Schelhammera multiflora R.Br.

Stems 10-40 cm, rarely minutely and sparsely pubescent. Leaves 4-8 by 1-3 cm, usually minutely ciliate on the margin and veins towards the base; petiole usually absent, rarely up to 5 mm. Scale-leaves ovate to lanceolate, dry, sessile, amplexicaul, usually 5-10 mm long. Pedicels usually 5-30, articulated at base of flower, 1-3 cm. Perianth segments obovate, acute, with the sides turned up to form a gutter-shaped structure in which the anthers are partly enclosed, swollen on the abaxial surface at the base, 4½-8 by c. 2 mm, white. Filaments c. 3 mm; anthers c. 2 mm long, brown or black. Ovary obovoid, 6-lobed, c. 1.5 mm long; style 3-4 mm, divided for at least half its length; branches adhering to one another rather firmly at first, later recurving; ovules few (c. 2-4) per locule. Fruit and seeds not seen.

In lowland grassland on open slopes, subject to a strong or distinct dry season, in Queensland also in open forest, obviously a rare species, below 400 m. Fl. March-Sept.