its. 
CHLAMYSPORUM JUNCIFOLIUM. 
Rush-leaved Chlamysporum. 
ORDO NATURALIS. 
Asparagi. Juss. Gen. p. 40. 
Sect. 1. Flores hermaphroditi. Corolla toro inserta. Pericarpium superum. 
Petala 6, exteriora stiblinearia, interiora multo latiora fimbriataque, marcescentia. Filamenta 6, toro 
inserta, planiuscula. Anthere basi insert, recurve, 2-loculares Valvis 4 anterioribus infra apicem - 
desinentibus, alterne nunc longissime. Pericarpium membranaceum, 3-angulum, 3-loculare, 
3-valve, medio loculorum dehiscens. Stylus infra apicem tumidulus, Stigma angustum, Semina 2 
in singulis loculis medio anguli interni sessilia, angulata, arillo 1-laterali obtecta, Herba Nove 
Hollandiz, perennes. Radix etate tuberculatus fibris simpliciusculis. Folia radicalia, angusta, in qui- 
busdam ciliata scabrave. Flores ephemeri,in spicis paniculatis, ipsis confertis sepe umbell tientib 
Pedicelli articulati. Bractee glumacee. Nomen a vocibus yrapvz, coger ; seminibus pallio quasi amic- 
tis. Huc referenda Ornithogalum Dichotomum BILL. necnon forte ejusdem Ornithogalum Trian- 
rum. 
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C. foliis linearibus integerrimis : spicis laxe paniculatis, ipsis confertissimis : antheris recurvis, alter- 
nis longissimis. 
Sponte nascentem prope Port Jackson, legit A. GorDoN. 
Floret apud nos Septembri. 
I raised this plant two years ago from seeds taken out of a specimen communicated by E. J. A. 
Wooprorp, Esq. and it is now in Mr, Evan’s collection at Stepney. In a natural series, the genus 
a loose panicle of spikes themselves so close as to resemble umbels, but if minutely examined the 
pedicels will be found imbricated as in Dianella, erect. Peduncle dull green, in the wild specimen 
18 inches long, from the middle of the leaves and scarcely thicker than they are broad, round, 
smooth, striated, divided into 3 or 4 remote simple branches, the lower ones flowering latest. Pe- 
low the branches. Petals 6, incurved-spreading, withering upon the receptacle : 3 outer ones more 
like a calyx but their inner surface purple, linear-lanceolate with very entire oe 8 md ml 
ceeding finely striated with several nerves: 3 inner ones much broader, all = : Sa ae aie’ 
side of the dorsal stripe, which corresponds in substance with thé outer petals, but is rather nar- 
: site to the petals in 
after they expand. Filaments pale yellow, inserted close to the base and opposite to 
the jeceptacte; short, gradually narrowed, smooth, flattish. Anthers purplish brown with paler edges 
