plant (Cumiiig, 981), wliich has been doubtfully refeired by Planchón, from an imperfect specimen, to this genus.
Consideriug how abundant this genus is iu Australia, its rarity in Tasmania is remarkable. T. Patersoni, the
only Tasmanian species hitherto knoivn, is a slender, annual, twining, leafless plant, with a perennial root of many
stalked or sessile tubers.— as thick as small twine, simple, terete, and straight at the base, soon becoming
flexuous, angled, and branched. Fhwers about i inch across, numerous, blue-i)urplc, on stout pedicels, solitary or
alternate, pedicels with small bracts at the base. Periant/i of six equal spreading pieces, that arc persistent, and
enclose the capsule ; outer leaflets narrow, with membranous edges ; inner broad, margins not fimbriate. Stamens
six. rather unequal, with short filaments and linear membranous anthers, whose cells arc white and memhranous at
the apex. Capsule memhranous, three-celled, with two superimposed compressed seeds in each ceU- Testa black,
rather shining ; funiculus expanded at the hilum into a membranous arillus. (Name from ÓvaavinTos, fringed; in
¡illusion to tlie frmged perianth.)
1. T hy san o tu s P a te r son i (Br. Prodr. 284) ; radieibus tuberosis fasciculatis, caule volubili
ramoso aphyllo, ramis angulatis patentibus, floribus sparsis breve pedicellatis, stamiuibus 6 , antheris apice
membranaceis.—Kunth, Eu. iv. 616. {Gunn, 351.)
H a b . Creeping amongst grass, not uncommon in many parts of the Island, bnt easily overlooked.—
(Fl. Oct., Nov.) (ii. ».)
D i s t r ib . Yictoria a n d South Australia.
Gen. VI. H B E PO L iraO N , H .f.
F h s spathis duabns inclusus. Perianthium tnbuloso-campanulatum, 6 -partitnm, foliolis æqnallbus
lineari-oblonuis. Stamina 6, filamentis filiformibus; antheris demum subtortis. Ovarium oblongum,
:i-locnlare; stylo fllifotmi; stigmate simplici; ovulis plnrimis biseriatis.— Herbæ ; rhizomate repente,
raiicante; foliis linearibus, sulglaucescentibns, basi vaejinantHms; llore sesáü, lúteo v. p a lM e exruleo :
perianthii foliolis extenoribus mulUnerviis, interioribrus paueinerviis.
A remarkable little genus, of only two kuown species, one a native ot the mountains ol New Zealand, and the
other of those of Tasmania. The //. Tasmania! is a amaU alphie plant, with slender, creeping, tufted rhizomes,
sending up very short stems, bearing spreading leaves and one sessile Sower.-ieaws 1-3 inches long, glaucous,
linear, acute, the inner shorter, passing into spathaeeous bracts, the two last of which enclose the flower, llouter
quite sessile, erect, very variable in size, from J to 1 inch long, of a line pale-Une, varying to yellowish and white
(according to Gunn). Perianth cainpanulately sil-patted ; segments very variable in length aad breadth, from oblong
to natrow-linenr. Stamem, six. with slender, slightly pubescent filaments, and small linear-oblong anthers, emarginate
at the base, twisted when old. Ovary oblong, three-celled, with a slender straight style, and many OTules in
each cell. (Name froEi e/mu, to creep, and Xipiov, a lily.)
1. H e rpo lirion Tasmaniæ (H. f. in Fl. N. Zeal. i. 258.) [Gunn, 371.) (T a b . CXXXII. B.)
H a b . Summits of the Western Mountains, in wet places ; banks of Lake St. Clair, covering large
patches of ground, Gunn.— (Fl. Dec., Jan.)
D is t iu b . Mountains of Victoria, Mueller.
P late CXXXII. B. Fig. 1, flower; 2, outer sepal; 3, inner ditto; 4, stamen; 5, pistil; 6, transverse section
of ovary -.—all magnified.
Gen. V II. TKICORYNE,-B/'.
Flores flavi, umhcllati, erecti. Perianthium patens, toqnale, 6 -partitum, decidnnm, post anthesin
tortum. Stamina 6 ; filamentis penicillatis. Ooaritim 3-partitum, lobis 2-ovnlatis, basi stylo fililormi
connexis; stigmate simplici- Capsula profunde 1-8-loba, lobis evolvibus clavatis moiiospermis. Semina
ovoidea j testa atra, crustácea, opaca.— Herbæ ; radice fibrosa ; foliis gramineis ; caule vel scapo ramoso j
ramis basi bracieatis ; üoribus pedicellatis ; pedicellis articulatis.
