LILIACEiE. 



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ABTHBOPODIUM. 



Gen. Char. {Hexandria Monogynia.) Divisions of flower six, 

 spreading, the three inner wavy at the edge or fringed ; fila- 

 ments bearded ; capsule nearly round. 



Named from two Greek words for joint zxi&foot, as the 

 footstalks of the flower are jointed. Handsome plants for 

 the greenhouse ; of the following species, A. cirrhatum is 

 from New Zealand ; paniculatum, fimbriatum, and minus, 

 white-flowered, and pendulum, violet- coloured, from Aus- 

 tralia ; strictum also, white-flowered, is from Yan Diemen's 

 Land. 



THYSANOTUS. 



Gen. Char. {Hexandria Monogynia.) Flowers six-parted, spread- 

 ing, with the inner segments fringed. Stamens drooping, fila- 

 ments smooth ; ovary with two-seeded cells. 



Named from the Greek for a fringe, from the calyx being 

 fringed. This is an elegant genus for the greenhouse from 

 Australia and Van Diemen's Land. The species Uiberosus, 

 elatior, isantheris, and junceus, have blue flowers ; tenuis 

 and proliferus, purple flowers ; they have grass-like leaves. 

 The best soil is sandy loam and peat. 



