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1. T. MAGELLANicA Ker, Geii. Irid. 9. Iria mafiellanica Lam. 

 Illust. t. 109. /. punnla Forst. Comm. Goett. ix. 20, t. 8. Moraa 

 viagclhmica Willd. Sisyniichiam pumilum Hook. fil. Fl. Antarc. 

 t. 129. Galaxia obscura Cav. — Stems densely tufted, 1 -headed. 

 Leaves many, linear, firm, equitant, -^-1 in. long. Peduncle very 

 short. Spathe 1-flowered ; valves firm, linear, \-\ in. long ; pedicel 

 short. Perianth blue, ^ in. long. Capsule ^ in. diam. 



Hab. Valdivia southward to Cape Horn. 



31. Patersonia R. Br. (Genosisis Lab.). 



Pei-iaiith-tuhe elongated, cylindrical, slender ; outer segments 

 obovate-cimeate, spreading ; inner minute, erect. Stamens inserted 

 at the throat of the tube ; filaments short, moi'e or less connate ; 

 anthers erect. ''>'*y</-^ clavate, 3-celled ; ovules many, superposed ; 

 style filiform, iisually articulated above the middle ; style-branches 

 obovate, petaloid, stigmatose round the edge. Capsule linear-oblong, 

 loculicidally 3-valved. Seeds angled by pressure. — Rhizome short- 

 creeping. Leaves rigid, linear, condensed into a distichous basal 

 rosette. Clusters 2, forming a terminal spike enclosed in large rigid 

 bracts. Flowers very fugitive, nearly always blue ; pedicels short. 



East Australian Sp. 1-5. 



West Australian. 



Leaves linear, rigid, sessile. 



Bracts of the spike glabrous .... Sp. 6-1.5. 



Bracts of the spike hairy on the back . . Sp. 16-17. 



Leaves petioled, plicate ..... Sp. 18. 



1. P. glauca Pi. Br. Prodr. 304 ; Bot. Mag. t. 2677 ; Lodd. Bot. 

 Cab. t. 1182; Eudl. Icon. t. 50. Genosiris friKiUis Labill. PI. Nov. 

 Holl. i. 13, t. 9. — Tufts crowded on a short rhizome. Leaves rigid, 

 narrow linear, ^Ih ft. long, J-^ in. broad. Peduncle slender, 

 terete, usually shorter than the leaves. Bracts of the spike lanceo- 

 late, rigid, glabrous, 1-1^ in. long; clusters 3-4-flowered. Spathes 

 cylindrical, as long as the bracts. Perianth with tube reaching to 

 the tip of the bracts or beyond ; outer segments obovate, ^ in. long ; 

 inner oblong -lanceolate, ^ in. long. Stamens united halfway up. 



Hab. East Australia ; New South Wales, Victoria and Tasmania. 



2. P. LONGiscAPA Sweet, Fl. Austral, t. 39. — Leaves rigid, 

 narrow linear, |^-1^ ft. long. Peduncle longer than the leaves. 

 Bracts of the spike rigid, glabrous, nearly 2 in. long; clusters 3-4- 

 flowered. Ovary and perianth-tube slightly hairy, the latter not 

 exserted beyond the bracts ; outer segments obovate, | in. long ; 

 inner linear-lanceolate, yV in. long. Filaments united laalfway up. 



Hab. East Australia ; Victoria, South Australia and Tasmania. 



3. P. LONGiFOLiA E. Br. Prodr. 303. Genosiris lomjifolia F. M. 

 — Leaves narrow linear, rigid, h-lh ft. long, under J^ i^- broad, 

 hairy when young, glabrous when mature. Peduncle slender, 

 baiiy, 3-6 in. long. Bracts of the spike 1-1]- in. long, very hairy 



