1612 GXXXV. LILIACE^. [IpJdgenia. 



ifew, at the end of the stem, on rather long slender pedicels, subtended, at least 

 the lower ones, by leafy bracts. Perianth purple or red, the segments narrow- 

 linear, about 3 lines long in the Australian specimens, longer in some Indian 

 ones. Capsule ovoid or oblong, 4 to 5 lines long. — F. v. M. Fragm. vii. 74 ; 

 Anr/uiUai-ia incUca, E. Br. Prod. 273 ; Wall. PI. As. Ear. iii. t. 269. 



Hab.; Eoc'.hampton and adjoining districts, Bowman, O'Shanesy ; Eoekingham Bay, 

 .Dallaclnj ; and many localities in the south. 



25. SCHELHAMMERA, Br. 



(After C. C. Schelhammer.) 



Perianth of 6 distinct deciduous segments, all nearly equal and similar, 

 'induplicate or convolute round the corresponding stamens in the bud, spreading 

 ■ and Hat when in flower. Stamens 6, attached to the base of the segments and 

 shorter than them ; filaments thick or flattened, tapering under the anther ; 

 anthers oblong, erect, the cells opening laterally in longitudinal slits, turned 

 •outwards when fully out. Ovary sessile, prominently 8-angled, 3-celled, with 

 ■several ovules superposed in 2 rows in each cell ; style more or less deeply 

 •divided into 3 recurved lobes stigmatic along the inner edge. Capsule nearly 

 ■globular, with an almost fleshy pericarp, opening loculicidally in 8 valves. Seeds 

 irregularly ovoid-globular, the funicle expanded into a broad irregular strophiole ; 

 testa very thin, light brown, closely appressed ; albumen rather hard. Embryo 

 very small, near the hilum. — Perennials, with fibrous roots and simple or 

 branched stems. Leaves sessile, ovate or lanceolate. Flowers terminal, 

 ipedicellate, solitary or several together in an umbel pedunculate or sessile within 

 'the last leaves. 



The genus is limited to Australia. . 



Flowers usually above 10 in the sessile umbel . . 1. S. multiflora. 



Umbels pedunculate 2. S. pedunciilata. 



1. S. multiflora (flowers numerous), R. Br. Prod. 274 ; Benth. Fl. Austr. 

 •vii. 32. Stems from a knotted rhizome, rather more rigid than in S. undulata, 

 simple or branched, mostly Gin. to nearly 1ft. high. Leaves 1 to 2in. long, 

 :almost shining with the margins quite entire, several of the upper ones close 

 together forming an involucre round the umbel. Flowers pure white, several 

 '(usually above 10) together in a terminal umbel sessile within the last leaves, 

 with sometimes a few minute bracts at the base of the pedicels besides the 

 involucral leaves. Pedicels filiform, f to lin. long. Perianth-segments about 

 4 lines long. Ovules usually 4 in each cell ; seeds only 1 or 2. — F. v. M. Fragm. 



ape York 



•vii. 72. 



Hab.: Endeavour Eiver, Banks and Solander; Eoekingham Bay, Dallachy ; d 

 (Peninsula, Kami's Expedition, n. 367 ; Cape York, Daemel. 



2. S. pedunculata (stalked), F. v. M. in Vict. Nat. March, 1891. Baron 

 Mueller (I.e.) states : Leaves 7in. long and 2in. broad, much acuminate, shortly 

 'petiolate, pellucid. A larger plant with the transverse secondary venules closer 

 ■than in .S'. multijiora. Peduncles of umbels 1 to l^|in., the fruit considerably 

 Jarger than in the last-named species. Sepals and petals same as in S. multiflora. 



Hab.: Mount Bartle Frere, Stephen Johnson. 



26. KREYSIGIA, Eeichb. 



(After F. L. Kreysig.) 



(Tripladenia, Don.) 



Perianth of 6 distinct deciduous segments, all nearly equal and similar, 



^induplicate or convolute round the corresponding stamens in the bud, spreading 



and flat when in flower as in Schelhammera, but bordered on each side near the base 



