426 Key to the System of 



CRINUIVI. 



1828. Lobes of the calyx from cuneate- to lanceolar-elliptical, 



shorter than the tube. 



Tall; leaves comparatively broadish, lax; flowers the 

 largest in the Victorian vegetation, somewhat greenish 

 outside ; calyx-tube long and very slender ; stamens 

 nearly as long as the petals or shorter ; anthers compara- 

 tively short, oscillating ; style longer than the stamens, 

 ascending ; stigma very small, undivided ; fruit on a 

 short stalklet. " Murray -Lily." Figure 116. 



C. flaccichim. 

 KVPOXIS. 



1829. Beset with hairlets. 



Dwarf ; vestiture of rather long soft scattered hairlets ; 

 bulb small ; leaves all basal, from broadish- to narrow- 

 linear, channelled, pointed, usually surpassing the stem ; 

 flowers one to five, rather small, somewhat greenish out- 

 side ; calyx -lobes and petals of equal length, persistent, 

 mostly lanceolar-elliptical ; bracts one for each flower ; 

 anther- cells much divergent downward ; style short; 

 stigmas three ; fruit nearly obovate-ellipsoid ; seeds 

 black. H. hygrometrica. 



Quite glabrous. 



Very dwarf, occasionally somewhat taller ; bulb very small, 

 almost globular ; leaves all basal, from broadish- to narrow- 

 linear, channelled, pointed, usually surpassing the stem ; 

 bract large or small, distant from the flower or near it ; 

 flower one only, from small to almost minute, somewhat 

 greenish outside ; calyx-lobes and petals of equal length, 

 from lanceolar- to narrow-elliptical, persistent ; anther- 

 cells throughout parallel ; style short or almost oblite- 

 rated ; stigmas three ; fruit from ellipsoid to almost 

 globular ; seeds black. H. glabella. 



LILIACEAE. 



SMILAX. 



1830. Leaves very firm, from lanceolar- to cordate-ovate, 



with usually five longitudinal venules. 



Somewhat shrubby and prickly, quite glabrous ; leaves on 

 short stalks, of nearly equal green on both sides, some- 

 times assuming a slightly purplish hue, always quite 

 entire ; umbels mostly scattered ; flowers small, greenish 

 or slightly reddish, when in bud clavate-ellipsoid ; sepals 

 lanceolar-elliptical ; petals slightly narrower ; filaments 

 from twice to four times as long as the anthers ; fruit 

 globular, black outside ; seeds exteriorely reddish -brown, 

 smooth. Figure 117. S. Australis. 



