■218 THE TASMANIAN FLORA. 



The yellow-flowered form bears shorter perianth-segments and longer 

 filaments than the bine-flowered, and varies from the type in general 

 habit. S. umMlata, R. Br., in Hook. "' Fl. Tas." 



14. ARTHROPODIUM. 



Perianth of 6 free spreading segments, the inner 3 rather broader than the 

 outer, and often fringed, not twisting after flowering. Stamens 6, inserted at 

 the base of the segments. Filaments slender, with generally 2 rows of hairs 

 on the upper part. Anthers narrow-oblong, remaining erect or nearly so. 

 Ovary 3-oelled, with several ovnles in each. Style long, slender. Stigma 

 minute. 



A small genns, confined to Australian, New Zealand, and adjacent.distribution. 

 A. STEICTUS and another species, not Tasmanian, are often formed into a 

 distinct genus {Dichopogon) , an the strength of their 2 very short hairy 

 processes being attached to the base of the anthers and free from the 

 filaments- 

 Flowers nearly white. 



Tall, many-flowered ... ... ... ... ... 1. A, paniculatum. 



2-6 inches. Flowers few ... ... ... ... 2. A. minus. 



Flowers red-purple ... ... ... ... ... 3. A. strictum. 



1. A. PANICTJLATUM, R. Br. Leaves at the base, 3-12 inches long, 2-4 lines 

 broad, sheathing. Stem erect, 4 inches to 2 feet, much divided into flowering 

 branches above. Flowers mostly 2 or 3 together, long-stalked at intervals, 

 white, marked with red. Perianth-segments 8 lines long, the inner ones crisped 

 on the margin. Filaments slender, about 1^ line long, the upper half, or rather 

 more, bearing 2 opposite rows of hairs. Anthers shorter than the filament, 

 ■curved after maturity, but not coiled as in Stypandra. 



Yerj common ; also New South Wales, Victoria, and South Australia. 

 Fl. spring and summer. 



2. A. MINUS, R. Br. Smaller than the last, 2-6 inches. Flowers single, on a 

 simple or nearly simple stem. Filaments with the two hairy processes extending 

 nearly to the base. Otherwise as in the last, and doubtfully distinct from it. 



In pastures, Sorell, Avoca, Bushy Park, and many parts in the north ; also 

 New Soath Wales, Victoria, and South Australia. Fl. Sept. -Dec. 



3. A. STEiCTUM, R. Br. Leaves grass-like, all at the base, 3-10 inches long, 2-3 

 lines wide. Stem erect, rarely branched. The flowers solitary or clustered, on 

 rather long slender stalks, distant, forming an elongated raceme. Perianth 

 purple-red, the segments oblong, about \ inch. Filaments short, flat, bearing a 

 hairy process on each side at the base of the anther, attached to the anther, and 

 apparently, in most Tasmanian forms at least, attached also to the filament. 

 Anther oblong, straight, twice as long as the filament. Dichopogon strictm, 

 Benth. 



Common in the central and northern districts, Rokeby Road ; also in 

 Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, and South Australia. Fl. Nov.-Dec. 



A. LAXUM, Sieb., in Hook. " Fl. Tas.," has probably not been found in 

 Tasmania. 



15. CHLOROPHYTON. 



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

 not twisting, inserted below the ovary or at the base of the perianth. Filaments 

 slender, flat, hairless. Anthers shorter than the filaments, narrow-oblong. 

 Ovary 3-celled, with few or many ovules in each. Style slender, long. Stigma 

 small. Fruit a prominently 3-lobed capsule. 



A rather large and widely-distributed tropical genus. Only 2 species spread 

 to Australia, one of which is endemic in Tasmania. 



