210 THE TASMANIAN FLOKA. 



H. TASMANICA, H. Small, rigid. Leaves rigid, lanceolate, opposite, mostly- 

 radical, equitant, 4-6 inches. Stem simple, erect, 6 inches to 1 foot, bearing few 

 leafy bracts. Flower solitary, shortly stalked, subtended by a pair of sheathing- 

 bracts. Perianth purple or yellow. Segments narrow, lanceolate, spreading, 

 1-1| inch long. 



Mount La Perouse, Arthur Range, to the West Coast. Fl. Dec. -Jan. 



6. CAMPYNEMA. 



Perianth divided to the ovary into 6 nearly equal segments. Stamens 6, 

 arising near the base of the styles opposite the perianth-segments. Filaments 

 slender. Anthers opening outwards. Styles much thickened at the base, slender,, 

 free, and recurved above. Capsule narrow-oblong, with 3 obtuse angles. Seeds^ 

 slightly flattened. 



The genus is confined to one species, endemic in Tasmania. It is an anomalous 

 member of the order, and is often referred elsewhere. 



C. LiNBABE, Lah. Leaves 1 or rarely 2, at the base of the stem, 2-6 inches long,. 

 3-4 lines broad. Stem 2-10 inches high, bearing 1 or 2 leafy bracts besides 

 those subtending the' flowers. Flowers solitary to 3 or 4 at intervals, on slender 

 stalks. Ovary slender and about j inch long when in flower, enlarging 

 subsequently. Perianth green, the segments about 2 lines long, ovate, with a 

 narrow base. Anthers bright red, oblong. The filaments recurved after 

 maturity. 



Mount Field, Southport, Recherche, Strahan to Mount Dundas, Rocky Cape, 

 &c. Fl. Dec. -Mar. 



A reduced alpine form has been described as C. 'pygmcBum. The leaves 

 and stem are usually under 1 inch. 



Order JjKXYUI.—AMARYLLIDACE^. 



Perianth superior. Segments 6, partially united or free, all equal or rarely 

 unequal. Stamens 6, rarely 3, inserted about the base of the segments. 

 Filaments free or united at the base. Anthers opening inwards. Ovary 

 sometimes free from the perianth above, 3-celled. Ovules usually numerous, but 

 sometimes only 1 or 2 in each cell. Style single, rarely branched. Friiit 

 capsular. 



A large order, common to all but cold regions. Neither of the Tasmanian 

 genera belong to the understood type of the order, and are often treated as 

 forming distinct orders. 



Flowers many in a head. Stamens 3... ... ... 1. HcBmodoruni. 



Flowers solitary. Stamens 6 ... ... ... ... 2. Sypoxis. 



1. H^MODORUM. 



Perianth-segments equal or nearly so. Stamens 3, inserted at the base of the 

 inner segments. Ovary usually quite inferior, but in the Tasmanian plant nearly 

 superior, 3-celled, with 2 o-vules in each. Style simple, entire. Capsule usually 

 half or almost entirely superior. Seeds flat. 



The genus is confined to Austi;alia. 



H. DiSTiCHOPHTLLnM, Hooh. Densely tufted, with a short, thick, creeping root- 

 stock. Leaves in 2 opposite rows, with broad sheathing bases and cylindrical 

 acute laminffi, 2-4 inches long, and 2-3 lines broad. Flower-stem 3-6 inches high, 

 thick and fleshy, bearing 2 or 3 broad, usually black, sheathing bracts. Flowers 

 in a dense, irregular, terminal panicle,. each subtended by a linear bract, which, 

 like all the bracts, are red, but become dry and black towards the ends ; usuallv 



