THE TASMANIAN TLOBA. 215 



■of a bract nearly as long as itself. Perianth about 4 lines long, the tube about 

 as long as the segments', segments narrow-oblong. Style slender, about as long 

 as the ovary, shortly 3-lobed. 

 Huon Plains. PI. Dec. 



4. M. fSTYLOSA, F. V. M. Radical leaves, 6 inches to 1 foot long, and |-1 inch 

 broad. Stem simple, erect, 1-1| foot high. Flowers numerous, in a terminal, 

 rather dense, panicle. Perianth-tube very short, segment about 4 lines long-, 

 reflexed. Style as Jong as the ovary, very slender, shortly 3-lobed. Capsule 

 hardly 2 lines diameter. Astelia stylosa, P. v. M. 



Mount La Perouse, Huon Plains, Adamson Peak. PI. Dec-Jan. 



6. WURMBEA. 



Perianth divided to the middle or to the base into 6, or rarely 8, equal spreading 

 ■segments. Stamens as many as the perianth-segments, inserted at the base of 

 the segments. Filaments slender. Anthers ovate. Ovary 3-celled, with several 

 ovules in each. Styles .3, slender, recurved. Fruit a 3-lobed capsule. 



The genus is small, and is distributed chiefly in West Australia and South 

 Africa. The Tasmanian plant and one other species were made a distinct genus, 

 Anguillaria, by R. Brown, on the strength of the free perianth-segments. 



W. DioiCA, F. V. M. Root bulboas. Leaves usually 2 or 3, on the stem, with 

 broad sheathing bases and narrow laminse, 2-4 inches long. Stem erect, simple, 

 2-6 inches high. Flowers polygamous, usually 2 or 3, in a terminal interrupted 

 spike, sometimes solitary and terminal. Perianth-segments free, narrow-oblong, 

 about 3 lines long, -white, usually marked with purple. Anguillaria dioica, 

 Benth. " PI. Aus«." ; A. dioica and A. uniflora, Hook. " Fl. Tas." 



Very common in glassy places ; also throughout extra-tropical Australia. 

 PI. Sept. 



7. BURCHARDIA. 



Perianth of 6 distinct equal segments. Stamens 6, attached to the base of 

 the perianth. Filaments rather thickened and flat, except near the anther. 

 Anther narrow-oblong. Ovary prominently 3-angled, 3-celled, with numerous 

 ovules in each, narrowed above into a short style with 3 filiform recurved lobes. 

 Fruit a 3-lobed capsule. 



The genus contains but the one species. 



B. aMBELLiTA, R. Br. Stem simple, erect, 1-2 feet high. Leaves 2 or 3, on 

 the stem, the lower one with a short sheathing base and a slender lamina, 

 usually about 6 inches long, the upper ones smaller and broader. Flowers 

 numerous, in a terminal umbel, surrounded by an involucre of small bracts. 

 Plower-stalfcs slender, \-2 inches long. Perianth white and red, the segments 

 ovate, 3-6 lines long. Capsule about | inch long. 



About George's Bay and many localities in the north, Ellendale. It occurs 

 also in ]S"ew South Wales, Victoria, South Australia, West Australia, and 

 Queensland. Fl. Oct. 



8. BULBINE. 



Perianth of 6, equal, free or nearly free, spreading segments. Stamens 6, 

 attached at the base of the perianth. Filaments slender, with a dense tuft of 

 clavate hairs at or above the middle of 3 or all of them. Anthers narrow-oblong. 

 Ovary 3-celled, with few or many ovules in each. Style filiform, with a minute 

 stigma, or shorter with a capitate stigma. Fruit a rather succulent capsule. 

 Seeds angular, black. 



A common South African genus, with 2 representatives in Australian 

 distribution. 



