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11. Conostylis. — Perianth downy, deeply cleft, regular, 
semipatent, persistent ; filaments short, erect ; an- 
thers erect ; style conically dilated, hollow, tripar- 
tible, persistent; stigma short; capsule dehiscent in 
the opercle ; seeds numerous. 
1. Aculeata. Bot. Mao;. 57. 2989. — 2. Serrulata. Brown 
Prod. 300. — 3. Setigera, ib. — 4. Breviscapa, ib. 
301. — The perianth is downy within in the two last 
species. 
12. Phlebocarya.- — Perianth deeply cleft, persistent; fila- 
ments inserted at the base of the segments ; anthers 
quadrangular, subsessile ; style filiform ; stigma sim- 
ple ; ovary 1 -celled by defect; 3-seeded ; capsule 
1 -seeded. 
1. Ciliata. Brown. Prod. 301. Native of Australia. 
13. Campynema. — Perianth regular, deeply cleft, persistent, 
alternate segments equal ; filaments recurved ; an- 
thers versatile ; styles distinct, subulate, recurved ; 
capsule 3-celled, tripartible, dehiscent inwardly at the 
points ; seeds numerous, flat, with a spongy shell. 
1. Linearis. Labill. Nov. Holl. 1. 93. t. 121. Root fas- 
ciculate, stalk a foot or more, leaves linear gra- 
mineous smooth, those on the stem half embracing 
it; flowers 1-4, terminal; stigmas simple (unless 
the stigmas are long and mistaken for styles). Cape 
Van Dieman. Seeds glossy rufous. 
§. 3. ALSTR(EMERiiEFORMES (or a suborder Alstrcemeriese). 
Sepals differing in form from the petals. Petaline 
filaments exceeding. (In this section there is a 
disposition to hairiness of the filaments, almost 
obsolete.) 
14. Chceradodia. — R oot fibrous; leaves both radical, and 
borne on the stalk ; stalk erect ; umbel many- 
flowered ; sepals and petals very unequal ; style 
strumous; capsule triangular. — This genus is not 
sufficiently known ; if it should prove not to be 
operculous, it would stand next before Fourcroya. 
1. Chilensis. — Strumaria Chilensis - Molina, Saggio s. 
Chil. Sepals and petals very unequal, the one white, 
the other white tipped with red. Stalk erect, 5 or 
G feet high, bearing 3 or 4 small alternate leaves, 
