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THYSANOTUS isantherus. pe 
Even-anthered. Thysanotus. ae 
HEXANDRIA- Garis, TRIANDRIA), MONOGYNIAn > | 
Nat. ord. ASPHODELES. . Brown prod..1. 274. iniq vii Bi9DiM9% 
THYSANOTUS. Cor, 6-partita, patens, persistens; laciniis intert- 
oribus latioribus, limbo utrinqué’ colorato, marginibus fimbriatis ciliis articu- 
Jatis. Stam. 6, (rard_3),, ime corolle inserta, vel hypogyna; declinata.”” 
Filamenta glabra, brevia. Anther@e lineares Sec tec heseos inserte, 
3 interiores spits elongate reclinate. Germen loculis dispermis. “Stylus 
filiformis, declinatus. ;..Stigma parvum. Capsula 3-loc., 3-valv., valvis” 
medio septiferis. Semina bina, altero erecto, altero pendulo, - strophiolata. 
Herbe perennes. Radix jibrosa, v. ¢ bulbis fasciculatis carnosis. Folia 
angusté linearia, spits canaliculata, quanddque filiformia, v. abbreviata. 
Flores terminales, wmbellatt, rard sparst, pedicellis medio articulatis. Co-~- 
yolle lacinie ints cerulee, extiis calycine. ~Authere purpuree, loculorum 
palvuld exteriore productiore, extertores quandoque albicantes, in triandris.' 
defictentes. Capsula corolld emarcida tecta. Semina atra, margini interior 
(sepe in pedicelli speciem attenuate) strophiole albe cyathiformis vasculose 
inserta. Albumen dense carnosum, Embryo excentricus?~ Brown. prod. 
1, 282. ; 
OBS. Affinitate propits ARTHROPODIO, idedque ANTHERICO, quam 
Asparagoideis. Brown |. c. , 
sf a ee 
Div. I. Hexandri. 
“TY. isantherus, bulbis fasciculatis, foliis radicalibus canaliculatis caulem te- 
retem lzevem subsimplicem feré equantibus, umbellis 4-5-floris, antheris 
wqualibus. Brown prod, 1. 283. F 
6 ee 
«A rather numerous genus of perennial herbaceous 
«plants, natives of different parts of New Holland. The 
«¢ oot is either fibrous, or consists of clustered fleshy bulbs. 
« Stem generally branched and leafy. Leaves linear, nar- 
« yow, often channelled, sometimes threadshaped, or short- 
“ened. lowers terminal, umbellate; rarely scattered ; 
‘«‘ their stalks jointed in the middle. Corolla blue within ; 
« three at least of its segments green at the back. Anthers 
“ purple; the outer ones sometimes whitish, which in the 
‘ triandrous species are wanting. Seeds black. ‘The per- 
-“ manent corolla and smooth filaments, principally distin- 
“‘ suish this genus from Mr. Brown’s Arrnroropium (Prod. 
« ]. 276.), by which it is related to the Linnzean ANTHERI- 
“cum. ‘The learned author (Mr. Brown) whom we follow 
“ defines twenty-one species, of which he seems doubtful 
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