Astelia .] 
vix. LIUACEAS. 
285 
olilong. Female: Panicle shorter; branches stout, crowded, 3-4 in. long. 
Perianth broad, silky, not enclosing the berry. Ovary conical, 3-celled. 
Berry ovoid, yellowish, in. long’ ; stigma sessile. Seeds 3-6, pendulous 
by slender funicles from the top of each cell, sharply angled ; testa thick, 
hard. — A. Richardi, Kunth ; ? Hamelinia veratroides, A. Bich. Plor. 1 5 8-. 
t. 24. 
Northern Island : on limbs of forest trees, probably common ; Mercury Bay, Jolliffe. 
It is difficult to distinguish the male of this from that of A. Cunninghainii. 
6. ARTHROPODIUM, Brown. 
Herbs, with fleshy, fibrous roots. Leaves narrow, radical, flaccid. Blowers 
panicled or racemed on a long scape, white ; pedicels jointed in the middle, 
hermaphrodite. Perianth of 6 spreading, persistent leaflets. Stamens 6 ; 
filaments bearded. Ovary 3-celled ; style slender, stigma hispid ; ovules nu- 
merous in each cell. Capsule subgiobose, 3-valved, few-seeded. Seeds 
angular ; testa black, membranous ; embryo curved. 
A small Australian and Tasmanian genus. 
Scape 1-2 ft. Flowers f-1 in. diam 1. A. cirrhatum. 
Scape 4-8 in. Flowers i in. diam . 2. A. candidum. 
1. A. cirrhatum, Br. ; — FI. N. Z. i. 254. A tall herb, 1-2 ft. high, 
quite glabrous. Leaves ensifonn-lanceolate, acuminate with attenuated points, 
1 ft. long, 1-^ in. broad. Panicle much bi’anched ; bracts foliaceous. Blowers 
white, f— 1 in. diam. ; leaflets lanceolate, acuminate. Bilaments bearded 
above the middle, 2-glandular at the base. Capsule I in. diam. Seeds black, 
opaque, angular. — Bot. Mag. t. 2350 ; Anthericum cirrhatum , Borst. 
Northern Island: abundant, Banks and Solander, etc. 
2. A. candidum, Raoul, Choix, 14. t. 6 ; — M. N. Z. i. 254. A small, 
slender species, 4-8 in. high. Leaves very narrow linear, xg— in. broad, 
flaccid and grass-like. Scape rarely branched, very slender, usually simple. 
Blowers solitary or in pairs, small, white, } in. diam., on long secund pedi- 
cels ; bracts long, leafy, lanceolate. Capsule small, globose, ± in. diam. 
Northern and Middle Islands : mountain woods, frequent. 
7. ANTHERICUM, Linn. 
Herbs, with fleshy fibrous roots. Leaves all radical, linear, sheathing at 
the base. Scape radical. Blowers racemed, often yellow, hermaphrodite, 
rarely dioecious. — Perianth of 6 equal, spreading leaflets. Stamens 6, inserted 
at the base of the leaflets ; filaments glabrous or bearded. Ovary 3-celled ; 
style simple, stigma 3-lobed ; ovules 2 or more in each cell. Capsule 3- 
celled, 3-valved, few- or many-seeded. Seeds usually compressed and 3-que- 
trous ; testa black. 
A large genus, found in various parts of both temperate zones. 
Scape stout, 2-3 ft. high. Flowers dioecious 1. A. Rossii. 
Scape 1 ft. high. Flowers hermaphrodite 2. A. Hookeri. 
1. A. Rossii, Hook. f. — Chrysohadron Rossii , Hook. f. Bl. Antarct. 
i. 72. t. 44, 45. Yery robust, 6 in.-3 ft. high; stem at the base often 
