4. Lomandra. LILIACEAE. 107 



1. L. dura (F. v. M.), Ewart. Leaves 30-50 cm. long, 3-4 mm. broad, rigid, glaucous ; 

 flowers of both sexes clustered along the branches of a rigid whorled panicle ; bracts small ; 

 outer segments of male perianth scarious, free, the 3 inner yellow, fleshy, and united in 

 lower part ; 3 stamens attached to centre of inner lobes, the 3 others attached near the 

 base of tube ; capsule globular, smooth, 5 mm. diam. — Xerotes dura, F. v. M. 



Southern districts to Flinders Range ; Eyre Peninsula. Sept. -Nov. 



2. L. longifolia, Labill. Leaves mostly radical, about 50 cm. long, 4-8 mm. broad, 

 usually 2 -toothed at summit ; flowers in clusters along the whorled branches of a rather 

 long panicle, the clusters subtended and usually much exceeded by long rigid lanceolate 

 bracts ; inner perianth -segments yellow, the outer rather stiff ; stamens attached to 

 base of segments ; capsule hard, shining. — Xerotes longifolia, R. Br. 



South-East. Oct. -Dec. 



3. L. multiflora, (R. Br.), J. Britten. Leaves radical, long and rather narrow ; flowers 

 clustered in a whorled pyramidal panicle ; the males pedicellate, with short scarious 

 bracts and bracteoles at base ; perianth segments almost free ; 3 stamens attached J way 

 up, the other 3 basal ; female flowers sessile ; capsule trigonous, finally black and trans- 

 versely wrinkled.— Xeroses Brownii, F. v. M. 



Mount Lofty Range. Oct. -Nov. 



4. L. effusa (Lindl.), Ewart. Leaves 10-80 cm. long, very rigid, about 2 mm. broad, 

 2 -toothed at summit ; flowers scattered in an almost sessile panicle, the males on long 

 pedicels with a conspicuous membranous bract at base of each ; segments free, thin 

 acute, 3-6 mm. long ; female flowers on shorter pedicels or sessile ; capsule striate length- 

 wise. — Xerotes effusa, Lindl. 



Southern districts ; Murray lands ; Eyre Peninsula. May-Sept. 



5. L. mierantha (Endl.), Ewart. Leaves filiform, 10-30 cm. long; flowers small, 

 •distinct, subsessile, in a short panicle or raceme, with bracts sometimes as long as the flower, 

 perianth-segments 2-3 mm. long, acuminate, the 3 inner ones greenish ; capsule depressed- 

 globular, smooth. — Xerotes mierantha, Endl. 



Mount Lofty Range ; Eyre Peninsula. Oct. -Dec. 



6. L. filiformis (Thunb.), J. Britten. Leaves up to 50 cm. long, usually 2-3 mm. broad, 

 -channeled, striate, glossy green, sometimes very narrow ; flowers shortly pedicellate, 

 in a narrow panicle or simple dense almost sessile raceme ; bracts membranous, short ; 

 perianth-segments 2-3 mm. long, obtuse, the 3 inner yellow, fleshy ; capsule globular, 

 smooth. — Xerotes Thunbergii, F. v. M. 



Mount Lofty Range. Oct. -Dec. 



7. L. glauca (R. Br.), Ewart. Leaves 5-50 cm. long, narrow-linear, 1-2 mm. broad ; 

 male flowers in globular clusters, forming a short interrupted spike or panicle ; perianth 

 funnel-shaped 2-4 mm. long, lobed above the middle, with 2 broad bracteoles at base ; 

 lobes yellow, tube purplish ; stamens inserted on the lobes ; female flowers in rather 

 large solitary subsessile globular heads, the segments 4-5 mm. long ; capsule scarcely 

 •exceeding the persistant perianth, slightly marked with transverse wrinkles. 



Murray lands ; South-East ; Eyre Peninsula ; north of Fowler's Bay. Aug. -Nov. 



L. elongata(Benth.), Ewart, which scarcely differs from the preceding except that the 

 iemale flowers are exceeded by their long-pointed bracteoles, is recorded by Bentham 

 from Lake Bonney. 



8. L. juncea (F. v. M.), Ewart. Rootstock creeping ; leaves reduced to brown sheathing 

 bases, but the cylindrical rigid pungent -pointed barren stems have the appearance of 

 leaves ; flowering stems much snorter, with 3-5 globular heads of flowers enclosing the 

 stem, and usually distant from each other ; male flowers shortly pedicellate, each with 

 2 fringed bracteoles at base ; perianth 5 mm. long, funnel-shaped, the outer segments 

 -scarious, free, concave, about \ as long as the 3 inner, which are united in a tube in the 

 lower part ; stamens inserted at the base of the 3 white obtuse lobes ; capsule acuminate, 

 smooth. 



Southern districts ; Eyre Peninsula. Aug. -Oct. 



9. L. leucocephala (R. Br.), Ewart. Leaves 30-80 cm. long, usually 1^-3 mm. broad; 

 flowers in dense globular or ovoid heads, 10-20 mm. diam, enclosing the stem and distant, 

 or united in a terminal cylindrical spike ; bracteoles deeply fringed and finally splitting 

 into fibres which make the heads appear woolly ; bracts sometimes exceeding the flowers ; 

 male perianth pedicellate, 6-8 mm. long, funnel-shaped, the outer segments concave, 

 hyaline almost free, much shorter than the 3 inner ones, which are tubular towards the 

 base ; anthers as in the preceding ; capsule hard, smooth, shining. — Xerotes leucocephala. 

 R. Br. 



Sandy soil along the coast, and most inland parts of the State ; some specimens from 

 Ooldea and farther north have leaves 4-5 mm. broad, with resinous margins. Flowering 

 most of the year. 



