CLEANTHE. 137 



Hab. West Australia. P. xanthina F. M., of which we have no specimen 

 at Kew, seems to diti'er principally by its yellow flowers. 



15. P. MACRANTHA Beutli. Fl. Austval. vi. 407. — Leaves linear, 

 above a foot long, ^ in. broad, not so rigid as in P. sericea, hairy 

 only on the edges towards the base. Peduncle flattened, glabrous, 

 a foot long, with a reduced leaf fi'om the middle. Bracts of the 

 spike brownish, naked, 3 in. long. Ovary slightly villose. Perianth- 

 tube not exserted ; outer segments obovate, above an inch long. 

 Column of filaments ^ in. long. 



Hab. West Australia ; Darling range. Gathered by Collie. 



16. P. LANATA E. Br. Prodr. 303 ; Sweet, Fl, Austral, t. 15. 

 Genosins lanata F. M. — Leaves rigid, linear, ^-1 ft. long, i-|- in. 

 broad, hairy on the edges towards the base. Peduncle hairy, about 

 as long as the leaves. Bracts of the spike ovate, dark brown, 

 1-1^ in. long, deciduously villose. Outer segments of the perianth 

 broadly rounded, an inch long ; inner small, obovate-cuneate. 

 Filaments united nearly to the top. 



Hab. West Australia. P. imnnosa Endl. is a robust variety with broader 

 leaves. 



17. P. RUDis Endl. in Fl. Preiss. ii. 29. Genosiris riidh F. M. 

 — Leaves linear, rigid, 1-1^ ft. long, |— i in. broad, hairy on the 

 edges and also on the surfaces towards the base. Peduncle stout, 

 hairy, about as long as the leaves. Bracts of the spike lJ-2 in. 

 long, dark brown, prominently ribbed, deciduously woolly on the 

 back. Flower like that of P. sericea. 



Hab. West Australia. 



18. P. BABiANomEs Bentli. Fl. Austral, vi. 408. — Eootstock a 

 short thick rhizome. Leaves like those of a Babiana, shortly 

 petioled, linear, plicate, the glabrous blade 4-6 in. long, i in. broad, 

 the petiole loosely hairy. Peduncle 1-2 in. long. Bracts of the 

 spike lanceolate, densely hairy, 1-1 i in. long, not rigid. Ovary 

 densely hairy. Perianth-tube glabrous, f in. long ; outer segments 

 large, obovate; inner small, cuspidate. Filaments shortly united. 



Hab. West Australia ; gathered by Drummond. Very different from all 

 the other species. 



32. Cleanthe Salisb. 



Perinnth-tnbe short ; segments all obovate-cuneate, the three 

 outer much smaller than the three inner. Stamens inserted at the 

 throat of the perianth-tube ; filaments short, subulate ; anthers 

 linear, versatile. Ocanj cylindrical, 3-celled ; ovules many, super- 

 posed ; style subulate ; style -branches short, petaloid, cuneate. 

 Capsule cylindrical. — Habit of Aristea, from which it differs by its 

 unequal perianth-segments. 



1. C. MELALEUCA Salisb. in Trans. Hort. Soc. i. 312. Monr/i 

 Ill/fens Linn. fil. AI. inelakuca Thunb. Diss. No. 1, t. 1, fig. 3. 

 Aristea melaleuca Ker in Bot. Mag. t. 1277. — Rhizome short. 

 Leaves many, rigid, linear, 3-4 in. long. Stem terete, a foot long, 

 bearing a few long-pedunclcd clusters. Outer spathe-valves lanceo- 

 late ; pedicels -^—1 in. long. Perianth fugitive ; inner segments 



