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THYSANOTUS tinceus, 
—. Rushy-stem'd Ti hysanotus. 
= 
HEXANDRIA (rariiis TRIANDRIA) MON OGYNIA, 
Nat. ord. AspHODELE. Brown prod. 1. 274. 
THYSANOTUS. Supra fol. 655. 
Div. Hexandri. i 
T. junceus, radicibus fibrosis, caulibus ramosis diffusis teretibus striatis : 
ramulis subangulatis, foliis radicalibus abbreviatis caulinisque strictis 
patenti-erectis, umbellis paucifloris, antheris inequalibus. Brown prod. 
1, 283. ’ : 
Chlamysporum juncifolium. Salish. Parad. londin. 103. 
Herba perennis cespitosa, radice fibrosd. Caules pedales v. ultra suc- 
cessive plurimi, tereti juncei, cinereo-virentes, obsolete striati, fastigianter 
ramosi, crassitudine fere penne corvine ; rami alterni distantes, ad basin foliolis 
binis oppositis subulatis stipati. Folia stricta, lineari-subulata, semiteretia, 
canaliculata, radicalia pauca, erecta, sesqui-biuncialia, caulina breviora, 
paucissima, inferné sita. Umbelle terminales, pluri- (5-6-) flore; pedun- 
culi successivi, flore breviores, teretes, junctura infra medium articulati, ar- 
- ticulo utroque diversé virente, bracteis ovato-acutis mucronatis margine 
seariosis articulo inferiore brevioribus appressis distincti. Cor. heaapetalo- 
partita, rotata, unciam diametro excedens, tota intas purpura violaced vivi- 
dissimé micans, basi brevé connivens: lacinie equilonge, exteriores 3 al- 
terne pluriés angustiores lineares mucronate recurvo-patentes persistentér — 
conniventes, extus virentes, interiores ovales ciliis profundis densé arti- 
culatis concoloribus fimbriate, mucronate, costd media intis saturatinrs 
coloraté extis virente atque prominuld, convoluto-deliquescentes. Stam. 
3 alterna interiora longiora declinata % feré corollé breviora, exteriora 3 ad- 
scendentia; fil. viridia hypogyna' equalia tereti-compressa robusta, antheris 
breviora glabra; anther purpureo-fusce introrse biloculares basi subsagit- 
tato-mutice loculis receptaculo pallide colorato filamenti continuo externe 
‘plano adnate, apice per rostellum duplex é lateribus involutis partis ex- 
terne longioris valuarum formatum introrstim dehiscentes; pars valvarum in- 
terna subbrevior atque saturatiis colorata; interiores p 
subulato-lineares; exteriores lineari-oblonge, obtuse. Ge 
ellipticum obsolete angulosum, loculis biseriato-polk 
staminibus interioribus equalis, filiformis, curvato-cnclina 
riés longior: stig. punctum pruinosum inconspicwt q 
Originally: observed by Mr. Brown | 
where it grows in the vicinity of Port Jackson. Nothin 
can exceed the brilliancy and beauty of the purple of the 
interior of the corolla of the blossom, which, though of 
short duration in regard to individual flowers, continues to 
display itself abundantly for near two months together 
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