single reduced leaf below the 

 middle, and 1 or few sessile or rarely peduncled 2-3-flowered 

 umbels. Bracts green, lanceolate, \-h in. long ; pedicels |-1 in. 

 long. Perianth-segments white, subequal, ^ in. long. Stamens as 

 long as the segments ; filaments nearly free. Capsule subglobose, 

 s-^ in. diam. 



Hab. South Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand, ascending to 4000 ft. 

 Also gathered lately by Sir W. Macgregor on the crest of the Owen Stanley 

 ]\lountains, in New Guinea. 



2. L. TRicoccA Phil, in Linngea, xxix. 63. — Root-leaves linear, 

 entirely green, moderately firm, ^-1 ft, long. Stem slender, ^-1 ft. 

 long, with a reduced leaf at the middle, and a small panicle con- 

 sisting of Severn! peduncled umbels. Umbels 3-6-tiowered ; bracts 

 minute, green, lanceolate ; pedicels ^-h in. long. Inner segments 

 of perianth orbicular-cuneate, white, ^ in. long ; outer shorter, 

 oblong, green outside. Stamens -J- in. long ; filaments connate at 

 the base. Capsule subglobose, \ in. diani. 



Hab. Chili ; about Yaklivia and Conccpcion. 



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