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Auckland Island species and hermaphrodite in the New Zealand, which is the only other. Perianth of six equal 
oblong blunt pieces. Stamens six, with glabrous filaments. Ovary three-celled, with two ovules in each cell, a 
straight style, and three-lobed stigma. Capsule membranous, three-valved, with two long triquetrous black seeds 
in each cell. (Name from xpvcos, gold, and Bakrpov, a staff or rod.) 
1. Chrysobactron Hookeri, Col. MSS.; floribus hermaphroditis, foliis anguste linearibus.— Hook. Te. 
Plant. t. 817. Bot. Mag. 1. 4607. 
Has. Northern and Middle Islands. Ruahine range and Taupo, Colenso. Waiu valley, Nelson, 
Bidwill. Canterbury and Chalky Bay, Zyall. (Cultivated in England.) 
A foot high. Leaves 8-10 inches long, 4 inch broad. Bractee variable in length, sometimes as long as the 
pedicels. Racemes 3-5 inches long. Flowers 4 inch across.—This beautiful plant flowers abundantly in Kew 
Gardens, where the plants are much larger than my dried specimens, almost equal in stature to the more magnifi- 
cent C. Rossii of Lord Auckland’s Group (Fl. Antarct. p. 72, t. 44 and 45). Though the flowers of C. Hookeri are 
hermaphrodite and those of C. Rossii dicecious, T suspect that these will prove to be but one species eventually, and 
that the genus will merge into Anthericum on a revision of the Order. 
Gen. III. DIANELLA, Zam. 
Perianthium 6-partitum, equale, patens, deciduum. Stamina 6; filamentis curvis, apice incrassatis 
antheris linearibus, strictis. Ovariwm loculis multiovulatis ; stylo filiformi; stigmate simplici. Bacca glo- 
bosa, polysperma. Semina testa nitida, crustacea.— Herbze perennes ; radice fibrosa ; foliis gramineis ; 
floribus paniculatis, pedicellis apice articulatis; foribus eeruleis. 
Australian, Indian, and New Zealand herbs, with wiry fibrous roots, rigid linear equitant or sheathing leaves, 
and scapes bearing often very compound panicles. Flowers jointed on to the rigid pedicels. Perianth of six equal 
pieces, deciduous. Stamens six; filaments curved, much thickened above. Anthers linear. Ovary three-celled, 
cells with many ovules; style simple, filiform. Berry globose; seeds numerous, covered with a black, metallic, 
brittle, polished testa. (Name from Diana, Goddess of woods.) 
1. Dianella intermedia, Endl.; elata, foliis rigidis anguste lineari-ensiformibus basi subequitantibus, 
panicula ramosissima, ramulis gracilibus, pedicellis curvis, floribus parvis, filamentis apice incrassatis.— 
Endl. Prodr. Ft. Ins. Norf. p. 28. A. Cunn. Prodr. Anthericum ensatum, Banks et Sol. MSS. et Te. 
Has. Northern and Middle Islands, common, Banks and Solander, etc. 
Rhizoma woody, with fibrous roots and often underground runners. Zeaves 1-5 feet long, narrow, rigid, 
sometimes rough along the edge. Panicle 10—18 inches long, very much branched ; peduncles and pedicels curved, 
slender, wiry. Flowers drooping, greenish-white, $ inch diameter. Berry nearly $ inch long, deep blue.— This 
plant is a native of Norfolk Island. 
Gen. IV. PHORMIUM, Forst. 
Perianthium tubulosum, curvatum, sex-partitum ; laciniis erectis, 3 interioribus apice patentibus. 
Stamina 6, exserta, 3 alterna breviora. Ovarium 3-loculare; ovulis plurimis, 2-seriatis. Stylo 3-gono ; 
stigmate simplici. Capsula oblonga, 3-gona, coriacea, submembranacea, loculicide 3-valvis. Semina 
plurima, compressa; testa atra, laxa.—Herbe elate; radice tuberosa, fibrosa; folis distichis, coriaceis, 
tenacissimis ; scapo exaltato ; floribus paniculatis, erectis. 
The genus Phormium, of which there is only one well ascertained species, is confined to Norfolk Island and 
New Zealand, where it is too well known to require detailed description. The leaves are equitant at the base, 
full of strong fibre, also secreting a gummy exudation. Scapes panicled above, with alternate bracteate branches. 
Flowers curved, jointed on to. stout pedicels, 1-2 inches long, erect. Perianth tubular, of six erect pieces, three 
