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L. — Dierama pulciierrima (Bakor) syn. Rparaxis pulclierrima 
(Hooker, fil.)- “Pride of Katberry ” or “ Waiul-flower.” Order 
Iridece. South Africa. 
Fibre eavsily prepared by boiling for two hours, and like Iris 
ochroleuca. May bo valuable for cordage, &c. The corms in- 
cioase very rapidly, and after two years from the time of plant- 
ing large tufts of leafage are produced* Iwo crops can be 
obtained per year. 
LI. — DombetaNatalensis( Sender). “ Capo Wedding Flower.’’ 
Order Sterculiacea^, South Africa. 
A beautiful flowering shrub or small tree, hardy, and of quick 
growth in the Australian colonies. The bark furnishes by 
maceration a very good fibre, suitable for ropes, cordage, sacking, 
&c. Fibre prepared by maceration — young branches, five weeks; 
old branches, six to eight weeks. 
LII. — Doryantiies excelsa (Correa de Serra). ‘‘New South 
Wales Spear Lily.’^ Order AniaTyllide(B, Now South Wales 
and Queensland. 
This plant closely resembles the Furcrica (Fourcroya) gigautea 
of Tropical America in appearance, and is often mistaken for it 
by the uninitiated when not in flower. Like the Furcroia, the 
leaves are rich in fibre, of great strength, but somewhat coarser. 
With proper appliances, however, it might possibly bo utilized 
for cloth, ropes, &c., whilst the refuse could be converted into 
paper or used for stuffing mattresses, &c. The present sample 
was prepared by boiling for a period of eight hours, and after- 
wards the usual scraping process. The plant can be propagated 
by division of the roots or from seed, which is produced in great 
abundance. 
LIII. — Dortanthes Palmeri (Hill). “ Palmer’s Spear Lily 
or “Queensland Rock Lily.^’ Order Amaryllidu^. Queensland. 
The principal difference between this and D. excelsa is in the 
inflores'*ence, which in D. excelsa is borne in a dense terminal 
corymbose panicle, whilst in D. Palmeri the panicle is elongated 
to 4 feet or more, the weight of the inflorescence often causing 
the flower stem to assume a drooping almost horizontal position. 
The same remarks apply to ihe quality of the fibre, cultivation, 
&c., as to the other species hero described. 
Fibre prepared by boiling for twelve hours, placed through the 
rollers, and then scraped, 
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