M a b . Abundant in sandy soil throughout the Colony.— (Fl. Nov., Dec.) (v. v.)
D is t r ib . New South Wales aud Victoria.
Gunn (lonMs ivl.ethor this be distinct from S. cmpiiom, nnd his doubts me probnbly well founded; it difiere
chiellj in its mneb smnllei site, shorter lenves, with smooth margins, less branched infiorescence, nnd more uniformly
umbellate towers ; but all these characters are very fallacious.
Gen. IX . DIANELLA, Lamarck.
Flore, albi v. cærulei, pniiionlali, pedicellís apice nrticulatis. PenanlUam 6 -pnrtitum, æquale, palons,
deciduum. S i l ,™ 6 curvis, superiie incrassatis, gkbris pubescentibus stuposisve ; anlleru
linearibus, strictis, basiflxls. Ornri»» S-loculare; stylo gracili ; stigmate simplici ; ovulis plurimis. Baem
globosa V. oblonga, S-loculaiis ; loculis polyspermis. Semina ovoidea ; teeU a t o , sploudciitc ; umUreo iiudo.
-H e r b æ rirjiàre.perenm. ; ihizomale repente ; radieibus/Sroais ; foliis rigide eoHaeeie, grammeu, ham .erm-
vaginanühus ; pedicellis ia ii iraeleola nnilaterali atipatis ; floribus nutantilua ; b.accis emruleia.
A lame gemis, found iu Madagascar, ill the tropical parts ot India, the Malayan and Polynesia. Islands, and
New Zealnnd. About ten Australi.ii and T.sm.iiinii species are known to mo; they nre very dithenlt to disennii-
nate ; and I am not certain that any of the species I have named aceoidiiig to Brown’s ' Piodromns. ale reBly
the plants there described, nor that all here distbiguished are really distinct. The stamens appear to me to .fiord
the best ehainetere. In general strr.etnre the gen.s is dosclv allied lo Stgpa.ira, bnt the species are 0 a larger,
coarser, more rigid growth, the Sowers panicled, the filaments thickened and often pubescent, or tomentose above
the enrved, glabrous portion, the nnthere short or long, and straight, and the Irnit is a blue, indehiseent benw.
(Name from Diana, as Goddess of woods.)
1 DittneUu eæ ru le a (Sims, Bot. Mag. t. 605) ; foliis caulinis numerosis elongatis eiisitoruiibns
(1 uuo. latis) marginibus et carina serrulatis, pa.iieulæ ramis brevibus parnm divisis, pedicellis coiilertis
periaiitliio brevioribus. lilameuti parte incrassata anthera flava breviore, bacca parva g lo b o s a . -M . b l .
t. I 'd -, Br. Prodr. (G««k, 1387.)
H a b . Near Launceston, Gunn; Cheshunt, Archer. (11. Nov.?)
D i s t r ib . Eastern and Southern Australia, from the tropic to Victoria.
The only Tasmaniau specimens of this plant whiel, I have seen, were grown in Mr, Gunn’s garden at Pen-
euite, but were transplanted there from the neighbonrhood. It agrees well with the figure, quoted, a.nl with the de
L p tio n of Brown, except in the branches of the panicle being curved ; in this respect it resembles tbe
which is fivured in the 'Botanieal Kegister’ as having straw-eoloiued anthers (bnt desenbed as having them fm-
: è : : iL a o k f a d the.Bota.ic.l Eegister’ is another afli.d plant, with teethed margins to the leaf as he
T a s in ia n plant and the I>. carr.Ua have), but Brown describes that spee.es as havan^g the margins 0 tl. lea
smooth M these are possibly varieties of one, some of my subtropical specimens of B. eoer.len havmg the le ves
r , lbse.“ y rouvb here a n d L e on the margins. The broad, serrulate leaves, short, curved ped.eels, aud yellow
anthers, being longer than the thlekened part ot the filament, best distinguish this plant from its T.sma.i.an eon-
D i a n e l l u l o n g i f o l i a (Br. Prodr. 28 0 ); foliis radicalibus longe et anguste lineari-ensiformibus
(vix h une. latí.) margine carinaque lævibus, pauieulæ ramis elongatis gracilibus parum divisis, pedicellis
L e ilib u s flore longioribus, filamenü apioe incrassato liiieari parte interiore æqu.longo et anthera tusca breviore.—
Bot. Meg. 73-1 ; Knntk, En. v. 51, (G » » , 661 in parie.)
H a b . Tasmania, Gunn.
D istr ib . New South Wales.
