72 THE FLORA OT THE NORTHERN TERRITORY. 



6. DIANELLA, Lam. 

 Blueberry plants. 



1. D. caerulea, Sims. — Port Darwin, Schultz (No. 163, 354) 

 D. ensifolia, DO. ; recorded in National Herbarium Census from North 

 Australia. 



7. SOWERBAEA, Sm. 



1. S. alUacea, F. v. M. — ^Liverpool River, Amhem's Land, Gulliver. 



8. LOMANDRA, Labill. 1804. 



(XEROXES, R. Br. 1810. 



Series I. Fasciculatce. — Male flowers numerous in sessile clusters, but on 

 pedicels exceeding the bracts. — 2. L. multiflora 



Series II. Sparsiflorce. — Male flowers pedicellate or rarely sessile, singly 

 scattered in simple racemes or loose panicles, rarely here and there 2 or 3 to- 

 gether. — 1. L. leucocephala. 



1. L. Leucocephala, Labill— QO miles N. of Camp IV., G. F. Hill (No. 402). 

 30/6/1911. On sand-hills. 



2. L. multiflora, J. Britt. — Islands off the N. Coast, R. Brown. 



L. longiflora, Labill. Recorded in National Herbarium Census from North 

 Australia. 



9. DRAC^NA, Linn. 



1. D. angustifolia, Roxb. — Port Essington, Armstrong ; Port Darmn, 

 Schultz (No. 857) ; Castlereagh River, Gulliver. 



10. ASPARAGUS, Linn. 



1. A. racemosus, Willd. — Islands of the Gulf of Carpentaria, R. Brown ; 

 Mouth of Victoria River, E. v. Mueller ; Goulburn Island, A. Cunningham ; 

 King's Sound and ColUer Bay, Chapman ; Glenelg District, Martin ; Liverpool 

 River, Gulhver ; Port Essington, Armstrong ; Port Darwin, Schultz (No. 169). 



11. SMILAX, Linn. 



1. S. australis, R. Br. — Islands of the Gulf of Carpentaria , R. Brown ; 

 Goulburn Island, A. Cunningham ; Port Darwin, Schultz (No. 737) ; Liverpool 

 River, Gulliver. 



Elachanthera Sewellice, F.v. M. ; Anguillafria dioica, R.Br. — (In National 

 Herbarium Census), and Xanthorrhma Thorntoni, F. v. M. (in Horn's Ex- 

 pedition), recorded from North Australia. 



HiEMODORACEffi. 



1. H^MODORUM, Sm. 1798. 



Flowers in dense globular or oblong heads on dwarf stems (under 6 in.) 

 Leaves nearly terete. — 1. H. brevicaule. 



Flowers (dark red, livid or black) above 3 lines long, very numerous, in 

 dense terminal corymbose cymes. Leaves flat or terete. — 2. H. corymbosum. 



Flowers about 2 lines long, green or yellow, in panicles or spikes^ the inner 



