1. P a t e r s o n i a g la u c a (Br. Prodr. 304) ; gkberrima, foliis anguste linearibus rigidis puugentibus
utrinque leviter convcxis, scapo gracili foliis multoties breviore, spathis 3-floris lanceolatis glaberrimis,
perianthii laciniis obovato-rotundatis, stylo erecto brevi.— Icon. t. 50 ; Bot. Mag. t. 2677. Genoseris
fragilis, Lab. Nov. Roll. i. 13. t. ix. [Gunn, 762, 1379, 1380, 1381 : û« duæ species confusæ ?)
H a b . Abundant in wet, peaty soil, in the northern parts of the Island, Brown, Gunn, eic.— (F\.
Dec., Jan.)
D is t r ib . New South Wales and Victoria.
Gen. I I . DIPLARRHENA, Br.
P e rim tlm m petaloideum, sexpirtitam ; laciuiis interioribus minoribus ; superiore dissimili fornicata.
Stamina 2, fertilia snb superiore lacmiarum inteiiorum coimirentia ; tertium costratum. Stigma bdabiatum,
3-partitum. Cagmla oblouga, trigona.—Herba perenni!, glaterrima: r a d i c e e a u l e brem.foltate :
foliis emiformihue-, scapo vaginato! spatha communi bivalvi, foliaeeo, bractea! unifloro! conferta! includente
: üoribus peiieellati!, albis ! \ecmiis perianthii interioribus pictii.
I have only seen Tasmanian specimens of this beautiful plant, ot which one species is so cutremely common
as to cover many acres with its white blossoms i its comparative rarity in the continent of AustraUa is hence
remalkable.-Æfe»ie veiy short, leave, radical and alternate on the stem or scape, n.n'ow-line.r, perfectly
glabrous, striate, rigid, but not so much so as those of Pater,onia, 1-2 feet long, acuminate, smooth and flat on
both surfaces, U-r incli broad. Scape erect, compressed, generaby longer than the radical leaves, often dexnous,
sometimes branched, hearing several sheathing bracts, and one to three spathes. Spathe! ot two lanceolate feaves
11-2 inches long, containing several flowers, enclosed in scarions braeteoles. Oaanj very long. Perianth without
a tube, white. U - 2 inches broad, of six obovate-oHong, spreading, membranous lobes, of which the three inner are
smaUer, and one is arched. Stamen! three, two fertile, conniving, the third with an imperfect anther. Stigma
three-lobed Capmtc exserted beyond the sheath, oblong, three-angled i cells with one row ot densely packed, vellicali,.
flattened, opaqne seeds. (Name from S.wXos, dcMe, and a p „ . mate! iu allusion to the two perfect stamina.)
1. D ip la r r h e n a M o ræ a (Br. Prodr. 304). {Qnnn, 966.)
Var. (3. alpina; foliis brevioribus latioribiisque. {Gunn, 1378.)
H a b . Abundant in good soil throughout the Island.—Tar. /3. in alpine situations, elev. 4000 feet.
Cm».— (H. Oct., Nov.) (i). v.)
D is t r ib . Victoria.
Gen. I I I . LIBERTIÂ, Spr.
Perianthium 6 -partitnm, regulate ; foliolis subæquaKbus v. interioribus majoribus, basi angustatis.
Stamina 3, omnia fertilia. Stigmata 3, filiformia. Capsula clavata v. globosa, 8 -loeularis, locnheide
3 .v ,l,is. fa « « b is e ria ta ,a n g u la ta .-H e rb ie y fi.5 ru !; radlce>ÌTO«; laid, gramme,,, eqmtanUu, : envie
V. scapo tere tim m l,, inlloreseentia snbpanienlata ; pedieeffis suM,S e lla li! ; spathis p e n id e nU u s, alterni!
gubverticillatis v. involucratis ; floribus albis.
There are abont six AnstraHan species of this genus known, chiefly natives ot the south-west quarter; others
are found in New Zealand and Sonth Chill.-ZZeris, with equltant, striated, linear, glassy, rarely rigid leaves, and
panicnlate inflorescence, the pedtmeles ot which are fasciculate, and enclosed in opposite or whoried spathaeeons
L o ts , hence often appearing nmbcll.te. Perianth regular, while, six-lohed. « - « three ; / - e . f r connate or
free. Stigma! three, fllitorm. Capsule coriaeeons, turgid, three-.eened ; cdU with two row. of dark, angled seeds.
