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Morphological descriptionswcrc basedon fiesh, dried and spirit material.

Taxonomictreatment

Byblis Salisb.,Pttrotl. Loncl.2: t. 95 (1808). Tlpa: liniflora Salisb.

Canrivorouss/zrrrbs r€generating each yeal tiom a subterrrneanrhizome, ol c7rlrenerql herbt with fibrousroots. Slcns simple to branched,shorllived and elongating at llowering,erect, scranbling or floating.Lcrruc.r cauline, alternatc, exstipulate, subulate-Linear, with stickyglandular hairs and an apical swelling. FTowerssolitary in r.Lpperleaf axils, hermaphrodite,regular-, rotatc. Sqrrls 5, t'usedbasally, imbdcate,persistent. Pclrrl,1 5, fusedbasally but appcaring tiee, 5-lobed. Strrrrrerrs 5, opposite the , insertedat the baseof the tubc;l'ilaments free. twisted to facenbaxially; aDthers basillxcd, 2-thccate, 4-sporangiate,introrsc, opening by pore-likeshort apicalslits. Owtl-),superiur, 2-loculiu.; ovules numerous,axile, Stl,le curved-fililbrrn, stigma lninutely oapitate or bilobcd.Frrll a smooth,loculicidal capsule. Scerlrsmall, angular, black, prorninently sculpturcil with smoothol dcnticulateridges; endospennstarrhy; cmbfyo srnall, lineaf.

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In addition thele are two f)r'unnond sheetsat K labelledHerb. Benth.,onc 1brcach of thesetaxa. which arelisted above as isolectotypes.

Afiirltles. Rcadily distinguishcdliorn B. lanel[ata by tha nuricrtely sculpturedancl irregularly fibbed seeclridges, the apparentlack of aeriallyresprouting shoois attel fire, andits occurrenceil seasonally swarlipy habitats.

Nolr:.r.The generallyused comrnon nllme Rainbow is recommendedtbr this species.De Buhr (1975) postulatedtninicry by B,-blis giguntea ,r?rr. 1./1.of Th))sdnotusntultifbru.s (Lilitrntre. Liixmannilccirc)wilh whichit co-occursrnclco-llowcrs. Although both iire buzz-pollinated, the identity oftheil pollinatolsand the pollinationreward oflered by erch speciesis unknown(Erickson 1968). /i. glgarrlrrrris fbundin seasonallywaterloggetJ. Leptospermunr&estionaceae low scrub (Spcck & Baird 198,1)and E|ickson ( 1968)suggcsted thll thcacrial shoots wcrc annuitl, clying back k) therootstock over sunrmer.Bair.d (1913:i) tirund that lirllowirrg fire. B. giganteuslLr-vives by regeneratingliom thc dccp. woodyper eunial rool stock. ln conlrast,B. lrrrnr:llrrtrrusually grows on clccps ilica sands in Iire-p|onedry hcathlucls.ancl is a tallclbriurchccl shrub which rcsplouls frorn the above-grouncl stems alier l'ile as wcll as fronrthc rhizonrcs. Flowcvcr.ls l'ield obseNiltions suggestthi\t Il. giK.uttu plLrntsll-om alcas wl]ich hllveno( hild lire li)f extcndedperiods can sproutacrially. lLr(hcr sludics lrc nccdcdto conl'ifmthc irl,)plrcntpost lirc ilillclcnccsbctwccn thc taxa.

Plrinchon( l84lJ) rccognisccl two lrxt wilhin the1J. glq.r?//a corlrplex, brsctl lirrgcly on thcit stcnl clongalionund scllitl ncrvirlioD as lirllows:

"l\'ltli.s giguntcttLirdl. lPlrntl trll. lcirly.closcly pcdunculatc (lcirl bascs closcly spacccl), ud (cspcciallyundcf thc llowors)crcclt scpills3-rlcrycd; cirpsLrle soncwhat subglobosc. obtusc, willr nrllnylirint nclvcs apically. Locality: Swu Rivcl Ciolony:hcrb. Lincll.: Drunwtrl s.n.in hcrb.Hook.

IltbIis IiuLllaruuuPlanch. lPl0ntl tall. lrrrscly lcaly anclalnrost all pedicelserect-plten1. ospcciallyunclcIthcllowcfswhcfcthoyarcvcrywidcsp|caclinglsepals5 nerved;capsLrle oviltc. llcLruinale.cor'lspicuously nrulli-nervecl apicrlly. Locality: sanle rs llrcprcvious li.c. Swan Rivcr Colonylherb. Ljrdl., I)ntntottd s.ir.in herb.Hook. Morc fobLrstthan tho prcccclingspecies 'l'rrLnh lancll with lcr,vcllclvcs. PIantssprinklcd with short glandularhairs. rhizomllous, hofizontal,not enrerging out olthe ground, short, thick. with spongybalk, clccorticatiDg with age, sorlcwhatwooily (sub- l loccu losc), palc orangc. Stcms continuous with the , etect, aboLLl 2 lbctlong, sinrplc, lcaly a1the base, altefnate, nrore or lessspfeading to erect.distinguishcd by beingrnore sparsely leaty with widely spacedaxils, revealing the leaf bascslnd thcil single- floweredpeduncles. Lerves slightlythickcncd at thc bnsc,l'ililirnr, o()mprcssed-terete,apex sliSllllyclavalc arld Lrnarnlcd l= cgl|tndularl.lowcl lcavcs9- 12inches long. intermediate [= slenr lcavos'll5 7 irrcheslong, those Llnderthe peduncles shorter, ebracteate. Sepals basally lanccolatc, long attenuateapically, slightly clavate. Lrnequal. longcr in fluil 6-7 lincs ll2 l5 mrnl long. Pclalsirboul twico thc longthof the sepals,uneclual, margins dentjcuhte, tose-coloured whcn r( dry. Capsulea little hrger thana peppercorn.glossy. smooth. Style longcr thlln the stamens. jt bristle-like,curved apically. very slrortly bifid ol clividcd,both siclcs papillose-stigm atic on the e insidc.not thickcnecl."

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