1636 CXXXV. LILIACE^. [Stypandra. 



at the ends of the branches, without subtending bracts except sometimes a leafy 

 one under the lowest. Perianth blue, often turning red in drying, the segments 

 very acute, 5-nerved, about 6 lines long. Stamens very much shorter ; filaments 

 filiform and twisted in the lower half, with a dense oblong tow-like tuft of hairs 

 under the anther ; anther shorter than the filament, much recurved, almost 

 spiral after shedding the pollen. Capsule oblong, 3 to 4 lines long. Seeds 

 several in each cell, rather less flattened than in S. caspitosa, smooth but not 

 shining. — Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xv. 356: F. v. M. Fragm. vii. 64; 

 S. jiropinqiia, A. Cunn. in Bot. Mag. t. 3417; S. frutescens, Knowl. and Westc. 

 Fl. Cab. ii. 61, 63, t. 63 ; S. vUrjata, Endl. in PI. Preiss. ii. 35. 

 Hab.; Sta'ilhorpe. 



2. S. csespitosa (tufted), R. Br. Prod. 279 ; Benth. Fl. Austr. vii. 54. 

 Stems from a thick horizontal rhizome erect, 1 to 2ft. high, simple below the 

 inflorescence. Leaves mostly radical, with very short distichous sheaths, erect, 

 rigid, Cin. to 1ft. long and 1| to 3 lines broad. Scapes leafless or occasionally 

 ■with 1 or 2 short leaves with long sheaths. Inflorescence loosely dichotomous 

 and occupying at least half the total height of the plant. Pedicels erect, filiform 

 but rigid, 1 to Sin. long, usually 8 or 4 together in an umbel at the end of each 

 branch. Bracts linear-lanceolate and almost leafy under the principal branches, 

 very small under the smaller branches and pedicels. Perianth erect, blue or 

 yellowish inside or very rarely white, the segments 5 to 6 lines long, narrower 

 and less acute than in S. rjlcmca. Stamens about half as long as the segments, 

 the filaments densely covered with very short cottony hairs almost from the base. 

 Capsule oblong, about 3 lines long. Seeds several in each cell, rather flat, 

 smooth and shining. ^ — Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xv. 355 ; Hook. f. Fl. Tasm. 

 ii. 55 ; F. v. M. Fragm. vii. 65. 

 Hab.: Stanthorpe. 



17. -NOTHOSCORDUM, Kunth. 



(From nothos, spurious ; and scordon, garlic.) 



Perianth withering, persistent ; segments 6, connate at the base or to the 

 middle, the other portion patent or campanulate-connivent, subequal, 1-nerved. 

 Stamens 6, fixed to the base of the segments, filaments dilated, subulate at the 

 apex. Anthers oblong dorsifixed, dehiscence introrse. Ovary sessile, 3-celled; 

 style filiform, often persistent; stigma small, ovules in cells numeroas. Capsule 

 membranous, 3-dym. or B-lobed, cells dehiscent. Seeds angular-compressed, or 

 nearly flat, black. Leaves radical, linear, flat. Scape simple, not leafy. Flowers 

 umbellate, not articulate with the pedicels. Involucral bracts 2. The garlic 

 scent wanting in the genus. — Benth. and Hook. Gen. PI. iii. 802. 



1. N. fragrans (fragrant), Kunth. Flowers whitish, with brownish -purple 

 or lilac streaks on the outside of each segment, very fragrant. Umbel lax, 

 6 to 20-flowered. Leaves all radical, narrow-lorate. Scape 1 to 2ft. high. — • 

 Allium frai/rans, Vent., Bot. Reg. 898. 



Hab.: North America ; naturalised near Bundaberg, J. Keys ; and likely to become 

 a pest, as besides its bulbs it produces an abundant quantity of seed; otherwise it is a pretty 

 plant for the garden, flowering through the summer month's. 



18. TRICORYNE, E. Br. 



(Referring to the 3 club-shaped fruits.) 



Perianth spirally twisted over the ovary after flowering but at length 

 deciduous, of 6 narrow 3-or 5-nerved segments, all entire, and equal or the inner 

 ones rather narrower. Stamens 6, hypogynous, shorter than the perianth ; filaments 

 filiform, with a dense woolly tuft under the anther. Anthers narrow-oblong, 



