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THYSANOTUS INTRICATUS. 
(intricate-stemmed THYSANOTUS.) 
CLASS. ORDKR. 
HEXANDRIA. MONOGYNIA. 
NATURAL ORDER. 
LILIACE^. 
Generic Character. — Coro//a six-parted, spreading, persistent ; inside segments broader; limb coloured 
on both sides, margin fimbriated with jointed hairs. Stamens six, (rarely three,) inserted in the 
bottom of the corolla, or hypogynous, declinate. Filament smooth, short. Anthers linear, 
with broad margins ; three interior ones often elongated and reclinate. Germen celled, each cell 
two-seeded. Style filiform, declinate. Stigma small. Capsule three-celled, three-valved ; valves 
generally seed-bearing. Seed in pairs, either erect or pendulous, strophiolate. 
Specific Character Plant perennial, herbaceous. Branches very slender, filiform, intricately inter- 
woven and entangled. Leaves scarce, squamaeform. Umbels of flowers paniculate. Flowers 
hexandrous, pale blue, with a purple stripe down the middle of each petal. Stamens and style 
curved dowuvvards. * 
Persons of the most fastidious taste will assuredly find something to gratify 
them in this pretty little plant, notwithstanding the tenuity of its stems, and the 
comparative smallness of its flowers. It is a species of a very singular habitude, 
as the stems and branches are so interlaced that they need no artificial support. 
We were favoured with an opportunity of witnessing a plant in the greenhouse of 
Messrs. Low and Co., about the middle of last July, which was not more than 
nine inches high, and on which scarcely a leaf was perceptible ; but the stems 
formed a dense inextricable mass, from the surface of which an innumerable 
quantity of delicate blossoms were protruded in clusters, altogether presenting a 
most interesting aspect. 
This natural tendency to grow compactly, is, as all must perceive, a most 
desirable feature in its character ; for, though other species are more handsome, 
and have showier flowers, they are necessarily more or less straggling, owing to 
their flower-stems being simple and erect. Nor is the deficiency of its foliage an 
absolute defect ; for, where the blossoms are small, as in the present case, the eye 
does not require a greater extent of green surface than this plant possesses in its 
