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C. ALPINUM, Baker. Leaves at the base of the stem, grass-like, mostly 4-6 

 inches long and 1-2 lines broad. Stem simple or rarely branched, 1-2 inches 

 high. Mo-yyers shortly stalked, solitary or few together, at intervals along the 

 stem. Perianth-segments about 2 lines long. Capsule flattened above, about 3 

 lines long. Seeds about 2 in each cell. Ceesia alpina. Hook. '' Fl. Tas." 



Western mountains. Fl. Dec-Jan. 



16. HBRPOLIRION. 



Perianth of 6 equal segments, erect at the base, curving outwards. Stamens 

 6, attached to the base of the perianth. Filaments slender. Anthers lineaj?, 

 «rect. Ovary .S-celled, with several ovules in each. Style slender. Stigma 

 minute. Fruit capsular, often 2-c6l>ied. 



The genus contains but one species. 



H. NOVJi-ZELANDlJi, Sook. ' Stems arising from a creeping rhizome. Leaves 

 numerous, linear, 1-2 inches long. Flower solitary, on a stalk shorter than the 

 leaves. Perianth blue or nearly white, about | inch long. -ff. tasmanice, Hook. 



Western mountains, Lake St. Clair, near Hamilton, Hampshire Hills. It 

 •occurs in Victoria, and spreads to New Zealand. Fl. Dec-Jan. 



17. LAXMANNIA. 



Perianth of 6 segments, the outer ones free, the inner shortly united. Stamens 

 '6, .3 inserted below the ovary, and 3 to the middle of the inner segments. 

 Filaments slender. Anthers short, 2-lobod at the base. 'Ovary 3-cel!ed, with 

 2-4 ovules in each cell. Style short, slender. Stigma dilated, entire. Fruit a 

 ■capsule, enclosed in the persistent perianth. 

 A purely Australian genus. 



L. SESSiLiFLOBA, Decaime. Stems much-branched, wiry, procumbent or 

 :ascending, often clothed on the young parts with loose woolly hairs. Leaves 

 mostly tufted, filiform, ^-| inch 'ong. Flowers few together, sessile, in small 

 heads interspersed with soarious bracts, in the leaf tufts, rarely solitary, and 

 shortly stalked. Perianth-segments about 2 lines long, persistent, the outer ones 

 nearly scarious. L. minor, Hook. ; Bartlingia sessiliflora , F v. M. 



Very common in many heathy places ; also in Victoria, South Australia, and 

 West Australia. Fl. Oct.-Nov. 



18. XANTHORRH^A. 



Perianth of 6 distinct segments, outer 3 scarious and glume-like, inner 3 

 petaloid. Stamens 6, inserted below the ovary or at the base of the perianth. 

 Filaments very long, slightly flattened. Anthers small, oblong. Ovary 3-celled, 

 ■with few ovules, tapering into a slender style. Stigma small. Fruit a 

 ■crustaceous capsule. Seeds flat, margined, 1 or 2 in each cell. Stem sub-erect, 

 thick, covered with the bases of dead leaves. Leaves cylindrical or angled, 

 long, filiform, numerous at the top of the stem. Flowering-stalk terminal, erect, 

 simple, bearing a dense spike of flowers and brown scarious bracts. 



Aju Australian genus of peculiar habit, connecting the lilies and rushes, and 

 placed, according to individual opinion, in either order. 



Spike about 6 inches long and ^-f inch diameter ... 1. X. minor. 

 Spike about 2-6 feet long and l|-.3 inches diameter... 2. X. australis. 



1. X. MINOR, R. Br. Stem very short and thick. Leaves crowded, 1-2 feet 

 long, somewhat flattened, but angled, about 1^ line broad. Flowering-stem 1-2 

 feet long, the dense spike covering about 6 inches of its ape-x, and about J-f inch 

 diameter. Outer perianth-segments narrow, acute, about 2 lines long ; inner 

 ;segments slender at the base, with spreading broad, tips, shortly exceeding the 