A tall plant, 3 feet high, verj- slender, with very long, narrow leaves, whose margins and canna are smooth.
Panicle large, spreading, very mucli branched ; branches slender, spreading, more or less cui-ved ; pedicels also long
and slender. Flowc's deep blue. Filamcits abont as long as the yellow-brown anthers ; swollen part of the filament
about as long as the lower part. Lindley states, under his D. revoluta, t. 1120, that the figure of D. longifolia
(734) is perhaps not Broivn’s plant, but a luxuriant variety of the revoluta. The present plant however so
well agrees with Brown’s description of D. longifolia, and Lindley’s plate of that name, that in the absence of more
definite descriptions of the anthers and filaments in the ‘ Prodromus,’ I feel obliged to consider it as such.
3. D ian e lla læ v is (Br. Prodr. 280) j foliis radicalibus late ensiformibus planis caule brevioribus,
marginibus et carina vix elevata lævibus, caulinis paucis distantibus, panícula parce ramosa elongata, ramis
breviusculis, pedicellis flore oequilongis gracilibus, filamenti parte superiore incrassata lineari anthera fusca
æquilonga, parte inferiore brevissima.—Kunth, En. v. 54. ? D. elegans, Kunth et Bouché, Ind. Sem. Hort.
Berol. 1 8 4 8 , Kth. I. c. {Gunn, 566, m p a rt.)
H a b . Tasmania, Eraser: Hampshire Hills, Gunn.— (El. Sept., Oct.)
D is t r ib . New South Wales.
I have only a portion of a large plant, with a young leaf, from Fraser, and tlie top of a panicle from Gunn.
In general appearance it resembles the other species, but the leaf is described by Brown as fiat, with an inconspicuous
keel, and in my specimens the thickened part of the filament is linear, as long as the anther, and the lower
part is extremely sliort.
4. D ian e lla revoluta (Br. Prodr. 280) ; foliis radicalibus anguste lineari-elongatis (i une. latis)
marginibus revolutis carinaque prominente lævibus, caulinis paucis, paniculæ elongatæ ramis breviusculis
gracilibus paucifloris pedicellisque arcuatis, filamentorum parte incrassata brevi anthera fusca multoties breviore,
parte inferiore gracili incrassata subæquilonga, baccis globosis.— Kunth, En. v. 49 ; Sieb. PI. Exsicc.
198 ; an Bot. Reg. f. 1120 ? ? D. angustifolia, SchulL Sgst. vii. 352, §x Kunth, I. c. {Gunn, 564.)
H a b . Common in poor sandy soil on the north coast, and probably throughout the Island, Gunn,
Archer, etc.— (PI. Nov., Dec.) {v. v.)
D i s t r ib . New South Wales and Victoria.
A tall, handsome plant, 2-4 feet high, with long, narrow, rigid leaves, very revolute at the margins, and
narrow, elongate, branched panicles of numerous blue flowers. Leaves with the margins and very prominent
keel smooth. Antheis fuscous, much longer than the tliickened portion of the filament, ivhicb is very short, yellow,
and rather shorter than the glabrous, subulate base of tbe filament.
5. D ian e lla Tasmanica (Hook, fil.); 4-5-pedalis, foliis radicalibus late et longe ensiformibus
(1 une. latis) marginibus revolutis carinaque prominula serrulatis, panícula decomposite ramosa pedunculis
subfasciculatis pedicellisque curvis, antheris fuscis parvis brevibus filamentorum parte incrassata brevioribus,
baccis globosis. {Gunn, 565.) (T a b . CXXXllI. A.)
H a b . Common in rich moist soil; Circular Head, Woolnorth, etc., Gunn.
D i s t e i s . Victoria.
Much the largest Tasmanian species, attaining a height of 5 feet, with the leaves 3-4 feet long, and I inch
broad, tbeir margins vevolute, and prominent keel serrulate. Panicle 1-2 feet long, veiy robust, niueh branched,
the branches somewhat fascicled. Anthers veiy short and small, fuscous, shorter than the long, lai'ge, thickened
apex of tlie filament ; lower glabrous part of filament very short.—Gunn says that this is a much larger plant than
D. revoluta, with paler blue flowers, and witli the perianth completely reflexed when fully expanded. The perianth
seems to grow considerably as the fruit ripens, and encloses the berry ; but all the fraiting specimens having been
immersed in boiling water to facilitate their drying, it is impossible to examine them satisfactorily. I have a specimen
of what appears the same species, from Victoria, sent by the indefatigable Mueller with D. revoluta. The
very small anthers being much shorter than the thickened part of the filaments, distinguish the species.
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