CXLVII. LILIACEA 3 . 
[Chlorofihytum, 
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Temengoh, in forests. Perlis, Tebing Tinggi, limestone rocks. 
Distrib , Africa, India, Cambodia. 
5 . THYSANOTUS, R. Br. 
Herbs with fascicled or tuberous roots. Leaves grassy or terete. 
Scapes leafless. Flowers panicled or racemose or umbelled. Sepals 
lanceolate, green. Petals blue and fringed. Stamens 6, shorter 
than sepals; anthers linear basifixed. Ovary small, globose; 
style filiform. Capsule globose dehiscing from top. Seeds sub- 
globose, 2 in a cell. Species 19, all Australian but 1, in China and 
Philippines and 1 Malay Peninsula. 
(1) Th. siamensis Ridl. Journ. Roy. As. Soc. S. Br. 59, p. 209. 
Leaves terete glaucous, green, 8 in. long, very slender. Scapes 
10 in. tall, *i in. through. Flowers about 6 or 7 in a terminal 
umbel; pedicels *5 in. long. Sepals lanceolate-oblong blunt, -12 in. 
long. Petals as long, oblong-lanceolate, blue with white central 
bar. Stamens half as long as sepals; filaments very short. Capsule 
•25 in. long. Hah. Setul, on sandy heaths, rare (Ridley). 
6. RHUACOPHILA, Bl. 
Stems 6 to 8 ft. tall, flattened. Leaves flaccid glaucous, linear 
acuminate unarmed. Panicle not peduncled. Bracts lanceolate 
leafy. Flowers white. Sepals oblong blunt. Petals wider. 
Stamens shorter; filaments linear flat, half as long as the long 
linear blunt anther, the base of which is shortly bifid. Style 
cylindric, as long as petals. Berry oblong. Seeds 4 in a cell, 
ellipsoid. Species 1, Java, Borneo, Sumatra, Philippines. 
(1) R. javanica Bl. Enum. i. 14. (Fig. 197, p. 329.) 
Stems several, tall. Leaves sub-coriaceous, 1 ft. long, -5 in. 
wide. Panicle wide, spreading, 3 to 6 in. long, leafy with broad 
bracts to the base; branches 3 in. long. Flowers *75 in. across; 
pedicels slender, -5 in. long. Berry oblong, *5 in. long. Seeds 
■i in. long. Hab. On rocky spots in streams at high altitudes. 
Pahang, Gunong Tahan, Teku River, at 5600 to 6000 ft. altitude 
(Ridley). Perak, Gunong Kerbau (Haniff, Robinson). 
7. DIANELLA, Lam. 
Herbs with a short stem and distichous linear leaves. Scapes 
tall, panicled. Flowers small, blue or white, nodding pedicels 
pointed at top. Sepals and petals narrow recurved. Stamens, 
filaments thick, anthers basifixed opening by pores. Ovary 
3-celled; ovules 4 to 8 in a cell; style filiform; stigma minute. 
Berry blue or white. Seeds few ovoid flat, black. Species about 10, 
chiefly Australian and Polynesian. 
Flowers *5 in. across; petals as long as sepals . . ( 1 ) D, ensilolia 
Flowers -25 in. across; petals longer than sepals . (2) D. parviflora 
