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six-parted. Ovary linear-oblong, with three very short stigmas and as many parietal placentee, each with nume- 
rous ovules on slender curved funiculi. Berry ovoid, fleshy, $ inch long, bright red, with a few oblong, rounded, 
polished black seeds, sweetish, eatable, greedily devoured by birds. 
2. Astelia stylosa (Mueller, MSS.) ; foliis anguste lanceolatis nervosis, panicula laxa ramosa, brac- 
teis ovato-lanceolatis membranaceis, perianthii laciniis linearibus membranaceis glabris, bacca globosa, stylo 
gracile apice trifido, seminibus sub-6 reniformibus. 
Has. Mount Lapeyrouse, Stuart. 
I have seen only a fragment of this very distinct species, sent by Dr. Mueller. It is at once distinguished from 
A. alpina by the small globose berry, with a straight, slender style.—Leaves 14 foot long, lj inch broad, white 
beneath. * Scape slender. Berry 4-2 inch in diameter. Seeds about six, minute, shining and black. 
Gen. XIII. MILLIGANIA, H€ 
Perianthium persistens, patens, fere ad basin hemisphericum, 6- (rarius 5-7-)partitum, segmentis imbri- 
catis. Stamina 6, parva, segmentis inserta; filamentis brevibus, subulatis; antheris introrsis, versatilibus, 
2-locularibus, polline subgloboso. Ovarium oblongum, basi perianthio immersum et eo adherens, 3-loculare. 
Styli 3, discreti, subulati, recurvi ; stigmata punctiformia ; ovu/a plurima, angulo interiori affixa, ascendentia, 
anatropa. Capsula oblonga, obtusa, profunde triloba, chartaceo-membranacea, ad medium tripartibilis, 
loculis (stylis fissis terminatis) superne breviter loculicide dehiscentibus. Semina plurima v. abortu pauca, 
ascendentia, linearia, curva; testa crustacea, atra, nitida, utrinque subcarunculata v. apice appendiculata ; 
endopleura membranacea; albumine carnoso; embryone tereti, axillari.—Herbe elate cespitose Tasmanice, 
facie Astelim, sericee v. villosa ; radice fibrosa, fibris crassis; foliis lineari-ensiformibus, siccis coriaceis ; 
scapo paniculato, ramoso, bracteato ; floribus pedicellatis, mediocribus, albis, bracteolatis ; capsula Anguil- 
larie. 
This curious genus is apparently intermediate between Liliacee and Melanthacer, differing from the former in 
the three separate styles, and the partially tripartible capsule, and from the latter in the more important characters 
of versatile introrse anthers, and few linear seeds covered with a black brittle testa. Its general appearance is very 
similar to Astelia, and it further agrees with that genus in the nature of the silky wool, the very coriaceous foliage, 
the hemispherical base of the perianth, oblong capsule, and especially in the long seed. It differs from that genus 
in the structure and dehiscence of the capsule, which resembles in form, etc., that of Anguillaria. So much diver- 
sity exists however in the form, placentation, and dehiscence of the fruit in 4stelia, that much stress cannot be laid 
upon that organ; and though the affinities of both Milligania and Astelia are so obscure, I regard them as nearly 
allied to one another, and both as members of the Asphodelee. (Named in honour of Dr. Joseph Milligan, Secre- 
tary of the Tasmanian Philosophical Society.) 
1. Milligania longifolia (Nob. in Hook. Kew Journ. Bot. v. 296. t. 9); foliis elongato-linearibus 
subgramineis basi parce villosis, panicula laxa effusa ramis gracilibus, bracteis bracteolisque membranaceis 
linearibus lineari-lanceolatisve. (Gunn, 1388.) 
Has. Franklin River, under shade of Huon Pines, Gunn ; crevices of limestone cliffs, Gordon's River, 
Macquarrie Harbour, Milligan.— (Fl. Dec., Feb.) 
Mr. Gunn, who discovered this genus and species, states that it grew in company with some of the most pecu- 
liar plants of Tasmania, Huon Pine, Anopterus glandulosa, Cenarrenes nitida, and Richea pandanifolia, all of which 
are typical of a most humid atmosphere. It so much resembles large specimens of Astelia alpina in habit and general 
appearance, that its discoverer took it for that plant; and he adds that the specimens were nearly three months 
drying, between papers that were daily changed.— Plants apparently growing in dense large tufts, with long, pen- 
dulous, spreading foliage, and erect scapes. Roots of stout, simple fibres. Stems of large plants nearly 2 inches in 
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