252 ELORA OF NEW ZEALAND. [Hypozidee. 
NAT. Ord. LXXXVII. IRIDEA, Juss. 
Gen. I. LIBERTIA, Spr. 
Perianthium 6-phyllum, laciniis patentibus. Stamina 3, imo perianthio inserta; antheris ovatis, 
versatilibus. Ovarium 3-gonum, 8-loculare; ovulis plurimis, 2-seriatis; stigmatibus 3, filiformibus. Cap- 
sula obovata, coriacea v. membranacea, loculicide 3-valvis. Semina plurima, angulata.—Herbe ; foliis 
equitantibus ; floribus subumbellatis. 
Herbaceous plants, natives of Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand, and Chili, with radical, equitant, linear or 
sword-shaped leaves, and scapes bearing umbels of white flowers. Perianth of six spreading pieces, in two series. 
Stamens three, inserted at the base of the perianth. Ovary three-angled, inferior; styles three, filiform. Capsule 
coriaceous or membranous, three-valved, with many, sometimes black seeds. (Named in honour of Madame Libert, 
authoress of a work on Hepatice.) 
1. Libertia ¿wioides, Spr.; elata, foliis rigidis, umbellis paniculatis, floribus amplis, perianthii foliolis 
interioribus rotundatis exterioribus oblongis herbaceis triplo majoribus, capsula obovata coriacea. Spr. 
Syst. Veg. A. Cunn. Prodr. L. grandiflora, Sweet. A. Cunn. Prodr. Sisyrinchium, Forst. Prodr. 
A. Rich. Flor. S. exaltatum, Banks et Sol. MSS. et Ic. Ferraria, Willd. Renealmia grandiflora, Br. 
Prodr. Addenda sub R. paniculata. 
Has. Throughout the Islands, abundant, Banks and Solander, ete. Nat. name, “Turutu,” Lyall. 
(Cultivated in England.) 
Very variable in size, from 6 inches to 2 fect high, stout. Leaves rigid, acuminate, 4-1 inch broad. Scapes 
compressed; branches alternate, arising from linear spathes, bearing umbels of three to ten pedicellate flowers. 
Pedicels 1-2 inches long, from membranous spathes. Perianth 1 inch across, often much smaller ; outer pieces oblong, 
blunt, much smaller than the inner. Capsule coriaceous, club-shaped or obovate, 4-4 inch long. Seeds yellowish or 
brown.—I find no difference whatever between Z. ivioides and L. grandiflora, except in the size of the flower, which 
varies extremely. ; 
2. Libertia micrantha, A. Cunn. ; pusilla, foliis gramineis, scapo simplici apice pedicellisque puberulis, 
perianthii foliolis subæqualibus, capsulis membranaceis globosis trigonis. 4. Cunn. Prodr. Anthericoides 
pygmæa, Banks et Sol. MSS. et Lc. 
Has. Throughout the Islands; in damp woods, Banks and Solander, A. Cunningham, ete. 
A very much smaller plant than Z. irioides, with less rigid leaves, 4-6 inches long, usually as high as the 
scape, which is downy above, and bears a single umbel of three to eight flowers. Pedicels pubescent, surrounded 
by an involucre of as many green spathes. Perianth 3-3 inch across; leaflets nearly equal in size, Capsule rounded> 
membranous. 
Nat. Ord. LXXXVIII. HYPOXIDE, br. 
am: L HYFOXDS 75 
Perianthium 6-partitum, æquale. Stamina 6. Ovarium 3-loculare, ovulis 2-seriatis; stylus 1; 
stigmata 3. Capsula 3-locularis. Semina plurima ; umbilico laterali, rostelliformi, 
Herbaceous plants, natives chiefly of the Southern Hemisphere, most abundant at the Cape of Good Hope, 
also found in Australia, Tasmania, South America, India and its Islands, Of the only New Zealand species I have 
