1. Burchardia umbellata (Br. Prodr. 273) ; foliis scapo plerumque brevioribus, pedicellis breviusculis.
(Gunn, 103.)
Var. j3. parvifiora; caule graciliore, floribus minoribus.
H.\b. Northern parts of the Island, as at Launceston, Georgetown, etc., Laurence, Gunn; Great
Swan Port, Storey.— (PI. Oct., Nov.) Var. ß . Georgetown.— (PI. Dec.)
D is t r ib . New South IVales and Victoria.
The only Tasmanian species of this geinis forms a small herb, 6-34 inches high, with a root of fleshy, fascicled
fibres, an erect, leafy scape, and involúcrate umbel, of four to eight star-like, white flowers. Leaves linear, spreading
and curving outwards, the cauline ones sheathing at the base. Pedicels of the flowers very variable in length, .^ 1
inch long. Flowers extremely variable in size, to almost 1 inch across, of six linear-oblong, white, spreading
leaflets, each with a nectariferous pit at the base. Stamens six, inserted on the base of the segments, with slender
filaments and versatile anthers. Ovary elliptic, suddenly contracted into three short, spreading stigmas. Capsule
three-valved, coriaeeons; valves boat-shaped, laterally compressed, acuminate, bursting inwards. Seeds very numerous,
in two series in each cell, vertically compressed, densely imbricated, with a pale, coriaceous testa.—Gunn
sends a much smaller-flowered and more slender plant, as a variety of this, from Georgetown, and I do not find
that it presents any characters but these to distinguish it. (Named in honour of Eenry Burchard, M.B., a botanical
author.)
Gen. I I . ANGUILLARIA, Br.
Flores spicati. Ferianthium inferum, petaloideum, 6 -phyllum, foliolis stellato-patentibus, ungue vit-
tato V. biglauduloso. Stamina 6, basi perianthii inserta; antheris extrorsis. Ovarium trigonum, obtusum,
triloculare; ovulis plurimis, biseriatis; stylis 3, erectis. Capsula 3-locularis, loculicide 3-valvis, valvis
medio septiferis. Semina biseriata, subglobosa; testa coriácea.— Herbse; radice bulbosa, tunicata; foliis
gramineis, caulinis vaginantibus; floribus interdum unisexualibns, albis, purpureo piciis.
A small genus of five or six species, confined to extratropical Australia.— Small herbs, with bulbous roots,
grassy leaves, with inflated sheaths, and spikes of white, star-shaped flowers. Bxdbs covered with a deep chcstnut-
browu, shilling, membranous coat. Stems slender. Flowers sessile, sometimes unisexual. Periantli of six linear,
spreading leaflets, with two glands, or pinple, thickened spots or bars about the middle. Stamens six, with extrorse
anthers. Ovary superior, blunt, three-celled,- with three recurved styles, and three cells with two rows of ovules in
each. Capsule trigonous, coriaceous; dehiscence loculicidal. Seeds globose. (Named in honour of Aloys Anguil-
lara, a Professor of Botany at Padua.)
1. A n guilla ria dioica (Br. Prodr. 27 3 ); floribus spicatis unisexualibus v. hevmaphroditis, perianthii
foliolis medio biglandulosis v. transverse incrassatis.— Kunth, Fmum. iv. 158; Endl. Icon. t. 3. Pieea
Sieberi, Sieh. El. Eesicc. 156. [Gunn, 162.)
Var. ß.muUifiora; foliis latioribus, floribus plurimis majoribus, perianthii foliolis obscure transverse
incrassato-vittatis v. omniao nudis.
H a b . Abundant in meadow's, pastures, etc., throughout the Island; sea-sand, near Woolnorth, Gunn.
— (Fl. Aug.-Oct.) (f. v )
D i s t e ib . South-eastern a n d South-western Australia, from New South Wales to Swan River.—
Var. ß . Victoria, Adamson.
A small, slender plant, 2 inclies to a span high. Leaves longer than the scape, spreading and recurved,
sheathing base broad and cucullate, lamina elongate-subulate, concave. Flowers polygamous, three to six in a
spike, very variable in size, inch across. Leaflets of the perianth with two, purple, thickened spots about the
middle, which usually coalesce and form a transverse, pui-ple band. The var. ß looks very distinct in Tasmania, but
I have intermediate forms from Victoria ; it is larger, with broader leaves, larger, more numerous flowers, and the
leaflets of the perianth are very obscurely fasciate.
