70 THE FLOBA OF THE NORTHERN TERRITORY. 



PONTEDERACEaJ. 



1. MONOCHORIA, Prbsl. 



1. M. cyanea, F. v. M. — Upper Victoria River, F. v. Mueller ; Gilbert 

 River, Gulliver. 



PHILYDRACE.a). 



1. PHILYDRUM, Banks. 1788. 



(GARCIANA, Lour. 1790). 



1. P. lanuginosum, Banks.— BottoIooI&, (J. F. HUl (No. 613), 9/10/1911. 

 Edith Creek, Gilruth and Spencer,' July- August, 1911. 

 Recorded. Port Darwin, Schultz (No. 444). 



ROXBUEGHIACEffi. 



1. STEMONA, LoTTR. 

 (ROXBURGHIA, Jones). 

 1. S.javanica, Kunih. — Port Essington, Armstrong. 



LILIACEa;. 



Series I. Fruit succulent or fleshy, indehiscent or rarely opening tardily 

 in 3 valves. 



Tribe I. Smilacece. — Perianth-segments distinct, spreading. Anthers 

 erect. Style deeply divided into three stigmatic branches. Embryo distant 

 from the hilum. Albumen hard. Branching climbers. Leaves with distant 

 primary veins, and transverse veinlets. — 11. Smilax. 



Tribe II. Asparagece. — Perianth-segments distinct spreading. Style 

 undivided. 



Perianth persistent. Filaments abruptly thickened under the anther. 

 Anthers erect, opening in terminal pores. — 6. Dianella. 



Perianth deciduous. Filaments not thickened. Anthers opening in 

 longitudinal slits. Leafy stems elongated and branched. — 10. Asparagus. 



Tribe III. DracaenecB. — Perianth gamophyllous, at least at the base, 

 deciduous, Anthers versatile. Style undivided. Stems woody, sometimes 

 arborescent. Flowers paniculate. — 9. Dracaena. 



Series II. Fruit dry, capsular or rarely of 1 to 3 indehiscent 1 -seeded 



nutlets. 



Tribe IV. Melanthacece. — Perianth- segments free or shortly united at the 

 base, rarely to the middle. St^'le more or less divided into three stigmatic 

 branches or short distinct styles. Stock not at all or scarcely bulbous. Anthers 

 frequently turned outwards. — 1. Iphigenia. 



Tribe V. Anthericece. — Perianth-segments free or very shortly united 

 at the base. Style undivided with a, sm all terminal entire or slightly 3-lobed 

 stigma. Stock not bulbous. Flowers racemose, paniculate or umbellate, 

 rarely solitary. Bracts thinly soarious usually hyaline or none, not glumelike. 



