Xi/ris.] 



CXLII. XYRIDEiE (bROWN). 



oblong or oblougr- lanceo- 

 late, obtuse . 

 Keel of the lanceolate acute 

 lateral sepals obtuse or 

 rounded, not at all winged ; 

 leaves sometimes minutely 

 rugulose in the dried state. 

 Bracts subcoriaceous, dull 

 smoky brown, the inner 

 convolute scarcely keeled 

 at the apex . 

 Bracts rather thin, straw- 

 coloured or light brown, 

 the inner very distinctly 

 keeled and complicate- 

 acute at the apex . 

 i*tKeel of the lateral sepals very minutely 

 ciliate or scabrid, not absolutely entire. 

 Peduncles 18-24 in. long, \-^ lin. thick ; 

 spike 2-2^ lin. thick, brown ; bracts 

 coriaceous, the inner with a stout dark 

 green keel ..... 

 Peduncles under 16 in. long, very slender, 

 }-^ lin. thick. 

 Outer bracts with 



18. X.fugaciflora. 



. 21. X. multicaulis. 



19. X. straminea. 



27. X. Barteri. 



distinct linear 

 greyish dorsal area ; keel of the 

 sepals minutely scabrid on the 

 apical part only . . . .24. X.Jiliformis. 



Bracts all without a dorsal area. 



Keel of the lateral sepals minutely 

 scabrid to or at the apex only. 

 Leaves forming a bulbous base to 

 the plant j peduncle subquad- 

 rangular;keelof the lateral se- 

 pals crimson in the apical part 23. X. erubescent. 

 Leaves distichous, not forming a 

 bulbous base; peduncle terete; 

 keel of the lateral sepals 

 j^olden-brown . . , 20. X, putnila. 

 Keel of the lateral sepals very 

 minutely ciliate or scabrid to 

 i or f the way up, chiefly in 

 the middle part, entire in the 

 apical part. 

 Leaves filiform ; lateral sepals 1^ 

 lin. long, i lin. broad, sig- 

 moid-lanceolate; corolla white 8. A', nii'ea. 

 Leaves linear. 



Peduncles with longitudinal 

 minutely scabrid ridges; 

 spike 2i— 4i lin. thick, 

 several - flowered, light 



brown or dirty ochreous . 9. -Y. Weluntschit. 

 Peduncles without scabrid ridges; 

 spikes small, few-flowered. 



