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Stamens — 6-7 lines long. 
Ovary and stifle — shorter than (lie stamens, about four lines 
long, the style being three lines long. 
Capsule — as in X. Preissii. 
Locality — Narrogin. The type comes from the Narrogin State 
Farm, but the range is fairly wide as the plant, which has a very 
distinct appearance with its apparently caespitose tufts of leaves 
and often several erect scapes, can be observed as far south as 
Ka tanning along the railway line and for 20 miles or so west of 
Narrogin. 
Date of collection — November 13th, 1920. (l).A.H.) 
Its affinity is with X. Preissii, 1 from which it is readily distin- 
guished by the extremely short or absent eaudex, relative length of 
the flowering portion as compared with the rest of the scape, and 
the length of the style. 
Xanthorrhoea nana, sp. nov. 
Caudex — very short, up to six inches high, and often branched. 
Leaves — triangular or quadrangular and flattened in section, 
about two feet long and 2-3 lines broad, pungent and not so brittle 
as in X. Preissii or X. re/lexa. They pass into a flattened base 1% 
inches long. 
Base of leaves— persistent, 3-6 lines broad, 114 inches long, 
flattened but not curved. 
Gum — yellow and not as abundant as in X. Preissi or X. re flex a . 
Scape — about two feet long at first, horizontal, but curving up- 
wards so that the flowering part is vertical or approximately so, 
and occupying one foot or less of the whole length. The scape 
is very brittle, snapping like a, carrot when bent, and is conspicu- 
ously glaucous. 
B ra c Is — n arrow, sp ath ulate . 
Bracteolcs — Iinear-s] udhulate, very narrow. 
Perianth segments— inner slightly more than one line broad 
and five lines long or a little longer with a hyaline apex. Outer 
perianth segments shorter and with ciliate tips. 
Stamens — 6-7 lines long. 
Ovary and, style — 7-8 lines long. 
Capsule — 1 inch long, valves % inch wide, with a point about 
Vs inch long. 
Localities — Sandplain about two miles N.E. of Bruce Rock 
(type), and sand plain about 15 miles East of Merredin on the Bur- 
racoppin road. 
Date collected — October 25th, 1920. (D.A.FI.) 
This species differs from X. Preissii and from X. reflexa in the 
height of the caudex, the tougher and shorter leaves, the leaf bases, 
the gum, and in the length of the capsule. In habit it hears little 
