1604 CXXX. IKIDACEiE. [Patersonia.- 



bracts by 3 to 5 lines ; outer lobes ovate or ovate-oblong, obtuse, aboveiin, long ; 

 inner ones oblong-lanceolate, scarcely more than 1 line long. Staminal column 

 short, divided to about the middle. Style slightly thickened at the end, the 

 lamina ovate, the fringes of long cilia jfigured by Endlicher from Bauer's drawing 

 not noticeable on our plants.— Hook. f. Fl. Tasm. ii. 84 ; Bot. Mag. t. .2677 ; 

 Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 1182 ; Endl. Iconogr. t. 50 ; Geno.nris fragilis, Labill. PI. Nov. 

 Holl. i; 13, t. 9 ; F. v. M. Fragm. vii. 36. 



Hab.: Near Wallangarra. 



2. T. sericea (silky), R. Br. in Bot. Mag. t. 1041, Prod. 303; Bentli. Fl. 

 Austr. vi. 406. Stems scarcely any. Leaves radical, long, erect and rigid, rarely 

 above 2 lines broad, the edges very woolly at the base when young. Scapes 

 shorter than the longest leaves, usually about 1ft. high, silky-woolly towards the 

 end. Spike stout and usually many-flowered, the outer bracts 1| to near 2in. 

 long, at first silky-woolly, but the wool often wearing off leaving the bracts 

 prominently striate and usually dark-coloured or black in the dried specimens. 

 Ovary very woolly ; the perianth-tube less so or glabrous towards the end, not 

 longer than the outer bracts ; outer segments of the limb broadly ovate, almost 

 truncate or emarginate, of a deep violet blue ; inner segments small, ovate or 

 lanceolate, sometimes very minute, filaments at first shortly free but at length 

 often separate to the middle or even lower. Style jointed near the top, the 

 laminse broadly obovate-oblong or nearly orbicular, as in other species closely 

 reflexed in the bud, spreading when the flower is o^en.—Geno$ii-is siricea, F. v. M. 

 Fragm. vii. 35. 



Hab.: Port Bowen, B. Brown; Moreton Island, F. v. Mueller; Wide Bay, Leiclihardt ; 

 Glasshouse Mountains, Bijerley ; Dawson River, Woolls. 



3. P. glabrata (glabrous), E. Br. Prod. 304 ; Benth. Fl. Austr. vi. 407. 

 This species is at once recognised by its rather slender stem of 3 to 6in. with 

 distichous leaves not so close as in other species and the lower ones very short, 

 the upper ones from Gin. to above 1ft. long, rarely above 2 lines broad, finely 

 veined, the keel and sometimes also the inner edge or margins silky-woolly 

 towards the base. Scapes or peduncles one or sometimes two on the stem, rather 

 slender, rarely exceeding the leaves, either quite glabrous as well as the spike, or 

 the upper part silky-hoary with a very short pubescence. Outer bracts 1-| to 

 near 2in. long, very acute, rather narrow, pale-coloured and often slightly silky- 

 hoary, distinctly striate, with broad scarious margins. Perianth-tube shortly 

 exceeding the bracts, thinly villous at the base as well as the ovary ; outer 

 segments of the limb about fin. long in some specimens, above lin. in others ; 

 inner ones oblong-lanceolate or slightly cuneate, f to 1| lines long. Staminal 

 column rather long and slender. — Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 768 ; Gcnosirk fjlahrata, 

 F. V. M. Fragm. vii. 35 ; P. media, E. Br. I.e. 



Hab.: Slioalwater Bay, E. Brown; Moreton Island, F. v. Mueller ; not uncommon. 



Order CXXXI. AMARYLLIDE^. 



Flowers hermaphrodite, regular or oblique. Perianth superior, with or 

 without a distinct tube, the limb of 6 coloured or petal-like segments, all 

 equal or rarely the 3 inner ones rather larger or smaller. Stamens 6, inserted at 

 the orifice of the tube or base of the segments ; filaments free or united at the 

 base into a short tube or corona ; anthers versatile or rarely attached at the 

 base, with 2 parallel cells opening inwards or laterally. Style single, with 3 

 adnate stigmas, usually very small and confluent on the obtuse end, rarely 

 oblong or linear and connate or diverging into stigmatic branches. Ovary 

 inferior or rarely half-superior ° "-ii"^ ""+v, o„„„vni „o„„ii„ v,mrv.Q,.^„o rarely 



