1634 CXXXV. LILIACE^. [Dianella,. 



Stem often branching at the base and more or less leafy, the sheathing base 

 of the leaves laterally flattened and acutely keeled. Anthers longer than 

 the filament. on ; 



Leaves narrow, mostly under Jin. broad 3. i>. ccenuea. 



Leaves J to lin. broad 4- •»• emifoha. 



1. 3>. Isevis (smooth), E. Br. Prod. 280; Bcnth. Fl. Austr. vii. 14. Stems 

 varying from binder 1ft. in some of the inland specimens to 2 or 3ft. in luxuriant 

 ones. Leaves usually few at the base of the stem, the short sheathing 

 base rounded on the back or only slightly compressed and scarcely 

 keeled, the blade, in the typical specimens very long and narrow, often above 2ft. 

 long and J to nearly |in. broad, flat or with scarcely recurved margins when dry, 

 the edges smooth or slightly scabrous; in the smaller inland specimens the leaves 

 are much shorter than the stem and spreading or recurved. Panicle varying from 

 loose and spreading to narrow with the cymes contracted into short clusters. 

 Perianth-segments 8 to 4 or rarely 5 lines long, all 5-nerved or the inner ones 

 only S-nerved. Filaments with the thickened apex much shorter than either 

 the filiform base or the oblong-linear anther, which varies from li to 2 lines 

 long. Berry globular. — Baker in Jouru. Linn. Soc. xiv. 577 ; D. lonyifolia, 



E. Br. Prod. 280; F. v. M. Fragm. vi. 122; D. strumosa, Lindl. Bot. Reg. 

 t. 751. 



Hab. : Various localities throughout the State. 



Tar. aspera. Leaves usually short, tpi'eading, ligid, and often, but not always, scabrous on 

 the edges and midribs. I), elepans, F. v. M. Fragm. vi. 122, but scarcely of Kunth, who 

 describes the anthers as brown, whilst they appear to be always yellow in D. Icevis. — Benth. 



2. 35. revoluta (revolute), 7?. Ih: PnnJ. 280; Bcnth. Ft. Austr. vii. 15. 

 Leaves distichous and crowded at the base of the stem, the sheaths with 

 prominent keels, two or three outer ones with scarcely any or very short 

 lamina?, the inner ones with narrow rigid blades often 2 or 8ft. long, with 

 the margins closely revolute over the midrib, leaving a deep furrow on the upper 

 side, the edges and midrib scabrous or smooth. Panicle when fully out looser 

 and more spreading with larger flowers more deeply coloured than in I), ccerulca. 

 Perianth often above 4 lines long, sometimes less. Anther considerably 

 longer than the filaments, of which the thickened apex is usually very short. 

 Berries small, globular. — Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xiv. 578 ; F. v. M. Fragm. 

 vi. 121 ; D. chraricata, R. Br. Prod. 280; Baker, I.e. ; /'. hmijifolia, Bot. Eeg. t. 

 734, not of R. Br. 



Hab.: Upper Burnett Eiver, F. v. 31. ; Eockhampton, O'Shanesy, Bowman. 



3. S. caerulea (blue), Sims, Bot. Mor/. t. 505 ; Benth. Fl. Austr. vii. 16. 

 Leaves distichous and sheathing at the base, not so closely crowded on the stock 

 as in the preceding species but more or less extending over the lower part of the 

 stem, which is often branched at the base ; the sheaths much flattened laterally^ 

 prominently and acutely keeled, and usually but not always scabrous on the 

 edges ; the lamina long, erect, and narrow, rarely attaining -Jin. in breadth and 

 sometimes under 2 lines. Panicle usually loose as in B. Imvis, but often smaller 

 and the cymes sometimes dense and almost sessile along the main rhachis. 

 Perianth-segments 3 to 4 lines long, with 5 or 3 nerves less crowded in the centre- 

 than in D. Icuvis. Filaments shorter than the anthers, with the thickened 

 apex not longer than the filiform base and sometimes very short. Berry small 

 and globular. — R. Br. Prod. 279; Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xiv. 576; 



F. V. M. Fragm. vi. 123 ; Red. Lil. ii. t. 79 ; D. revoluta, Bot. Reg. t. 1120. 



Hab.: From Moreton Bay, A. Cunningham and others, to Bockingham Bay, Dallachy ; 

 Palm Island, liemie; Cape York, M'Gillivray, Hunn's E.-cpedition; common in scrubs. 



Var. conge^ta, (D. congesta, Ii. Br. Prod. ; Baker, in Journ. Linn. Soc. xiv., 576). Stems- 

 branching, especially from near the base, attaining the height of 2ft. or more. Leaves- 

 distichous, the lamina 1ft. long and about jiu. broad, the margins and keel smooth, although) 



