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CXL VII. LILIACElE. [Chlorophytum.<br />
Temengoh, in forests. Perl is, Tebing Tinggi, limestone rocks.<br />
Distnb. Africa, India, Cambodia.<br />
5. THYSANOTUS, R. Br.<br />
Herbs with fascicled or tuberous roots. Leaves grassy or terete.<br />
Scapes leafless. Flowers panicled or racemose or urn belled. Sepals<br />
lanceolate, green. Petals blue and fringed. Stamens 6, shorter<br />
than sepals; anthers linear basifixed. Ovary small, globose;<br />
style filiform. Capsule globose dehlscing from top. Seeds subglobose,<br />
2 in a cell. Species r9, all Australian but r, in China and<br />
Philippines and r Malay Peninsula.<br />
(r) Th. siamensis Rldl. jOllrn. Roy. As. Soc. S. Br. 59, p. 209.<br />
Leaves terete glaucous, green, 8 in. long, very slender. Scapes<br />
ro in. tall, 'r in. through. Flowers about 6 or 7 in a terminal<br />
umbel; pedicels'5 in. long. Sepals lanceolate-oblong blunt, '12 in.<br />
long. Petals as long, oblong-Ianceolate, blue with white central<br />
bar. Stamens half as long as sepals; filaments very short. Capsule<br />
'25 in. long. Hab. Setul, on sandy heaths, rare (Ridley).<br />
6. RHUACOPHILA, Bl.<br />
Stems 6 to 8 ft. tall, flattened. Leaves flaccid glaucous, linear<br />
acuminate unarmed. Panicle not peduncled. Bracts lanceolate<br />
leafy. Flowers white. Sepals oblong blunt. Petals wider.<br />
Stamens shorter; filaments linear flat, half as long as the long<br />
linear blunt anther, the base of which IS shortly bifid. Style<br />
cylindric, as long as petals. Berry oblong. Seeds 4 in a cell,<br />
ellipsoid. Species r, Java, Borneo, Sumatra, Philippines.<br />
(r) R. javanica Bl. Enum. i. r4. (Fig. r97, p. 329.)<br />
Stems several, tall. Leaves sub-coriaceous, 1 ft. long, '5 in.<br />
wide. Panicle wide, spreading, 3 to 6 in. long, leafy with broad<br />
bracts to the base; branches 3 in. long. Flowers '75 in. across;<br />
pedicels slender, '5 in. long. Berry oblong, '5 in. long. Seeds<br />
'r in. long. Hab. On rocky spots in streams at high altitudes.<br />
Pahang, Gunong Tahan, Teku River, at 5600 to 6000 ft. altitude<br />
(Ridley). Perak, Gunong Kerbau (Haniff, Robinson).<br />
7. DIANELLA, Lam.<br />
Herbs with a short stem and distichous linear leaves. Scapes<br />
tall, panicled. Flowers small, blue or white, nodding pedicels<br />
pointed at top. Sepals and petals narrow recurved. Stamens,<br />
filaments thick, anthers basifixed opening by pores. Ovary<br />
3-celled; ovules 4 to 8 in a cell; style filiform; stigma minute.<br />
Berry blue or white. Seeds few ovoid fiat, black. Species about 10,<br />
chiefly A ustralian and Polynesian.<br />
Flowers '5 in. across; petals as long as sepals<br />
Flowers '25 in. across; petals longer than sepals<br />
(I) D. ensifolia<br />
(2) D. parviflora
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