I have seen eight or ten Australian species of this genus; they inhabit various parts of the tropica land
extratropical coasts. Tlie geuus is best known by its erect, yellow flowers being collected into small, bracteate
umbels ; by the ovary being deeply three-lobed ; by tlie hairy filaments ; and by the fruit being formed of one to three
coriaceous, indehiscent, one-seeded cocci ; the roots are fibrous, leaves grassy, and inflorescence branched, T. elatior
is a slender plant, 1 -2 feet high, with slender, compressed, divaricating brandies, and small umbels of four to
seven shortly pedicelled flowers. (Name from rpw, three, and Kopwr;, a club ; in aUusion to the form of the
carpels.)
1. T ricoryne e la tío r (Br. Prodr. 278) ; eaule teretiusculo ramoso folioso, ramis gracilibus divari-
catim ramosis anguiatis, foliis planis, umbellis 4-7-iloris.—Bauer, III. Plant. Nov. Holl. t. 11; I k d l. Icon,
t. 61 ; Kunth, En. iv. 612. [Gunn, 1384.)
IIab. South Esk River, thirty miles from Launceston, Gunn; Cheshunt, Archer.— (Fl. Dec.)
D istk ib . Tropical and temperate coasts of Australia, from Port Curtis to Swan River.
Gen. V III. STYPANDRA, Br.
Flores cærulei flavi v. albicante?, paniculatim corymbosi ; pedicellis articulatis, umbellulatis. Perianthium
6 -partitum, æquale, patens, deciduum. Stamina 6 ; filamentis infra attenuatis curvatis glabris,
supra stuposo-barbatis pubescentibusve. Ovarium 3-loculare; stylo filiformi; stigmate simplici; ovulis
plurimis. Capsula 3-locuIaris, 3-valvìs. Semina pauca, ovalia, umbilico nudo ; testa atra, splendente ;
embryone recto.— Herbæ subrigidce, perennes; rhizomate repente, radices fibrosas emittente; foliis lineari-
ensiformihus, distichis, vaginis integris v. semivaginantibus ; antheris demum revolutis, filamentorum bar-
bisque flavis.
The species of Stypandra, about ten of which are known to me, are all natives of Australia and Tasmania,
except one New Caledonian species ; they are rather rigid, perennial plants, with creeping rhizomes, fibrous roots,
and distichous, sometimes glaucous, ensiform leaves.—Scape or stems naked or leafy, branched. Flowers white,
blue, or yellowish, in panicled corymbs ov umbels. Perianth of six, eiiual, spreading pieces. Stamens six ; filaments
contracted below the middle, densely bearded above. Ovary threc-celled ; cells many-ovuled ; style slender,
erect. Capsule three-celled, three-valved. Seéds few, \vith a biilliantly-polished, black, crustaceous testa. (Name
from cmnrfj, low, and a.vqp, a stamen.)
1. Stypandra cæ spito sa (Br. Prodr. 279) ; 2-3-pedalis, foliis radicalibus anguste lineari-ensifor-
mibus planis margine seabris vaginis fissis, caulinis abbreviatis, scapo pluries dichotome paniculatim ramoso,
pedicellis umbellatis alternisve bracteatis periantliiisque glaberrimis.—Sieb. Plant. Exsicc. n. 201,
263 ; Kunth, En. iv. 626. {Gun,i, 1386.)
IIab. Sandy, wet laud : neat Georgetown, and probably elsewhere in the Colonv, abundant, Gunn.—
(Fl. Dec., Jan.)
D istr ib . New South Wales and Victoria.
Very variable in size, but usually from 2 to 3 feet high. Leaves shorter, or rather longer, than the scape,
narrow-linear, rigid, glaucous ; margins rough. Aca/e repeatedly divided in a dichotomous manner; the branches
alternate ; pedicels umbellate or alternate. Flowers blue or yellow, about inch across. Filaments densely
pubescent for nearly their whole length.
2. Stypandra umbellata (Br. Prodr. 279) ; 6 -pollicaris v. pedalis, foliis strictis lineari-ciisiformibus
margine lævibus vaginis fissis, caulino solitario abbreviato, scapo parce ramoso, pedicellis 2 -4 umbellatis
periantliiisque glaberrimis.— BieA Plant. E.rsicc. 200 ; Kmith, En. iv. 626. [Gunn, 766.)