XEROXES. 



-panicles loofe, with wliorled branches, and diftant clutters ; 

 partial (talks folitary, fhorter than the nearly globular pe- 

 rianth, but longer than tiicir minute braftea." — Gathered 

 by Mr. Brown, in the fame country with the two laft. 



Seft. 3. Flo'Wfrs elthir fp'tked or pamclcd, their branches 

 and tufis oppoftte or ivhorkd. Male perianths fejjile, imbri- 

 cated -with hraaeas. Capfule fmoolh. Leaves toothed at the 

 end. 



12. X. rigida. Rigid Xerotes. Br. n. 12. Ait. Epit. 

 376. (Lomandra rigida ; Labill. Nov. HoU. v. i. 93. t. 120.) 



Stem very (hort. Stalks and fpikes much fhorter than 



the foliage. Leaves two-ranked, cartilaginous ; convex 

 beneath ; abrupt, with two marginal teeth, at the end ; 

 fmooth at the edges ; dilated and entire at the bafe. — 

 Gathered by Mr. Brown in the fouthern part of New Hol- 

 land. M. Labillardiere found it in Van Lewin's land. Root 

 woody. Leaves a fpan in length, full a quarter of an inch in 

 breadth, fpreading in two direflions, thick, rigid, fmooth ; 

 greatly dilated, and bordered with a membrane, at the bafe ; 

 fingularly abrupt, and three-pointed, at the end. Common 

 flower-JIalk terminal, thick, (harply two-edged, fometimes 

 triangular, fmooth. Tufts o^ Jlovjers one above another, 

 not numerous, forming an interrupted, branched, upright 

 fpike ; each tuft accompanied by feveral unequal, lanceo- 

 late, acute IraBeas. Three alternate^amfnj, according to 

 Labillardiere, are longer than the reft, and bear cloven, 

 not bordered, anthers. 



13. X. montana. Mountain Xerotes. Br. n. 13. — 

 " Stem none. Leaves elongated, linear, flat, membranous, 

 fmooth-edged ; their Iharp point with two very (hort lateral 

 teeth. Female fpike undivided, many times fhorter than its 

 ftalk." — Found by Mr. Brown, near Port Jackfon. 



14. Yi.. Jluviatilis. River Xerotes. Br. n. 14. — " Stem 

 none. Leaves elongated, narrow, channelled, fmooth- 

 edged, two or three toothed, with an acute finus, at the 

 extremity. Female fpikes fimple or divided. Brafteas 

 rather rigid, twice as long as the tufts of flowers." — Ga- 

 thered by Mr. Brown in the fame country, but, as appears 

 by the name, in the vicinity of rivers. 



15. X. longifolia. Long-leaved Xerotes. Br. n. 15. 

 Ait. Epit. 376.— Stem none. Leaves elongated, linear, 

 coriaceous, ereft ; irregularly toothed at the point ; rough- 

 edged. Panicles lanceolate, rather denfe, with oppofite 

 branches. Flower-llalk flattifh. Anthers uniform. — Ga- 

 thered near Port Jackfon, by Mr. Brown ; at the Cape of 

 Van Diemen, by M. Labillardiere. The leaves are a foot 

 and a half long, fomewhat ftriated ; dilated at the bafe, 

 and bordered in that part with a membrane, which at length 

 feparates, and becomes torn. Stalk from nine to twelve 

 inches high, two-edged. Flowers more numerous and 

 crowded than in X. rigida, n. 12, with long taper-pointed 

 braHeas. Capfule ovate, acute, thrice as long as the calyx, 

 chefnut-coloured ; pale yellow at the bafe ; its coat fepa- 

 rating in irregular fragments. 



16. X. Hyjlrix. Porcupine Xerotes. Br. n. 16. — 

 Stem none. Leaves elongated, linear, lax, fmooth-edged ; 

 fomewhat toothed at the extremity. Stalk rather convex 

 on both fides. Male panicles repeatedly compound, with 

 whorled branches. Brafteas leafy, rigid, fpinous-pointed. 

 — Sent from the neighbourhood of Port Jackfon, among 

 the firfl: botanical communications from thence, by Dr. 

 White. It has alfo been gathered there by Mr. Brown. 

