1606 CXXXI. AMAEYLLIDE^. [Hypox-is. 



Capsule globular or obloDg, not above twice as long as broad. Anthers 



deeply divided at the base 1. H. hijgrometrica,. 



Anthers scarcely or very shortly lobed at "the base. 



Perianth-segments 3 to 5 lines long. Stamens nearly equal. Cap- 

 sule ovoid or oblong 2. H. glahella. 



Capsule linear, 4 or 5 times as long as broad. 



Leaves narrow-linear but flat with prominent nerve-like margin . . . 3. H. marginata. 



1. H. hygrometrica (hygrometric), LabiU. PL Xor. Holl. i. 82, t. 108 ;; 



Bentk. l''l. Austr. vi. 449. Rhizome thickened into a small tube^: emitting thick 

 clustered roots and covered at the top by the membranous leaf- sheaths not 

 splitting into fibres. Leaves narrow-linear or almost filiform, from under 6in. 

 to nearly 1ft. long, usually sprinkled or ciliate with long slender hairs. Scape 

 shorter than the leaves, almost filiform, from only 2 or Sin. long with a single 

 small flower, to near 6in. with 2, 3, or very rarely more flowers. Ovary turbinate.. 

 Perianth yellow, the segments about 4 lines long in the common form but 

 sometimes smaller, usually glabrous, the outer one often darker coloured outside. 

 Anthers deeply divided at the base into linear auricles. Style columnar, the 

 stigmas ovate, erect, and connate. Capsule obovoid-globular, under 2 lines 

 diameter. Seeds globular, elegantly tuberculate.— B. Br. Prod. 289 ; Hook. f.. 

 Fl. Tasm. ii. 36. 



Hab.: Eoekhampton, O'Shanesy ; Armidale, Ferrott ; common in the south. 



In all places the rootstook of this plant is used for food by the natives. 



Var. pratensis. A small hairy slender variety, with 2 or 3 small flowers to tlie scape. — H.. 

 pratensis, K. Br. Prod. 289. 



Hab.: From Wallangarra to Kockhampton. 



Var. eloiigata. A larger hairy variety. Leaves flatter, often above 1 line broad. Flowers 2r 

 to 5, each subtended by a subulate bract. Perianth-segments fully 5 lines long. 



Hab.: From Wallangarra to Eoekhampton. 



2. H. glabella (glabrous), B. Br. Prod. 289 ; Benth. Fl. Austr. vi. 450. 

 The whole plant quite glabrous. Ehizome globular, bulb-like, ccvered with the- 

 fibrous remains of old leaf-sheaths. Leaves linear-subulate, terete or channelled 

 above, expandtd at the base into a narrow scarious sheath, the lamina varying 

 from 2 to Sin. long in some specimens, above 6in. in others. Scape shorter than 

 the leaves, with a long linear erect sheathing bract at or below the middle. 

 Ovary oblong-turbinate. Perianth very variable in size, the segments from 3 to- 

 5 lines long, but usually about 4 lines. Stamens nearly equal ; anthers entire at 

 the base or with exceedingly short obtuse auricles. Style-column shorter than 

 the erect free stigmatic lobes. Capsule ovoid or oblong, but not above twice as 

 long as broad when ripe. — Hook. f. Fl. Tasm. ii. 36, t. 180 A ; R. vaginata,. 

 Schlecht. Linnaea, xx. 568. 



Hab.: Warwick and other southern localities. 



3. H. marginata (marginate), B. Br. Prod. 289 ; Bcntli. Fl. Austr. vi. 

 451. Leaves slightly hairy, flat though very narrow, the longest l^ft. long, but 

 some only 2 or 3in., about 1 line broad, all with prominent nerve-like margins. 

 Scapes filiform, 1-flowered, 2 to 4in. long, with very long fine spreading hairs 

 under the flower and upon the ovary. Capsule linear, nearly ^in. long and very 

 narrow. 



Hab.: Islands of the Gulf of Carpentaria, J?. Brown. 



2. CURCULIGO, Gajrtn. 



(From the supposed resemblance of the seed to a weevil.) 



Perianth persistent or at length withering away, the tube more or less 

 elongated above the ovary (except in C. recurvata), the limb of 6 spreading nearly 

 equal segments. Stamens 6, ~ ' "" '"" '•^■-'"f" <>' ■><" i- n...„,.er-cells 



