82 NOTES ON THE GENUS DORYANTHES, ETC. 
it has not as yet been, so far as I am aware, turned to any com- 
mercial advantage. In a botanical sense Doryanthes does not 
belong to the lily tribe, but is one of the family of Amaryllidex, 
a class of plants principally distinguished from the lilies by having 
the fruit inferior, z.e., under or outside the floral leaves, instead of 
within the floral envelope, as characteristic of the Lily family. 
in many places in high and rocky situations not far from Cun- 
ningham’s Gap, near the Darling Downs, Queensland, and first 
and very distinct species of the genus had been discovered growing 
f 
teen years previously, having been sent to that establishment as 
Doryanthes excelsa ; its true character not having been discovered 
Description. 
Radical leaves spreading broadl if 
| y ensiform, 4 to 5 feet long, and 
about 4 inches broad, much ribbe , terminating in a sha brown 
bad bed . . * ag “ 
_ tubular tip tapering to within 9 inches of the base, and then of 
equal breadth to the point of connection. 
