106 LILIACEAE. j. Dianella. 



1. DIANELLA, Lamk, 



(Diminutive of Diana, the goddess of hunting.) 



Perianth blue, of 6 segments, each with 4-5 parallel nerves ; stamens 6 ; filaments 



thickened near the anther ; ovary 3-celled, with several ovules in each cell ; style slender 



with a capitate stigma ; fruit a globular or ovoid bluish berry ; seeds black, shining. 



Perennials, with rigid stems and long distichous mostly basal leaves, with long sheaths. 



Anthers nearly black J), revoluta 1. 



Anthers light-yellow D. laevis 2. 



1. D. revoluta, R. Br. Leaves to 1 m. long, the rigid blades with revolute margins 

 covering the midrib, the sheaths closed at summit ; panicle large and loose ; anthers almost 

 black, and immediately below the anther a shorter broad yellow appendage which is con- 

 sidered to be the swollen summit of the filament, the slender part being usually geniculate. 



Southern districts to Flinders Range ; Eyre Peninsula ; South-East. Often found 

 near the sea. Oct. -Dec. 



2. D. laevis, R. Br. Leaf -blades flat or scarcely recurved on the margins, the sheaths quite 

 open ; anthers light-yellow, much longer than the swollen orange summit of the filament. 



Not so common as the preceding ; Mount Lofty to Flinders Ranges. Oct. -Dec. 



2. BURCHARDIA, R. Br. 

 (After J. H. Burchard, M.D., an English botanist.) 



1. B. umbellata, R. Br. Stems erect, 15-50 cm. 

 high ; leaves stem-clasping, 1 or 2 at the base and 

 1 or 2 shorter ones on the stem ; flowers several 

 in a terminal umbel ; perianth white, of 6 de- 

 ciduous segments ; stamens 6, the filaments, 

 gradually swollen below the anther ; style cleft 

 into 3 recurved lobes ; capsule trigonous, opening 

 septicidally in 3 valves. 



Southern districts ; Eyre Peninsula ; South- 

 East. Oct. -Dec. 



3. ANGUILLARIA, R. Br. 



(After Luigi Anguillara, 1512-70, Professor of 

 Botany at Padua.) 



1. A. dioica, R. Br. Stems simple, 5-20 cm. high, 

 rising from a bulbous rootstock; leaves 2-3, with a * 

 broad stem -clasping base and tapering upwards ; 

 flowers more or less dioecious, but sometimes 

 bisexual ; perianth-segments 6, free, usually white, y| 



with a lilac gland, which is sometimes bifid, below ' 



the middle of the segment ; ovary 3-celled, with 

 3 distinct styles ; capsule oblong, loculicidal, 

 obtusely trigonous. — Wurmbea dioica, F. v. M. Fig. 27. — Anguillaria dioica. 



All over the State. July-Sept. 



4. LOMANDRA, Labill. 

 (Greek loma, margin ; aner, andros, a male : alluding to the circular margin of the 

 anthers in some species.) 

 Flowers small, dioecious ; male perianth of 6 free or partly united segments ; stamens 6 ; 

 female perianth of 6 segments ; ovary 3-celled, with 1 ovule in each cell ; style 3-cleft 

 nearly to the base ; fruit a subglobular capsule, opening loculicidally in 3 valves. Peren- 

 nials, with narrow hard linear leaves, the sheathing bases of which are often split into 

 silky filaments. Some species are popularly called " Iron-grass." 

 A. Male flowers clustered in a long whorled panicle. 

 B. Flowers sessile. 



Bracts short, obtuse L. dura 1. 



Bracts with long acute points L. longifolia 2. 



B. Flowers pedicellate L. multiflora 3. 



A. Male flowers scattered in short racemes or panicles. 



C. Flowers on long pedicels L. effusa 4. 



C. Flowers subsessile, minute. 



Segments acuminate L. micrantha 5. 



Segments obtuse L. filiformis 6. 



A. Male flowers in globular clusters on a short spike or 

 panicle. 



Leaves narrow and long L. glauca 7. 



Leaves reduced to sheathing bases ; pungent barren 



stems leaflike L. juncea 8. 



A. Male flowers in large woolly heads or cylindrical spikes L. leucocephala 9. 



