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, DIANELLA strumosa. ia. 
Colvill’s new Dianella. p 
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HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Nat. ord. ASPARAGI. Jussieu gen. 41. Div. Flores hermaphroditi. 
Germen superum. ae Mia 
ASPHODELEE. Brown prod. 1. 274. 
DIANELLA. Supra fol. 734. 
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D. strumosa, foliis leté viridibus, omnind Ievibus, (latitudine, ubi latiori- 
bus, subunciali): panicula lax4, numerosd, decomposita; corollz pen- 
dulo-cernuz Jaciniis reflexis, alterné saturatiis 3-5-lineatis: filamentis 
cum struma obes4 saturatids colorata antheriferd apice articulatis: pedi- 
cellis flore pauld brevioribus. PS. 
Fol. gramineo-ensata, undique levia, lete (neque ac in plurimis obscure ) 
virentia, carinata, caule longiora; caulina vaginacea. Caulis sesquipedalis 
v. ultra, viridis, teres, solidus, flexuosus, elastico-rigens, culmo Tritici via 
robustior, remote articulatus internodiis foliolo lanceolato vaginatus, pani- ~ 
culd numerosd, distantér ramosé elastica patente comatus: pedunculi com- 
munes graciles, patentes, basi bracted foliaced multoties breviore acuminata 
ampleai; inferiores decompositi, longtores; superiores semel dichotomi v. 
simplices. Flores laxé racemosi, cerulescentes: pedicelli filiformes, solitarit, 
stricti, distantes, erecto-patentes, sparsi, bracteold ovato-acuminata pluries 
breviore sphacelatim marginatd subtensi, cum flore articulati. Cor. emar- 
_cido-persistens, cernua, extus viriditate aliqué suffusa; laciniis omnino re- 
flexis oblongis obtusis planis equalibus, interioribus lined saturaté triplict ami 
- parallela striatis, exterioribus pallidioribus lined simili quintuplict notatis. 
Stamina pauld breviora, erecta: filam’. flava, apice flexa, | dh 
Introduced by Mr. Colvill, of the Chelsea Nursery, where 
the plant flowered this spring. Native of the interior o 
New South Wales, and lately observed by Mr. Cunning: 
ham, the assiduous naturalist of those regions. 9 
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The species does not appear reducible to any of the — 
seven enumerated by Mr. Brown; by whom the corolla of — 
the genus is described as “ deciduous,” which in our plant 
seemed to be “ permanent,” and to envelop in the faded 
state the ripening capsule. We presume that the stami- 
neous appendicle we have termed struma, is the apex in- 
crassatus stuposus of the filament, in the definition of the 
character of this group. OC LO 
In strumosa the leaves are bright green; the corolla re- 
flex; inner segments ruled down the middle with three’ 
