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3. Arthropodium minus (Br. Prodr. 276); 6-10-pollicaris, tuberibus cylindraceis sessilibus, 
racemo simplici, floribus subsolitariis, bracteis inferioribus subspathaceis, pedicellis supra medium articulatis, 
floribus purpureis, filamentis brevibus supra medium dense stuposis, antheris basi barbatis, stylo brevi 
curvo.— Kunth, En. iv. 621; non Lindl. in Bot. Reg. (Gunn, 950.) 
Has. Rich pasture-land in the northern parts of the Island, as at Formosa, Circular Head, and Lake 
River, Gunn.—(Fl. Nov.) 
DrsrarB. New South Wales and Victoria. 
Â very pretty and distinct little species, 6—8 inches high, with short leaves, and a simple (rarely branched) 
raceme of purple flowers. Tuders quite sessile and cylindrical. Stamens shorter than in the preceding species. 
Style short and curved. 
$ 2. Filaments glabrous. — Anther-lobes produced at the base into short, obtuse, glandular appendices. 
4. Arthropodium laxum (Sieb. Pl. Exsicc. 194); 1-3-pedalis, tuberibus pedicellatis, racemo 
simplici v. ramoso, bracteis inferioribus elongatis infimis spathaceis, pedunculis solitariis apice articulatis, 
floribus purpureis, filamentis imberbibus, antheris lineari-elongatis, loculis basi in appendices breves productis. 
—Dichopogon Sieberianus e¢ D. humilis, Kunth, En. iv. 623. (Gunn, 100. (Tas. CXXXI.) 
Has. Abundant in good soil throughout the Colony.—(Fl. Oct.—Dec.) (v. v.) 
Disrris. New South Wales, Victoria, and South Australia. 
Similar in habit and general aspect to 4. pendulum, but at once distinguished by the larger flowers, the 
solitary peduncles jointed close to the flower, the large lower bracts, and the peculiar anthers.—PrATE CXXXI. 
Fig. 1, flower; 2, stamen; 3, pistil; 4, transverse section of ovary; 5, capsule; 6, transverse section of ditto; 7, 
seed; 8, the same, cut longitudinally :—all magnified. 
? §. Flores ignoti. 
5. Arthropodium strictum (Br. Prodr. 276); “racemo subsimplici multifloro, pedicellis soli- 
tariis, capsulis erectis." 
Has. Tasmania, Brown. 
Gen. III. BULBINE, ZL. 
Flores dense racemosi, erecti, flavi. Perianthium patens, 6-phyllum, foliolis patentibus. Stamina 6; 
Jilamentis omnibus v. 3 interioribus barbatis; antheris versatilibus. Ovarium 3-loculare; stylo filiformi ; 
stigmate papilloso; ovulis paucis, 2-seriatis. Capsula coriacea, loculicide 3-valvis, oligo- v. polysperma. 
Semina angulata, compressa; testa atra v. fusca albumini adherente ; embryone recto v. curvo.—Herbz ; 
radice fasciculato-fibrosa ; caule basi interdum bulboso ; foliis linearibus, canaliculatis ; racemo simplici, 
erecto, cylindraceo. 
About five or six Australian species of this genus are known to me; there are also a great many Cape 
species; but neither the limits of the genus nor its species are at all well known. They are further very difficult 
to preserve, retaining their vitality under pressure for many weeks.—The Australian Bulbines are all erect herbs, 
with fascicled, fibrous or tuberous roots, linear leaves, and erect scapes, bearing simple racemes of erect, yellow, 
spreading flowers. Perianth of six equal, spreading leaflets. Stamens six, all, or the inner only, bearded on the 
filaments. Anthers versatile. Ovary three-celled, with about six ovules in each cell, a simple, straight style, and 
papillose stigma. Capsule coriaceous, three-valved. Seeds few, with a coriaceous or suberustaceous, dark opaque 
testa. (Name from bulbus, a bulb.) 
l. Bulbine bulbosa (Haworth, Revis. 33) ; radicis fibris crassis, caule basi bulboso incrassato, 
racemo primum densifloro apice conico, filamentis omnibus supra medium barbatis declinatis.—Anthericum 
bulbosum, Br. Prodr. 275. 