2. A n g u illa r ia u n iflo ra (Br. Prodr. 273) ; caule 1-2-floro, floribus hermaphroditis, perianthii foliolis
medio margines versus late biglandulosis.—Kunth, Enum. iv. 159. An A. biglandulosee, B r., var. ?
(Gunn, 562.)
Hab. Wet places, amongst grass : Launceston, Laurence, Gunn ; Huon River, Oldfield.— (Fl. Oct.)
D i s t e ib . New South Wales.
Veiy similar in general characters to A. dioica, but a much more slender plant, bearing one or two flowers ;
and the leaflets of the perianth ai'e narrower, and have two thickened glands towards the margins, at about their
middle parts.
Gen. I I I . HEWARDIA, EooL
Flos solitarius, spatha bivalvi inclusus. Ferianthium basi campanulatum, petaloideum, 6-partitum,
laciniis late stellato-patentibus. Stamina 3, perianthii laciniis exterioribus basi inserta, antheris lineari-
oblongis erectis extrorsis. Ovarium conicum, 3-loculare; stylo terminali, stigmatibus 3 revolufis; ovulis
plurimis, biseriatis. Capsula ?—Herba ; rhizomate repente, fibras crassas emittente ; foliis duris, rigide
coriaceis, distichis, basi equitantibus, aversis, lineari-ensi/ormibus, aveniis, siriolatis, integenimis, subacutis,
marginibus discoloribus, Icevibus v. vaginisque brevibus rigidis politis ; scapo gracili, curvo, e centro foliorum
ascendente, gracili, rigido, compresso, spathaceo; spathis alternis, scapi apice hints, subcliartaceis, lineari-
lanceolatis, terminalibus florem magnum lurido-purpureum pedicellatum involucrantibus.
A very singular plant, quite unlike any of its congeners, and far more resembling Hamodoracea than Melan-
tltacem, from its coriaceous habit, lurid flowers, the stamens being only three, and the ovary partially sunk in the short,
campanulate base of tlie perianth. On the other hand, the truly superior ovary, extrorse anthers, three stigmas,
and the stamens being inserted on the outer segments of the perianth, conclusively refer it to Melaniìiacece.—A
small, very rigid, harsh plant, a span high, with hard, coriaceous, distichous, equitant leaves, a spatliaceous scape,
and one veiy large, pedicelled, dark-piiiqjle, spreading flower, enclosed, when in bud, by two spathes. BUzome
short, woody. Leaves nearly straight, 3-5 inches long, i - i inch broad, rigid, but not pimgent, minutely striate,
irith shining, brownish margins, and short, broad, open sheaths. Scape slender, rigid, compressed. Spathes alternate,
the two terminal opposite at the apex of the scape, all much more membranous than the leaves, compressed,
upper about l i inch long, pale brown. Floicer with a slender pedicel, as long as, or shorter than the spathes,
1-J—2J inches broad. Perianth with a short, campanulate tube, and six nearly equal, long, spreading, linear-lanceolate,
acuminate segments. Stamens short; anthers linear-ohlong, erect, extrorse, as long as the filaments.
Ovajy conical, \vith a short, terminal, erect style, and three rather large, revolute stigmas. (Named in. lionour of
B. Reward, Esq., the friend and biographer of Allan Cuauiiigliam, the Australian botanist.)
1. Hewardia Tasmanica (Hook. Ic. Plant, t. 858). {Gunn, 2054.)
Hab. Heathy plains and moimtain ranges near Macquarrie Harbour, Milligan, Gunn.— (Fl. Dec.)
Gen. IV. CAMPYNEMA, Lab.
Flores solitani v. paniculati, polygami, unibractcati. Ferianthium superum, 6-partitum, persistens;
foliolis patentibus, coriaceis, ellipticis. Stamina 6 , perianthii segmentis basi inserta, post anthesin recurva;
awtóem vcrsatilibus, extrorsis. Ovarium liueari-clavatum, 3-loculare; stylis 3, apice revolutis; ovulis
dense biseriatis, septis ovani insertis. Capsula linearis, coriacea, tricarinata, perianthio persistente coronata,
intus? dchisccns. Semina conferta, rufa, immatura verticaliter compressa; testa coriacea,— Herba
giacihs, glaberrima; radieibus e fibris crassis, fasciculatis ; collo squamis vaginantibus hyalinis nitidis albis