1120 
DIANELLA revoluta. 
Few/flowered Port Jackson Dianella. 
3 
HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Nat. ord. ASPHODELES, 
DIANELLA. Supra, vol. 9, fol. 734. 
D. revoluta; foliis radicalibus linearibus strictis: marginibus revolutis 
carinaque leevibus ; caulinis paucis articulo brevioribus, paniculee ramis 
brevibus vix divisis paucifloris pedicellisque arcuatis. R. Br. Prodr. 
1. 280. es : 
Caulis erectus, suffruticosus, bi-tri-uncialis, flexuosus, simplex. Folia 
disticha, ensiformia, dura, rigida, 3-4 lineas lata, pedem et dimidiam longa, 
atro-viridia, costd et marginibus glabris usque ad apicem obtusum, quo dentr- 
culata Ananassarum more, sed minis. (Obs. icon, incurid pictoris, quoad 
apicem foliorum, erronea.) Scapus erectus, angulatus, glaber. Panicula éer- 
minalis, foliis brevior, laxa, pauciflora. Bractew scariose, acuminate, pedi- 
cellis mult) breviores. Perianthium cum pedicello arcuato, quo brevius, 
articulatum, sexpartitum, lacintis subequalibus, pallidé purpureis. Filamenta 
apice stuposa, lutea, glabra. Antheree lineares, fusce. 
Js C tr, 
A native both of Port Jackson and the tropical part of 
New Holland, but especially of the former region, whence 
seeds were sent in 1824 to the Horticultural Society by 
Mr. Charles Frazer. Our drawing was made in a green- 
house in the Chiswick Garden in August last. 
We strongly suspect that the D. longifolia of fol. 734 
of the present work, is a luxuriant variety of this species ; 
and not the D. longifolia of Mr. Brown, which has broader 
leaves, and erect, not arcuate, pedicels. — 
Stem erect, half frutescent, 2 or 3 inches high, flexuose, 
simple. Leaves distichous, ensiform, hard, rigid, 3 or 4 
lines broad, a foot and a half long, dark green, with the 
costa and edges smooth, except at the apex, where both 
are toothletted like the leaves of a Pine Apple, but ina 
| 
| 
i 
| 
| 
| 
{ 
| 
| 
} 
] 
} 
| 
{ 
| 
} 
| 
j 
/ 
j 