 We have feen the hving plant in lome garden near London, 

 poflibly at Kew, and were much itruck with the delight- 

 ful fragrance of its copious panicles of male flowers, re- 

 fembling the fcent of Crajfula cnccinea, Mejcmbryanthemum 

 noaiflorum, or a Bergamot Pear. Yet it does not occur in 



Hort. Kenu. The leaves are a foot and a half or twe feet 

 long, fpreading. Flower-Jlalts of the male plant numerous, 

 ereft, two-edged, though convex at each fide, from one to 

 one and a half feet high, fomewhat zigzag occafionally, 

 each bearing a flattifli panicle, from fix to fourteen inches 

 long, compofi'd of numerous triangular branches, from four 

 to eight in a whorl, befet with numerous tufts, or whorls, 

 of feflile Jlcwers, accompanied by feveral chaffy, inner 

 braSeas, and fubtended by about three long, fpreading, 

 external ones, with needle-like points. The Jlonvers, and 

 whole panicle, are of a delicate ftraw-colour, with a tinge 

 of brown about the calyx or anthers. We have not feen 

 the female plant. This fpecies well deferves a place in the 

 green-houfe, for the fingularity of its appearance, as well 

 as for its fine fmell. 



17. X. arenaria. Sand Xerotes. Br. n. 17. — " Stem 

 none. Leaves elongated, linear, fmooth-edged, jagged and 

 toothed at the end. Male panicle fimple, with oppofite 

 branches. Tufts of flowers globofe. Brafteas awl-ihaped, 

 reflexed. Flowers obtufc." — Difcovered in the tropical 

 part of New Holland, by Mr. Brown. 



Seft. 4. Male panicle ivhorled. Flonvers JlalkeJ, in droop- 

 ing tufts- Capfule rugged. Leaves entire at the point. 



18. X. dijlans. Diltant-flowercd Xerotes. Br. n. 18. 

 — " Stem none. I>eaves very long, channelled, very rough 

 at the edges. Male panicle with undivided branches, and 

 diftant tufts of flowers. Partial ftalks fhorter than the 

 calyx." — Native of the tropical part of New Holland. 

 The male panicles are a foot long ; calyx about a line and 

 a half. Brown. 



19. X. media. Intermediate Xerotes. Br. n. 19. — 

 " Stem none. Leaves very long, channelled, fmooth- 

 edged. Branches of the male panicle undivided. Flowers 

 five or fix in each tuft ; their partial ftalks fcarcely fo 

 long as the very fhort calyx. Female fpike divided in the 

 lower part, each branch bearing one head of flowers." — 

 From the fame country as the laft. Calyx only one-third 

 of a line in length ; ras^e panicle fix inches. Brown. 



20. X. decompofita. Compound Xerotes. Br. n. 20. — 

 " Stem none. Leaves very long, channelled, fmooth- 

 edged. Male panicle repeatedly compound; Tufts of 

 fewjflowers. Partial ftalks hardly fo long as the calyx." — 

 Found alfo in the tropical part of New Holland. Male 

 panicles a foot long. Brown. 



21. X. multijlora. Many-flowered Xerotes. Br. n. 21. 

 — " Stem none. Leaves very long, channelled ; fmooth 

 at the back and edges. Male panicle with undivided 

 branches, each bearing from one to three many-flowered 

 tufts. Partial ftalks longer than the calyx." — Found by 

 Mr. Brown in the fame country as the four preceding 

 fpecies. 



22. X. (tmula. Rough-long-leaved Xerotes. Br. n. 22, 

 — " Stem none. Leaves very long, channelled, ereft ; 

 rough at the back and edges. Male panicle with undivided 

 branches, each bearing from one to three many-flowered 

 tufts. Partial ftalks longer than the calyx." — Found by 

 Mr. Brown, in the country near Port Jackfon, New South 

 Wales. The rouglinefs of the leaves feems chiefly to dif- 

 tinguifh this fpecies from the laft. We have feen no fpeci- 

 mens of either. 



33. X. Banifii. Bankfian Xerotes. Br. n. 23. — " Cau- 

 lefcent. Leaves two-ranked, flat, rough-edged. Female 

 panicle denfe, about the length of its two-edged ftalk ; 

 branches quadrangular, very fhort." — Gathered by fir Jo- 

 feph Banks, in the tropical part of New Holland, where it 

 was not found by Mr. Brown. 



Seft. 5. Flowers of each fex in a cylindrical catkin-lite fpHe, 



M' X. 