(N?nied in honour of Madame Libert, author of a work on Repatica.)
1. L ib e r ti a L a u r e n c e i (Hook, fll.) ; ihizomate gracili, foliis patentibus marginibus ciliolatis, inflorescentia
subumbellata, spathis fasciculorum subverticillatis, pedicellis filiformibus puberulis, perianthii
foliolis obovato-oblongis, filamentis basi vix connatis. [Gunn, 270.) (T a b . CXXIX.)
H a b . Dense woods, abundant in vaiious parts of the Island, ascending to 4000 feet; Western
Mountains, Laurence; Acheron River, Hampshire HiUs, etc., Gunn.~(F\. Nov.)
A veiy elegant, white-flowered, little plant, forming largo patches in shaded forests.— Rhizome slender, 1 inch
long, giving off slender root-fibres. Leaves 3-6 inches long, x inch broad, with minutely ciliated margins.
Scapes slender, longer than the leaves, once or twice divided near the top. Pedicels filiform, in fascicles, subtended
by one or several lanceolate spathes, which approach, and form a whorl or involucre. Flowers about ^ inch broad.
Capsules globose, size of a smaU pea.—P la t e CXXIX. Fig. 1, flower; 2, stamen; 3, ovary and stigma; 4, transverse
section of ovary; 5, capsule; 6, transverse section of ditto; 7, seed; 8, ditto, cut longitudinally;—all xnagnified.
N a t . Ord. I II . HiEMODORACETE.
The plants of this Order are for the most part natives of the southern hemisphere, and especially of
Brazil, South Africa, and Australia. Those that are natives of the latter locahty are almost exclusively
found in South-western Australia, whence nearly fifty species have been brought; there are also three or
four New South Wales species, all belonging to the genus Rmiodorum, which is both a tropical one and a
native of Tasmania. (The Order is allied to Melanthaceee and Iridea, differing from the former in its in-
trovse anthers, entire stigma, and usually inferior ovary, aud from tlie latter in the stamens, when only three,
being opposite the inner lobes of the perianth.
Gen. I. HJ5M0D0RUM, Sm.
Penanthnm superum v. semisuperum, 6 -partitum, persistens, glabrum. Stamina 3. Ovarium 3-
loculare, loculis 2-ovulatis; stylo filiformi; stigmate simplici. Capsula scmisupera v. supera, 3-loba, loculicide
3-valvis. Semina 2, pcltata, compressa; testa membranacea; umbilico ventrali; albumine carnoso;
embryone minimo.— Herb® glabree; radieibus e fibris incrassalis tuberibusve coccineis elongatis fasciculatis ;
c a u l i b u s ; foliis cquitantihus, aversis, planis compressisve ; floribus corymbosis, rarius spicatis.
Upwards of twelve species of H<smodorum are known, all natives of Australia, and, with the exception of two
or three, of the south-western quarter. The Tasmanian H. distichophyllurn is a small, tufted, rigid herb, with distichous,
equitant, compressed leaves, 2-3 inches long, and a stout central scape about the same length, covered with
large, concave, loosely sheathing, coriaceous bracts, and bearing a small, compact head of corjunbose flowers.—Perianth
inch across, of six nearly equal, spreading, obovate-oblong leaflets. Stamens three, with slender, erect filaments,
and smaD, iiitrorse anthers. Ovary half-superior, threc-lohed, three-celled ; cells with two ovules in each. Style
slender, erect, undivided, with a simple, inconspicuous stigma. Capsule almost wholly superior, tlirec-lobed, coriaceous,
splitting down the back of each lobe. Seeds two, compressed. (Name from aXpa, blood, and Scupov, a gift.)
1- Haemodorum distichophyUnm (Hook. Ic. Plant, t. 854) ; humilis, foliis disticbis equitantibus
e basi longe vaginante liueari-subnlatis compressis coriaceis, scapo brevi robusto bracteato, bracteis coria-
ceis laxis concavis, floribus capitatis, foliolis perianthii interioribus paulo minoribus basi staminiferis, sta-
minibus exsertis. [Gunn, 2055.)
H a b . Heathy hills near Macquarrie Harbour, Milligan.— (FI. Nov.)
N a t . O r d . IV. HYPOXIDEiE.
A small Order, whose species are natives of South Afi'ica and Australia chiefly, though several are
found in India, the Malay Islands, and other parts of the world.