Me elanthacee. | FLORA OF TASMANTA. 47 
I have intermediate forms from Victoria; it is larger, with broader leaves, larger, more numerous flowers, and the 
leaflets of the perianth are very obscurely fasciate. 
2. Anguillaria uniflora (Br. Prodr. 273); caule 1—2-floro, floribus hermaphroditis, perianthii fo- 
liolis medio margines versus late biglandulosis.—Kunth, Enum. iv. 159. An A. biglandulose, Br., var. ? 
(Gunn, 562.) 
Has. Wet places, amongst grass: Launceston, Lawrence, Gunn; Huon River, Oldfield.—(Fl. Oct.) 
Disrris. New South Wales. 
Very similar in general characters to 4. dioica, but a much more slender plant, bearing one or two flowers; 
and the leaflets of the perianth are narrower, and have two thickened glands towards the margins, at about their 
middle parts. 
Gen. III. HEWARDIA, Hook. 
Flos solitarius, spatha bivalvi inclusus. Perianthium basi campanulatum, petaloideum, 6-partitum, 
laciniis late stellato-patentibus. Stamina 3, perianthii laciniis exterioribus basi inserta, antheris lineari- 
oblongis erectis extrorsis. Ovarium conicum, 3-loculare ; stylo terminali, stigmatibus 3 revolutis; ovulis 
plurimis, biseriatis. Capsula ?— Herba; rhizomate repente, fibras crassas emittente; foliis duris, rigide 
coriaceis, distichis, basi equitantibus, aversis, lineari-ensiformibus, aveniis, striolatis, integerrimis, subacutis, 
marginibus discoloribus, levibus v. vaginisque brevibus rigidis politis; scapo gracili, curvo, e centro foliorum 
ascendente, gracili, rigido, compresso, spathaceo ; spathis alternis, scapi apice binis, subehartaceis, lineari- 
lanceolatis, terminalibus florem magnum lurido-purpureum pedicellatum involucrantibus. 
A very singular plant, quite unlike any of its congeners, and far more resembling Hemodoracee than Melan- 
thacee, from its coriaceous habit, lurid flowers, the stamens being only three, and the ovary partially sunk in the short, 
campanulate base of the perianth. On the other hand, the truly superior ovary, extrorse anthers, three stigmas, 
and the stamens being inserted on the outer segments of the perianth, conclusively refer it to Melanthacee.—A 
small, very rigid, harsh plant, a span high, with hard, coriaceous, distichous, equitant leaves, a spathaceous scape, 
and one very large, pedicelled, dark-purple, spreading flower, enclosed, when in bud, by two spathes. Rhizome 
short, woody. Leaves nearly straight, 3-5 inches long, 3-4 inch broad, rigid, but not pungent, minutely striate, 
with shining, brownish margins, and short, broad, open sheaths. Scape slender, rigid, compressed. Spathes alter- 
nate, the two terminal opposite at the apex of the scape, all much more membranous than the leaves, compressed, 
upper about li inch long, pale brown. Flower with a slender pedicel, as long as, or shorter than the spathes, 
13-23 inches broad. Perianth with a short, campanulate tube, and six nearly equal, long, spreading, linear-lan- 
ceolate, acuminate segments. Stamens short ; anthers linear-oblong, erect, extrorse, as long as the filaments. 
Ovary conical, with a short, terminal, erect style, and three rather large, revolute stigmas. (Named in honour of 
R. Heward, Esg., the friend and biographer of Allan Cunningham, the Australian botanist.) 
l. Hewardia Tasmanica (Hook. Ic. Plant. t. 858). (Gunn, 2054.) 
Has. Heathy plains and mountain ranges near Macquarrie Harbour, Milligan, Gunn.—(Fl. Dec.) 
Gen. IV. CAMPYNEMA, Las. 
Flores solitarii v. paniculati, polygami, unibracteati. Perianthium superum, 6-partitum, persistens ; 
foliolis patentibus, coriaceis, ellipticis. Stamina 6, perianthii segmentis basi inserta, post anthesin recurva ; 
antheris versatilibus, extrorsis. Ovarium lineari-clavatum, 3-loculare ; stylis 3, apice revolutis; ovulis 
dense biseriatis, septis ovarii insertis. Capsula linearis, coriacea, tricarinata, perianthio persistente coro- 
nata, intus? dehiscens. Semina conferta, rufa, immatura verticaliter compressa; testa coriacea.— Herba 
gracilis, glaberrima ; radicibus e fibris crassis, fasciculatis ; collo squamis vaginantibus hyalinis nitidis allis 
